Oliver Lang
Ship: 1224 tons
Captain: Joseph Mundle
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed Liverpool September 24th 1856 - arrived Wellington December 19th 1856
also to Nelson and Lyttelton
The Oliver Lang was built at Quebec,
and on her maiden voyage to Liverpool was wrecked at Bantry Bay (southern
Ireland), but was got off and repaired. She made her first appearance in Wellington in
1856, arriving there on December 19th of that year after a smart passage of 85 days from
Liverpool. After arriving at Wellington in 1859 she was beached at "Kaiwarra".
One story says that she had had a mid-ocean collision with the barque Shan which damaged
her hull while the second story says that she arrived in Wellington safely and was blown
ashore by a squall. Either way she was condemned and remained there until she broke up.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Our thanks to Terry Logan for helping in the compilation of this list
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Arnold | Oliver | 24 | Butcher | |
| Attwood | William | 25 | Boot and Shoemaker | |
| Mary | 25 | |||
| William | 2 | |||
| Infant | ||||
| Amphlett | Henry | 36 | Carpenter | |
| Ambler | Charles | 40 | Excavator | |
| Ash | Henry | 33 | Blacksmith | |
| Priscilla | 35 | |||
| Martha | 11 | |||
| Alley | Charles | 26 | Brickmaker | |
| Andrews | William | 27 | General Labourer | |
| Bassett | Thomas | 27 | Farm Labourer | |
| Harriet | 26 | |||
| Juliana | 5 | |||
| Theresa | 4 | |||
| Infant | ||||
| Batterby | John | 39 | General Labourer | |
| Bedford | Thomas | 31 | Blacksmith | |
| Emily | 29 | |||
| Bennett | Thomas | 18 | General Labourer | |
| Bennett | Matthew | 27 | Sawyer | |
| Jane | 28 | |||
| John | 6 | |||
| Thomas | 5 | |||
| Sarah | Infant | |||
| Bennett | Octavius | 30 | Carpenter | |
| Jane | 25 | |||
| Mary Ann | 2 | |||
| Bentley | James | 23 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Best | George | 29 | Shepherd | |
| Sarah | 34 | |||
| George | 9 | |||
| Harriet | 6 | |||
| Alfred | 4 | |||
| Biddle | George | 30 | General Labourer | |
| Sarah | 25 | |||
| Bishop | William | 30 | Blacksmith | |
| Emma | 31 | |||
| Ann | 8 | |||
| James | 6 | |||
| George | 3 | |||
| Thomas | 1 | |||
| Braggins | Thomas | 34 | Carpenter | |
| Sarah | 38 | |||
| Edward | 13 | |||
| Elizabeth | 7 | |||
| Eliza | 7 | |||
| Jane | 3 | |||
| Infant | ||||
| Breeze | John | 24 | Millwright | |
| Brown | William | 20 | Farm Labourer | |
| Burton | George | 29 | Excavator | |
| Elizabeth | 26 | |||
| Sarah | 2 | |||
| Bush | Ann | 21 | Domestic Servant | |
| Butterfield | John | 32 | Excavator | |
| Calvert | John | 24 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Cave | Matthew Beck | 38 | Excavator | |
| Mary | 37 | |||
| Frederick | 13 | |||
| Matthew | 2 | |||
| Carter | Joseph | 19 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Carter | Edward | 21 | General Labourer | |
| Carpenter | William | 23 | General Labourer | |
| Chappell | Henry | 40 | Carpenter | |
| Mary | 34 | |||
| Elizabeth | 18 | Domestic Servant | ||
| Louisa | 17 | |||
| James | 9 | |||
| Henry | 3 | |||
| Choice | Charles | 25 | Shepherd | |
| Mary | 26 | |||
| Claridge | Josiah | 28 | General Labourer | |
| Mary | 25 | |||
| Claridge | Charles | 22 | General Labourer | |
| Cooper | Joseph | 22 | Gardener | |
| Crawshaw | John | 21 | Blacksmith | |
| Curtis | Thomas | 40 | Bricklayer | |
| Dale | George | 23 | Carpenter | |
| Davenport | Thomas | 35 | Blacksmith | |
| Mary | 35 | |||
| John | 11 | |||
| George | 9 | |||
| Mary Ann | 7 | |||
| James | 5 | |||
| Jane | 2 | |||
| Dent | James | 29 | Miner | |
| Dempsey | John | 25 | Saddler | |
| Draper | Benjamin | 27 | Excavator | |
| Ellen | 23 | |||
| Emmett | Watson | 21 | General Labourer | |
| Evans | John | 23 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Evans | Thomas | 31 | Sawyer | |
| Farmer | W | 25 | Excavator | |
| Ferguson | William | 25 | General Labourer | |
| Rebecca | 24 | |||
| Fletcher | Henry | 19 | Domestic Servant | |
