Rakaia
Ship: 1022 tons
Captain: Metcalf
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr Crawford
Sailed London 30th May 1879 - arrived Wellington September 9th 1879
A ship that made good average passages
our and Home was the New Zealand Shipping Company's full-rigger Rakaia, 1022 tons, which
was built for the company in 1873 by Blumer and Company. After completing seventeen
voyages to the colony she was sold to a German firm and renamed the Marie. She was sold
again, and again named Rakaia. She was once more sold to a firm in Boston, USA, the price
being 4850 dollars, and re-named the Ruth Stark, and as such was reported in a dismasted
condition whilst on a voyage from Boston to Secondi. The vessel's name disappeared from
Lloyd's register about four years ago (c1920).
White Wings Volume One - Sir Henry Brett
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
For Wellington | ||||
Families and Children | ||||
Blake | Mark | 49 | Cornwall | Shepherd |
Mary A | 39 | |||
Thomas | 18 | |||
Samuel | 16 | |||
David | 5� | |||
Bond | James | 34 | Norfolk | Agricultural Labourer |
Caroline | 35 | |||
Bourke | James M | 26 | Yorkshire | Agricultural Labourer |
Ann | 20 | |||
Butler | George | 25 | Nottinghamshire | Milkman |
Julia | 23 | |||
Edith A | 2 | |||
Byers | John | 25 | Roxburgh | Ploughman |
Ann | 24 | |||
Chowen | John | 24 | Devonshire | Agricultural Labourer |
Mary E | 21 | |||
Coldrick | Thomas | 28 | Herefordshire | Agricultural Labourer |
Mary A | 26 | |||
Minnie | 6 | |||
Mary A | 2 | |||
Florrie | 9 months | |||
Culling | Walter | 29 | Norfolk | Agricultural Labourer |
Ellen | 22 | |||
Maria | 1 | |||
Frawley | Patrick | 24 | Clare | Agricultural Labourer |
Kate | 22 | |||
Hore | Richard | 32 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
Jane | 30 | |||
Jackson | Thomas | 34 | Lincolnshire | Agricultural Labourer |
Elizabeth | 26 | |||
Emma | 5 | |||
Dinah | 4 | |||
Charles | 16 | |||
Roberts | John | 33 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
Eliza | 34 | |||
Annie | 10 | |||
Millie | 8 | |||
Samuel J | 4 months | |||
Rose | Joseph | 26 | Worcestershire | Agricultural Labourer |
Emma | 24 | |||
Sarah | 5 | |||
Joseph | 7 months | |||
Smithan | James | 21 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
Mary A | 25 | |||
Stanford | Richard | 29 | Kent | Agricultural Labourer |
Lydia | 27 | |||
Trueman | William | 23 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
Jane | 23 | |||
Walts | George | 44 | Kent | Agricultural Labourer |
Ellen | 29 | |||
William | 18 | Kent | Waggoner | |
Elizabeth | 11 | |||
George | 4 | |||
Amy M | 7 months | |||
Whitehead | Thomas | 23 | Kent | Sawyer |
Ann | 21 | |||
Colonial Nominated - Passengers | ||||
Bauckham | Charles | 32 | Essex | Carpenter |
Ellen | 31 | |||
William | 7 | |||
Alfred | 5 | |||
Ellen | 3 | |||
Arthur | 1 | |||
Mary | 1 month | |||
Burgess | Sydney | 29 | Stirlingshire | Carpenter |
Elizabeth | 21 | |||
Darling | Andrew | 35 | Haddington | Carpenter & Joiner |
Jessie | 23 | |||
George | 1 | |||
Alice J | 29 | |||
Ebenson | Lauriz | 24 | Germany | Agricultural Labourer |
Emma | 24 | |||
Fischer | Dominic | 40 | Germany | Agricultural Labourer |
Lena | 39 | |||
Adolf | 20 | Germany | Domestic Servant | |
Julia | 11 | |||
Fischer | Jacob | 44 | Germany | Agricultural Labourer |
Catherine | 38 | |||
Barbara | 27 | Domestic Servant | ||
Joseph | 17 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
Anastasia | 14 | |||
Frederick | 9 | |||
Hart | Richard | 42 | Devonshire | Shipwright |
Susan | 40 | |||
Albert | 13 | |||
John | 9 | |||
William | 7 | |||
Robert | 5 | |||
George | 3 | |||
Thomas | 1 | |||
Kruger | Gustav | 24 | Germany | Railway Labourer |
Wihelmina | 26 | |||
Augusta | 4 | |||
August | 2 | |||
Mahony | William | 35 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer |
Mary | 35 | |||
Balt | 9 | |||
Patrick | 7 | |||
William | 4 | |||
Maunder | Joseph | 30 | Devonshire | Carpenter |
Jane | 30 | |||
Francis M | 7 | |||
William | 5 | |||
Joseph R | 3 | |||
Jeanette | 1 | |||
Rogers | William | 36 | Lincolnshire | Agricultural Labourer |
Jane | 35 | |||
William | 10 | |||
Smith | William | 29 | Cheshire | Cotton Spinner |
Elizabeth | 25 | |||
John C | 4 | |||
William J | 1 | |||
Gertrude | 2 months | |||
Single Men | ||||
Barnett | John | 23 | Gloucestershire | Agricultural Labourer |
Bell | James | 27 | Cumberland | Agricultural Labourer |
Blewitt | Charles | 23 | Gloucestershire | Ploughman |
Bulman | Robert | 21 | Yorkshire | Agricultural Labourer |
Butler | George | 23 | Lincolnshire | Agricultural Labourer |
Cock | John | 21 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
