Avalanche
Ship: 1160
Captain: Bishop
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr Doyle
Sailed London 22nd October 1874 - arrived New Plymouth January 22nd 1875
The Avalanche was a fine comfortable
ship of 1160 tons, owned by the Shaw Savill and Albion Co. She made some good runs in the
New Zealand trade, especially on one occasion when racing Home with the celebrated
Crusader. After completing three successful voyages to Wellington she came to grief when
starting out again in 1877, bound for Wellington with 60 passengers. She collided in the
English Channel with an American ship, and went down in a few minutes with all the
passengers and crew, a total loss of 99 souls - only three of the crew bwing saved.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
We would like to thank Steve & Cheryl Nightingale and Lynn Peake for providing information for this list.
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Families & Children to New Plymouth | ||||
| Barrett | John | 40 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Catherine | 40 | |||
| Ellen | 19 | T/F to single women | ||
| Mary | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
| Susan | 14 | T/F to single women | ||
| Elizabeth | 13 | |||
| Alfred | ? | |||
| John | 9 | |||
| James | 7 | |||
| Sarah | 3 | |||
| Richard | 1 | |||
| Bennett | George | 38 | Kent | Bricklayer |
| Martha | 28 | |||
| Frederick C | 6 | |||
| George William | 5 | |||
| Alfred C | 2 | |||
| Charles J | 2 months | |||
| Billinghurst | Henry | 37 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Martha | 34 | |||
| William | 9 | |||
| Bottin | Thomas | 43 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 43 | |||
| Catherine | 19 | T/F to single women | ||
| Thomas | 9 | |||
| Emma | 7 | |||
| Peter | 5 | |||
| Burnham | Charles | 30 | Lancashire | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 31 | |||
| Hannah | 13 | |||
| Walter | 8 | |||
| Chralotte | 5 | |||
| Elizabeth | 2 | |||
| Alfred | 1 | |||
| Busby | Jason | 38 | Oxfordshire | Shepherd |
| Sophia A | 38 | |||
| Louisa | 17 | T/F to single women | ||
| Joseph | 14 | T/F to single men | ||
| Matilda | 11 | |||
| Emma | 9 | |||
| Henry | 7 | |||
| Annie | 1 | |||
| Christian | Thomas | 32 | Hamptonshire | Farm Labourer |
| Mary J | 23 | |||
| Julia | 4 | |||
| Alfred George | 3 | |||
| Thomas James | 1 | |||
| Clark | John | 30 | Middlesex | Brickmaker |
| Elizabeth | 31 | |||
| Henry | 11 | |||
| Dunne | Francis | 40 | Westmeath | Book Keeper Schoolmaster on board |
| Eliza | 39 | |||
| Mary Ann | 18 | T/F to single women | ||
| Johanna | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
| Margaret Bridget | 15 | T/F to single women | ||
| Arabella | 14 | T/F to single women | ||
| Partick | 12 | |||
| Edmund | 10 | |||
| Eliza | 7 | |||
| Francis | 1 | |||
| Douch | George | 25 | Sussex | Brickmaker |
| Phillis | 21 | |||
| Francis | 33 | T/F to single women | ||
| Alexander | 26 | T/F to single men | ||
| Fernie | Betsie | 28 | T/F to single women | Housekeeper |
| Cuthbert W | Infant | |||
| Florey | Henry R | 32 | Kent | Labourer |
| Elizabeth A | 30 | |||
| Henry John | 11 | |||
| F. Edwin | 1 | |||
| Hall | George Henry | 23 | Kent | Painter |
| Margaret J | 21 | |||
| Harding | William | 27 | Hamptonshire | Labourer |
| Maria | 24 | |||
| Hayhow | William | 27 | Middlesex | Bricklayer |
| Eliza | 26 | |||