| Flyn | Edward | 26 | General Labourer | |
| Forest | Henry | 23 | Saddler | |
| Maria | 27 | |||
| Fothergill | Edward | 37 | Smith | |
| Harriet | 35 | |||
| Fox | James William | 21 | Bricklayer | |
| Gibbs | Edward | 37 | Sawyer | |
| Larisa | 28 | |||
| Priscilla | 3 | |||
| Harriet | Infant | |||
| Gidney | Samuel | 21 | Sawyer | |
| Gill | Thomas | 27 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Gooden | Henry | 26 | Sawyer | |
| John | 23 | |||
| Eliza | 4 | |||
| Marcy | 2 | |||
| Gordon | Richard | 40 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Mary | 39 | |||
| Gray | John | 26 | Sawyer | |
| Eliza | 25 | |||
| Mary Ann | 6 | |||
| Thomas | 4 | |||
| Maria | 2 | |||
| Greaves | John | 34 | Painter | |
| Harriet | 36 | |||
| Harriet | 5 | |||
| Sarah | 3 | |||
| Infant | ||||
| Griffiths | John | 26 | Shepherd | |
| Grubb | Richard | 32 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Mary Ann | 27 | |||
| Sarah | 2 | |||
| Infant | ||||
| Haddon | George | 28 | Taylor | |
| Hall | William | 28 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Ellen | 31 | |||
| Hamlet | Nathaniel | 27 | Excavator | |
| Hastings | Sarah | 25 | Domestic Servant | |
| Hearnshaw | D | 24 | Excavator | |
| Herd | Alfed | 32 | General Labourer | |
| Mary | 26 | |||
| Hewlings | G F | 30 | Occupation illegible | |
| Heneretta | 34 | |||
| Ellen | 6 | |||
| Hibbert | James | 24 | Excavator | |
| Mary | 22 | |||
| Hitchen | Joseph | 27 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Elizabeth | 26 | |||
| John | 4 | |||
| Sarah | 3 | |||
| Hodgson | Henry | 46 | Shoesmith | |
| Emma | 55 | |||
| Henry | 19 | |||
| Elizabeth | 16 | Domestic Servant | ||
| Homar | Thomas | 32 | Excavator | |
| Eliza | 32 | |||
| Horton | Richard | 34 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Lucy | 36 | |||
| Humber | Richard | 20 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Robert | 19 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
| Ingram | William | 21 | General Labourer | |
| Amelia | 20 | |||
| Jackson | Thomas | 24 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Johnson | John | 22 | Smith | |
| Johnson | Charles | 24 | Sadler | |
| Johnson | Joseph | 28 | General Labourer | |
| Elizabeth | 25 | |||
| Johnston | W | 27 | Brickmaker | |
| Jones | Charles | 29 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Martha | 24 | |||
| Jones | Edmund | 37 | Blacksmith | |
| Jane | 26 | |||
| Kempster | Michael | 16 | Blacksmith | |
| Key | Thomas | 40 | General Labourer | |
| Jane | 41 | |||
| Elizabeth | 19 | Domestic Servant | ||
| Mary A | 15 | Domestic Servant | ||
| Louisa | 13 | |||
| Thomas | 11 | |||
| Eliza | 7 | |||
| George | 6 | |||
| Maria | 4 | |||
| Kilsby | George | 24 | Smith | |
| Emma | 27 | |||
| Infant | ||||
| King | Charles | 22 | Baker | |
| Elizabeth | ||||
| Kirk | Stephen | 27 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Elizabeth | 27 | |||
| Lammas | John | 20 | Blacksmith | |
| Lawson | Joseph | 43 | Miner | |
| Margaret | 45 | |||
| Joseph | 17 | General Labourer | ||
| Hannah | 14 | Domestic Servant | ||
| Letitia | 12 | |||
| Leach | George | 44 | General Labourer | |
| Mary | 46 | |||
| George | 21 | General Labourer | ||
| William | 19 | General Labourer | ||
| Alfred | 17 | General Labourer | ||
| Emma | 13 | |||
| Henry | 10 | |||
| Lewer | Allen | 35 | Sawyer | |
| Sophia | 33 | |||
| Allan | 13 | |||
| Sophia | 11 | |||
| Hart | 9 | |||
| Rebecca | 4 | |||
| Alice | 3 | |||
| Infant | ||||
| Lewis | John | 24 | Excavator | |
| Henry | 22 | Excavator | ||
| Lloyd | George | 25 | Gardener | |
| Ellen | 26 | |||
| George | 5 | |||
| Lloyd | William | 27 | Gardener | |
| Lockley | Henry | 24 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Elizabeth | 22 | |||
| Alice | Infant | |||
| Lyon | Lyon | 22 | Blacksmith | |
| Maynard | William | 26 | General Labourer | |
| McKay | John | 17 | General Labourer | |
| Mesnard | John | 21 | General Labourer | |
| Miller | Joseph | 38 | Watch Maker | |
| Elizabeth | 25 | |||
