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'Hereford' 1879
Passenger Listing
The Hereford, an iron ship with two decks and one cemented
bulkhead was built in 1869 by J. Elder & Co. at Glasgow for the Merchant
Shipping Co., of London. Owner: J. Nourse. Was chartered by the New
Zealand Shipping Company in the seventies and made three voyages out to New
Zealand all to Lyttelton with approximately three hundred emigrants each time.
1874, 1878 and 1879. 
Voyage Account. [opens in another window] Thanks to Samuel Pearson, a seventeen year old lad, we have a first hand account of the 1879 voyage out.
The Star
Wednesday 31st December 1879 page 2
The Timaru Herald Thursday 1st January 1880 page 2
Lyttelton - Arrived
Dec. 30 - Hereford, ship, 1440 tons, McCarthy, arrived from London in night via Plymouth, 95 days out. New Zealand Shipping Company, agents. Passengers - 393 Government immigrants, all well, and 11 saloon passengers. The trip was a moderate weather one. The vessel left Plymouth on October 6th; crossed the line on November 1st; passed the Cape November 26th; the Lewin on December 17th; Tasmania on the 22nd; and made the Snares on December 26th.
Three children died on the passage, viz.,
Annie Cross, 4 years
Henry Smith 4 months
Beatrice Jenkins, 22 months
One birth occurred, Mrs Charles Burrell of a son [Oct. 30 1879]
The single women will be landed this afternoon. Her passage was 85 days.
The passenger list below was transcribed by Bill Moffat. Thank you Bill. He obtained a copy from Wellington office of NZ Archives. All 44 pages!! Most of it unreadable. We presume that the Archives NZ branch in Christchurch may have some information. Posted June 11 2004.
No Family Page Tansferred NAME First Name Age County Occupation Comment
No first listing to page
1 1 1 Atkinson William 39 Durham Shipwright
2 1 1 Atkinson Mary 39
3 1 1 Atkinson Mary 7
4 1 1 Atkinson Horooice 5
5 2 1 Greener Joseph 47 Warwick G_ Maker
6 2 1 Greener Elizabeth 40
7 2 1 Greener Isabel 9
8 SW 1 24 Thurlow Mary 41 Westmoreland Husband William Did not embark
9 SM 1 18 Thurlow Henry 20 Westmoreland
10 SW 1 24 Thurlow Maria 18
11 SM 1 18 Thurlow William 15 Westmoreland
12 SW 1 24 Thurlow Mary 13
13 4 1 McCormick James 53 Antrim Flagbuyer?
14 4 1 McCormick Alice 52
15 SW 1 24 McCormick Mary 28 Antrim Gen Servant
16 SW 1 24 McCormick Alicia 26 Antrim Gen Servant
17 SW 1 24 McCormick Margaret 24 Antrim Gen Servant
18 SW 1 24 McCormick Rose 22 Antrim Gen Servant
19 SW 1 24 McCormick Sarah 20 Antrim Gen Servant
20 SW 1 24 McCormick Jane 16 Antrim Gen Servant
21 SM 1 18 McCormick John 18 Antrim Farm Labourer
22 5 2 Ball Henry 35 Gloster Ag Labourer
23 5 2 Ball Dianna 35
24 6 2 Best Benjamin 28 York Ag Labourer
25 6 2 Best Sarah I 27
26 6 2 Best Arthur 3
27 6 2 Best Horace 4m
28 7 2 Best Frederick 26 York Ag Labourer
29 7 2 Best Ellen 20
30 7 2 Best Sarah 2
31 7 2 Best Maria 8m
32 8 2 Booth Firth 25 York Wool spinner
33 8 2 Booth Sarah 25
34 9 2 Bradley John 43 Lancashire Brickmaker
35 9 2 Bradley Alice 41
36 9 2 Bradley Mary 10
