Arethusa
Ship: 1272 tons
Captain: John H Stiven
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr Edward Husband
Sailed Plymouth September 3rd 1879 - arrived Wellington December 7th 1879
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Families & Children | ||||
| Bradley | Patrick | 34 | Meath | Agricultural Labourer |
| Mary | 30 | |||
| Cowan | Charles | 50 | Ayr | Dairy Farmer |
| Euphemia | 48 | |||
| Elizabeth | 20 | Dairy Maid | ||
| Charles | 16 | Farm Boy | ||
| George | 14 | Farm Boy | ||
| Euphemia | 11 | |||
| Robert | 7 | |||
| Davison | Joseph H | 23 | Yorkshire | Carpenter |
| Mary | 23 | |||
| Shaw | 8 months | Died on board - 20/09/1879 Dentition & diarrhoea |
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| Deut | John | 34 | Yorkshire | Blacksmith |
| Mary | 34 | |||
| France | Allen | 35 | Yorkshire | Joiner |
| Mary Ann | 36 | |||
| Ada | 11 | |||
| Elizabeth | 7 | |||
| Ireland | Robert | 24 | Durham | Agricultural Labourer |
| Ellen | 22 | |||
| Jane | 1 | Died on board - 25/10/1879 Muco Enteritis |
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| Moult | Edwin | 24 | Cheshire | Farmer |
| Juliet | 26 | |||
| Harry | 10 months | |||
| Pearson | Thomas | 34 | Yorkshire | Mason |
| Martha | 37 | |||
| Elizabeth | 10 | |||
| George William | 7 | |||
| Mary | 5 | |||
| Sarah J | 1 | |||
| Power | Lawrence | 60 | Kilkenny | Farm Labourer |
| Ann | 65 | |||
| Colonial Nominated Families & Children | ||||
| Apperley | Alfred | 24 | Herefordshire | Wheel Wright |
| Elizabeth | 22 | |||
| Bailey | Benjamin | 38 | Salop | Labourer |
| Ann | 37 | |||
| Robert | 19 | Iron Moulder | ||
| Martha | 17 | Servant | ||
| William | 14 | |||
| Thomas | 12 | |||
| Sarah | 9 | |||
| Lucy | 6 | |||
| Bluikhorue | Charles | 54 | Leicestershire | Labourer |
| Sarah | 59 | |||
| Boggs | Hales | 26 | Essex | Joiner |
| Jane | 25 | |||
| Harry | 3 | |||
| Bertha | 4 months | |||
| Bowie | David | 29 | Kincardine | Ship Wright |
| Agnes | 26 | |||
| Euphemia | 1 | |||
| Burke | Richard | 43 | Dublin | Wharf Labourer |
| Margaret | 42 | |||
| Margaret | 19 | Servant | ||
| Thomas | 16 | Wharf Labourer | ||
| Partick | 14 | Messenger | ||
| Richard | 11 | |||
| Joseph | 7 | |||
| Couchman | Frederick | 44 | Kent | Signalman |
| Charlotte | 44 | |||
| Martha | 10 | |||
| Couchman | Charles | 24 | Sussex | Carpenter |
| Eliza | 22 | |||
| Emily | 1 | |||
| Frederick | 5 months | |||
| Couchman | Frederick | 22 | Sussex | Railway Employee |
| John | 20 | Railway Employee | ||
| Horace | 18 | Railway Employee | ||
| Jane | 16 | Servant | ||
| William | 13 | Shop Boy | ||
| Craven | John | 30 | Lancashire | Joiner Bound for Fielding |
| Alice | 29 | |||
| Sarah | 8 | |||
| Elizabeth | 6 | |||
| Frederick | 2 | |||
| Herbert | 1 | |||
| Downer | Haydon E | 36 | Hamptonshire | Ship Wright |
| Anne | 33 | |||
| Fitz E | 3 | |||
| Alfred | 2 | |||
| Driver | William | 31 | Middlesex | Chairmaker |
| Harriet | 25 | |||
| Eadie | Andrew | 29 | Fife | Agricultural Labourer |
| Honora | 28 | |||
| Ferguson | William | 38 | Lanark | Ship Joiner |
| Margaret | 35 | |||
| Thomas | 6 | |||
| William | 5 | |||
| John H | 3 | |||
| James | 2 | |||
| Alex | 8 months | |||
| Fleming | Gaven | 26 | Lanark | Labourer Bound for Fielding |
| Sarah | 23 | |||
| William | 6 | |||
| James | 4 | |||
| Garnett | James | 27 | Yorkshire | Railway Guard |
