Howrah
Ship: 1098Tons
Captain: Greaves
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr John A. Eaton
Sailed London 26th August 1874 - arrived Wellington 30th November 1874
The Howrah was ten years from the
stocks when first chartered for three voyages to New Zealand. she was an iron ship of
1,098 tons, built at Sunderland in 1864 by Pile. During this voyage she encountered some
very rough weather. she made the passage in 96 days. During the voyage ten deaths occured.
Source White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Families and Children | ||||
| Anderson | George | 39 | Shetland | Farm Labourer |
| Helen | 27 | |||
| Helen | 5 | |||
| William | 6 mths | |||
| Austin | Frederick | 24 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Louisa | 23 | |||
| Balfe | James | 38 | Dublin | Ropemaker |
| Elizabeth | 34 | |||
| Mary E. | 3 mths | |||
| Barker | Thomas | 27 | Lanackshire | Miner |
| Mary E. | 27 | |||
| Barrow | William H. | 26 | ||
| Martha | 28 | |||
| V. Emeline | 1 | |||
| Bennett | James | 26 | Durham | Blacksmith |
| Margaret | 24 | |||
| William | 4 | |||
| Wilson | 5 mths | Died on board 07/10/1874 Diarrhoea |
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| Betteridge | Thomas | 31 | Hants | Farm Labourer |
| Charlotte | 32 | |||
| Thomas | 9 | |||
| Frederick | 7 | |||
| Charlotte May | 1 | Died on board 25/09/1874 Diarrhoea |
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| Female infant | Born on board 09/10/1874 | |||
| Blyde | George | 21 | Sussex | Farm Labourer |
| Alice | ||||
| Clifford | George | 32 | Warwickshire | Ploughman |
| Elizabeth | 34 | |||
| George | 5 | |||
| Elizabeth | 18 mths | |||
| Davis | George | 21 | Guernsey | Gardener |
| Martha | 23 | |||
| Dewehall | Robert | 39 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Mary Ann | 34 | |||
| Mary A. | 12 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Harriet J. | 10 | |||
| Rose E. | 7 | |||
| Alice E. | 3 | |||
| George Frederick | 3 mths | Died on board 02/10/1874 Diarrhoea |
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| Elliot | Thomas | 25 | Leicestershire | Labourer |
| Mercy | 22 | |||
| Evans | George | 28 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Viola S. | 25 | |||
| Fever | William | 33 | Kent | Labourer |
| Sarah | 29 | |||
| Ann E. | 5 | |||
| Emma | 2 | |||
| Frederick William | 3 mths | |||
| Forward | Thomas | 44 | Somerset | Plumber |
| Fanny | 43 | |||
| Fanny | 23 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Alfred | 22 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Matilda | 22 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Louisa | 21 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Florence | 2 | |||
| Frear | George | 33 | Cambridge | Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 29 | |||
| Lizzie | 4 | |||
| Francis | 2 | |||
| Fry | Charles | 38 | Kent | Engineer |
| Jane | 36 | |||
| Peter | 11 | |||
| Jane | 8 | |||
| Fryer | George | 40 | Worcester | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 37 | |||
| Stephen | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Agnes | 11 | |||
| Louisa | 7 | |||
| Alfred | 3 | |||
| Herbert | 1 | |||
| Fullford | William | 29 | Hampshire | Bricklayer |
| Mary Ann | 29 | |||
| William | 9 | |||
| Arthur | 7 | |||
| Sarah | 5 | |||
| Clara | 3 | |||
| Gardener | James | 38 | Limerick | Labourer |
| Margaret | 28 | |||
| May | 5 | |||
| Winnifred | 4 | |||
| David | 4 mths | |||
