Robert Small
Barque: 723 tons
Captain: J W B Darke
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London October 6th 1859 (Downs Oct. 10th) - arrived Lyttelton January 29th 1860
A fine vessel ofthe old school
thatmadea most tedious passage was the Robert Small, Captain J W B Darke, which dropped
anchor in Auckland harbouronJune 20th, 1862, 131 days out from London. Leaving London on
February 8th, it wasthe 9th May before she reached the Meridian of the Cape of Good Hope,
the ship being then 88 days out. Up to May 9th the ship had only averaged 96 miles a day,
or four knots an hour. From the Cape to Auckland took43 days. The Robert Small was a ship
of 794 (sic) tons. She brought out 70 passengers. In 1858 the Robert Small made a voyage
to Wellington in 104 days. She sailed on the 30th June, and arrived on the 12th October,
landing 95 passengers. The following year this ship sailed from London on the 7th
October,and arrived at Lyttelton on the 29th January, 1860. Captain Darke was in command
on all voyages made to New Zealand
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
| Name | Age | Comments | ||
| Chief CabinPassengers | ||||
| Blunderston | Mis | Bound for Nelson | ||
| Cochran | Mrs | Bound for Nelson | ||
| Miss | ||||
| Hudson | Mr | Bound for Canterbury | ||
| Mrs | ||||
| 5 children | ||||
| Laing | Mr | Bound for Canterbury | ||
| Moxan | Mr | Bound for Canterbury | ||
| Rantoul | Mrs | Bound for Nelson | ||
| Miss | ||||
| Miss | ||||
| Ward | Mr | Bound for Canterbury | ||
| Second Cabin Passengers | ||||
| Angus | Mrs | Bound for Nelson | ||
| Sallam | P | Bound for Nelson | ||
| Steward | Mrs | Bound for Nelson | ||
| Stewart | J | Bound for Nelson | ||
| Steerage Passengers | ||||
| Blatchford | J | Bound for Canterbury | ||
| W | Bound for Canterbury | |||
| Gauder | Susannah | Bound for Nelson | ||
| Jones | Mr C | Bound for Nelson | ||
| Mrs | Bound for Nelson | |||
| Jones | James | Bound for Nelson | ||
| Millgate | Rose | Bound for Canterbury | ||
| Rae | Mr | Bound for Canterbury | ||
| Mrs | ||||
| Government Assisted Steerage Passengers | ||||
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Families & Children | ||||
| Atkinson | Joseph | 33 | Cumberland | Sawyer |
| Mary Ann | 23 | |||
| James Henry | 6 | |||
| Annie | 3 | |||
| Biddle | George | 35 | Gloucestershire | Miner |
| Julia | 35 | |||
| Blackler | Edwin | 31 | Devonshire | Mason |
| Eliza | 31 | |||
| Emily | 4 | |||
| Infant | ||||
| Boyce | Christopher | 33 | Down | Farm Labourer |
| Isabella | 31 | |||
| Rachel | 4 | |||
| Jane | 2 | |||
| Margaret | Infant | |||
| Duff | Thomas Leitch | 33 | Perth | Farm Labourer |
| Helen | 32 | |||
| Thomas | 2 | |||
| William Leitch | 11 months | Died on board - 14/11/1859 | ||
| Stevenson | Isabella | 11 | Travelled with Duff | |
| Edlin | Thomas | 23 | Leicestershire | Labourer |
| Margaret | 23 | |||
| George | 1 | |||
| England | Kelvin | 26 | Warwickshire | Joiner |
| Annie | 24 | |||
| Frederick | 1 | |||
| England | Robert | 21 | T/F to single men | Joiner |
| Faygan | Michael | 26 | Dublin | Brickmaker |
| Fanny | 24 | |||
| Thomas Edward | 3 | |||
| Frederick | 1 | |||
| Feathrey | William | 31 | Gloucestershire | Engineer |
| Jane | 32 | |||
| William | 5 | |||
| Thomas | 1 | |||
| Gosden | William | 33 | Sussex | Carpenter |
| Martha | 37 | |||
| Hall | Matthew | 26 | Cumberland | Cooper |
| Margaret | 24 | |||
| Harrison | Robert | 27 | Yorkshire | Labourer |
| Sarah | 22 | |||
| Longstaff | Thomas | 28 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer |
| Hannah | 26 | |||
| John | 6 | |||
| Hannah Mary | 4 | |||
| Low | John | 26 | Forfarshire | Farm Labourer |
| Jane | 27 | |||
| Elizabeth | 3 | |||
| Margaret | 1 | |||
| Martin | Walter | 35 | Warwickshire | Cabinet Maker |
| Ellen | 35 | |||
| Ellen | 11 | |||
| Emily | 9 | |||
| Ann | 7 | |||
| Walter | 5 | |||
| Elizabeth | 2 | |||
| Walter | 5 | |||