| Henrietta | 24 | |||
| Martha E | 5 | |||
| Gillbanks | Isaac | 32 | Lancashire | Bootmaker |
| Ann | 32 | |||
| Mary | 10 | |||
| Gillbanks | William | 34 | Lancashire | Labourer |
| Mary | 35 | |||
| John Henry | 14 | |||
| Benjamin Wilson | 8 | |||
| Joseph | 3 | |||
| William | 1 | |||
| Gosling | Lawrence | 24 | Middlesex | Stevedore |
| Sarah | 22 | |||
| Ellen | 2 | |||
| Mary | 11 months | |||
| Infant Son | Born on board -15/09/1879 | |||
| Harper | James | 39 | Forfar | Millwright |
| Helen | 37 | |||
| Mary | 10 | |||
| Margaret | 8 | |||
| Helen | 6 | |||
| Agnes | 4 | |||
| James | 2 | |||
| Heald | William | 22 | Lancashire | Joiner |
| Alice | 23 | |||
| Mary | 1 | |||
| Heald | Ralph | 26 | Lancashire | Joiner |
| Ellen | 25 | |||
| Mary E | 4 | |||
| Ralph | 8 months | |||
| Wilkinson | Sarah | 24 | Lancashire | Servant travelled with Heald |
| Hutchins | Thomas | 28 | Cheshire | Blacksmith |
| Elizabeth | 26 | |||
| Edward | 2 | |||
| Elizabeth | 3 days | |||
| Jones | Daniel | 32 | Monmouth | Blacksmith |
| Emily | 32 | |||
| McAuerie | James | 30 | Tyrone | Labourer |
| Harriet | 27 | |||
| Harriet | 6 | |||
| James | 2 | |||
| Eva | 8 months | |||
| McKeown | John | 43 | Tyrone | Agricultural Labourer |
| Mary A | 32 | |||
| James | 8 | |||
| Mary | 6 | |||
| John | 4 | |||
| Margaret | 11 months | |||
| Martin | James | 44 | Salop | Labourer |
| Fanny | 40 | |||
| Martha | 20 | General Servant | ||
| Elizabeth | 17 | General Servant | ||
| George | 14 | Iron Moulder | ||
| Kete | 12 | |||
| Lucy | 10 | |||
| John | 7 | |||
| William | 5 | |||
| Henry | 1 | |||
| Muir | Joseph | 25 | Linlithgow | Miner |
| Euphemia | 20 | |||
| Jassie | 2 | |||
| Murray | James | 39 | Forfar | Machine Fitter |
| Mary A | 39 | |||
| Margaret | 12 | |||
| David | 9 | |||
| William | 6 | |||
| Catherine | 4 | |||
| Robert | 2 | |||
| Payne | Leonard | 26 | Sussex | Railway Guard |
| Marion | 26 | |||
| Amy R | 6 | |||
| Lilly M | 3 | |||
| Alice F | 11 months | |||
| Pearce | Richard | 29 | Wiltshire | Carpenter |
| Charlotte | 30 | |||
| Berry | Elizabeth | 12 | Travelled with Pearce family | |
| Pearson | Robert | 30 | Sussex | Platelayer |
| Agnes | 34 | |||
| Thomas W | 16 | Errand Boy | ||
| George H | 14 | Errand Boy | ||
| Edith A | 12 | |||
| Eleanor A | 10 | |||
| Mary J | 7 | |||
| Colin W | 5 | |||
| Bessie | 2 | |||
| John | 1 | |||
| Agnes | 5 months | |||
| Rimmer | Thomas | 23 | Cheshire | Joiner bound for Fielding |
| Ellen | 22 | |||
| William A | 2 | |||
| Annie | 1 | |||
| Robertson | William | 42 | Renfrew | Labourer bound for Fielding |
| Jane | 41 | |||
| Ross | George | 29 | Rosshire | Carpenter |
| Mary | 22 | |||
| Annie | 5 months | |||
| Stuart | John | 23 | Ayr | Labourer bound for Fielding |
| Sarah | 23 | |||
| James | 6 | |||
| Mary | 4 | |||
| John | 2 | |||
| Jane | 6 months | Died on board - 27/10/1879 Infantile meningitis |
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| McCulloch | William | 42 | Ayr | Labourer travelled with Stuart |
| Taylor | George | 23 | Aberdeen | Mason |
| Mary | 22 | |||
| Turnbull | Robert | 31 | Roxburgh | Cabinetmaker |
| Euphemia | 28 | |||
| John C | 5 months | |||
| Wilkinson | John | 44 | Lancashire | Labourer bound for Fielding |
| Mary | 44 | |||
| John | 22 | Labourer | ||
| William | 20 | Joiner | ||
| Mary | 18 | Servant | ||
| George E | 13 | Joiner | ||
