| OCEAN MAIL | ||||||
| The OCEAN MAIL departed Gravesend on 9th October, 1873 and arrived in | ||||||
| Auckland on 2 February, 1874. Captain Watson was in command. | ||||||
| Transcribed from the Evening Post, 2 February 1874, Page 2 | ||||||
| The ship Ocean Mail, Captain Watson, arrived in harbor this morning, after an extraordinary quick | ||||||
| passage of only 72 days from Plymouth, where she had to put in, her whole passage from Gravesend, | ||||||
| including this detention, being completed within 82 days. The Ocean Mail brings 260 statute adult | ||||||
| Government immigrants, who are reported by signal to be all well. The weather was too rough to allow | ||||||
| of a boat being sent off to her; but the Luna was sent off this afternoon, with the Harbor, Customs, | ||||||
| Health and Immigration authorities. Shortly after the Luna arrived alongside, the yellow flag was seen | ||||||
| to be run up at the main, and a little later both vessels proceeded to the Quarantine Station. It is | ||||||
| evident the sickness, what-ever it be, cannot be very serious, as the Luna was lashed close alongside, | ||||||
| instead of keeping at the end of a tow line. Probably there may be some slight infantine complaint, | ||||||
| which renders fumigation and cleansing a prudent precaution. The Ocean Mail is consigned to Messrs | ||||||
| Johnston and Co. agents for the new Zealand Shipping Company. | ||||||
| Transcribed from the Evening Post, 3 February 1874, Page 2 | ||||||
| The following is Captain Watson's report of the passage of the Ocean Mail:- Left Plymouth at 1.30pm. | ||||||
| on 15th November, 1873. Got north-easterly breezes for four days, then, a week, of southerly winds, | ||||||
| near Madeira, which much protracted the voyage. Got the north-east trades in latitude 26 degrees | ||||||
| north, which were very light and baffling. Crossed the Equator on 6th December, at midnight, in | ||||||
| longitude 31deg 21min west. Got south-east trades in 3deg 50min north, which were light and variable. | ||||||
| Passed the meridian of Cape Aguillas on 1st January, in latitude 44deg south; passed south of the | ||||||
| Crozets, and ran the easting down in latitude 48 south. Passed the Snares on 27th January, and on the | ||||||
| 28th was off Dunedin, 74 days out. From thence to this port experienced, calms and north-west breezes, | ||||||
| which prolonged the passage very much. The health, &c., of the emigrants on the whole has been very | ||||||
| good. Five deaths (all children) have occurred within the past month from whooping cough. Three cases | ||||||
| of scarlatina appeared amongst the children, but all had got well again. Unfortunately, another case | ||||||
| made its appearance on Sunday, or the sanitary conditions of the ship would have been "all well." | ||||||
| This passenger list was transcribed from the images on the Family Search website. | ||||||
| Name | Age | Adult/ | Gender | County | Occupation | |
| Child | ||||||
| FAMILIES & CHILDREN | ||||||
| GOUGH | Jos. Alex. | 42 | A | male | Middlesex | Gl. Labourer |
| Thirza | 41 | A | female | |||
| Elizabeth | 16 | A | female | Middlesex | Servant | |
| Hannah | 14 | A | female | |||
| Alice M | 12 | A | female | |||
| Edwin H | 11 | A | male | |||
| Francis | 10 | C | female | |||
| Joseph R | 9 | C | male | |||
| Charles | 7 | C | male | |||
| Walter B | 4 | C | male | |||
