Punjaub
Ship: 570 tons
Captain: Renaut
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London 3rd June 1873 - arrived Lyttelton 20th September 1873
Twenty-eight deaths were reported when
the barque Punjaub reached Lyttelton from London on September, 1873 and eight more deaths
occurred after the passengers were sent into quarantine at Ripa Island. She had on board
340 immigrants, 200 being British and 112 Danish. Typhus, measles, and other complaints
took off 21 of the Danes and seven of the English passengers, and typhoid was still rife
when port was reached, hence the health authorities had no option but to send the ship
into quarantine. The eight deaths that occurred on the island brought the total to 36,
which was a very high figure, even for those days, when ships were so crowded and
sanitation was not well understood. The Punjaub had a fine weather passage as far as Cape
Leeuwin, up to which point she made quite good time, but within 300 miles of New Zealand
she struck a severe gale, which delayed her. It was the same gale which blew the steamer
Claud Hamilton and other vessels off the New Zealand coast and did considerable damage.
Source White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Quarrantined at | Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Families and Children | |||||
Adams | Luke | 33 | Hants | Potter | |
Mary A. | 27 | ||||
Kate | 12 | Trans to s/w | |||
William E. | 9 | ||||
Albert | 7 | ||||
Francis L. | 5 | ||||
Edith M. | 1 | Died on board 15/07/1873 Measles |
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Camp Bay | Burns | James | 28 | Down | Brickmaker |
Elizabeth | 26 | ||||
Eliza | 3 | ||||
Nathaniel | 10 mths | ||||
Carr | George | 26 | Berks | Labourer | |
Ellen | 28 | Died on board 06/08/1873 Acute Dysentry |
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Christensen | Lawitz | 20 | Denmark | Farm Labourer | |
Nielsine | 22 | ||||
Camp Bay | Christensen | Christan | 28 | Denmark | Farm Labourer |
Ane M. | 31 | Died on board 31/09/1873 Dysentry & intestinal worms |
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Karen Maria | 11 | Died on board 06/07/1873 Mesales |
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Annd | 8 | ||||
Kirsten | 6 | ||||
Marten | 3 | ||||
Marie Sophia | 9 mths | Died on board 28/06/1873 Teething & Enteritis |
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Camp Bay | Clausen | Peter L. | 35 | Denmark | Farm Labourer |
Ellen K. | 33 | ||||
Carl C. | 6 | ||||
Rasmus | 3 | ||||
Caroline | 6 mths | ||||
Cochrane | Thomas | 44 | Longford | Labourer | |
Sarah A. | 42 | ||||
Ellen | 7 | ||||
Mary A. | 74 | Trans to s/w | |||
Collins | Thomas | 45 | Devon | Carpenter | |
Mary A. | 37 | ||||
Louisa | 13 | Trans to s/w | |||
Mary A. | 9 | ||||
Elizabeth | 7 | ||||
Dean | William | 25 | Devon | Plumber | |
Margaret | 21 | ||||
Elizabeth | 4 | ||||
William | 2 | ||||
Camp Bay | Driscoll | John | 25 | Worchester | Labourer |
Mary | 26 | ||||
Robert | 3 | ||||
Henry | 11 mths | Died on board 03/08/1873 Complicity of diseases |
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Camp Bay | Eddins | Richard | 29 | Hereford | Farm Labourer |
Elizabeth | 25 | ||||
Richard | 4 | ||||
Lizzie | 2 | ||||
Sarah | 7 mths | ||||
Ellen | John | 27 | Kent | Labourer | |
Mary A. | 25 | ||||
Beatrice | 4 | ||||
Edward | 1 mth | ||||
Camp Bay | Elliott | Samuel | 26 | Derbyshire | Plasterer |
Mary | 24 | ||||
Evans | George | 41 | Warwick | Carpenter | |
Esther | 41 | ||||
Frances | 14 | Trans to s/w | |||
Charlotte M. | 7 | ||||
Ellen M. | 4 | ||||
Flora | 5 mths | ||||
Camp Bay | Gerard | George | 26 | Hants | Printer |