| Margaret | 11 | |||
| Kate | 9 | |||
| Waddington | William | 23 | Travelled with Wilkinson | |
| Leonard | William | 24 | Aberdeen | Mason |
| Mary | 20 | |||
| Taylor | James M | 6 | Travelled with Leonard | |
| Page | George | 26 | Staffordshire | Puddler bound for Nelson |
| Clara | 23 | |||
| George | 1 | |||
| Lloyd | ||||
| Single Men | ||||
| Armstrong | Robert | 22 | Antrim | Agricultural Labourer |
| Barriscril | Samuel | 22 | Monaghan | Agricultural Labourer |
| Boyd | Thomas | 22 | Down | Agricultural Labourer |
| Boyle | Thomas | 19 | Antrim | Agricultural Labourer |
| Bristol | Thomas | 25 | Staffordshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Clarke | James | 21 | Cavan | Agricultural Labourer |
| Corker | William J | 26 | Derry | Agricultural Labourer |
| Crockett | John | 22 | Derry | Agricultural Labourer |
| Joseph | 20 | Derry | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Darling | William H | 24 | Leitrim | Agricultural Labourer |
| Dickinson | James | 22 | Northumberland | Agricultural Labourer |
| Fletcher | Joseph | 24 | Lancashire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Grearson | Michael | 20 | Monaghan | Agricultural Labourer |
| John | 19 | Monaghan | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Keating | Thomas | 23 | Cavan | General Labourer |
| Kennedy | Samuel | 21 | Down | Agricultural Labourer |
| McCann | Patrick | 22 | Cavan | Agricultural Labourer |
| McEvoy | Joseph | 18 | Meath | Agricultural Labourer |
| McGill | William | 23 | Antrim | Agricultural Labourer |
| Martin | Patrick | 23 | Cavan | Agricultural Labourer |
| May | John | 22 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer |
| Moran | Thomas | 22 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer |
| Pretious | William H | 10 | Yorkshire | Scholar |
| Rielly | Thomas | 20 | Cavan | Agricultural Labourer |
| Smith | William | 26 | Down | Agricultural Labourer |
| Windrure | George | 24 | Monaghan | Agricultural Labourer |
| Robert J | 21 | Monaghan | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Anderson | John | 20 | Tyrone | Blacksmith |
| Thomas | 17 | Tyrone | Carpenter | |
| James | 14 | Tyrone | Servant | |
| Broad | Edward F | 20 | Surrey | Carpenter |
| Carly | Patrick | 18 | Roscommon | Agricultural Labourer |
| Cole | William | 22 | Gloucestershire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Condon | Michael | 19 | Limerick | Groom |
| Connor | Peter | 30 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer |
| Cooper | George James | 35 | Kent | Fitter |
| Emily | 16 | Kent | Servant | |
| Henry C | 14 | Kent | ||
| Mildred E | 12 | Kent | ||
| George J | 11 | Kent | ||
| Marian | 8 | Kent | ||
| Eleanor | 4 | Kent | ||
| Call | Patrick | 23 | Tipperary | Agricultural Labourer |
| Elliott | Robert | 21 | Derry | Agricultural Labourer |
| Fitchley | Hugh | 29 | Lancashire | Driller |
| Fox | John | 21 | Roscommon | Agricultural Labourer |
| Garuhan | Henry | 19 | Suffolk | Agricultural Labourer |
| Griffiths | James | 13 | Essex | Scholar |
| Hurley | Patrick | 21 | Cork | Agricultural Labourer |
| Hurlstone | Charles | 29 | Somersetshire | Shipwright |
| Kearns | Michael | 20 | Kerry | Shipwright |
| Lenowry | Joseph | 29 | Guernsey | Boat Builder |
| McDonough | John Joseph | 19 | Roscommon | Agricultural Labourer |