| Ruth | 2 | C | female | |||
| Phoebe | 4m | C | female | |||
| SMITH | Henry | 26 | A | male | Warwickshire | Farm Labourer |
| Ann | 28 | A | female | |||
| George | 4 | C | male | |||
| Emily | 6 | C | female | |||
| Harriet | 2 | C | female | |||
| William | 2m | C | male | |||
| SYMES | Matthew J | 29 | A | male | Middlesex | Genl. Labourer |
| Mary | 30 | A | female | |||
| Annie | 9 | C | female | |||
| James | 6 | C | male | |||
| Francis | 4 | C | male | |||
| Charles | 1m | C | male | |||
| SHAW | Francis | 40 | A | male | Yorks | Farm Labourer |
| Martha | 40 | A | female | |||
| Newman | 19 | A | male | Yorks | Farm Labourer | |
| Hannah | 16 | A | female | Yorkshire | Dressmaker | |
| Jane E | 15 | A | female | Yorkshire | Servant | |
| George | 13 | A | male | |||
| Mary | 11 | C | female | |||
| Harrison | 9 | C | male | |||
| Elizabeth | 6 | C | female | |||
| BARRATT | Joseph | 42 | A | male | Warwickshire | Labourer |
| Eliza | 37 | A | female | |||
| Lucy | 19 | A | female | Warwickshire | Servant | |
| Fanny | 16 | A | female | |||
| Kate | 12 | A | female | |||
| Edward | 9 | C | male | |||
| Walter | 7 | C | male | |||
| Ada | 3 | C | female | |||
| Betsy | 1 | C | female | |||
| BILLETT | James | 23 | A | male | Wilts | Labourer |
| Emma | 25 | A | female | |||
| EAGLES | Francis | 30 | A | male | Oxfordshire | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 26 | A | female | |||
| James | 6 | C | male | |||
| Lucy | 3 | C | female | |||
| Emma | 1½ | C | female | |||
| Samuel | 2m | C | male | |||
| MILLS | James | 27 | A | male | Dorset | Painter |
| Eliza | 26 | A | female | |||
| Mabel | 4 | C | female | |||
| Edgar | 1½ | C | male | |||
| RICHARDSON | James | 24 | A | male | Essex | Labourer |
| Jane | 25 | A | female | |||
| Jane | 4 | C | female | |||
| Caroline | 3 | C | female | |||
| Rosina | 11m | C | female | |||
| PAGE | John | 32 | A | male | Kent | Labourer |
| Mary A | 29 | A | female | |||
| Emma | 4 | C | female | |||
| William | 3 | C | male | |||
| MACKETT | Edward | 43 | A | male | Kent | Gardener |
| Ann | 39 | A | female | |||
| Laura | 20 | A | female | Surrey | Servant | |
| Ada | 18 | A | female | Kent | ||
| Louisa | 12 | A | female | |||
| DAVIS | George | 31 | A | male | Middlesex | Bootmaker |
| Charlotte | 27 | A | female | |||
| George | 4 | C | male | |||
| Elizabeth | 2 | C | female | |||
| William | 3m | C | male | |||
| BUTLER | Frederic | 39 | A | male | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Sarah | 37 | A | female | |||
| Sarah | 16 | A | female | Surrey | Servant | |
| GREEN | Archibald | 28 | A | male | Sulfolk | Carman |
| Mary | 28 | A | female | |||
| Sarah | 3 | C | female | |||
| Charles | 9m | C | male | |||
| PEAGRAM | Samuel | 44 | A | male | Essex | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 44 | A | female | |||
| Phoebe | 10 | C | female | |||
| John | 5 | C | male | |||
| SILBERY | Joseph | 23 | A | male | Lancashire | Carpenter |
| Emily | 23 | A | female | |||
| William | 8m | C | male | |||
| KNIGHT | William | 34 | A | male | Hants | Farm Labourer |
| Elizth. | 39 | A | female | |||
| William | 9 | C | male | |||
| James | 6 | C | male | |||
| Maurice | 2 | C | male | |||
| HEIGHTON | Nathaniel | 31 | A | male | Leicestershire | Bricklayer |
| Sarah | 36 | A | female | |||
| Jane | 9 | C | female | |||
| George | 6 | C | male | |||