| Eliza | 11 | |||
| Martha | 4 | |||
| William | 2 | |||
| Henry | 1 | |||
| Hewitt | Alfred | 22 | ||
| Hannah | 27 | |||
| Elizabeth | 2 | |||
| Emma | 1 | |||
| Hodgkin | Charles | 30 | Kent | Bricklayer |
| Caroline | 29 | |||
| Nunine | 6 | |||
| Rose | 1 | |||
| Hollis | Henry | 34 | Buckinghamshire | Labourer Constable on board |
| Eliza | 38 | |||
| George | 8 | |||
| Richard | 5 | |||
| Mary | 3 | |||
| Hannah | 2 | |||
| Holmes | John | 22 | Kent | Labourer |
| Maria | 22 | |||
| Emily | 2 | |||
| John | 1 | |||
| Hughes | Stephen | 36 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Eliza | 32 | |||
| Stephen | 13 | |||
| Thomas | 9 | |||
| John | 7 | |||
| William | 4 | |||
| George | 2 | |||
| Jeffrey | Edward | 33 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Louisa | 34 | |||
| Jane | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
| Edward | 12 | |||
| Alice | 10 | |||
| Sarah | 8 | |||
| King | Philip | 31 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah Ann | 30 | |||
| Emily | 9 | |||
| George | 7 | |||
| Alice M | 6 | |||
| Rose | 5 | |||
| Knowler | Henry | 25 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Martha A | 20 | |||
| Henry | 1 | |||
| Richard | 1 | |||
| Laurence | William | 29 | Sussex | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 26 | |||
| Albert E | 9 | |||
| William | 7 | |||
| Kate | 5 | |||
| Walter | 2 | |||
| Matthews | Robert | 25 | Meath | General Labourer |
| Catherine | 30 | |||
| George | 3 | |||
| Miles | James | 45 | Sussex | Farm Labourer |
| Jane | 38 | |||
| James | 12 | |||
| Neary | Patrick | 33 | Dublin | Carpenter |
| Margaret | 28 | |||
| Mary | 5 | |||
| Hogan | Mary | 19 | T/F to single women | Travelled with Neary |
| Neill | James | 36 | Wicklow | Farm Labourer |
| Catherine | 21 | |||
| Raven | John | 40 | Norfolk | Labourer |
| Charlotte | 36 | |||
| Mary | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
| Alice | 13 | |||
| Peter | 13 | |||
| Elizabeth | 11 | |||
| Hannah | 8 | |||
| Emily | 6 | |||
| Henry | 4 | |||
| Florence | 1 | |||
| Sands | Thomas | 23 | Sussex | Farm Labourer |
| Caroline | 26 | |||
| Sarah A | 2 | |||
| Ambrose J | 1 | |||
| Simpson | Thomas | 33 | Middlesex | Brickmaker |
| Sarah | 33 | |||
| Smith | Raymond | 30 | Gloucestershire | Shepherd |
| Sarah A | 25 | |||
| Charles | 5 | |||
| James | 3 | |||
| Emma | 1 | |||
| Stroud | Henry | 31 | Somersetshire | Farm Labourer |
| Mary Ann | 29 | |||
| Henry | 7 | |||
| John | 5 | |||
| Surrey | Isaac | 34 | Kent | Labourer |
| Mary A | 26 | |||
| Robert G | 9 | |||
| Alfred E | 8 | |||
| Percy H | 6 | |||
| Louisa A | 3 | |||
| Swinerd | Humphrey | 36 | Kent | Sawyer |
| Frances | 32 | |||
| Humphrey | 13 | |||
| Charles | 11 | |||
| Fanny M | 10 | |||
| Arthur | 8 | |||
| Martha M | 6 | |||
| Ellen L | 4 | |||
| Ebenezer | 21 | |||
| Taylor | William | 34 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Emma | 35 | |||
| John | 9 | |||
| Walter | 6 | |||
| Esther | 3 | |||
| Eliza | 1 | |||
| Tucker | Dennis | 30 | Kent | Bricklayer |
| Jane | 24 | |||
| Wallis | James | 22 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Celia | 20 | |||
| Wood | Joe | 26 | Kent | Smith |
| Alice | 25 | |||
| Families & Children to Wellington | ||||
| Atkins | James | 23 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Eliza | 24 | |||
| Adcock | John | 34 | Norfolk | Wheelwright |
