Queen of the Mersey
Ship: 1227 Tons
Captain: Atkins
Surgeon Superintendent:
Departed London July 3rd 1862 - arrived Lyttelton October 19th 1862
The Queen of the Mersey was American
built in 1860 for Mr H. Melvain, of Newcastle. In 1862 she was chartered for two voyages
to New Zealand. On July 3rd she sailed from London for Lyttlelon with 349 immigrants
making the passage in 108 days. Ten deaths occured, mostly children from measles. During
the passage a serious mutiny took place among a portion of the crew. On arrival five of
the men were brought up at the Police Court and sentenced to a term of
imprisionment.
Source White Wings Sir Henry Brett
Arrival of Queen of the Mersey
Possible picture of Queen of The Mersey
This picture has been kindly sent to us by Glenn Newton and
was drawn by his Grandfather William Charles Brown. Thanks
Glenn. Your kindness is much appreciated
Many thanks to Lorraine Duncan for transcribing and providing us with this passenger list. |
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Families and Children | ||||
| Bull | Henry | 48 | Middlesex | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 45 | |||
| Walter | 11 | |||
| Albert | 10 | |||
| A?ley | 7 | |||
| Biel | Frederick | 31 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
| Maria | 21 | |||
| Balthusa | Infant | |||
| Bisset | Christopher | 28 | Stirlingshire | Shepherd |
| Ann | 27 | |||
| Bonnyman | James | 31 | Banffshire | Labourer |
| Helen | 25 | |||
| Brooker | Johnathan | 33 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 34 | |||
| William | 11 | |||
| John | 6 | |||
| Johnathan | 4 | |||
| Baby | Infant | |||
| Brooks | Thomas | 53 | Cornwall | Labourer |
| Margaret | 43 | |||
| Bryne | Edward | 29 | Carlow | Bricklayer |
| Ellen | 25 | |||
| Burnett | Thomas | 36 | Roxburgh | Labourer |
| Catherine | 36 | |||
| Alexander | 10 | |||
| Jane | 8 | |||
| William | 6 | |||
| Isabella | 4 | |||
| Costley | John | 48 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 34 | |||
| Jane | 11 | |||
| William | 7 | |||
| Mary Sarah | 5 | |||
| John | 3 | |||
| Matilda | 7 mths | |||
| Currie | William | 48 | Renfrewshire | Labourer |
| Jane | ||||
| Agnes | 11 | |||
| Dawson | George | 26 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah Elizabeth | 25 | |||
| Duffty | Thomas | 31 | Gloucestershire | Farm Labourer |
| Louise | 28 | |||
| Elizabeth | 2 | |||
| Funston | Frederick | 23 | Surrey | Gardener |
| Margaret | 22 | |||
| Emily | 2 | |||
| Frederick | Infant | |||
| Guiney | James | 38 | Down | Farm Labourer |
| Ann | 36 | |||
| Eliza | 9 | |||
| Samuel | 7 | |||
| Prudence | 5 | |||
| Margaret | 3 | |||
| William James | Infant | |||
| Guy | Matthew | 47 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 47 | |||
| Sarah Jane | 11 | |||
| Emma | 9 | |||
| William | 6 | |||
| Thomas | 3 | |||
| Harrison | William | 31 | Kent | Carpenter |
| Charlotte | 30 | |||
| Charlotte | 3 | |||
| Hewson | Henry | 37 | Banffshire | Shepherd |
| Caroline | 37 | |||
| Alexander | 11 | |||
| William | 9 | |||
| Hughes | James | 49 | Monaghan | Labourer |
| Jane | 39 | |||
| Joseph William | 11 | |||
| James | 10 | |||
| Jane | 6 | |||
| Thomas | 2 | |||
| Kinnear | George | 39 | Forfarshire | Ploughman |
