Oxford
Barque: 1287 tons
Captain: Beavan
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London 9th June 1874 - arrived Auckland 8th September 1874
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Families and Children | ||||
Anderson | Richard | 28 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
Hannah | 28 | |||
Charles | 7 | |||
Ernest | 4 | |||
Hannah | 2 | |||
Bate | Daniel | 23 | Shropshire | Miller |
Betsy | 23 | |||
Black | William | 26 | Down | Baker |
Emily | 22 | |||
Boneham | Henry | 33 | Warwick | Labourer |
Fanny | 25 | |||
Charles | 3 | |||
Henry | 3 months | |||
Bowden | Thomas | 45 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Fanny | 35 | |||
Richard | 15 | Trans to s/m | ||
Martha | 13 | Trans to s/w | ||
Thomas | 11 | |||
John | 8 | |||
Box | Thomas C. | 44 | Kent | Groom |
Sarah A. | 45 | |||
Bunker | Edward | 40 | Middlesex | Gardener |
Mary Ann | 40 | |||
William | 11 | |||
Mary | 7 | |||
Burke | Michael | 36 | Clare | Tailor |
Margaret | 31 | |||
Mary Jane | 7 | |||
Ann | 4 | |||
Catherine | 3 | |||
Margaret | 5 months | |||
Bush | John | 27 | Lancashire | Shoemaker |
Ann | 27 | |||
Isaac | 19 | Trans to s/m | ||
Chester | William C. | 32 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 30 | |||
Mary | 8 | |||
Maggie | 6 | |||
Robert | 5 | |||
William | 8 months | |||
Conroy | Timothy | 26 | Queens Co | Farm Labourer |
Charlotte | 21 | |||
Craig | James | 42 | Stirling | Carpenter |
Jane | 40 | |||
Mary A. | 16 | Trans to s/w | ||
Alexander T. | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
Louisa E. | 12 | Trans to s/w | ||
Charles | 9 | |||
Emily M. | 8 | |||
William H. | 5 | |||
Cunnington | John | 30 | Rutland | Labourer |
Ann | 29 | |||
Darley | Henry | 37 | Yorks | Mason |
Mary | 35 | |||
Dunlop | John | 39 | Antrim | Miner |
Margaret | 34 | |||
Fairlie | John | 28 | Lanark | Miner |
Janet | 26 | |||
Agnes | 6 | |||
Robert | 3 | |||
Gardener | Richard | 39 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
Jane | 34 | |||
Adelaide | 14 | Trans to s/w | ||
Jane | 7 | |||
Henry | 5 | |||
Frederick | 2 | |||
Gerrish | George | 35 | Wiltshirehire | Smith |
Lydia | 34 | |||
George | 6 | |||
Charles | 3 | |||
Lydia | 1 | |||
Given | William | 39 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 38 | |||
Jane | 12 | Trans to s/w | ||
Sarah | 8 | |||
William Alexander | 6 | |||
Martha | 3 | |||
Handley | Patrick | 43 | Clare | Carpenter |
Catherine | 34 | |||
Michael | 18 | Trans to s/m | ||
Mary | 16 | Trans to s/w | ||
Bridget | 14 | Trans to s/w | ||
James | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
Hobden | David | 30 | Sussex | Labourer |
Emeline | 24 | |||
Emeline | 10 months | |||
Houlden | Robert | 27 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
Louisa | 24 | |||
Annie | 4 | |||
Ellen | 2 | |||
Emily | 4 months | |||
Howe | Robert L. | 24 | Suffolk | Butcher |
Ann | 24 | |||
Ivers | James | 21 | Dublin | Butcher |
Ellen | 19 | |||
McKay | Thomas | 27 | Down | Ploughman |
Mary | 25 | |||
Maher | James | 49 | Dublin | Labourer |
Margaret | 34 | |||
Michael | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
Mary | 11 | |||
Edward | 9 | |||
Sarah | 8 | |||
John | 7 | |||
Honiara | 2 | |||
Margaret | 1 month | |||
Maxwell | Robert | 23 | Wiltshirehire | Police Constable |
Rose Ann | 24 | |||
Alice M. | 1 | |||
McCausland | Robert | 21 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
Rachael | 21 | |||