37 9 2 Bradley Richard 7
38 9 2 Bradley Sarah 2
39 10 2 Burrell Charles 35 Lanark Smith
40 10 2 Burrell Susan 31
41 10 2 Burrell John 10
42 10 2 Burrell James 7
43 10 2 Burrell Charles 6
44 10 2 Burrell Amie 4
45 10 2 Burrell Mary 2
46 11 3 Butt Thomas 35 Surrey Ag Labourer
47 11 3 Butt Caroline 30
48 SW 3 24 Butt Charlotte 24 Kent Cook
49 SM 3 18 Butt Harry 22 Kent Gardener
50 SM 3 18 Butt George 13 Kent Bakers Asst
51 SM 3 19 Butt Frederick 19 Kent Bakers Asst
52 12 3 Cross John 35 Devon Bootmaker
53 12 3 Cross Mary 30
54 SW 3 24 Cross Sarah 12
55 12 3 Cross William 8
56 12 3 Cross Annie (Died) 4 Died on the voyage
57 12 3 Cross John 2
58 12 3 Cross Forth? 25
59 13 3 Dalley Henry 41 Hereford Brickmaker Head constable
60 13 3 Dalley Sarah A 39
61 SM 3 18 Dalley Wallace 18 Glamorgan Brickmaker
62 SM 3 18 Dalley Joseph 14
63 13 3 Dalley William 10
64 13 3 Dalley Lucy A 8
65 13 3 Dalley Henry I 3
66 14 4 Delahunt Paul 51 Lancashire Farmer
67 14 4 Delahunt Mary 49
68 SM 4 18 Delahunt John 22 Lancashire Gardener
69 SM 4 18 Delahunt Frank 17 Lancashire Grocer
70 SW 4 24 Delahunt Elizabeth 20 Lancashire Barmaid
71 SW 4 24 Delahunt Eleanor 13 Lancashire Nurse
72 15 4 Dixon George 26 York Wheelwright
73 15 4 Dixon Mary 26
74 15 4 Dixon William 1
75 15 4 Dixon George 2m
76 16 4 Ede Edward 34 Surrey Labourer
77 16 4 Ede Mary 32
78 16 4 Ede Eunice 9
79 16 4 Ede Ellen 8
80 16 4 Ede Henry 5
81 16 4 Ede Arthur 2
82 17 4 Evans William 27 Gloster Ag Labourer
83 17 4 Evans Mary 23
84 17 4 Evans Mary 6
85 17 4 Evans Ester 3
86 18 4 Farr Isaac 44 Warwick Carting
87 18 4 Farr Ann 45
88 SW 4 24 Farr Elizabeth 20
89 SW 4 24 Farr Kate 18
90 SW 4 24 Farr Louisa 16
91 18 4 Farr Jessie 11
92 18 4 Farr Ernest 8
93 19 4 Flintoff Robert 31 Northumberland Blacksmith
94 19 4 Flintoff Hannah 26
95 20 5 Geering John 31 Kent Fireman
96 20 5 Geering Amelia 29
97 20 5 Geering Bertha 5
98 20 5 Geering George 3
99 21 5 Giles William 31 York Ag Labourer
100 21 5 Giles Ellen 31
101 21 5 Giles Florence 9
102 21 5 Giles Mary A 7
103 21 5 Giles Ammie 5
104 21 5 Giles George 3
105 21 5 Giles Clara 1
106 22 5 Gulliford John 24 Somerset Labourer
107 22 5 Gulliford Jane 23
108 23 5 Irvine John 39 Lanark Carpenter
109 23 5 Irvine Henrietta 37
110 SW 5 24 Irvine Janet 17 Lanark
111 SM 5 18 Irvine James 15 Lanark
112 23 5 Irvine Mary 3 Lanark
113 23 5 Irvine George 11m Lanark
114 24 5 Jenkins Francis 33 Midlands Carpenter
115 24 5 Jenkins Sarah 28
116 24 5 Jenkins Frank 7
117 24 5 Jenkins Melville 4
118 24 5 Jenkins Beatrice (Died) 1 Died on the voyage
119 25 6 Jones Stephen 34 Stafford Ag Labourer
120 25 6 Jones Mary 34
121 25 6 Jones Clara 11
122 25 6 Jones Mary 9
123 25 6 Jones George 2
124 26 6 Kilburn Mark 30 York Mason
125 26 6 Kilburn Jane 30
126 26 6 Kilburn Herbert 5
127 26 6 Kilburn Anne 2
128 27 6 Lathan Thomas 23 Lancashire Ag Labourer
129 27 6 Lathan Jane 24
130 27 6 Lathan Joseph 9
131 27 6 Lathan Alice 1
132 28 6 List William 29 Suffolk Ag Labourer
133 28 6 List Elizabeth 25
134 28 6 List Mary 3
135 28 6 List James 2