| Jessie | 23 | |||
| Lawry | Walter | 44 | Cornwall | Farmer |
| Gertrude | 45 | |||
| Walter | 11 | |||
| Ellen | 9 | |||
| Samuel | 7 | |||
| Annie | 6 | |||
| William R. | 4 | |||
| Joseph H. | 2 | |||
| Le Vavasseur | Jean | 36 | Jersey | Farm Labourer |
| Valerie | 28 | |||
| Marie | Infant | |||
| Low | Alexander | 36 | Forfarshire | Labourer |
| Christina | 30 | |||
| John | 7 | |||
| Alexander | 5 | |||
| Elizabeth | 3 | |||
| Mannel | Newrick | 29 | Yorkshire | Labourer |
| Diana | 30 | |||
| Robert | 9 | |||
| Mary Elizabeth | Infant | |||
| Martin | Charles | 40 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Eliza | 42 | |||
| Matthews | John | 23 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Hannah | 30 | |||
| John | 5 mths | |||
| McDougald | George | 26 | Forfarshire | Joiner |
| Agnes | 23 | |||
| Ann | Infant | |||
| McGregor | John | 35 | Lanarkshire | Ploughman |
| Christina | 30 | |||
| Isabella | 3 | |||
| John | Infant | |||
| McKinnie | Joseph | 20 | Kirkcudbright | Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 19 | |||
| McLeod | John | 33 | Ayrshire | Farm Labourer |
| Christina | 27 | |||
| Kenneth | 10 | |||
| John | 8 | |||
| James | 5 | |||
| Robert | Infant | |||
| McQuilland | George | 39 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Martha | 39 | |||
| Alexander | 10 | |||
| Mary | 6 | |||
| Mitchell | William | 23 | Forfarshire | Labourer |
| Isabella | 23 | |||
| James | 1 | |||
| Moore | Robert | 29 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah Jane | 29 | |||
| Charlotte | 6 | |||
| William | 4 | |||
| Margaret | 2 | |||
| Morris | William | 35 | Lanarkshire | Ploughman |
| Jane | 28 | |||
| James | 7 mths | |||
| Morse | Thomas | 31 | Gloustershire | Farm Labourer |
| Pricilla | 28 | |||
| Mary | 5 | |||
| Martha | 3 | |||
| Orley | John | 22 | Middlesex | Bricklayer |
| Ann | 23 | |||
| Pain | James T. | 35 | Hants | Farmer |
| Matilda | 37 | |||
| Ophelia | 11 | |||
| James | 10 | |||
| George | 8 | |||
| Mary Ann | 5 | |||
| Jane | 4 | |||
| Parlane | John | 32 | Lanarkshire | Ploughman |
| Agnes | 32 | |||
| James | 6 | |||
| John | 4 | |||
| David | 2 | |||
| Parker | William | 40 | Yorkshire | Framer |
| Jane | 38 | |||
| Mary Jane | 11 | |||
| Samuel | 8 | |||
| Sarah | 6 | |||
| Henry | 4 | |||
| Amanda | 2 | |||
| Harvey | Infant | |||
| Peebles | Peter | 48 | Perthshire | Ploughman |
| Rebecca | 43 | |||
| James | 11 | |||
| Peter | 9 | |||
| Margaret | 3 | |||
| Petrie | Daniel | 28 | Forfarshire | Carpenter |
| Janet | 24 | |||
| Janet | 2 | |||
| Charles | Infant | |||
| Quin | John | 21 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
| Ann | 23 | |||
| Mary Ann | Infant | |||
| Robinson | Robert | 30 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 26 | |||
| Robert | Infant | |||
| Scille | Julle | France | Farm Labourer | |
| Augustine | 27 | |||
| Eulalio | 2 | |||
| Shaw | David | 24 | Stirlingshire | Ploughman |
| Margaret | 20 | |||
| Shepherd | John | 35 | Forfarshire | Farm Labourer |
| Margaret | 23 | |||
| John | 3 mths | |||
| Swann | James Butler | 29 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
| Margaret | 28 | |||
| Arthur | 5 | |||
| William | 3 | |||
| Mary | 2 | |||