Isabella | 2 months | |||
McDowell | William | 26 | Down | Labourer |
Martha | 25 | |||
Mary Ann | 3 | |||
Magdelene | 10 months | |||
McLean | Alexander | 21 | Lanark | Miner |
Christene | 17 | |||
Middleton | James | 24 | Middlesex | Ropemaker |
Sarah | 22 | |||
Emily S. | 7 months | |||
Murray | Bernard | 34 | Monaghan | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 28 | |||
Mary | 7 | |||
Hugh | 5 | |||
Susan | 3 | |||
Philip | 2 | |||
Newman | George | 26 | Herts | Engineer & Smith |
Hephzibah | 28 | |||
Hephzibah | 3 | |||
Annie R. R. | 2 | |||
Ebenezer G. G. | 4 months | |||
Patrick | John | 34 | Tyrone | Painter |
Ann | 36 | |||
Anne E. | 7 | |||
Dianah | 5 | |||
Sarah | 4 | |||
Rachel | 2 | |||
Price | William | 35 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
Mary Ann | 28 | |||
Read | Amos | 39 | Bedfordshire | Stone Mason |
Mary Ann | 39 | |||
Mary Ann | 14 | Trans to s/w | ||
Francis | 11 | |||
Richards | John | 25 | Cornwall | Miner |
Catherine | 25 | |||
John | 5 | |||
Thomas | 3 | |||
Catherine | 6 months | |||
Ricketts | Frederick | 25 | Essex | Labourer |
Mary Ann | 21 | |||
Roache | Bartholomew | 29 | Waterford | Farm Labourer |
Margaret | 24 | |||
Thomas | 3 | |||
John | 1 | |||
Robb | William | 42 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 32 | |||
Patrick | 15 | Trans to s/m | ||
Mary Ann | 13 | Trans to s/w | ||
Margaret | 12 | Trans to s/w | ||
Lizzy | 6 | |||
Rebecca | 4 | |||
Ruffell | David | 29 | Hants | Bricklayer |
Emma | 22 | |||
Lee | Samuel | 23 | Leicester | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 24 | |||
Edith | 1 | |||
Simpson | John | 31 | Antrim | Labourer |
Margaret | 30 | |||
Alexander | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
Selina C. | 11 | |||
John | 7 | |||
Elizabeth | 5 | |||
Ellen | 3 | |||
Matilda | 2 months | |||
Smith | John | 22 | Down | Farm Labourer |
Lizzie | 23 | |||
Stableford | Edward | 25 | Derby | Carpenter |
Ellen | 26 | |||
Amy | 3 | |||
James | 1 | |||
Henry | 4 months | |||
Stephens | John | 29 | Devon | Farm Labourer |
Annie S. | 30 | |||
Sower | Isaac | 42 | Cornwall | Labourer |
Mary Ann | 39 | |||
John | 22 | Trans to s/m | ||
Ellen | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
Wallace | Lewis | 43 | Sussex | Labourer |
Sarah | 43 | |||
Alfred | 21 | Trans to s/m | ||
Harriet | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
Elizabeth | 13 | Trans to s/w | ||
Lewis | 10 | |||
Rosina | 7 | |||
Watson | William | 23 | Ayr | Miner |
Jeannie | 19 | |||
West | John E. | 23 | Middlesex | Smith |
Susannah S. | 25 | |||
Wilkshire | Thomas | 44 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
Caroline | 44 | |||
Rose | 11 | |||
Richard | 9 | |||
Wilson | George | 28 | Warwick | Labourer |
Jane | 22 | |||
Wood | Walter William | 27 | Surrey | Painter |
Kate | 27 | |||
Herbert | 24 | Trans to s/m | ||
Woods | Samuel | 40 | Monaghan | Farmer |
Eliza | 37 | |||
Robert | 16 | Trans to s/m | ||
Maggie | 13 | Trans to s/w | ||
Mary J. | 10 | |||
Thomas J. | 7 | |||
Elizabeth | 4 | |||
Colonial Nominated Families & Children | ||||
Barry | John | 38 | Tipperary | Labourer |
Anne | 32 | |||
Mary | 11 | |||
Johanna | 9 | |||
Gerald | 7 | |||
John | 3 | |||
Margaret | Infant | |||
Collins | Peter | 39 | Somerset | Labourer |
Mary | 38 | |||
Agnes | 11 | |||
Elizabeth | 10 | |||
Gillespie | James | 30 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
Mary Ann | 30 | |||
