Gainsborough
Ship: 900 Tons
Captain: Carter
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London October 23rd 1877 - arrived Nelson 28th February 1878
arrived Wellington 8th March 1878
During the voyage (November 3rd) the bowsprit was carried away and before she was able to pay off before the wind she lost her foretopmast and main royal mast. A jury bowsprit and topmast were rigged.
This ship also called at Hawkes Bay, and Marlborough. The passenger list has been transcribed by ports of disembarkation for the passengers. You may have to dig around a bit or use the search engine. Good Luck.
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Cabin Passengers | ||||
| Bramwell | Mrs | |||
| Miss Annie | ||||
| Haines | Mr C W | |||
| Mrs | ||||
| Master W G | ||||
| Maberly | D | |||
| Powell | Reverend Richard | |||
| Steerage Passengers | ||||
| Bound for Nelson | ||||
| Single Men | ||||
| Dwyer | Joseph | 22 | Wexford | Farm Labourer |
| Gibbin | Richard | 17 | Leitrim | Farm Labourer |
| McGrath | Joseph | 23 | Wexford | Farm Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Connell | John | 21 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Maher | William | 20 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| O'Connell | John | 32 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
| O'Connor | Michael | 24 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Tuckett | Thomas G. | 15 | Surrey | Telegraph Messenger |
| Single Women | ||||
| Breen | Bessy | 20 | Kerry | Cook |
| Giblin | Ellen | 24 | Kerry | Cook |
| Moran | Eliza | 19 | Leitrim | Cook |
| Maher | Mary | 42 | Limerick | Dairymaid |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| Casey | Catherine | 19 | Kerry | General Servant |
| Dorgan | Eliza | 21 | Kerry | General Servant |
| Maher | Ann | 22 | Limerick | Dairymaid |
| McSwiney | Jane | 24 | Cork | Shop Assistant |
| O'Connor | Johanna | 18 | Kerry | General Servant |
| Bound for Hawkes Bay | ||||
| Families and Children | ||||
| Eastburn | Edwin | 36 | Yorks | Cartwright |
| Hannah | 32 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Ewbank | William | 50 | Yorks | Joiner |
| William | 20 | Yorks | Farm Labourer | |
| Coleman | Michael | 19 | Monaghan | Farm Labourer |
| Donohue | Michael | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Murphy | Jeremiah | 19 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Stevens | Charles | 14 | Somerset | |
| Single Women | ||||
| Courhan | Catherine | 35 | Dundalk | Servant |
| Duffy | Catherine | 18 | Monaghan | Domestic Servant |
| Howard | Mary | 19 | Kerry | Servant |
| Shevelin | Catherine | 20 | Monaghan | Domestic Servant |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| Stevens | Elizabeth A. | 33 | Somerset | Laundress |
| Elizabeth A. | 12 | |||
| Stevens | Charles | 14 | Trans to s/m | |
| Walter | 7 | |||
| Martha J. | 4 | |||
| Jessie | 2 | |||
| John | 5 mths | |||
| Bound for Wellington | ||||
| Families and Children | ||||
| Edwards | Henry | 26 | Surrey | Carpenter |
| Annie | 21 | |||
| Gardiner | William | 60 | Suffolk | Farmer |
| Emily | 58 | |||
| Harriet | 26 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Kate | 24 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Henry John | 23 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Caroline | 22 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Frances S. | 20 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Kyle | Bernard | 27 | Edinburgh | Gas Fitter and White Smith |
| Rachel | 22 | |||
| John | 3 mths | |||
| Marshall | Frederick | 28 | Yorks | Bootmaker |
| Annie | 22 | |||