Coleman | Joseph | 18 | Cheshire | Agricultural Labourer |
Coombe | John | 21 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
Cowley | Thomas | 30 | Lancashire | Agricultural Labourer |
Crump | Walter | 27 | Devonshire | Agricultural Labourer |
Cunningham | Patrick | 25 | Limerick | Agricultural Labourer |
Dale | John Robert | 23 | Yorkshire | Agricultural Labourer |
Drysdale | James | 23 | Fife | Brickmaker |
Dunlop | Hugh | 23 | Ayr | Agricultural Labourer |
Felton | Charles | 28 | Yorkshire | Carpenter |
Friend | John | 21 | Cheshire | Agricultural Labourer |
Gibson | George | 24 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
Gibson | John | 17 | Linlithgow | Agricultural Labourer |
Halloran | Michael | 23 | Limerick | Agricultural Labourer |
Patrick | 25 | Limerick | Agricultural Labourer | |
Hamilton | James | 24 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
Harris | Fred | 30 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
Hobbs | Thomas | 22 | Gloucestershire | Agricultural Labourer |
Ingram | William | 25 | Cumberland | Agricultural Labourer |
Lillford | John | 37 | Yorkshire | Butcher |
Lobb | Joseph | 18 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
Lukies | Thomas S | 19 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
Lyons | Daniel | 11 | Kerry | |
McEneany | James | 30 | Monaghan | Agricultural Labourer |
McGregor | Duncan | 24 | Perth | Agricultural Labourer |
McKrail | Thomas | 25 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
Mitchell | Thomas William | 18 | Galway | Agricultural Labourer |
Monat | Magnus | 28 | Shetland | Agricultural Labourer |
Mounter | Simeon | 24 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
Parr | William | 21 | Cavan | Agricultural Labourer |
Payne | William | 24 | Lancashire | Agricultural Labourer |
Peart | William | 33 | Lincolnshire | Agricultural Labourer |
Pennock | William | 27 | Yorkshire | Carter |
Phillips | Francis M | 26 | Middlesex | Agricultural Labourer |
James H | 20 | Cornwall | Miner | |
Price | William | 23 | Somersetshire | Agricultural Labourer |
Rowe | James | 20 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
Smith | William | 21 | Northumberlandshire | Agricultural Labourer |
Solomon | William | 18 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
Tompkins | Joseph | 21 | Radnor | Agricultural Labourer |
Treganza | William | 18 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
Varcoe | Charles | 20 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
Westbury | Frederick | 17 | Gloucestershire | Cow Keeper |
Wilson | Robert | 24 | Durham | Agricultural Labourer |
Single Men - Colonial Nominated | ||||
Arcus | John | 24 | Cheshire | Blacksmith |
Austin | William | 27 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
Brady | Thomas | 21 | Armagh | Agricultural Labourer |
Brady | William | 25 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
Hoser | David | 21 | Lanark | Blacksmith |
Maiker | George J | 26 | Aberdeen | Butcher |
John | 24 | Aberdeen | Butcher | |
Marshall | Harry D | 18 | Middlesex | Furrier |
Mulhane | Denis | 20 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer |
Murphy | Daniel | 22 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer |
Surrell | George | 29 | Hertfordshire | Agricultural Labourer |
Toner | William | 24 | Derry | Agricultural Labourer |
Single Women | ||||
Barnett | Emma | 18 | Surrey | Domestic Servant |
Blake | Ann Maud | 14 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant |
Bradly | Kate | 19 | Cork | Dairymaid |
Margaret | 20 | Cork | Dairymaid | |
Comisky | Rose | 21 | Monaghan | Domestic Servant |
Catherine | 18 | Monaghan | Domestic Servant | |
Dale | Catherine | 20 | Yorkshire | Domestic Servant |
Drysdale | Ellen | 19 | Sterlingshire | Domestic Servant |
Finch | Caroline | 20 | Warwickshire | Domestic Servant |
Fraser | Sarah | 22 | Inverness | Domestic Servant |
Gardiner | Jane A | 20 | Yorkshire | Domestic Servant |
Gibson | Grace | 22 | Lanark | Nurse |
Halloran | Johanna | 27 | Limerick | Domestic Servant |
Hides | Mary Ann | 21 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
Humphries | Grace | 21 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
Lane | Hannah | 31 | Wiltshire | Cook |
Lee | Mary | 21 | Monaghan | Domestic Servant |
McQuaid | Mary | 21 | Monaghan | Domestic Servant |
Mackey | Wilhelmina | 24 | Caithness | Waitress |
Mulhane | Ellen | 21 | Kerry | Domestic Servant |
O'Brien | Mary | 22 | Limerick | Domestic Servant |
Oliphant | Lilly | 17 | Hampshire | Housemaid |
Ord | Elizabeth | 36 | Middlesex | Housekeeper |
Parry | Emily | 23 | Gloucestershire | Cook |