| McLaughlin | James | 24 | Roscommon | Agricultural Labourer |
| Mahoney | Cornelius | 23 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer |
| Marks | Albert | 16 | Warwickshire | Tailor |
| Arthur | 19 | Warwickshire | Tailor | |
| Mitchell | William | 33 | Forfar | Gardener |
| Murphy | Patrick | 22 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer |
| O'Connell | Cornelius | 20 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer |
| O'Leary | Daniel | 21 | Cork | Agricultural Labourer |
| Florence | 21 | Cork | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Power | John | 18 | Kilkenny | Labourer bound for New Plymouth |
| Slattery | Thomas | 20 | Tipperary | Agricultural Labourer |
| Thomson | William | 23 | Aberdeen | Carpenter |
| Veitch | Robert | 23 | Edinburgh | Upholsterer |
| Watkins | James | 24 | Fermanagh | Coachman |
| Williams | Michael | 22 | Tipperary | Agricultural Labourer |
| Taylor | Andrew | 21 | Aberdeen | Agricultural Labourer |
| David | 19 | Aberdeen | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Madigan | Michael | 25 | Clare | Agricultural Labourer |
| Stanley | Thomas | 22 | Lancashire | Bricklayer |
| Single Women | ||||
| Bainford | Miriam | 23 | Staffordshire | General Servant |
| Brogan | Elizabeth | 18 | Cavan | General Servant |
| Charmichael | Margaret | 22 | Antrim | Housemaid |
| Sarah | 20 | Antrim | General Servant | |
| Farrell | Kate | 22 | Kerry | Dairymaid |
| Fitzgerald | Abbey | 19 | Cork | General Servant |
| Mary | 18 | Cork | General Servant | |
| Kervens | Mary | 21 | Kerry | General Servant |
| Kearns | Mary | 18 | Galway | General Servant |
| Ilpatrick | Annie | 19 | Derry | General Servant |
| Markey | Alice | 21 | Monaghan | General Servant |
| Maxwell | Jane | 20 | Antrim | General Servant |
| Margaret A | 17 | Antrim | General Servant | |
| Martin | Francis | 49 | Middlesex | General Servant - MATRON |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| Anderson | Margaret | 15 | Tyrone | General Servant |
| Barnes | Anne m | 40 | Middlesex | To Husband |
| George J I | 20 | Middlesex | Carman | |
| Booth | Annie | 55 | Carlow | House Keeper - Died on board - 28/09/1879 Pulmonary Haemorrhage |
| Isabella H | 21 | General Servant | ||
| Alice M | 18 | General Servant | ||
| John J | 17 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
| Emily | 14 | |||
| Frances | 12 | |||
| Carpy | Ann | 20 | Roscommon | General Servant |
| Coleman | Annie | 19 | Queens County | General Servant |
| Ellen | 17 | Queens County | General Servant | |
| Cooke | Martha | 28 | Donegal | Servant |
| David | 8 | |||
| Martha | 7 | |||
| Isabella | 5 | |||
| Crawford | Annie M | 19 | Fermanagh | General Servant |
| Eliza J | 17 | General Servant | ||
| Fawcett | Jane | 20 | Fermanagh | General Servant |
| Harris | Harriet | 33 | Surrey | To Husband |
| Harriet | 13 | |||
| George | 8 | |||
| Lucy | 5 | |||
| Henry | 4 | |||
| Charles | 2 | |||
| Sarah | 1 | |||
| Hibberd | Clara | 25 | Yorkshire | Cook |
| Hurlston | Mary | 67 | Somersetshire | Widow |
| Knight | Sarah | 56 | Worcestershire | Nurse |
| McKee | Elizabeth | 42 | Lanark | Nurse |
| Mary | 32 | Lanark | Nurse | |
| Peter | 13 | |||
| David | 11 | |||
| McLaughlin | Agnes | 20 | Roscommon | Dairymaid |
| Bridget | 22 | Roscommon | Dairymaid | |
| Mahoney | Ellen | 17 | Kerry | General Servant |
| Honora | 19 | Kerry | General Servant | |