| Frances | 36 | |||
| Billings | Stephen | 42 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 36 | |||
| Cook | Edward | 28 | Gloustershire | Farm Labourer |
| Anne | 25 | |||
| Graham | Donald | 29 | Argyll | Blacksmith |
| Mary | 26 | |||
| Hughes | John | 30 | Staffordshire | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 20 | |||
| Harney | Job | 37 | Dorsetshire | Farm Labourer Selected by Emigrant & Colonist Aid Corp. Shut out of Berar. |
| Emma | 25 | |||
| Caroline | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
| Emily | 9 | |||
| Annie | 7 | |||
| William | 5 | |||
| Hilda | 3 | |||
| Adeline | 2 | |||
| Lewis | David G | 37 | Montgomery | Labourer |
| Mary A | 35 | |||
| Lee | James George | 25 | Somersetshire | Sawyer |
| Elizabeth | 27 | |||
| McMillan | Henry | 23 | Derry | Farm Labourer |
| Catherine | 19 | |||
| Neal | William | 29 | Cambridegshire | Railway Guard |
| Fanny | 24 | |||
| Startup | George | 21 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 19 | |||
| Seal | James | 38 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Frances | 30 | |||
| John | 9 | |||
| B Ann | 14 months | |||
| Twiner | George | 38 | Sussex | Labourer |
| Frances | 37 | |||
| Caroline | 17 | T/F to single women | ||
| Vaughan | Jesse | 21 | Kent | Carpenter |
| Frances | 19 | |||
| Alfred | 9 months | |||
| Waters | Herbert | 20 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 19 | |||
| House | Frank | 23 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 22 | |||
| Maude | 2 | |||
| Caroline | Infant | |||
| Brophy | Edward | 31 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
| Ellen | 27 | |||
| Catherine | 9 | |||
| Ellen | 7 | |||
| Edward | 5 | |||
| James | 3 | |||
| Mary | 9 months | |||
| Joiner | Frederick George | 30 | ||
| Charlotte | 29 | |||
| Emma | 4 | |||
| Ellen | 3 | |||
| Mary | 9 months | |||
| Colonial Nominated Families & Children to Wellington | ||||
| Taylor | Allen | 26 | Surrey | Bricklayer |
| Emma | 26 | |||
| Single Men to New Plymouth | ||||
| Barge | Samuel | 26 | Somerset | Farm Labourer |
| Bishop | William | 21 | Hamptonshire | Ploughman |
| George | 17 | Ploughman | ||
| Enor | 14 | |||
| Bond | Richard | 21 | Sussex | Farm Labourer |
| Box | George Henry | 20 | Kent | Labourer |
| Bullock | Walter | 20 | Middlesex | Coach Builder |
| Busby | Joseph | 14 | Oxfordshire | |
| Coulter | Edward | 13 | Kent | |
| Carvell | Frederic J | 19 | Kent | Labourer |
| Clark | Samuel James | 32 | Kent | Labourer |
| Coomber | Charles | 28 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Cole | William | 22 | Kent | Blacksmith |
| Crook | William F | 21 | Berkshire | Blacksmith |
| Cummings | Herbert A | 20 | Kent | Fitter |
| Divitnell | John | 37 | Kent | General Labourer |
| Douche | Alexander | 26 | Sussex | |
| Ellem | Thomas | 36 | Lancashire | Bricklayer |
| Farleigh | Lewis | 21 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Fernie | Francis G | 33 | Forfar | Painter |
| Alexander | 26 | Forfar | Cabinet Maker | |
| Fissenden | John | 25 | Kent | Labourer |
| Fange | Henry | 26 | Kent | Bricklayer |
| Giles | Thomas John | 19 | Kent | Labourer |
| Gilchrist | James | 21 | Down | Farm Labourer |
| Hall | James M | 21 | Edinborough | Carpenter |
| Harrison | George | 20 | Kent | Labourer |
| Haskell | Samuel | 24 | Kent | Labourer |