| George | Joseph | 25 | Stafford | Carman |
| Matilda | 23 | |||
| Alice | 9 mths | |||
| Gilbert | Frederick | 38 | Sussex | Painter |
| Emily | 35 | |||
| Frederick | 8 | |||
| Arthur | 6 | |||
| Walter William | 4 | |||
| Emily | 3 | |||
| Gilhard | Edward | 23 | Cornwall | Smith |
| Emma J. | 27 | |||
| Gittus | Charles | 38 | Worcester | Shoemaker |
| Caroline | 35 | |||
| Charles | 10 | |||
| Clarisa | 7 | |||
| Clarinda | 4 | Died on board 26/09/1874 Asthma |
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| Louis | 3 | |||
| Green | Frederick | 28 | Oxon | Farm Labourer |
| Hannah | 24 | |||
| Frederick William | 2 | |||
| Louisa Edith | 3 mths | Died on board 11/09/1874 Diarrhoea |
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| Griffin | Thomas | 45 | Oxford | Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 39 | |||
| Thomas | 8 | |||
| Elizabeth | 4 | |||
| Halerow | Lawrence | 38 | Shetland | Farm Labourer |
| Ursula | 36 | |||
| Margaret | 12 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Joan | 1 | |||
| Harvey | James | 25 | Kent | Labourer |
| Susan | 25 | |||
| George Thomas | 7 mths | |||
| Heal | William H. | 37 | Jersey | Farm Labourer |
| Louisa | 35 | |||
| Martha J. | 13 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Alfred | 11 | |||
| Louisa H. | 9 | |||
| Emma | 5 | |||
| John | 2 | |||
| Elizabeth | 8 mths | |||
| Heal | John | 21 | Jersey | Farm Labourer |
| Louisa | 20 | |||
| Hodges | Edward | 33 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 39 | |||
| Hoar | Mark | 30 | Hants | Carpenter |
| Anne | 31 | |||
| Alfred | 8 | |||
| Albert | 6 | |||
| Annie | 3 | |||
| Edith | 11 | |||
| Hubbarb | William | 30 | Kent | Labourer |
| Margaret | 30 | |||
| Hughes | Thomas | 20 | Kent | Labourer |
| Julia | 19 | |||
| Hunter | Peter | 39 | Shetland | Farm Labourer |
| Anne | 29 | |||
| Peter | 16 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Anne | 14 | Trans to s/w | ||
| John | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Barbara | 10 | |||
| Jeremiah | 7 | |||
| Henry | 5 | |||
| James | 2 | |||
| Grace E. | 1 mth | |||
| Jamieson | Stewart | 19 | Shetland | Farm Labourer |
| Ann | 23 | |||
| Thomas | 5 mths | |||
| Johnson | John | 40 | Zetland | Farm Labourer |
| Ursula | 38 | |||
| Charles | 16 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Jessy | 14 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Ann | 10 | |||
| Ursula | 8 | |||
| Jane | 3 | |||
| King | Benjamin | 30 | Norfolk | Labourer |
| Susannah | 22 | |||
| Lambert | David | 28 | Sussex | Blacksmith |
| Mary Anne | 26 | Died on board 21/10/1874 Miscarriage |
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| Henry John | 3 | |||
| Herbert | 1 | |||
| Manning | Daniel | 35 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 32 | |||
| Daniel | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Ellen | 12 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Jeremiah | 12 | Trns to s/m | ||
| Honora | 6 | |||
| McDonald | William | 42 | Lanark | Shoemaker |
| Margaret | 34 | |||
| William | 11 | |||
| Samuel | 9 | |||
| Male infant | Born on board 20/10/1874 | |||
| McFarlane | William | 35 | Lanark | Joiner |
| Sarah | 35 | |||
| William | 11 | |||
| Mary | 4 | |||
| Jane | 1 | Died on board 24/09/1874 Diarrhoea |
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| McIntire | Barnard | 33 | Cumberland | Ships Builder |
| Sarah | 28 | |||
| Elizabeth A. | 5 | |||