Louisa | 22 | ||||
Florence C. | 4 | ||||
Arthur c. | 2 | ||||
Henry R. | 8 mths | ||||
Goodley | Henry | 27 | Essex | Plate Layer | |
Rebecca | 27 | ||||
Lillian | 5 | ||||
Henry J. | 4 | ||||
Frank | 2 | ||||
Rosina | 2 mths | ||||
Camp Bay | Gorgensen | Benett | 37 | ||
Anie | 41 | ||||
Green | Thomas | 35 | Warwickshire | Farm Labourer | |
Isabella | 38 | ||||
Isabella | 4 | ||||
Greig | William | 59 | Bule | Labourer | |
Margaret | 55 | ||||
David | 29 | Trans to s/m | |||
Margaret | 24 | Trans to s/w | |||
Sarah | 22 | died in quarantine | |||
James | 18 | Trans to s/m | |||
Mary | 16 | Trans to s/w | |||
John | 13 | Trans to s/m | |||
Halford | George | 24 | Warwickshire | Baker | |
Ellen | 24 | ||||
Richard | 3 mths | ||||
Camp Bay | Hansen | Hans | 30 | Denmark | Farm Labourer |
Kirstin | 34 | ||||
Niels P. | 8 | ||||
Hanne B. | 6 | ||||
Rusmuia Ane | 3 | Died on board 04/07/1873 Mesales |
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Emilia | 9 mths | Died on board 28/06/1873 Mesales |
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Camp Bay | Harding | John | 47 | Kent | Labourer |
Sarah | 47 | ||||
Celia | 24 | Tran to s/w | |||
Clara | 21 | Trans to s/w | |||
Frederic | 19 | Trans to s/m | |||
Alice | 15 | Trans to s/w | |||
Ada | 12 | Trans to s/w | |||
Harrison | Charles | 30 | Essex | Agricultural Labourer | |
Sarah | 30 | ||||
Harriet | 7 | ||||
Emma | 5 | ||||
Edith | 2 | Died on board 07/09/1873 Croup & lobular pneumonia |
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Charles | 5 mths | ||||
Camp Bay | Hawkes | Thomas | 26 | Warwickshire | Mason |
Elizabeth | 28 | ||||
William Henry | 5 | ||||
Frederick Thomas | 3 | ||||
Amy Elizabeth | 10mths | ||||
Camp Bay | Hemmingsen | Peter | 36 | Denmark | Farm Labourer |
Karen | 36 | ||||
Hans P. | 9 | ||||
Eline | 7 | ||||
Jens Victor | 3 | Died on board 24/06/1873 Croup |
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Leah | 6 mths | Died on board 08/07/1873 Mesales |
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Horton | Charles | 35 | Warwickshire | Labourer | |
Harriet | 28 | Died in quarantine 23/09/1873 | |||
Joseph | 2 | ||||
Camp Bay | Jacobson | Niell | 36 | Denmark | Farm Labourer |
Marie | 36 | Died on board 10/08/1873 Pneumonia & continued fever |
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Johan | 11 | ||||
Emilie | 8 | ||||
Jensen | Peter | 26 | Denmark | Farm Labourer | |
Louise | 31 | ||||
Larsine | 9 | ||||
Christine | 7 | In Hospital | |||
Anton | 2 | ||||
Jens | 9 mths | Died on board 03/07/1873 Mesales |
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Jensen | Hans | 32 | Denmark | Farm Labourer | |
Maria K. | 28 | ||||
Ane | 6 | ||||
Neilsine | 3 | ||||
Alfred Karl | 9 mths | Died on board 08/07/1873 Mesales |
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Ripa Island | Maguire | George W. | 32 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Susanna | 34 | ||||
Elizabeth | 7 | ||||
William A. | 4 | ||||
Louisa | 11 mths | ||||
Camp Bay | Nielsen | Soren | 35 | Denmark | Farm Labourer |
Yensine C. | 33 | ||||
Rasmine | 10 | ||||
Peter | 4 | ||||
Ane | 2 | ||||
Camp Bay | Nielson | Rasmus | 34 | Denmark | Farm Labourer |
Ane M. | 33 | ||||
Rasmine | 7 Blind? | ||||
Pauline | 3 | ||||
Pepper | William | 32 | Bedfordshire | Labourer | |
Sarah | 33 | ||||
Elizabeth | 9 | ||||
William | 2 | ||||
Camp Bay | Petersen | Carl A. | 23 | Denmark | Farm Labourer |
Karen | 22 | Died on board 17/07/1873 Typhus & Pneumonia |
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Line A. | 11 | ||||
Johanne | 9 mths | Died on board 14/08/1873 Mesales |