Mary | 11 | |||
John | 9 | |||
Elizabeth | 5 | |||
James H. | 1 | |||
Hancox | William Henry | 33 | Worcester | Gunsmith |
Mary A. | 33 | |||
William H. | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
Isabella | 11 | |||
Mary E. | 7 | |||
Alfred H. | 4 | |||
Hatley | Richard H. | 19 | Essex | Carpenter |
Harriett | 25 | |||
Hochmeister | Louis | 23 | Germany | bricklayer |
Durette | 23 | |||
Johns | Isaac | 28 | Glamorgan | Farm Labourer |
Mary A. | 26 | |||
Rudolf | 4 | |||
Herbert | 3 | |||
Charles | 2 | |||
Looney | Michael | 28 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
Margaret | 24 | |||
Mary | 1 | |||
Thomas | Infant | |||
McCann | Michael | 23 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
Agnes | 21 | |||
Powell | Isaac | 35 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Sarah | 37 | |||
Thomas J. | 11 | |||
William | 5 | |||
Sarah | Infant | |||
Salmon | Henry M. | 44 | Middlesex | Tailor |
Alice | 44 | |||
James | 23 | Trans to s/m | ||
Francis H. | 18 | Trans to s/m | ||
Smith | John | 30 | Devon | Gardener |
Emma | 28 | |||
Bessy | 10 | |||
Emma | 8 | |||
John | 2 | |||
Smith | Mark | 32 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
Harriet | 27 | |||
Charles | 2 | |||
Starr | Charles | 39 | Essex | Farm Labourer |
Sarah | 39 | |||
Lydia J. | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
William | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
Alice | 13 | Trans to s/w | ||
Charles | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
George | 9 | |||
Annie | 7 | |||
Walter John | 5 | |||
Kate | 9 months | |||
Walker | Peter | 32 | Essex | Farm Labourer |
Ann | 31 | |||
Henry | 2 | |||
William | 1 | |||
Warrington | Robert | 45 | Cavan | Farmer |
Catherine | 43 | |||
Eliza | 18 | Trans to s/w | ||
Frances | 13 | Trans to s/w | ||
Margaret | 13 | Trans to s/w | ||
George Robert | 9 | |||
Wither | John | 33 | Surrey | Bricklayer |
Mary | 31 | |||
Mary | 7 | |||
James | 5 | |||
Elizabeth C. | 3 | |||
John A. | Infant | |||
Single Men | ||||
Atkins | Alfred | 24 | Kent | Carpenter |
Barns | David | 20 | Wiltshire | Baker |
Bawden | Richard | 15 | Cornwall | Smith |
Beggan | Thomas | 29 | Monaghan | Herdsman |
Bernstein | Davis | 22 | Germany | Carpenter |
Brown | William | 23 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
Burchmore | William | 19 | Herts | Gardener |
Bush | Isaac | 19 | Lanarkshire | Farm Labourer |
Butler | Henry | 24 | Wiltshire | Labourer |
Clarke | William | 28 | Dublin | Boiler Maker |
Casey | Martin | 28 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
Clay | Edward | 22 | Warwick | Farm Labourer |
Frederick | 18 | |||
Cochrane | William | 24 | Stafford | Engineer |
Costitch | Cosmo | 31 | Italy | Farm Labourer |
Coughlan | Lawrence | 21 | Clare | Farm Labourer |
Craig | Alexander | 14 | Stirling | |
Cunningham | Joseph | 21 | Derry | Labourer |
Devery | Hiren | 22 | Kings Co | Groom |
Dye | William A. | 25 | Norfolk | Labourer |
Arthur | 23 | Norfolk | Labourer | |
Edward | George | 23 | Herts | Labourer |
Frost | Patrick | 24 | Clare | Farm Labourer |
Galloway | William M. | 27 | Perth | Telegraph line Man |
Gates | Benjamin | 39 | Essex | Sawyer |
Gates | William | 14 | Kent | |
Arthur | 11 | Kent | ||
Gibbons | William | 14 | Dublin | |
Gleeson | James | 21 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
Graham | James | 22 | Kent | Bricklayer |
Gray | Thomas | 20 | Antrim | Miner |