| John H. | 4 mths | |||
| O'Brien | Michael | 26 | Tipperary | House Painter |
| Johanna | 24 | |||
| Agnes | 7 | |||
| Mary | 4 | |||
| Annie | 1 | |||
| Paterson | Adam | 51 | Dumfries | Stonemason |
| Elizabeth | 54 | |||
| Annie | 25 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Janet | 21 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Jeanie | 19 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Mary | 14 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Agnes | 10 | |||
| Hendry | Mary | 32 | Trans to s/w | Travelling with the Paterson |
| Stanley | William | 27 | Forfarshire | Plumber |
| Janet M. | 27 | |||
| Silias | 2 | |||
| John | 6 mths | |||
| Stevens | William | 27 | Staffordshire | Farm Labourer |
| Hannah | 28 | |||
| Arthur | 2 | |||
| Amelia | 18 mths | |||
| White | Henry James | 30 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Sarah Alice | 29 | |||
| Walter Henry | 10 | |||
| Stephen J. | 6 | |||
| Alice M. | 2 | |||
| Colonial Nominated Families and Children | ||||
| Woodmas | John | 41 | Dumfries | Printer |
| Charlotte A. | 39 | |||
| John | 10 | |||
| William W. | 5 | |||
| Gertrude M. | 2 | |||
| Emigrant and Colonists Aid Association | ||||
| Roulson | Jens G. | 29 | Denmark | Labourer |
| Johansine | 27 | |||
| Carl A. | 11 mths | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Arnold | William N. | 22 | Lincolnshire | Herdsman |
| Des Forges | Charles | 18 | Norfolk | Farm Labourer |
| Gardiner | Henry J. | 23 | Suffolk | Farm Labourer |
| Williams | William J. | 23 | Monmouth | Farm Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Clifton | Benjamin | 20 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Dainty | Alfred | 15 | Staffordshire | Blacksmith |
| Dalton | William | 18 | Westmeath | Farm Labourer |
| Des Forges | Algernon | 21 | Lincolnshire | Butcher |
| Eade | Alfred | 16 | Middlesex | Rivetter |
| Kleman | Robert | 22 | Prussia | Engine Smith |
| Prescott | John | 21 | Lancashire | Smith |
| Sullivan | Daniel | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Emigrant and Colonists Aid Association | ||||
| Duggan | Michael | 13 | Waterford | |
| Single Women | ||||
| Armstrong | Mary | 22 | Dumfries | General Servant |
| Arnold | Alice A. | 18 | Lincolnshire | General Servant |
| Chambers | Jane | 19 | Warwick | Kitchenmaid |
| Colbourne | Eliza M. | 24 | Suffolk | Nurse |
| Gardiner | Harriet | 26 | Suffolk | Cook |
| Kate | 24 | Suffolk | Cook | |
| Caroline | 22 | Suffolk | Housemaid | |
| Frances S. | 20 | Suffolk | Housemaid | |
| Graham | Lizzie | 23 | Glostershire | General Servant |
| Lyons | Mary | 36 | Middlesex | General Servant |
| McCarthy | Mary | 19 | Kerry | General Servant |
| McGarvey | Eliza | 21 | Derry | General Servant |
| Morrison | Margaret | 19 | Shetland | General Servant |
| Mulhall | Catherine | 25 | Westmeath | Farm Servant |
| Nichols | Rachel | 25 | Essex | Nurse |
| Nicholls | Sophia | 20 | Surrey | Cook |
| Lucy | 18 | Surrey | Housemaid | |
| O'Callaghan | Margaret | 27 | Clare | Housemaid |
| O'Shaughnessy | Maria | 18 | Clare | Domestic Servant |
| Roberts | Sarah | 32 | Montgomery | Parlourmaid |
| Styles | Hannah | 26 | Surrey | Cook |
| Tester | Laurettam | 26 | Middlesex | General Servant |
| Lillian Emily | 6 | |||
| Edith C. | 3 | |||
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| Brown | Mary | 20 | Kerry | Domestic Servant |
| Dainty | Harriet | 18 | Stafford | Nurse |
| Dalton | Maria | 22 | Westmeath | Servant |
| Haskell | Charlotte | 30 | Middlesex | Nurse |
| Mary C. | 7 | Middlesex | ||
| Horne | Susannah | 48 | Essex | Nurse |
