Edwin Fox
Ship: 836 tons
Captain: John Ellis Johnson
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr Langley - Died during the voyage
Sailed London 28th January 1873 arrived Lyttelton June 27th 1873 via Canterbury
The Edwin Fox was a full-rigged ship of 836 tons, built to the order of the famous
East India Company. In 1878 her rig was changed to a barque. About the year 1873 she was
brought by the Shaw, Savill Company, and in that year she made her first tri to New
Zealand, Lyttleton being her port of call. She arrived June 27, after a rather tedious
passage of 114 days from Brest. Captain Johnston, reported that on the voyage there had
been six deaths - Dr. Langley an A. B. killed when the Bay of Biscay was being crossed,
three adults from fever, and one infant ( not noted in the surgeons report ). The ship was
placed in quarantine as four of the deaths were from fever.
Source White Wings by Sir Henry Brett
Passengers for Otago
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| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Families and Children | ||||
| Bailey | Joseph | 36 | Notts | Farm Labourer |
| Emma | 36 | |||
| Clara | 16 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Samuel | 5 | |||
| Martha | 3 | |||
| Bates | Charles | 38 | Staffordshire | Shepherd |
| Elizabeth | 39 | |||
| Joseph | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
| John William | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Charles | 9 | |||
| Mary | 7 | |||
| James | 5 | |||
| Sarah A. | 3 | |||
| Rosa | 9 mths | |||
| Fitzpatrick | James | 18 | Antrim | Labourer |
| Ann | 24 | |||
| Infant Son | Born on voyage 21st June | |||
| Forder | Charles | 41 | Hants | Carpenter |
| Harriet | 35 | |||
| George | 10 | |||
| Ada | 9 | |||
| Kate | 8 | |||
| Florence | 6 | |||
| Blanche | 5 | |||
| Charles | 10 mths | |||
| Hyland | Martin | 40 | Galway | Farm Labourer |
| Bridget | 35 | |||
| Ann | 11 | |||
| Jeffries | George | 33 | Glostershire | Farm Labourer |
| Miriam | 26 | |||
| Charles A. | 3 | |||
| Parslow | John | 28 | Glostershire | Plumber Left in Brest |
| Margaret | 21 | |||
| Perrin | William Henry | 29 | Bucks | Labourer |
| Mary Ann | 29 | |||
| Roberts | Thomas | 26 | Cornwall | Carpenter Died at sea 26th April |
| Mary J. | 29 | |||
| Albert Edward | 4 mths | |||
| Colonial Nominated | ||||
| Moore | Robert | 26 | Isle of Man | Fisherman |
| Eleanor | 22 | |||
| Infant Son | Born on Voyage 7th March | |||
| Morgan | Samuel | 24 | Staffordshire | Collier |
| Elizabeth | 24 | |||
| Mary A. | 2 | |||
| Racheal | 1 | |||
| Infant Daughter | Born on Voyage 14th May | |||
| Morgan | Mary A. | 42 | Trans to s/w | |
| Thomas | 22 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Sarah A. | 16 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Rosanna | 14 | trans to s/w | ||
| Ann | 12 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Edward | 10 | trans to s/m | ||
| Rodgers | Daniel | 25 | Armagh | Farm Servant |
| Ellen | 24 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Bates | Joseph | 14 | Staffordshire | |
| John William | 12 | |||
| Bennett | George A. | 22 | Sussex | Farm Labourer Died at sea 24th May |
| Brasier | Charles | 26 | Surrey | Carpenter |
| Bristy | Robert | 30 | Kent | Carpenter |
| Donaldson | James G. | 22 | Edinburgh | Shepherd |
| Duggan | Michael | 19 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Emerson | Thomas | 27 | Durham | Miner |
| Fletcher | Charles | 22 | Wostershire | Labourer |
| Harnett | Thomas | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Kingdom | George Henry | 32 | Somerset | Farm Labourer |