| Arthur | 4 | C | male | |||
| GREGORY | Henry | 23 | A | male | Wilts | Labourer |
| Jane | 25 | A | female | |||
| Annie | 5 | C | female | |||
| BOHEE | James | 35 | A | male | Hants | Labourer |
| Amelia | 35 | A | female | |||
| William | 8 | C | male | |||
| Anne | 6 | C | female | |||
| Caroline | 4 | C | female | |||
| George | 2 | C | male | |||
| SMITH | Francis | 31 | A | male | Yorks | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 33 | A | female | |||
| YAPP | Alban | 34 | A | male | Herefordshire | Engine Driver |
| Mary | 31 | A | female | |||
| SULLIVAN | John | 28 | A | male | Cork | Labourer |
| Catherine | 20 | A | female | |||
| James | 2 | C | female | |||
| Anne | 2m | C | female | |||
| GILBERT | James E | 35 | A | male | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Mary A | 25 | A | female | |||
| SABLOWSKI | Gottfred | 22 | A | male | Germany | Labourer |
| Lusene | 27 | A | female | |||
| Families & Children Selected by the Emigrant and Colonial Aid Society | ||||||
| GIBBS | William | 34 | A | male | Wilts | Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 27 | A | female | |||
| SEXTON | Thomas | 28 | A | male | Middlesex | Blacksmith |
| Harriet | 28 | A | female | |||
| Mary A | 10 | C | female | |||
| Thomas | 8 | C | male | |||
| Edward | 6 | C | male | |||
| Emily | 4 | C | female | |||
| Harriet | 5m | C | female | |||
| GOSLING | Benjn. | 44 | A | male | Norfolk | Carpenter |
| Mary | 38 | A | female | |||
| Benj. Jas. | 16 | A | male | Norfolk | Carpenter | |
| Charlotte | 6 | C | female | |||
| Alice | 4 | C | female | |||
| Ellen | 3 | C | female | |||
| PARRETT | Wm. Fras. | 34 | A | male | Middlesex | Plumber |
| Julia M | 34 | A | female | |||
| Ada | 10 | C | female | |||
| William | 8 | C | male | |||
| Frank | 4 | C | male | |||
| George | 2 | C | male | |||
| KEEN | James | 35 | A | male | Roscommon | Farm Labourer |
| Emily | 37 | A | female | |||
| John | 10 | C | male | |||
| James | 7 | C | male | |||
| Emily | 6 | C | female | |||
| Joseph | 4 | C | male | |||
| KNIGHT | Samuel | 34 | A | male | Middlesex | Farm Labourer |
| Frances | 29 | A | female | |||
| Saml. | 10 | C | male | |||
| Fanny | 8 | C | female | |||
| Edward | 6 | C | male | |||
| Amelia | 3 | C | female | |||
| Richard | 5m | C | male | |||
| WORSFOLD | Henry | 36 | A | male | Middlesex | Sawyer |
| Margt. | 36 | A | female | |||
| Robert | 13 | A | male | Middlesex | ||
| Henry | 10 | C | male | |||
| George | 7 | C | male | |||
| John | 3 | C | male | |||
| WORSFOLD | Edwin | 33 | A | male | Middlesex | Sawyer |
| Ellen | 33 | A | female | |||
| Henry | 10 | C | male | |||
| George | 8 | C | male | |||
| Frank | 6 | C | male | |||
| Emily | 4 | C | female | |||
| Charles | 1 | C | male | |||
| WHEELER | Henry | 25 | A | male | Gloucestershire | Sawyer |
| Ellen | 24 | A | female | |||
| Henry | 1 | C | male | |||
| Thomas | 3m | C | male | |||
| MORRIS | James | 34 | A | male | Middlesex | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 28 | A | female | |||
| Lydia | 7 | C | female | |||
| Esther | 5 | C | female | |||
| James | 3 | C | male | |||
| Alice | 10m | C | female | |||
| HISCOCK | Henry | 32 | A | male | Surrey | Sawyer |
| Mary | 28 | A | female | |||
| William | 4 | C | male | |||
| Mary | 1 | C | female | |||
| Robert | 36 | A | male | Surrey | Sawyer | |
| SHAILER | George | 25 | A | male | Bucks | Carpenter |