| Paterson | Annie | 25 | Dumfries | French Polisher |
| Janet | 21 | Dumfries | Domestic Servant | |
| Jeanie | 19 | Dumfries | Domestic Servant | |
| Mary | 14 | Dumfries | Machinist | |
| Hendry | Mary | 32 | Dumfries | Muslin Darner Travelling with Paterson |
| Sullivan | Johanna | 18 | Kerry | Servant |
| Emigrants and Colonists Aid Association | ||||
| Duggan | Mary | 39 | Waterford | General Servant |
| Mary | 10 | Waterford | ||
| Bound for Westland | ||||
| Families and Children | ||||
| Gale | James | 28 | Bucks | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 24 | |||
| Ernest | 5 | |||
| Elizabeth | 3 | |||
| Mary Ann | 10 mths | |||
| Maddison | Walter | 19 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Alice | 21 | |||
| Ross | Richard | 31 | Yorks | carpenter |
| Mary | 30 | |||
| Henry | 5 | |||
| Snair | Henry | 37 | Durham | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 31 | |||
| Colonial Nominated Families and Children | ||||
| Allen | Joseph | 27 | Cornwall | Miner |
| Mary | 25 | |||
| Kearns | John | 30 | Fermanagh | Labourer |
| Annie | 28 | |||
| Francis | 7 mths | |||
| Noble | Michael | 26 | Durham | Miner |
| Mary | 23 | |||
| Elizabeth M | 1 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Creagh | James | 22 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Donelly | John | 17 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Duggan | John James | 18 | Monaghan | Colliery Labourer |
| Michael | 16 | Monaghan | Colliery Labourer | |
| Henry | 12 | Monaghan | Colliery Labourer | |
| Fraiser | George Kenneth | 19 | Pembroke | Farm Labourer |
| Hasset | Michael | 27 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
| Kearney | Joseph | 21 | Leitrim | Farm Labourer |
| Keating | John | 20 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Leahy | Patrick | 22 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| Leybourne | William John | 22 | Durham | Farm Labourer |
| Lynch | Patrick | 20 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Maddigan | Patrick | 34 | Lemerick | Farm Labourer |
| James | 28 | |||
| McGeogh | John | 24 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| McNamara | Daniel | 26 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| Moloney | Cornelius | 19 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| O'Connell | Martin | 21 | Cork | Ploughman |
| Pimpernell | Joseph | 25 | Lincoln | Farm Labourer |
| Smith | Joseph | 25 | Lincoln | Farm Labourer |
| Tracey | James | 21 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| Ward | Timothy | 28 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| Wilson | Peter | 29 | Cumberland | Carpenter |
| Wood | Thomas | 24 | Lancashire | Carpenter |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Knox | James | 25 | Fermanagh | Farmer |
| Matthew | 59 | Fernanagh | Shoemaker | |
| Noonan | Michael | 19 | Clare | Farm Labourer |
| O'Connor | Patrick | 22 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| Woodridge | John | 24 | Cornwall | Blacksmith |
| Single Women | ||||
| Conway | Mary | 18 | Tipperary | General Servant |
| Coveney | Mary A. | 22 | Glostershire | General Servant |
| Duggan | Mary A. | 45 | Monaghan | |
| Rosett | 21 | Monaghan | Domestic Servant | |
| William | 9 | Monaghan | ||
| Edwards | Annie | 20 | Staffordshire | Nurse |
| Hesselwood | Mary | 21 | ||
| Maloney | Mary | 25 | Limerick | General Servant |
| Murray | Maria | 19 | Leitrim | General Servant |
| Washbrook | Selina | 20 | Warwick | General Servant |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| Keaney | Mary | 20 | Leitrim | General Servant |