| Thomas | Samuel | 38 | Down | Farm Labourer |
| Eliza Jane | 37 | |||
| Margaret | 10 | |||
| Samuel | 8 | |||
| Caroline | 6 | |||
| James | 4 | |||
| Joseph | 10 mths | |||
| Thomas | John | 28 | Gloustershire | Farm Labourer |
| Ann | 24 | |||
| Infant | ||||
| Vincent | Robert | 36 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Fanny | 36 | |||
| Emma | 11 | |||
| John | 10 | |||
| Mary | 8 | |||
| Emily | 6 | |||
| Thomas | Infant | |||
| Wallace | Joseph | 29 | Lanarkshire | Ploughman |
| Jane | 32 | |||
| John | 2 | |||
| David | Infant | |||
| Wilkins | Michael | 23 | Renfrewshire | Farm Labourer |
| Ellen | 20 | |||
| Wills | John | 31 | Rosshire | Ploughman |
| Helen | 25 | |||
| James | 6 | |||
| John | 4 | |||
| Catherine | Infant | |||
| Wilson | Samuel | 28 | Down | Ploughman |
| Mary E. | 21 | |||
| Eliza | 2 | |||
| Woods | Henry | 22 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
| Margaret | 19 | |||
| George | Infant | |||
| Young | Thomas | 27 | Berwickshire | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 21 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Amy | Francis | 18 | Jersey | Farm Labourer |
| Baynes | Mathias B. | 18 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Alfred Thomas | 14 | Middlesex | Labourer | |
| Bell | Richard | 26 | Leicestershire | Farm Labourer |
| Brennan | Christopher | 33 | Carlow | Shepherd |
| Brent | George | 24 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Brockie | William | 27 | Kincardshire | Ploughman |
| Brooks | John | 23 | Cornwall | Labourer |
| Thomas | 19 | Cornwall | Labourer | |
| Richard | 15 | Cornwall | Labourer | |
| Bull | Henry | 19 | Middlesex | Blacksmith |
| George | 17 | Middlesex | Blacksmith | |
| Frederick | 14 | Middlesex | Blacksmith | |
| Cairns | Andrew | 27 | Lanarkshire | Farm Labourer |
| Cairns | James | Forfarshire | Farm Labourer | |
| Chisnall | George | 20 | Suffolk | Farm Labourer |
| Clark | James | 23 | Kirkcudbrightshire | Farm Labourer |
| Collthart | Robert | 22 | Wigtonshire | Shepherd |
| Currie | Samuel | 28 | Renfrewshire | Labourer |
| John | 23 | Renfrewshire | Joiner | |
| Joseph | 21 | Renfrewshire | Cartwright | |
| Thomas | 19 | Renfrewshire | Labourer | |
| William | 14 | Renfrewshire | ||
| Doyle | John | 26 | Kirkcudbrightshire | Ploughman |
| Edgar | Adam | 23 | Berwickshire | Farm Labourer |
| Edward | Robert | 23 | Aberdeenshire | Farm Labourer |
| Fay | Anthony | 25 | Cavan | Farm Labourer |
| Fergus | John | 27 | Cavan | Farm Labourer |
| Gallagher | John | 22 | Armagh | Shoemaker |
| Harding | Henry | 19 | Bucks | Farm Labourer |
| Hewson | Charles | 19 | Banffshire | Labourer |
| George Henry | 13 | Banffshire | Labourer | |
| Hobbs | Thomas | 22 | Middlesex | Painter |
| Johnston | William | 22 | Berwickshire | Farm Labourer |
| James | 23 | Berwickshire | Farm Labourer | |
| King | John | 21 | Isle of Man | Farm Labourer |
| Lawry | John | 13 | Cornwall | |
| Manchester | Henry | Leicestershire | Farm Labourer | |
| Mansen | Arthur | 15 | Zetland | Farm Labourer |
| Martin | Charles | 21 | Middlesex | Farm Labourer |
| McArthur | William | 21 | Fifeshire | Shepherd |
| McDougall | William | 22 | Perthshire | Ploughman |
| John | 23 | Perthshire | Ploughman | |