| Moore | Jane C | 28 | Queens County | Teacher |
| David H | 6 | |||
| Robert J | 4 | |||
| Thomas J | 3 | |||
| Georgina | 2 | |||
| O'Connor | Honora | 20 | Cork | General Servant |
| O'Leary | Elizabeth | 20 | Cork | General Servant |
| Olsen | Frederica | 17 | Norway | General Servant |
| O'Sullivan | Mary | 19 | Cork | General Servant |
| Parr | Jemima | 38 | Aberdeen | Cook |
| Isabella | 17 | Aberdeen | Dressmaker | |
| Alice M | 15 | Aberdeen | Servant | |
| George | 12 | |||
| Ada I | 9 | |||
| Jane E | 6 | |||
| Rose H | 3 | |||
| Power | Julia | 16 | Queens County | Servant bound for New Plymouth |
| Raftis | Mary | 18 | Kilkenny | General Servant |
| Riley | Elizabeth | 47 | Yorkshire | Widow |
| Hannah | 25 | Yorkshire | General Servant | |
| Teideman | Elizabeth | 18 | Surrey | Housemaid |
| Tierman | Bridget | 25 | Roscommon | General Servant |
| Mary | 27 | Roscommon | Housemaid | |
| Williams | Mary A | 23 | Staffordshire | General Servant |
| Wood | Anna M | 58 | Tyrone | Widow |
| Haw | Mary | 39 | Devonshire | |
| Harry | 10 | |||
| James | 8 | |||
| John | 6 | |||
| Stanley | Mary | 47 | Lancashire | Widow |
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| GILLBANKS family: Siblings Isaac GILLBANKS ,William GILLBANKS, Mary GILLBANKS came to NZ aboard the Arethusa. Eventually however all of the siblings settled in New Plymouth where a lot of their descendents are now buried (at Te Henui Cemetery). It is thought that the parents of Isaac, William and Mary (John GILLBANKS and Mary GILLBANKS nee: BENJAMIN) were also aboard the ship. Mary BENJAMIN's parents were William BENJAMIN and Agnes CARTER (daughter of William CARTER and Elizabeth ?) Isaac (1846-1932) married Ann CLARK William (1844-1925) married Caroline RALPH, (daughter of William RALPH and ?), 7 May 1865, Broughton West, Lancashire, England Mary is thought to have married William Edward Rogers PARSONS abt 1874 in England. The GILLBANKS family are originally from Lancashire, England. If you are connected to this family or would like to know more please feel free to contact Richard Breakfree Anderson here or here. |
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| John Joseph MCDONOUGH: John Joseph McDonough, the son of Michael McDonough and Mary Agin, arrived in NZ aboard the Arethusa 7/12/1879 from Rosscommon, Ireland as an assisted immigrant. His occupation was listed as Agricultural Labourer and his age as 19. He married Kate Walsh from County Kilkenny in 1886. On August 4th 1881he joined the New Zealand Police. Police records state that he was born on August 4th 1857 and his description was given as 5 foot 10 inches, light brown hair and grey eyes. John served in Dunedin and moved to Invercargill on June 4th 1886 where he lived in Ellis Road. He died on February 29th 1916. John and Kate McDonough had 5 children: 1) Mary (Sister MARY STANISLAUS) 1886 - 1971 2) John Michael 1888 - 1968 (married Ruth Featherston) 3) Kate Helena 1893 - 1962 (married Jules Seigert) 4) James Cormack 1895 - 1968 (married Mary Monica Affleck) 5) Walter Matthew 1897 - 1965 (married Murial Clarke) I am the Grand daughter of James Cormack. If you have any connections with this family or would like to know more please contact Mary |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 2000 - 2009
Reference:
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