| Daughter | Born on board - 14/01/1860 | |||
| Mills | Alexander | 40 | Guernsey | Tailor |
| Emily | 45 | |||
| Maria | 19 | T/F to single women | ||
| Alexander | 18 | T/F to single men | ||
| James | 18 | T/F to single men | ||
| Samuel | 14 | T/F to single men | ||
| Walter | 12 | T/F to single men | ||
| Emily | 10 | |||
| Thomas | 10 | |||
| Sarah | 8 | |||
| Lydia | 5 | |||
| Charles | 1 | |||
| Overend | Nathan | 27 | Yorkshire | Brickmaker |
| Elizabeth | 25 | |||
| James | 5 | |||
| Parrish | Thomas | 24 | Gloucestershire | Labourer |
| Mary Ann | 28 | |||
| Mary Ann | 1 | |||
| Thomas | 2 months | |||
| Paton | James | 27 | Forfarshire | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 26 | |||
| James | 7 | |||
| Peter | 5 | |||
| Jane | 3 | |||
| David | 1 | |||
| Riggs | Andrew Cooper | 29 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Mary Ann | 35 | |||
| Andrew Cooper | 7 | |||
| Arthur George | 6 | |||
| AlfredHenry | 4 | |||
| Julia | 2 | |||
| Amelia Thomasina | 1 month | |||
| Robbins | Loftus | 26 | Warwickshire | Labourer |
| Eleanor | 26 | |||
| Ellen Eliza | 4 | |||
| Emily Beatrice | 7 months | |||
| Saunders | William | 30 | Gloucestershire | Miner |
| Mary | 30 | |||
| Thomas | 5 | |||
| Sidney | 2 weeks | |||
| Shuttleworth | Robert | 49 | Lancashire | Carpenter |
| Jane | 30 | |||
| Robert | 9 | |||
| Samuel | 7 | |||
| Thomas | 3 | |||
| Mary Jane | 9months | |||
| Smith | William | 24 | Leicestershire | Labourer |
| Mary | 22 | |||
| Thornton | Henry | 36 | Durham | Bricklayer |
| Mary Ann | 31 | |||
| Catherine | 10 | |||
| Thomas | 6 | |||
| Matthew Henry | 2 | |||
| Mary Ann | Infant | |||
| Waterworth | Thomas | 33 | Durham | Mason |
| Elizabeth | 24 | |||
| Isabella | 2 months | |||
| Woodham | Charles | 30 | Wiltshire | Miner |
| Susan | 26 | |||
| William | 4 | |||
| Elizabeth | 1 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Boyd | John | 26 | Down | Farm Labourer |
| Burnip | William | 21 | Sunderland | Sawyer |
| Crowther | Samson | 36 | Yorkshire | Miner |
| Dorrell | William | 26 | Middlesex | Miner |
| England | Robert | 21 | Warwickshire | Joiner |
| Evenden | Philo | 26 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Hayes | James | 20 | Down | Blacksmith |
| Hickinbotham | William | 28 | Leicestrshire | Labourer |
| Knight | William | 24 | Gloucestershire | Miner |
| Lock | Thomas | 25 | Devonshire | Smith |
| Mair | David | 25 | Morashire | Farm Labourer |
| Mills | Alexander | 18 | Guernsey | Shoemaker |
| James | 18 | Guernsey | Tailor | |
| Samuel | 14 | Guernsey | Cooper | |
| Walter | 12 | Guernsey | Labourer | |
| Norrish | William | 22 | Devonshire | Labourer |
| Power | John | 22 | Waterford | Farm Labourer |
| Watson | Thomas | 25 | Cumberland | Joiner |
| Read | George | 23 | Hertfordshire | Miner |
| Salkeld | William | 27 | Cumberland | Joiner |
| Senior | Edward | 21 | Yorkshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Skipper | Isaac | 30 | Norfolk | Miner |
| Syme | Alexander | 26 | Lanark | Carpenter |
| Urell | Cornelius | 22 | London | Schoolmaster on board |
| Wrighton | William | 71 | Northamptonshire | Labourer The Provincial Government actually gains �2.0.0 on this case, the passage costing only �15. (Our note - �17 was paid in the Colony) |
| Single Women | ||||
| Bailey | Emma | 26 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
| Brayson | Margaret | 28 | Cumberland | Dressmaker |
| Chilman | Maria | 28 | Kent | Nurse |
| Gow | Shirley | 44 | Middlesex | MATRON on board |
| Kite | Sarah | 14 | Warwickshire | Domestic Servant |
| Mills | Maria | 19 | Guernsey | Tailoress |
| Power | Johanna | 20 | Waterford | Domestic Servant The Provincial Government actually gains �2.0.0 on this case, the passage costing only �15. (Our note - �17 was paid in the Colony) |
Copyright Denise & Peter 2001
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IMCH4/27
Lyttelton Times February 1st 1860