| Monk | William | 25 | Farm Labourer | |
| Osborne | William | 28 | Miner | |
| Sarah | 25 | |||
| Sophia | 5 | |||
| Alice | 3 | |||
| Infant | ||||
| Owen | William | 23 | Rope Maker | |
| Elizabeth | 20 | |||
| Parks | John | 25 | Brickmaker | |
| Parsonage | Joseph | 38 | Blacksmith | |
| Caroline | 37 | |||
| Louisa | 11 | |||
| George | 9 | |||
| Howard | 6 | |||
| Henry | 4 | |||
| Douglas | 2 | |||
| Perry | George | 31 | Farm Labourer | |
| Francis | 35 | |||
| Picthall | Henry | 28 | General Labourer | |
| Plummer | Frederick | 21 | General Labourer | |
| Potto | Henry | 31 | Saddler | |
| Sarah | 31 | |||
| George | 9 | |||
| Alfred | 6 | |||
| Clara | 3 | |||
| Infant | ||||
| Prestage | John | 23 | Excavator | |
| Prestney | Samuel | 22 | Baker | |
| Elizabeth | 19 | |||
| Price | William | 35 | Sawyer | |
| Hannah | 35 | |||
| William | 5 | |||
| Daniel | 2 | |||
| Prier | William | 21 | Farm Labourer | |
| Susannah | 23 | |||
| Pryke | Charles | 30 | Bricklayer | |
| Eliza | 25 | |||
| Putney | James | 23 | Brickmaker | |
| Raven | William | 38 | Saddler | |
| William | 13 | |||
| Susan | 11 | |||
| George | 10 | |||
| Rees | Benjamin | 31 | Blacksmith | |
| Rickman | George | 20 | General Labourer | |
| Roberts | Thomas | 31 | Shepherd | |
| Ann | 30 | |||
| Roberts | Thomas | 31 | ||
| Mary | 30 | |||
| Susan | 9 | |||
| Roberts | Hugh | 23 | Farm Labourer | |
| Robinson | William | 36 | Farm Labourer | |
| Mary Ann | 34 | |||
| George | 16 | |||
| Thomas | 12 | |||
| Mary E | 10 | |||
| Mary Ann | 7 | |||
| William | 5 | |||
| Richard | 2 | |||
| Robinson | J | 34 | Farm Labourer | |
| Mary | 34 | |||
| Mary | 13 | |||
| William | 9 | |||
| Edward | 6 | |||
| Charles | 4 | |||
| Sarah J | 2 | |||
| Robinson | J | 27 | Farm Labourer | |
| Ruscoe | John | 25 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Harriet | 25 | |||
| Ruston | James | 21 | Blacksmith | |
| Salers | Charles | 25 | Farmer | |
| Mary A | 25 | |||
| Infant | ||||
| Salmons | Henry | 28 | Excavator | |
| Rebecca | 28 | |||
| Ellen | 4 | |||
| Infant | ||||
| Scott | Emma | 18 | Tailoress | |
| Skinner | Thomas | 19 | Brickmaker | |
| Smith | Charles | 29 | Brickmaker | |
| Mary Ann | 30 | |||
| Smith | John | 43 | Gardener | |
| Evelina | 43 | |||
| Smith | Robert | 23 | Mason | |
| Spring | William | 44 | General Labourer | |
| Sophia | 44 | |||
| John | 15 | |||
| Spring | Charles | 22 | General Labourer | |
| Stonnells | Thomas | 41 | General Labourer | |
| Caroline | 17 | Domestic Servant | ||
| Eliza | 11 | |||
| Caroline | 5 | |||
| Henry | ||||
| Swain | James | 39 | General Labourer | |
| Lucy | 34 | |||
| Amy | 16 | Domestic Servant | ||
| Swain | Henry | 20 | General Labourer | |
| Swain | Frederick | 25 | Butcher | |
| Tattersall | Daniel | 26 | Farm Labourer | |
| Taylor | Edward | 42 | Shepherd | |
| Sarah | 29 | |||
| Sarah | 5 | |||
| William | 3 | |||
| Taylor | Frances | 29 | Cabinet Maker | |
| Sophia | 27 | |||
| George | 8 | |||
| William | 6 | |||
| Frederick | 4 | |||
| Infant | ||||
| Taylor | Edward | 26 | Carpenter | |
| Taylor | S W | 25 | Farm Labourer | |
| Thomas | Jesse | 22 | General Labourer | |
| Thornton | William | 21 | General Labourer | |
| Tricklebank | C | 26 | Brickmaker | |
| Eliza | 23 | |||
| Ann | 1 | |||
| Infant | ||||
| Turville | Thomas | 30 | Sawyer | |
| Ann | 29 | |||
| Betsy | 13 | |||
| Mary A | 2 | |||
| Florence | Infant | |||
| Waldin | Thomas | 26 | ||
| Sarah | 24 | |||
| Robert | 2 | |||
| Ward | Benjamin | 33 | Carpenter | |
| Maria | 31 | |||
| Francis | 9 | |||
| Julia | 4 | |||
| Benjamin | Infant | |||
| Watson | Joseph | 27 | General Labourer | |
| White | Frederick | 23 | General Labourer | |
| Whitehouse | Joseph | 30 | Bricklayer | |
| Wilkes | George | 28 | General Labourer | |
| Mary | 23 | |||
| John | 2 | |||
| George | Infant | |||
| Wilkes | Elizabeth | 25 | Domestic Servant | |
| Ann | 21 | Domestic Servant | ||
| Wilkins | John | 26 | Sawyer | |
| Sarah | 22 | |||
| Wilkins | Henry | 24 | Tobacco Pipe Maker | |