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Petersen | Rasmus | 44 | Denmark | Farm Labourer | |
Dorothea | 38 | ||||
Yens P. | 13 | Trans to s/m | |||
Maren S. | 11 | ||||
Thara | 9 | ||||
Dortheas | 7 | ||||
Christine | 3 | ||||
Karl | 6 mths | Died on board 24/07/1873 Dentition & Enteritis |
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Petersen | Jens | 35 In Hosp. | Denmark | Farm Labourer | |
Ane M. | 34 | Died on board 11/09/1873 Enteric fever |
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Agnes | 7 | ||||
Johannes | 5� | Died in quarantine 26/09/1873 | |||
Hans P | 2 | Died on board 11/07/1873 Mesales |
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Ane S | 6 mths | Died on board 13/09/1873 Dentition, diarrhoea & fever |
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Phillips | William | 32 | Sussex | Farm Labourer | |
Martha | 30 | ||||
Poulsen | Niels P. | 40 | Denmark | Farm Labourer | |
Maren | 41 | ||||
Pauline | 7 | ||||
Camp Bay | Sanders | Joseph | 21 | Middlesex | Farm Labourer |
Angelina | 27 | ||||
Phoebe E. | 10 | ||||
Sproulle | James | 22 | Tyrone | Ploughman | |
Eliza | 24 | ||||
Eliza | 10 mths | Died on board 09/07/1873 Mesales |
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Taylor | Edmund | 33 | Surrey | Gardener | |
Elizabeth | 26 | ||||
Herbert | 8 | ||||
Henry | 6 | ||||
William | 4 | ||||
Alfred | 2 | Died on board 20/07/1873 Mesales & Enteritis |
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Watkins | Charles M. | 38 | Glostershire | Labourer | |
Elizabeth | 38 | ||||
Ellen | 19 | Trans to s/w | |||
Annie | 8 | ||||
Alice | 4 | ||||
Ripa Island | Wheelband | William | 29 | Northampton | Labourer |
Sarah | 29 | ||||
Camp Bay | Wilson | William | 30 | Warwickshire | Smith |
Selina | 28 | ||||
Camp Bay | Wilson | John | 41 | Glostershire | Labourer |
Elizabeth | 42 | ||||
Alfred | 15 | Trans to s/m | |||
Jane E. | 20 | Trans to s/w | |||
Colonial Nominated | |||||
Meaclem | Robert | 23 | Cavan | Labourer | |
Sarah | 20 | ||||
Sarah | 10 | ||||
Matilda | 8 | ||||
Rose | 44 | Trans to s/w | |||
Single Men | |||||
Arnold | John | 29 | Down | Farm Labourer | |
Barr | William | 20 | Bute | Ploughman | |
Black | Thomas | 20 | Down | Farm Labourer | |
Boal | John | 19 | Down | Ploughman | |
Browne | John | 19 | Cormwall | Farm Labourer | |
Bull | William | 16 | Antrim | Farmer | |
Culgrew | Anders | 33 | Denmark | Farm Labourer | |
Cocker | William | 23 | Devon | Painter | |
Dean | John | 21 | Devon | Plumber | |
Ferguson | Joseph | 16 | Derry | Farm Labourer | |
Gable | William | 26 | Kent | Baker | |
Gorgensen | Rasmus | 20 | Denmark | Farm Labourer | |
Greig | David | 29 | Bute | Blacksmith | |
James C. | 18 | Bute | Labourer | ||
John | 13 | Bute | |||
Hainsworth | James | 23 | Yorkshire | Joiner | |
Hansen | Carl P. | 21 | Denmark | Farm Labourer | |
Peter | 27 | Denmark | Farm Labourer | ||
Hansen | Johan | 25 | Denmark | Farm Labourer | |
Harding | Frederic | 19 | Kent | Labourer | |
Hatton | James | 28 | Antrim | Farmer | |
John | 26 | Antrim | Farmer | ||
Hericksen | Hans P. | 19 | Denmark | Farm Labourer | |
Jensen | Anders | 32 | Denmark | Farm Labourer | |
Knox | Robert | 22 | Tyrone | Ploughman | |
Morris | Charles | 14 | Dublin | ||
Richard | 13 | Dublin | |||
Herbert | 11 | Dublin | |||
Nielsen | Svene A. | 21 | Denmark | Farm Labourer | |
Olsen | Lars | 25 | Denmark | Farm Labourer | |
Petersen | Yens P. | 13 | Denmark | Farm Labourer | |
Stewart | Robert | 21 | Sligo | Baker | |
Vibey | Carl R. | 17 | Denmark | Farm Labourer | |
Wilson | Alfred | 15 | Gloucester | ||