| Margaret | 3 | |||
| William James | 1 | |||
| Merritt | Thomas E. | 37 | Kent | Mechanic |
| Charlotte | 28 | |||
| Martha | 58 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Mulcahy | Daniel | 27 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 30 | |||
| Mary | 6 mths | |||
| Munns | James | 29 | Sligo | Bootmaker |
| Maria | 30 | |||
| Mary Jane | 3 | |||
| Elizabeth | 1 | |||
| Noble | Thomas | 24 | Durham | Blacksmith |
| Alice | 21 | |||
| Palmer | Jabez | 31 | Warwickshire | Joiner |
| Lizzie | 29 | |||
| James William A. | 7 | |||
| Parnell | William | 40 | Devon | Bootmaker |
| Sarah A. | 30 | |||
| Henry W. | 9 | |||
| Mary S. | 8 | |||
| Paully | John | 34 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Kate | 34 | |||
| Elizabeth Howrah | Infant | Born on board 27/08/1874 Died on board 09/09/1874 Thrush |
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| Pay | Thomas | 40 | Hampshire | Farm Labourer |
| Ann | 40 | |||
| William | 20 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Sarah A. | 18 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Thomas | 16 | Trans to s/m | ||
| John | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Mary | 12 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Emma | 10 | |||
| Ellen | 8 | |||
| Harry | 6 | |||
| Harriet | 4 | |||
| Rose | 2 | |||
| Alfred | 3 mths | |||
| Phillips | William Frances | 31 | Staffordshire | Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 28 | |||
| Alfred | 7 | |||
| Elizabeth A. | 3 | |||
| William Frances | 1 | Died on board 10/09/1874 Diarrhoea |
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| Quarrell | Robert | 36 | Dorset | Labourer |
| Mary A. | 33 | |||
| Mabel | 5 | |||
| Arthur E. | 3 | |||
| Rosa B. | 1 | |||
| Raitt | James | 33 | Forfar | Joiner |
| Helen | 31 | |||
| William | 9 | |||
| Jemima | 5 | |||
| Isabella | 3 | |||
| Mary | 8 mths | Died on board 15/09/1874 Diarrhoea |
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| Rampton | Charles | 43 | Hants | Navvy |
| Anne | 43 | |||
| Mary A. | 21 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Martha | 14 | Trans to s/w | ||
| William | 11 | |||
| Rampton | Charles | 25 | Essex | Labourer |
| Martha | 25 | |||
| Charles | 4 | |||
| James | 2 | |||
| Richards | Thomas | 24 | Cornwall | Mason |
| Elizabeth | 26 | |||
| Richards | F. | 21 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Miranda | 21 | |||
| Sauvarin | Thomas | 42 | Guernsey | Brickmaker |
| Betsey | 39 | |||
| Betsey | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Thomas | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Emily | 11 | |||
| Mary Ann | ||||
| Sanders | James | 29 | Middlesex | Groom |
| Mary A. | 25 | |||
| Sullivan | Patrick | 30 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Catherine | 26 | |||
| John | 4 | |||
| Thomason | James | 45 | Shetland | Shepherd |
| Clementina | 44 | |||
| Arthur | 15 | |||
| Eliza | 14 | |||
| Clementina | 12 | |||
| Mary | 10 | |||
| Robina | 6 | |||
| Turner | George | 28 | Warwickshire | Carpenter |
| Elizabeth | 25 | |||
| Florence | 6 | |||
| Arthur | 3 | |||
| John | 2 mths | |||
| Uridge | Thomas | 30 | Surrey | Farm Labourer |
| Harriet | 30 | |||
| Caroline | 6 | |||
| Thomas | 2 | |||
| Wells | John | 40 | Kent | General Labourer |
| Jane | 40 | |||
| Mary E. | 17 | Trans to s/w | ||
| William John | 15 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Sarah | 3 | |||
| Female infant | Born on board 06/09/1874 | |||