| Mary | 24 | |||
| Mary | 3 | |||
| Williscroft | F | 27 | Shepherd | |
| Mary | 24 | |||
| Sarah | 2 | |||
| Catherine | Infant | |||
| Wilson | Joseph | 31 | Carpenter | |
| Woodridge | Thomas | 22 | General Labourer | |
| Woodward | Edwin | 32 | Excavator | |
| Ann | 20 | |||
| Yorke | Charles | 24 | General Labourer | |
| SALMONS family: Henry Salmons and his wife Rebecca (nee Cave, sister to Mathew) and their two children, Ellen 4 and an infant boy, left Chatteris Cambridge to start a new life in New Zealand. On the trip over on the Oliver Lange ship 1956 sadly Rebecca died and Henry was left to look after his two children. He farmed at Ohariu Valley and in the following year married Sarah Anne Field (nee Bourne). Ellen went and lived with another family and went onto marry a whaler named Francis Paul and the infant boy lived a single life. If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact Vanessa Tigue. |
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| KEY family: Thomas and Jane Key and their six children arrived in New Zealand on board the Oliver Lang in 1856. Their daughter, Louisa, married James Richard Bills whose parents had emigrated to New Zealand on board the Clifton in 1842. The Wellington electoral rolls show that her family also lived in Tinakori Rd Wellington, where they presumably met. If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact J Featherston the 3rd Great Granddaughter of Frederick and Mary Ann Bills and of Thomas and Jane Key. |
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| CAVE family: Born in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, England, Matthew Beck Cave, aged 38, his wife, Mary Anne, aged 37, and their two children, Fred, aged 13, and Matthew, aged 2, sailed to New Zealand on the vessel Oliver Lang. Behind them in England, they left the graves of five of their seven children. Two more were born in New Zealand. For a time Matthew and Mary Anne settled at Johnsonville and their son, Everett, was born there in 1858. Matthew and his eldest son, Fred, worked in the Ngahauranga Gorge building the bridges. Matthew and Mary Anne were offered a ten acre block of land for one pound an acre in the Wairarapa and the family shifted to Featherston where they settled at No 1 line (next to "Ardogowan" gate), building a two storey house. A daughter, Mary Jane, was born in 1863. Years later, after the death of Mary Anne, Matthew shifted to Carterton where he lived in a two roomed cottage behind the boarding house owned by his son, Fred, and his wife Sarah. He suffered from very bad asthma and died there in 1900. He was buried with his wife at the Featherston cemetry. If you have a connection with this family or would like to learn more please contact Glenys Nelson. (Glenys would like us to acknowledge that much of the material for this "thumbnail" came from a booklet produced by H.E. Cave for a family reunion held in July 1990). |
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| FOX James William James was born in Vauxhall in London to Priscilla (nee PERCY) and James (a bricklayer) and christened on the 29th May 1836 at Holt Trinity Church in Clapham. He enlisted on the 11th August 1855 at the age of 19 in the Land Transport Corps of the Imperial army to fight in the Crimean War and was discharged at Browdon, on the 9th August 1856, after having served for 363 days. He emigrated to N.Z. soon afterwards on the ship the Oliver Lang . James was married in Taita on the 11th March 1859 to Helen Burns TANNAHILL At this time James was living in the Stokes Valley working as a bricklayer James is listed in the Electoral Roll for the Hutt Valley for 1865. James died on the 30th August 1884 aged 49 and is buried in the Anglican churchyard at "Christ Church" Taita along with Helen who died on the 7th November 1914 aged 73. Anyone interested in this family please contact Tony Christiansen |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 2000 - 2007
Reference:
Archives New Zealand Repro 1450 (MISC 105)
Terry Logan, Auckland