James | 21 | Antrim | Miner | |
Griffiths | William | 25 | Warwick | Shoemaker |
Handley | Michael | 18 | Clare | Carpenter |
James | 12 | Clare | ||
Haseman | Henry J. | 35 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Hollington | Joseph | 32 | Warwick | Labourer |
Hughes | Frederick G. | 25 | Montgomery | Carpenter |
Jackson | John | 30 | Armagh | Labourer |
Johnston | Thomas A. | 18 | Armagh | Labourer |
Lees | Thomas W. | 24 | Worchester | Carpenter |
Leo | Daniel | 27 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
Lunie | George | 18 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Magonnell | James | 19 | Monaghan | Farm Labourer |
Maher | Michael | 12 | Dublin | |
Mazingarb | Isaac | 19 | Essex | Labourer |
McCahin | William | 21 | Derry | Farm Labourer |
McConkey | William Henry | 22 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
McEvoy | Michael | 22 | Mayo | Labourer |
McInerney | Thomas | 29 | Clare | Farm labourer |
McLeigh | George | 20 | Down | Farm Labourer |
Michell | Girando | 30 | Italy | Farm Labourer |
Molesworth | David | 29 | Warwick | Saw Mill Labourer |
Mongston | Oliver | 23 | Hants | Labourer |
Orr | Arthur | 22 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
Pitt | Frederick | 21 | Middlesex | Blacksmith |
Poulsin | Engrebat | 43 | Austria | Farm Labourer |
Power | Patrick | 22 | Waterford | Farm Labourer |
Reed | Joseph | 27 | Essex | Carpenter |
Ritchie | John | 19 | Down | Labourer |
Robb | Patrick | 15 | Tyrone | Labourer |
Roache | Michael | 27 | Waterford | Farm Labourer |
Roberts | Francis | 21 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
Rule | William | 22 | Cambridge | Sawyer |
Simpson | Alexander | 13 | Antrim | |
Smiley | Alexander | 21 | Antrim | Servant |
Smith | John | 19 | Tyrone | Farm labourer |
Starr | William | 14 | Essex | |
Charles | 12 | Essex | ||
Stephano | Fraser | 31 | Italy | Farm Labourer |
Sower | John | 22 | Cornwall | Labourer |
Squirrell | Robert | 35 | Suffolk | Husbandman |
Taylor | Charles | 32 | Surrey | Perfumer |
Troy | Patrick | 19 | Tipperary | Labourer |
Tucker | Thomas | 25 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
Turner | William H. | 30 | York | Labourer |
Wallace | Alfred | 21 | Sussex | Labourer |
Watkins | Frederick | 19 | Australia | Bricklayer |
Weir | Thomas | 22 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Whelan | Christopher | 22 | Dublin | Railway Machinist |
Whitton | George | 19 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
Wilson | Giles | 22 | Antrim | Engine Fitter |
Wilson | Robert | 25 | Down | Labourer |
Wood | Herbert | 24 | Hants | Printer |
Woods | Robert | 16 | Monaghan | |
Colonial Nominated | ||||
Dunner | John | 15 | Tipperary | |
Grace | Michael | 26 | Tipperary | Groom |
Pierce | 20 | Tipperary | Blacksmith | |
Grogan | Thomas | 24 | Galway | Labourer |
Hancox | William H. | 13 | Worchester | |
Hardy | Daniel | 14 | Shropshire | |
Robert | 12 | Shropshire | ||
Heatley | George | 20 | Warwick | Brass Strip Castor |
Arthur | 18 | Warwick | Gun Screw Maker | |
Meara | James | 28 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
Mulcahy | Bartholomew | 35 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Orton | James | 19 | Cheshire | Pattern Maker |
Reeves | James | 22 | Berks | Carpenter |
Salmon | James | 23 | Middlesex | Tailor |
Francis | 18 | Middlesex | Tailor | |
Solomon | Thomas B. | 17 | Middlesex | Telegraph Clerk |