Colonial Nominated | |||||
Frost | John | 19 | Staffordshire | Stone Mason | |
Thomas | 22 | Staffordshire | Labourer | ||
Patton | William | 34 | Down | Clerk | |
Skillen | Thomas | 19 | Down | Shoemaker | |
Vale | George | 34 | Essex | Wheelwright | |
Frank | 21 | Essex | Labourer | ||
William | 14 | Essex | Labourer | ||
Single Women | |||||
Adam | Kate | 12 | Hants | ||
Bannan | Elizabeth | 17 | Cavan | Servant | |
Brennan | Margaret | 24 | Westmeath | Cook | |
Brockley | Elizabeth | 25 | Middlesex | Cook | |
Bull | Sarah | 34 | Wilts | Cook MATRON | |
Button | Elizabeth | 20 | Middlesex | Servant | |
Cochrane | Mary A. | 74 | Longford | Died in quarantine 30/09/1873 | |
Collins | Louisa | 13 | Devon | ||
Collins | Elizabeth | 26 | Berkshire | Housemaid | |
Comskey | Honour | 22 | Fermanagh | Servant | |
Connors | Jane | 20 | Kings Co. | Servant | |
Crawford | Rose Ann | 30 | Tyrone | Servant | |
Ripa Island | Dudgeon | Margaret | 27 | Monaghan | Servant |
Evans | Frances | 14 | Warwickshire | ||
Ferguson | Rebecca | 43 | Derry | Servant Died in quarantine 25/09/1873 | |
Rebecca | 18 | Derry | Servant Died on board 31/08/1873 Fever |
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Matilda | 17 | Derry | Servant Died in quarantine 26/09/1873 | ||
Ferris | Margaret | 31 | Antrim | Servant | |
Greig | Margaret | 24 | Bute | Ladies Maid | |
Sarah | 22 | Bute | Dairymaid Died in quarantine 23/09/1873 | ||
Agnes | 20 | Bute | Servant | ||
Mary | 16 | Bute | Servant | ||
Harding | Celia | 24 | Kent | Servant | |
Clara | 21 | Kent | Servant | ||
Alice | 15 | Kent | Nursemaid | ||
Ada | 12 | Kent | |||
Hatton | Dinah | 24 | Antrim | Servant | |
Hayes | Norah | 19 | Devon | Servant | |
Bridget | 17 | Devon | Servant | ||
Dead | Ellen | 15 | Devon | Servant | |
Hooey | Martha | 19 | Cavan | General Servant | |
Hunter | Henrietta | 24 | Ayrshire | Dairymaid | |
Lizzie | 22 | Ayrshire | Dairymaid | ||
Jensen | Hanne K. | 17 | Denmark | Servant | |
Johns | Elizabeth | 17 | Cornwall | Servant | |
Jones | Harriett | 13 | Essex | ||
Jones | Mary | 19 | Shropshire | Housemaid | |
Larsen | Caroline | 17 | Denmark | Servant | |
Lawisden | Lassine | 31 | Denmark | Servant | |
MacNichol | Ellen | 26 | Bute | Cook | |
Marshall | Margaret | 15 | Devon | Servant | |
McGregor | Ellen | 17 | Middlesex | Servant | |
McKirdy | Isabella | 24 | Bute | Servant | |
Moodie | Sarah | 27 | Middlesex | Cook | |
Sarah | 3 | ||||
Morley | Harriet | 18 | Surrey | Servant | |
Myhill | Ann | 25 | Norfolk | Housemaid | |
Jane | 33 | Norfolk | Cook | ||
Nielsen | Godine | 30 | Denmark | Servant | |
Petersen | Petrine | 28 | Denmark | Servant | |
Prebensen | Juliane | 13 | Denmark | ||
Quinn | Mary | 35 | Down | ||
Annie | 11 | Down | |||
Rasmussen | Johanne | 16 | Denmark | Servant | |
Sarensen | Kirsten M. | 23 | Denmark | Servant | |
Ripa Island | Statham | Annie | 20 | Somerset | Servant |
Stewart | Ellen | 19 | Sligo | Housemaid | |
Stockley | Jane | 18 | Middlesex | Servant | |
In hospital Ripa Is | Taylor | Elizabeth | 26 | Leicester | |
Watkins | Ellen | 19 | Gloucestershire | Servant | |
Watkins | Hannah | 18 | America | Servant | |
Webster | Sarah | 59 | Warwickshire | Nurse | |
Wilson | Jane E. | 20 | Gloucestershire | Servant | |
Colonial Nominated | |||||
Evans | Elizabeth | 44 | Surrey | Cook | |
Emma | 18 | Surrey | Servant | ||
Susan | 16 | Surrey | Servant | ||
Elizabeth | 14 | ||||
Sarah | 9 | ||||
Amy | 7 | ||||
Nurse Ripa Is. | Meaclem | Rose | 44 | Cavan | Dressmaker |
Sarah | 10 | ||||
Matilda | 8 | In hospital | |||
Copyright Denise & Peter 2000, 2001
Reference:
Archives NewZealand IMCH4/102