| Septuagesima | 24 | A | female | |||
| Susannah | 7 | C | female | |||
| Jessie | 5 | C | female | |||
| Clara | 3 | C | female | |||
| Ada | 1 | C | female | |||
| ROBINSON | John | 44 | A | male | Antrim | Labourer |
| Ellen | 34 | A | female | |||
| Rachael | 13 | A | female | Antrim | ||
| John | 4 | C | male | |||
| Joseph | 1 | C | male | |||
| SPOONER | William | 29 | A | male | Surrey | Blacksmith |
| Mary | 28 | A | female | |||
| Sarah | 5 | C | female | |||
| Rose | 7m | C | female | |||
| MORRIS | Thomas | 31 | A | male | Middlesex | Farm Labourer |
| Susan | 28 | A | female | |||
| WEATHERLEY | Henry | 35 | A | male | Middlesex | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 30 | A | female | |||
| Henry | 14 | A | male | Middlesex | ||
| Alice | 12 | A | female | Middlesex | ||
| Emily | 10 | C | female | |||
| Ernest | 8 | C | male | |||
| Rose | 6 | C | female | |||
| Silence | 2 | C | female | |||
| SEXTON | William | 21 | A | male | Kent | Blacksmith |
| Elizth. | 20 | A | female | |||
| FULLER | Henry | 27 | A | male | Hunts | Labourer |
| Emma | 27 | A | female | |||
| Robert | 7 | C | male | |||
| HURDLE | Joseph | 22 | A | male | Kent | Sawyer |
| Mary | 23 | A | female | |||
| JONES | John | 38 | A | male | Salop | Sawyer |
| Ann | 34 | A | female | |||
| Mary | 15 | A | female | Shropshire | ||
| Alathea | 13 | A | female | Shropshire | ||
| Anne | 11 | C | female | |||
| Rosetta | 7 | C | female | |||
| Alice | 6 | C | female | |||
| EVANS | Solomon | 29 | A | male | Salop | Platelayer |
| Ann | 27 | A | female | |||
| Mary | 6 | C | female | |||
| Margt. | 5m | C | female | |||
| CROOK | John | 32 | A | male | Bucks | Farm Labourer |
| Hannah | 31 | A | female | |||
| Mary A | 8 | C | female | |||
| Jno. Wm. | 7 | C | male | |||
| Sarah A | 5 | C | female | |||
| Henry | 1½ | C | male | |||
| DIXON | Thomas | 44 | A | male | Armagh | Labourer |
| Elizth. | 39 | A | female | |||
| Mary A | 12 | A | female | Armagh | ||
| Ann | 10 | C | female | |||
| Elizabeth | 9 | C | female | |||
| Yalse V | 9 | C | female | |||
| Henry | 5 | C | male | |||
| Emily | 4 | C | female | |||
| George | 3m | C | male | |||
| BOWDEN | William | 24 | A | male | Devon | Hatter |
| Emma | 22 | A | female | |||
| Lilian | 1 | C | female | |||
| William | 8m | C | male | |||
| MCDONNELL | Allan | 28 | A | male | Antrim | Mason |
| Margt. | 28 | A | female | |||
| Ann | 4 | C | female | |||
| Mary | 2 | C | female | |||
| John | 1m | C | male | |||
| BAYBUT | John | 36 | A | male | Lancashire | Miner |
| Margt. | 35 | A | female | |||
| Joseph | 12 | A | male | Lancashire | ||
| Daniel | 11 | C | male | |||
| Thomas | 10 | C | male | |||
| HERD | Thos. S | 27 | A | male | Middlesex | Fireman |
| Jane | 33 | A | female | |||
| Thos. Jno. | 6m | C | male | |||
| SNOW | John | 33 | A | male | Middlesex | Plasterer |
| Elizabeth | 33 | A | female | |||
| John | 11 | C | male | |||
| Samuel | 9 | C | male | |||
| JUSTIN | John | 43 | A | male | Notts | Blacksmith |
| Emma | 43 | A | female | |||
| Eliza | 21 | A | female | Notts | Servant | |
| Emma | 13 | A | female | |||
| Arthur | 5 | C | male | |||
| Daniel | 9m | C | male | |||
| CHANT | George | 22 | A | male | New Zealand | Mariner |
| Phoebe | 22 | A | female | |||
| George | 2m | C | male | |||
| SINGLE MEN | ||||||
| COUCHMAN | Chas. | 22 | A | male | Kent | Labourer |