| Wilkins | William | 44 | Warwickshire | Plasterer |
| Elizabeth | 44 | |||
| Sarah M. | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
| William | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Amelia | 10 | |||
| Alice | 8 | |||
| Pricilla | 5 | |||
| Alfred R. | 3 | |||
| Williamson | Henry | 37 | Shetland | Farm Labourer |
| Janet | 38 | |||
| James | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Robina | 12 | Trans s/w | ||
| Barbara | 6 | |||
| Henry | 4 | |||
| Jeremiah | 1 | |||
| Mitchell | 1 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Arnold | Alfred | 20 | Staffordshire | Carpenter |
| Avery | Thomas | 23 | Lancashire | Printer |
| Barns | John | 24 | Wilts | Labourer |
| Biddle | Andrew | 26 | Leicester | Labourer |
| Brosnaham | John | 21 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Card | Albert | 14 | Kent | |
| Carter | John | 20 | Staffordshire | Sawyer |
| Claffy | Darby | 25 | Kings | Farm Labourer |
| Clark | Joseph | 30 | Beds | Labourer |
| Clarke | David | 20 | Staffordshire | Labourer |
| Clift | John | 26 | Middlsex | Carpenter |
| Coutts | Andrew | 23 | Shetland | Labourer |
| Creed | Thomas | 24 | Somerset | Farmer |
| Daley | John | 23 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Davey | John | 25 | Cornwall | Labourer |
| Davidson | John | 22 | Shetland | Ploughman |
| De la Mare | George | 21 | Guernsey | Farmer |
| Delaney | William | 28 | Queens | Farm Labourer |
| Denton | John H. | 25 | Yorkshire | Railway Foreman |
| Divehall | Henry | 13 | Kent | |
| Dowling | Michael | 21 | Kilkenny | Farm Labourer |
| Edmondson | William | 23 | Lancashire | Printer |
| Eldridge | James | 33 | Kent | Labourer |
| Evans | Henry | 20 | Cornwall | Gardener |
| Falton | Henry | 28 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Fry | William C. | 17 | Kent | Blacksmith |
| Fryer | Stephen | 14 | Worcestershire | |
| Galvin | James | 22 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Gichard | William | 25 | Cornwall | Labourer |
| Joseph | 20 | Cornwwall | Labourer | |
| Grant | Walter W. | 27 | Hants | Farm Labourer |
| Haggett | H. B. | 22 | Sussex | Farm Labourer |
| Heatherston | Hugh | 22 | Kilkenny | Labourer |
| Herlihy | David | 19 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Howling | John | 26 | Kent | Bricklayer |
| Hubbarb | George | 40 | Kent | Labourer |
| Hunter | Peter | 16 | Shetland | Farm Labourer |
| John | 12 | Shetland | Farm Labourer | |
| Jameson | Andrew | 19 | Shetland | Farm Labourer |
| Johnson | Charles | 16 | Shetland | Farm Labourer |
| Kerrish | John | 24 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Kilpatrick | Adam | 21 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
| Lowe | Thomas | 21 | Cheshire | Labourer |
| Manning | Daniel | 14 | Cork | |
| Jeremiah | 12 | Cork | ||
| Manson | William | 33 | Shetland | Farm Labourer |
| Martin | Daniel | 25 | Kent | Labourer |
| William | 6 | |||
| Moriarty | Michael | 22 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Morris | Alfred | 21 | Bucks | Carpenter |
| Mosely | John | 19 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Naylor | Henry | 18 | Lancashire | Labourer |
| Olding | Charles | 27 | Wiltshire | Painter |
| Patton | William | 17 | Perthshire | Farm Labourer |
| Pay | William | 20 | Hants | Farm Labourer |
| Thomas | 16 | Hants | Carter | |
| John | 14 | |||
| Payne | Harry | 18 | Bucks | Labourer |