| Hodges | James | 19 | Kent | Labourer |
| Jose | 24 | Kent | Labourer | |
| Hodge | John | 23 | Kent | Labourer |
| Jones | Thomas | 40 | Roscommon | Farm Labourer |
| Lankstead | Walter | 19 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Langridge | John | 22 | Kent | Labourer |
| Lepper | Charles | 19 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Martin | John | 24 | Kent | Groom |
| Miles | William | 15 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Pett | Alfred | 22 | Kent | Labourer |
| Raddin | David | 23 | Dublin | Farm Labourer |
| Rattenbury | Henry | 35 | Devon | Farm Labourer |
| Reece | Thomas | 23 | Kent | Blacksmith |
| Reeves | Edward | 21 | Oxfordshire | Farm Labourer |
| Roe | Matthew | 21 | Guernsey | Farm Labourer |
| Seamark | William | 39 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| William | 13 | Kent | ||
| Taylor | Edward | 19 | Lancashire | Farm Labourer |
| Thorne | Frederic | 19 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Weller | Alfred W | 18 | Kent | Baker |
| Whatson | Stephen | 28 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men to New Plymouth | ||||
| Cantell | Joseph | 16 | Kent | Labourer |
| Single Men to Wellington | ||||
| Douche | Obadiah | 26 | Kent | Farm labourer |
| Town | Henry | 20 | Kent | Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men to Wellington | ||||
| Nash | Patrick | 20 | Rosscommon | Tailor |
| Single Women to New Plymouth | ||||
| Barrett | Ellen | 19 | Cornwall | |
| Mary | 16 | Cornwall | ||
| Susan | 14 | Cornwall | ||
| Bottin | Catherine | 19 | Kent | |
| Busby | Louisa | 17 | Oxfordshire | |
| Daney | Sarah | 28 | Buckinghamshire | Housemaid |
| Douche | Francis | 33 | Sussex | |
| Duffield | Kate | 18 | Oxfordshire | Servant |
| Dunne | Mary Ann | 18 | Westmeath | |
| Johanna | 16 | Westmeath | ||
| Margaret Bridget | 15 | Westmeath | ||
| Arabella | 14 | Westmeath | ||
| Fernie | Betsie | 28 | Kent | Servant MATRON |
| Wilhelmina | 9 months | |||
| Fissenden | Ellen | 19 | Kent | Servant |
| Hogan | Mary | 19 | Dublin | Travelled with Neary |
| Jeffrey | Jane | 16 | Kent | |
| Marin | Mary J | 17 | Alderney | Servant |
| Miles | Rhoda | 17 | Kemt | Servant |
| Millgate | Jane | 46 | Kent | Servant |
| Pearson | Elizabeth | 16 | Kent | Servant |
| Pope | Annie | 30 | Hertfordshire | Cook |
| Raven | Mary | 16 | Norfolk | |
| Seamark | Margaret | 15 | Kent | Servant |
| Smith | Sarah | 23 | Essex | Housemaid |
| Wetherell | Emily | 20 | Kent | Servant |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women to New Plymouth | ||||
| Bourns | Mary Ann | 39 | Mayo | Seamstress |
| Single Women to Wellington | ||||
| Harney | Caroline | 16 | Dorsetshire | Servant |
| Turner | Caroline | 17 | Sussex | Servant |
| Twiner | Caroline | 17 | Sussex | |
| Crawford | Elizabeth | 23 | Fermanagh | Servant |
| Dunn | Johanna | 27 | Waterford | Laundress |
| Bartholomew | Margaret | 34 | Fife | Servant |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women to Wellington | ||||
| Nash | Rose | 16 | Roscommon | Servant |
| Mary | 18 | Roscommon | Servant | |
| Fennell | Catherine | 18 | Tipperary | Dressmaker |
| Mahoney | Ellen | 22 | Tipperary | Housemaid |
| BUSBY family: Jason and Sophia A. Busby came from |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 2000 - 2009
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IM15/181