| Ongley | Frederic | 22 | Sussex | Gardener |
| Stewart | John | 33 | Rosscommon | Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated | ||||
| Cosgrove | John | 40 | Cavan | Farm Labourer |
| Kane | Thomas | 25 | Galway | Farm Labourer |
| Lee | James | 15 | Galway | Labourer |
| McPhie | John | 24 | Sterlingshire | Labourer |
| Moore | Philip | 24 | Isle of Man | Labourer |
| Morgan | Thomas | 22 | Staffordshire | Collier |
| Nolan | Patrick | 19 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Ryan | Thomas | 20 | Queens Co. | Labourer |
| Stewart | Alexander | 11 | Lanarkshire | |
| Single Women | ||||
| Bailey | Sarah | 16 | Notts | Servant |
| Briggs | Mary A. | 30 | Middlesex | General Servant |
| Colebrook | Lucy | 30 | Kent | Cook |
| Courtenay | Kate | 20 | Middlesex | General Servant |
| Duggan | Mary | 23 | Kerry | General Servant |
| Jane | 21 | Kerry | General Servant | |
| Walch | Ellen | 20 | Cork | Servant |
| Welch | Sarah | 18 | Surrey | General Servant Died at sea 19th June |
| Colonial Nominated | ||||
| Artis | Mary | 38 | Banffshire | Housekeeper |
| Sarah Ann | 16 | Aberdeenshire | Servant | |
| Georgina | 7 | |||
| Mary E. | 5 | |||
| Cosgrove | Jane | 27 | Cavan | Housemaid |
| Dunsmore | Elizabeth | 29 | Aryshire | Seamstress |
| Allan | 7 | |||
| Fahy | Mary Jane | 18 | Galway | Servant |
| Hill | Margaret | 20 | Antrim | Servant |
| Kane | Ann | 26 | Galway | Servant |
| Lee | Ellen | 13 | Galway | |
| Nolan | Bridget | 20 | Kerry | Servant |
| McMaster | Ellen | 57 | Ayrshire | |
| Ellen | 15 | Ayrshire | Cotton Winder | |
| Morgan | Mary A. | 42 | Staffordshire | |
| Sarah A. | 16 | |||
| Rosanna | 14 | |||
| Ann | 12 | |||
| Edward | 10 | |||
| Stewart | Mary | 14 | Lanarkshire | |
| Stevens | Helen | 12 | Edinburgh | |
| Walsh | Catherine | 19 | Galway | Servant |
| Weir | Rose Anna | 55 | Londonderry | Housekeeper |
Passengers for Canterbury
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| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Brunsden | Thomas | 35 | Berks | Labourer |
| Ann | 33 | |||
| William | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Caroline | 12 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Thomas | 9 | |||
| Anne | 3 | |||
| Albert | 7 mths | |||
| Chapman | Alfred | 21 | Surrey | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 21 | |||
| Chinery | Aaron | 23 | Norfolk | Farm Labourer Left in Brest |
| Julia | 26 | |||
| Rose | 2 | |||
| Emily | 9 mths | |||
| Friel | Daniel | 27 | Donegal | Farm Labourer |
| Catherine | 21 | |||
| Infant Son | Born on Voyage 19th April | |||
| Greene | Daniel | 38 | Donegal | Farmer |
| Mary | 36 | |||
| Gimmett | Daniel | 36 | Buckshire | Labourer |
| Anna | 30 | |||
| Nathan | 11 | |||
| George | 8 | |||
| Charles | 6 | |||
| Martha | 4 | |||
| William | 9 mths | |||
| Rogers | James | 26 | Armagh | Farm Labourer Left in Brest |
| Thompson | William B. | 34 | Yorkshire | Shepherd |
| Mary Jane | 32 | |||
| Widdowson | Thomas | 30 | Notts | Labourer |
| Ann | 29 | |||
| William T. | 5 | |||
| Henrietta E. | 3 | |||
| Georgina E. | 10 mths | |||
| Colonial Nominated | ||||
| Legge | James Richard | 35 | Berkshire | Labourer |
| Maria | 34 | |||
| Maria | 17 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Ellen A. | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Frederick | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Florence | 9 | |||
| Kate L. | 7 | |||
| Amy H. | 4 | |||
| George Edwin | 2 | |||
| Lomasney | William | 35 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
| Johanna | 34 | Ellen | ||
| Ellen | 5 | |||
| James | 3 | |||
| Johanna | 1 | |||