| CHINN | Wm. A | 21 | A | male | Dorsetshire | Porter |
| GRIX | Julian J D | 24 | A | male | Surrey | Labourer |
| BLACKWELL | F W | 21 | A | male | Warwickshire | Wheelwright |
| KELLAR | John | 21 | A | male | Kerry | Labourer |
| HODGES | William | 20 | A | male | Kent | Mechanic |
| PEAGRAM | Samuel | 20 | A | male | Middlesex | Navvy |
| BEARD | John | 21 | A | male | Middlesex | Labourer |
| SAMPSON | Sidney S | 28 | A | male | Guernsey | Mason |
| FORSTER | John | 25 | A | male | India | Gl. Labourer |
| RATCLIFFE | Wm. | 14 | A | male | Middlesex | |
| WARD | Henry | 22 | A | male | Yorks | Blacksmith |
| DUST | William | 17 | A | male | Middlesex | Bookseller |
| BETHELL | John | 20 | A | male | Middlesex | Postman |
| HARMAN | Chas. A | 24 | A | male | Kent | Labourer |
| BRYANT | Edward | 30 | A | male | Kent | Labourer |
| GEAL | Thomas | 23 | A | male | Sussex | Labourer |
| SKIPAGE | Charles | 22 | A | male | Middlesex | Painter |
| YOUNG | Robert | 23 | A | male | Roxburghshire | Labourer |
| SCOWN | Charles | 23 | A | male | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Single Men Selected by the Emigrant and Colonial Aid Society | ||||||
| PRENDERGAST | Thos. | 24 | A | male | Mayo | Labourer |
| CLARK | James | 23 | A | male | Lincolnshire | Carriage Maker |
| CHINN | Hy. Edwin | 16 | A | male | Dorsetshire | Porter |
| CONNOR | Simon | 24 | A | male | Kerry | Labourer |
| TANNER | Enos. | 23 | A | male | Gloucestershire | Labourer |
| CRAWFORD | Robert | 20 | A | male | Kircudbrightshire | Agril. Labourer |
| WINTER | George | 24 | A | male | Leicestershire | Labourer |
| SINGLE WOMEN | ||||||
| PHILLIPS | Catherine | 19 | A | female | Middlesex | Servant |
| MOIR | Susan A | 21 | A | female | Forfarshire | Farm Servant |
| SHARP | Helen | 16 | A | female | Forfarshire | Servant |
| DRURY | Ann E | 29 | A | female | Middlesex | Housemaid |
| RICHMOND | Jemmima | 31 | A | female | Middlesex | Cook |
| HOULDEN | Annie | 20 | A | female | Lincolnshire | Gl. Servant |
| CHRISTIANSEN | Josephine | 23 | A | female | Norway | Servant |
| O'DELL | Kate | 17 | A | female | Limerick | Servant |
| MARSHMAN | Mary A | 20 | A | female | Middlesex | Housemaid |
| DAWSON | Emily M | 27 | A | female | Guernsey | Servant |
| BECKWAY | Caroline | 24 | A | female | Kent | Cook |
| MCCLELLAND | Elizth. | 44 | A | female | Kent | MATRON |
| SHAYLOR | Elizth. | 20 | A | female | Gloucestershire | Housemaid |
| APSEY | Laura | 13 | A | female | Middlesex | |
| HOHMAN | Fredericka | 25 | A | female | Germany | Servant |
| Single Women Selected by the Emigrant and Colonial Aid Society | ||||||
| CONNOR | Anne | 21 | A | female | Kerry | Servant |
| CONNOR | Johanna | 19 | A | female | Kerry | Servant |
| SAUNDERS | Mary | 30 | A | femake | Devon | Machnist |
| SINCOX | Sarah | 24 | A | female | Warwickshire | Nursemaid |
| MARTIN | Catherine | 19 | A | female | Cornwall | Servant |
| PARDON | Celia | 18 | A | female | Cornwall | Dressmaker |
| ROONEY | Mary J | 19 | A | female | Galway | Servant |
| AISHER | Harriet | 38 | A | female | Herts | |
| MOORE | Frederic | 9 | C | male | ||
| MOORE | Cathe. | 3 | C | female | ||
| WESCH | Martha M | 24 | A | female | Middlesex | Cook |
| JENING | Janet | 21 | A | female | Dumfrieshire | Servant |
| DEVERILL | Elizth. | 21 | A | female | Wilts | Servant |
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