| Knox | Eliza | 20 | Fermanagh | Domestic Servant |
| Margaret | 22 | Fermanagh | Domestic Servant | |
| Mary Ann | 25 | Fermanagh | Domestic Servant | |
| O'Shaunassy | Maria | 18 | Limerick | Farm Servant |
| Smith | Mary | 16 | Leitrim | General Servant |
| Stevens | Mary Ann | 35 | Cornwall | |
| John | 11 | |||
| Bound for Malborough | ||||
| Families and Children | ||||
| Elsmore | Thomas | 28 | Gloster | Farm Labourer |
| Martha | 27 | |||
| Annie | 3 | |||
| Emily | 1 | |||
| Gale | Samuel | 25 | York | farm Labourer |
| Mary | 24 | |||
| George | 9 mths | |||
| Gibbs | James | 26 | Worcestershire | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 25 | |||
| Eliza | 7 mths | |||
| Bubb | Jane | 12 | Trans to s/w | Travelling with Gibb's |
| Jackson | Sidney | 36 | Glamorgan | Carpenter |
| Hannah | 30 | |||
| Lizzie | 7 | |||
| Emelia | 8 mths | |||
| Parsons | John | 27 | Bucks | Bricklayer |
| Emily | 21 | |||
| Hedley J. | 5 mths | |||
| Pascoe | Thomas | 25 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Frances A. | 23 | |||
| Patchett | Joseph | 28 | Leicestershire | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 28 | |||
| Thomas | 7 | |||
| Annie | 3 | |||
| Thomas | Edwin | 24 | Cornwall | farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 25 | |||
| Samuel P. | 2 | |||
| Edward J. | 8 mths | |||
| Whiteley | George | 39 | Yorks | Joiner |
| Margaret | 35 | |||
| Edith M. | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
| David J. | 10 | |||
| George A. A. | 7 | |||
| James A. | 2 | |||
| Woodham | James | 26 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Mary A. | 21 | |||
| Alice | 2 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Clancey | Thomas | 20 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
| Edmonds | Henry James | 22 | Somerset | Farm Labourer |
| Henderson | John | 22 | Hereford | Carpenter |
| Kirk | Charles | 22 | Hereford | Carpenter |
| Sandiford | John | 16 | Somerset | Farm Labourer |
| Parkes | Thomas | 19 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Rowe | Solomon | 21 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Single Women | ||||
| Bubb | Jane | 12 | Worchester | Servant |
| Dean | Elizabeth | 17 | Gloster | Nursemaid |
| Falkner | Catherine | 30 | Meath | General Servant |
| Hunt | Elizabeth | 19 | Middlesex | Cook |
| Caroline | 15 | Middlesex | General Servant | |
| Moore | Elizabeth | 22 | Dublin | General Servant |
| Parkes | Henrietta | 22 | Kent | Housemaid |
| Perceval | Mary Ann | 21 | Cornwall | General Servant |
| Prestage | Elizabeth | 29 | Norfolk | Cook |
| Walsh | Jane | 23 | Dublin | Laundress |
| Whitely | Edith M. | 15 | York | Servant |
| Williams | Julia | 22 | Cornwall | Housemaid |
| Wynne | Jane | 28 | Roscommon | Housemaid |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| McMahon | Margaret | 19 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
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| John SANDIFORD: John SANDIFORD was born on June 2nd 1861 at East Chinnock, Somerset, the son of Samuel SANDIFORD and Emma (nee PITCHER). Following his arrival in New Zealand on board the ship Gainsborough in 1878, John married Margaret Mary CAMERON at Okamario in Blenheim, on February 14th 1883, at Blenheim. In New Zealand they had 7 children and John died on December 12th 1952 at the age of 92 years. He is buried at Omaka Cemetery in Blenheim. If you have a connection with this family or wish to know more please contact Judy Woollams. |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 1999 - 2002
National Archives Reference IM15/311