| McFadyen | John | 30 | Argyle | Farm Labourer |
| McKinnie | William | 22 | Kirkcudbrightshire | Ploughman |
| McLean | John | 28 | Rosshire | Shepherd |
| McLean | Hugh | 21 | Rosshire | Ploughman |
| McQuilland | Robert | 14 | Armagh | |
| Middleton | J | 44 | Yorkshire | Labourer |
| Moles | James B. | 27 | Down | farm Labourer |
| Morse | Richard | 25 | Gloustershire | Labourer |
| Munro | John | 24 | Rosshire | Ploughman |
| Pain | John | 25 | Hants | Carpenter |
| Parker | J | 17 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer |
| W | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer | ||
| Charles | 13 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer | |
| Peebles | Andrew | 21 | Forfarshire | Ploughman |
| Rae | David | 25 | Kirkcudbrightshire | Shepherd |
| Reid | Alexander | 23 | Rosshire | Ploughman |
| Ross | Gibbs L. | 17 | Somersetshire | Clerk |
| Selby | George | 24 | Berwickshire | Farm Labourer |
| Small | John | 23 | Cumberland | Farm Labourer |
| Smith | John | 19 | Down | Farm labourer |
| Adam | 16 | Down | Farm Labourer | |
| Stewart | William | 22 | Banffshire | Baker |
| Tait | Samuel | 16 | Zetland | Farm Labourer |
| Taplin | James | 17 | Oxford | Shepherd |
| Tate | John | 25 | Down | Farm Labourer |
| Thomas | Henry | 18 | Down | Labourer |
| Thomson | James | 23 | Wigtonshire | Shepherd |
| Wright | George | 36 | Middlesex | Farm Labourer |
| Single Women | ||||
| Baynes | Frances | 40 | Middlesex | Housekeeper |
| Frances L. | 16 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant | |
| Charles | 11 | |||
| Benjamin | 10 | |||
| Brooker | Elizabeth | 16 | Yorkshire | Domestic Servant |
| Brooks | Emma | 21 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant |
| Elizabeth | 17 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant | |
| Brown | Emma | 20 | Yorkshire | Domestic Servant |
| Cairns | Margaret | 21 | Forfarshire | Domestic Servant |
| Cranston | Margaret | 19 | Dumfries | Domestic Servant |
| Currie | Jane | 25 | Renfrewshire | Domestic Servant |
| Ellen | 17 | Renfrewshire | Domestic Servant | |
| Edwards | Mary | 28 | Aberdeenshire | Cook |
| Barbara | 19 | Aberdeenshire | ||
| Ferguson | Margaret | 22 | Lanarkshire | Domestic Servant |
| Grady | Catherine | 21 | Domestic Servant | |
| Green | Helen | 26 | Aberdeenshire | Cook |
| Guiney | Jane | 17 | Down | Domestic Servant |
| Mary Ann | 15 | Down | Domestic Servant | |
| Bella | 13 | Down | Domestic Servant | |
| Guy | Elizabeth | 24 | Armagh | Domestic Servant |
| Maria | 21 | Armagh | Domestic Servant | |
| Margaret | 18 | Armagh | Domestic Servant | |
| Mary Ann | 13 | Armagh | Domestic Servant | |
| Hedges | Elizabeth | 23 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
| Henderson | Sarah | 20 | Lanarkshire | Dairymaid |
| Hewson | Caroline | 16 | Banffshire | Domestic Servant |
| Hughes | Sophia | 20 | Moraghan | Domestic Servant |
| Margaret | 15 | Moraghan | Domestic Servant | |
| Kelly | Margaret | 22 | Lanarkshire | Domestic Servant |
| Lawry | Mary | 18 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant |
| Gertrude | 16 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant | |
| Jane | 15 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant | |
| Lingwall | Mary | 21 | Forfarshire | Dairymaid |
| Lippard | Maria | 24 | Kent | Domestic Servant |
| McGregor | Isabella | 55 | Lanarkshire | Housekeeper |
| McGregor | Margaret | 28 | Lanarkshire | Domestic Servant |
| McQuilland | Elizabeth | 16 | Domestic Servant | |
| Murphy | Jane | 20 | Down | Dairymaid |
| Niven | Helen | 27 | Forfarshire | Dairymaid |
| Pain | Martha | 18 | Hants | Domestic Servant |
| Matilda | 18 | Hants | Domestic Servant | |
| Park | Joan | 30 | Peebleshire | Domestic Servant |
| Peebles | Ann | 19 | Forfarshire | Dairymaid |
| Poore | Kate | 17 | Somerset | Dairymaid |
| Reid | Mary | 19 | Lanarkshire | Domestic Servant |
| Robb | Jessie | 21 | Forfarshire | Dairymaid |
| Robertson | Jane | 21 | Lanarkshire | Domestic Servant |
| Soutar | Agnes | 18 | Forfarshire | Domestic Servant |
| Stewart | Susan | 17 | Londonderry | Domestic Servant |
| Isabella | 16 | Londonderry | Domestic Servant | |
| Stallion | Agnes S. | 27 | Middlesex | Nurse |
| Thomas | Mary | 16 | Down | Domestic Servant |
| Elizabeth | 14 | Down | Domestic Servant | |
| Sarah | 12 | Down | Domestic Servant | |
| Vincent | Selina | 13 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant |
| Weller | Ellen | 20 | Kent | Domestic Servant |
| Wilson | Isabella | 35 | Somerset | Domestic Servant |
| Woods | Mary Ann | 26 | Antrim | Dairymaid |
| Wormack | Sarah | 38 | Yorkshire | Domestic Servant |
| MANNEL family: These names have seen several variations, Mannell, Menil with the name in New Zealand staying as Meynell. Newrick Meynell was christened 23 June 1833 at Hutton Ambo, Yorkshire England. His death was 5 April 1892 with the cause of death as diabetes, and he is buried at Addington Cemetery, Christchurch. Diana was born c 1833 at Yorkshire, in the 1841 census she was recorded as living at a workhouse at Driffield, Yorkshire being 8 years of age. Her parents were Francis Shepherdson and Mary nee Bays. In 1841 Newrick lived at Huttons Ambo with his father Robert and his mother Elizabeth [Roberts 2nd wife] and Joseph his brother, 3 years older than Newrick. In 1851 he was residing at Wetwang Yorkshire and his occupation was general labourer. He married Diana Shepherdson in Great Driffield Yorkshire on the 6th May 1854. They boarded the ship Queen of the Mersey 3 July 1862 with son Robert and daughter Mary Elizabeth. They were to have 4 more children born in New Zealand, Ada Jane, Richard, Joseph and Newrick (jnr). Newrick’s son Robert was to marry Annie Harris from Islip Oxfordshire Eng in 1878 and they had 14 children. One of their sons Robert was to marry an Agnes nee Meager in 1903 Otago and they had 9 children, one being my Mother’s Mother, Ada Catherine nee Meynell who married a Francis Rush (1of 8 orphans as their Mother and premature twins died during a heavy snowfall while they lived in a calico hutt right in Gabriel’s gully. The husband died 2 weeks later). I would love to make contact with any relative of this familyand share stories and possibly swap photo’s with. My email is [email protected] and my name is Christine. |
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Charles HEWSON: |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 1999 - 2007
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IMCH4/42