Joseph W. | 15 | Middlesex | Messenger | |
Alfred M. | 9 | |||
John C. | 8 | |||
Wray | William I. | 24 | Londonderry | Labourer |
Single Women | ||||
Adamson | Mary A. | 23 | Down | Servant |
Banks | Honora | 22 | Limerick | Servant |
Bawden | Martha | 13 | Cornwall | |
Bull | Jessie E. | 15 | Middlesex | Servant |
Burke | Eliza | 25 | Monaghan | Servant |
Cleland | Ann J. | 26 | Antrim | Servant |
Allan | 9 | |||
Cosgrove | Eliza | 34 | Tyrone | Servant |
Craig | Mary A. | 16 | Stirling | Servant |
Louisa E. | 12 | Stirling | ||
Edwards | Fanny | 20 | Herts | Housemaid |
Evans | Margaret | 28 | Middlesex | Servant |
Gardener | Adelaide | 14 | Middlesex | |
Garrod | Rosalie | 20 | Suffolk | Housemaid |
Gilmore | Susan | 15 | Londonderry | General Servant |
Given | Jane | 12 | Tyrone | Nurse |
Hall | Mary A. | 24 | Dublin | Servant |
Handley | Mary | 16 | Clare | Servant |
Bridget | 14 | Clare | Servant | |
Hewitt | Elizabeth | 23 | Kent | Domestic Servant |
Houlden | Ellen | 49 | Middlesex | Nurse |
Houlden | Ellen | 25 | Essex | Cook |
Hubble | Ellen | 27 | Kent | Housemaid |
Johnston | Margaret | 16 | Armagh | Nursemaid |
Lodge | Lucy | 35 | Surrey | Servant |
Long | Mary E. | 28 | Guernsey | Governess |
Magonnell | Margaret | 19 | Monaghan | Servant |
McGrath | Sarah | 24 | Tyrone | Servant |
McNaul | Eliza | 19 | Antrim | Farm Servant |
Moffitt | Ellen | 39 | Antrim | Cook |
Mary | 30 | Antrim | Servant | |
Oakley | Sarah | 21 | Shropshire | Dairy Maid |
Pardy | Rose Ann | 18 | Antrim | Farm Servant |
Read | Mary A. | 14 | Beds | |
Reynolds | Lucy T. | 18 | Norfolk | Servant |
Robb | Mary A. | 13 | Tyrone | |
Margaret | 12 | Tyrone | ||
Smiley | Catherine | 23 | Antrim | Servant |
Smith | Bridget | 30 | Cavan | Servant |
Starr | Lydia | 15 | Essex | |
Alice | 13 | Essex | ||
Sower | Ellen | 15 | Cornwall | Servant |
Squirrell | Sarah | 33 | Suffolk | Servant |
Timmins | Harriet | 22 | Worcester | Dairy Maid |
Wallace | Harriet | 15 | Sussex | Servant |
Elizabeth | 13 | Sussex | ||
Whitton | Elizabeth | 35 | Armagh | Domestic Servant |
Wilson | Catherine | 23 | Antrim | Servant |
Anne | 34 | Antrim | Servant | |
Woods | Maggie | 13 | Monaghan | |
Colonial Nominated | ||||
Dunn | Bridget | 35 | Tipperary | Servant |
Gilmore | Elizabeth J. | 20 | Derry | Servant |
Grace | Bridget | 16 | Tipperary | Servant |
Hardy | Margaret | 37 | Shropshire | Washerwoman |
William | 10 | |||
Sarah A. | 9 | |||
Meara | Ann | 18 | Tipperary | |
Nugent | Honoria | 19 | Kings Co | Domestic Servant |
Eliza | 17 | Kings Co | Domestic Servant | |
Salmon | Alice E. | 19 | Middlesex | Servant |
Smith | Ann | 50 | Armagh | Servant |
Warrington | Eliza | 18 | Cavan | Servant |
Frances | 13 | Cavan | ||
Margaret | 13 | Cavan | ||
Wray | Mary J. | 26 | Londonderry | Servant |
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ROACHE family: Bartholomew and Margaret Roache came out to New Zealand on board the Oxford in 1874. They travelled with Bartholomew's younger brother, Michael, also listed as a Farm Labourer. During the voyage they lost a son, Patrick. Their son James (Jeni's Great Grandfather) came with them too. A daughter, Bridget, was born 8 days before the ship arrived in Auckland. The family settled in Hamilton and had another 11 children. If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact Jeni Palmer. |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 2000 - 2004
Reference:
Archive New Zealand IM15/139