Phillips | Jane | 17 | Cornwall | Housemaid |
Johanna | 15 | Cornwall | Nurse | |
Mary E | 22 | Cornwall | Dressmaker | |
Quinn | Hannah | 19 | Cork | Domestic Servant |
Robertson | May | 19 | Sterlingshire | Domestic Servant |
Ryle | Ellen | 26 | Kerry | Dairymaid |
Squire | Ann Young | 23 | Perth | Nurse |
Thomas | Margaret | 26 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant |
Mary A | 24 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant | |
Willetts | Phoebe | 19 | Gloucestershire | Domestic Servant |
Woodward | Kate | 25 | Wiltshire | Domestic Servant |
Single Women - Colonial Nominated | ||||
Crispe | Charlotte E | 21 | Middlesex | Cook |
Margaret | 2 | Middlesex | ||
Hickey | Julia | 21 | Kerry | Dairymaid |
Mulhane | Honora | 23 | Kerry | Domestic Servant |
Raiker | Jane | 39 | Stirlingshire | Housekeeper |
Raiker | Ann | 13 | Lanark | Housekeeper |
Toner | Martha | 22 | Derry | Domestic Servant |
Catherine | 20 | Derry | Domestic Servant | |
For Napier | ||||
Families and Children | ||||
Elliott | John | 40 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Caroline | 40 | |||
William | 13 | |||
Ellen | 11 | |||
Caroline | 9 | |||
Edwin | 7 | |||
Halsall | William | 34 | Lancashire | Ploughman |
Alice | 28 | |||
Hull | William | 31 | Derbyshire | Farm Labourer |
Sarah | 23 | |||
Lizzie | 4 | |||
Laws | Robert | 23 | Northumberlandshire | Carpenter |
Isabella | 20 | |||
Margaret | 1 | |||
Lydford | Richard | 29 | Somersetshire | Carpenter |
Emily | 30 | |||
McDonald | John | 44 | Lanark | Carriage Lifter |
Isabella | 43 | |||
John | 7 | |||
Lewis | 5 | |||
McDonald | Peter | 28 | Dumbarton | Tailor |
Martha | 26 | |||
Jane | 2 | |||
Matthews | Edwin | 32 | Northumberlandshire | Carpenter |
Mary | 38 | |||
Charles | 1 | |||
Roberts | James | 28 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Ellen | 26 | |||
Sands | Robert | 22 | Lincolnshire | Waggoner |
Harriet | 22 | |||
Sleep | John | 23 | Cornwall | Farm labourer |
Elizabeth | 20 | |||
Frederick | 2 | |||
John | 5 months | |||
Snell | John | 39 | Cornwall | Farm labourer |
Prudence | 36 | |||
Single Men | ||||
Adams | John | 19 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Atwall | Joseph | 20 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
Codd | Charles | 22 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
Joseph | 20 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer | |
Davey | William | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Frost | George | 20 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
Hall | Edwin | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Hayward | Frederick | 23 | Somersetshire | Farm Labourer |
McCarthy | Patrick | 25 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
McFadden | Daniel | 25 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
McKenzie | Roderick | 25 | Inverness | Shepherd |
Maker | William | 19 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
Merryfield | John | 18 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Oberton | Arthur | 23 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
Parker | Robert | 20 | Ayr | Farm Labourer |
Thomas | 22 | Ayr | Farm Labourer | |
Ratallack | Thomas | 19 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Risdon | John | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Rundle | John | 20 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Sellers | John | 23 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
Shute | Thomas | 24 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
Skews | John | 21 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Smale | Richard | 21 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Stephens | Henry | 20 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
William | 21 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer | |
Sutton | William | 20 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Trebilcock | William | 19 | Cornwall | Carpenter |
Willerton | Mark | 20 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
Single Women | ||||
Bourke | Mary | 22 | Clare | Servant |
Cooke | Ann | 28 | Somersetshire | Housemaid |
Dewar | Mary | 21 | Derbyshire | Cook |
Hamilton | Barbara | 19 | Lanark | Servant |
Killeen | Mary | 24 | Clare | Servant |
Laverty | Elizabeth | 22 | Antrim | Housemaid |
Lydford | Mary | 32 | Somersetshire | Governess MATRON |
Symons | Mary A | 17 | Cornwall | Servant |
Trebilcock | Mahalah | 20 | Cornwall | Servant |
Rebecca | 43 | Cornwall | Housemaid | |
Elizabeth | 40 | Cornwall | Dairymaid | |
Copyright Denise & Peter 1999, 2000
National Archives Reference IM15/354