| Philpots | John H. | 23 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Quealy | Patrick | 22 | Clare | Farm Labourer |
| Ranger | Robert | 34 | Wilts | Labourer |
| Ridland | James | 28 | Shetland | Farm Labourer |
| Ryan | John | 19 | Kilkenny | Farm Labourer |
| Sandoe | Richard | 30 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Sauvarin | Thomas | 13 | Guernsey | |
| Shanahan | Michael | 26 | Kings | Farm Labourer |
| Smedmore | Frederick | 25 | Dorset | Ironmonger |
| Smithers | George | 18 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Somers | John | 22 | Dublin | Labourer |
| Stanley | William | 22 | Kent | Labourer |
| Thomson | Arthur | 15 | Shetland | Farm Labourer |
| Walsh | James | 19 | Kilkenny | Ploughman |
| Wells | William John | 15 | Kent | Labourer |
| Welsh | William | 20 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Whelan | James | 25 | Kilkenny | Labourer |
| Wilkins | William | 13 | Warwick | |
| Williamson | James | 14 | Shetland | Farm Labourer |
| Wingrove | John | 26 | Wilts | Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated | ||||
| Adams | Jesse | 21 | Kent | Draper Porter |
| Cronin | Patrick | 24 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Marshall | Michael | 29 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Single Women | ||||
| Adams | Rachael | 23 | Flintshire | Housemaid |
| Anderson | Maude | 35 | Shetland | Housekeeper |
| Carter | Ann | 18 | Staffordshire | Servant |
| Cranston | Mary | 28 | Surrey | General Servant |
| Dewehall | Margaret | 12 | Kent | |
| Dooling | Bridget | 23 | Kilkenny | General Servant |
| Evans | Minnie | 21 | Cornwall | General Servant |
| Fanning | Bridget | 17 | Guernsey | Servant |
| Forward | Louisa | 21 | Somerset | Servant |
| Fanny | 23 | Somerset | Nurse | |
| Fraser | Margaret | 36 | Ross | Laundry Maid |
| Fry | Sarah | 15 | Kent | Kitchen Maid |
| Ellen | 13 | Kent | Kitchen Maid | |
| Garrick | Ann | 20 | Shetland | Servant |
| Gibbons | Annie | 20 | Waterford | Servant |
| Gichard | Julia H. | 54 | Cornwall | Matron |
| Halerow | Margaret | 12 | Shetland | |
| Harris | Ellen | 30 | Staffordshire | Cook |
| Heal | Martha J. | 13 | Jersey | |
| Hill | Georgiana | 24 | Guernsey | Servant |
| Hunter | Anne | 14 | Shetland | |
| Johnson | Jessie | 14 | Shetland | |
| Jones | Mary A. | 22 | Monaghan | Housemaid |
| Keelan | Mary | 18 | Surrey | General Servant |
| Ann | 19 | Surrey | General Servant | |
| Laivrenson ? | Joanna | 23 | Shetland | Servant |
| Manning | Ellen | 12 | Cork | |
| Manson | Martha | 24 | Shetland | General Servant |
| McDermid | Catherine | 33 | Arran | Servant |
| Merritt | Martha | 58 | Kent | |
| Moar | A. M. | 34 | Shetland | Servant |
| Neville | Naomi | 22 | Glostershire | Nurse |
| Patton | Mary | 19 | Perthshire | Servant |
| Pay | Sarah A. | 18 | Hants | Servant |
| Mary | 12 | Hants | ||
| Pole | Joan | 20 | Shetland | Servant |
| Rampton | Margaret | 21 | Hants | Servant |
| Martha | 14 | Hants | Servant | |
| Sauvarin | Betsy | 15 | Guernsey | |
| Somers | Mary | 18 | Dublin | General Servant |
| Stanley | Susan E. | 20 | Kent | Servant |
| Thomason | Eliza | 14 | Shetland | |
| Clementina | 12 | Shetland | ||
| Wells | Maria | 27 | Durham | Servant |
| Wells | Mary E. | 17 | Kent | Servant |
| Wilkins | Sarah | 15 | Warwick | |
| Williamson | Robina | 12 | Shetland | |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 2000, 2001
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IM15/162