136 28 6 List Thomas 4m
137 29 6 Lucas William 44 Worchester Carpenter
138 29 6 Lucas Sarah 43
139 SW 6 24 Lucas Sarah 22 Worchester Tailoress
140 SM 6 18 Lucas William 21 Worchester Carpenter
141 SM 6 18 Lucas Frederick 19 Worchester Carpenter
142 SM 6 18 Lucas John 18 Worchester Carpenter
143 SM 6 18 Lucas George 13 Worchester
144 29 6 Lucas Anne 10
145 29 6 Lucas Charles 8
146 30 6 McAvoy Patrick 39 Derry Ag Labourer
147 30 6 McAvoy Rebecca 38
148 31 7 McKecknie William 26 Stirling Quarryman
149 31 7 McKecknie Jane 27
150 31 7 McKecknie John 2
151 31 7 McKecknie Jeanie 10m
152 32 7 Mason William 24 Durham Ag Labourer
153 32 7 Mason Elizabeth 22
154 33 7 Miles William 25 Gloster Ag Labourer
155 33 7 Miles Mary 27
156 33 7 Miles Ellen 5
157 33 7 Miles Francis 4
158 33 7 Miles Howard 2
159 33 7 Miles Mabel 3m
160 34 7 Moffatt William 39 Durham Labourer
161 34 7 Moffatt Barbara 30
162 SW 7 25 Moffatt Margaret 12 Nurse
163 34 7 Moffatt John 10
164 34 7 Moffatt William 7
165 34 7 Moffatt Minnie 5
166 34 7 Moffatt Emma 3
167 34 7 Moffatt Florence 1
168 34 7 Moffatt Jessie 3m
169 35 8 Morrow John 60 Down Farmer
170 35 8 Morrow Isabella 40
171 SM 8 18 Morrow William 23 Down Ag Labourer
172 SM 8 18 Morrow David 17 Down Ag Labourer
173 35 8 Morrow James 11
174 35 8 Morrow Robert 9
175 35 8 Morrow John 6
176 36 8 Murray William 36 Ayr Ag Labourer
177 36 8 Murray Mary 31
178 SM 8 18 Murray Thomas 12 Ayr
179 36 8 Murray Andrew 10
180 36 8 Murray Jeanie 5
181 36 8 Murray Helen 3
182 36 8 Murray James 10m
183 36 8 Murray William 7
184 37 8 Patterson John 37 Cumberland Ag Labourer
185 37 8 Patterson Elizabeth 35
186 37 8 Patterson Elizabeth 10
187 37 8 Patterson Mary 3
188 37 8 Patterson Martha 6m
189 38 8 Pickard John 30 Stafford Labourer
190 38 8 Pickard Sarah 27
191 38 8 Pickard William 5
192 38 8 Pickard John 1
193 39 9 Quigley August 43 Derry Ag Labourer
194 39 9 Quigley Mary 38
195 SW 9 25 Quigley Mary 19
196 SM 9 18 Quigley John 17 Derry Ag Labourer
197 SM 9 18 Quigley Andrew 15 Derry Ag Labourer
198 SW 9 25 Quigley Sarah 13
199 39 9 Quigley Hugh 10
200 39 9 Quigley James 7
201 39 9 Quigley William 4
202 39 9 Quigley Francis 1m
203 40 9 Smith James 23 Gloster Ag Labourer
204 40 9 Smith Mary 25
205 40 9 Smith Frederick 3
206 40 9 Smith Winifred 1
207 41 9 Smith William 30 Lincoln Ag Labourer
208 41 9 Smith Mary 26
209 41 9 Smith Beehen 1
210 41 9 Smith Emma 4
211 42 9 Styles Frederick 40 Kent Woodsman
212 42 9 Styles Ellen 39
213 SM 9 19 Styles George 15 Kent
214 42 9 Styles Alfred 11
215 42 9 Styles Frederick 6
216 43 9 Trevorran Richard 30 Cornwall Ag Labourer
217 43 9 Trevorran Mary 27
218 43 9 Trevorran Elizabeth 6
219 43 9 Trevorran Nancy 4
220 43 9 Trevorran Jane 1
221 44 10 Underhill George 32 Warwick Ag Labourer
222 44 10 Underhill Ann 30
223 44 10 Underhill George 11
224 44 10 Underhill Lucy 8
225 44 10 Underhill John 2
226 44 10 Underhill Sarah 15
227 45 10 Varcoe Josiah 38 Cornwall Carrier 7 Farmer
228 45 10 Varcoe Hannah 33
229 SW 10 25 Varcoe Eda Mary 14 Cornwall
230 SM 10 19 Varcoe Thomas James 13
231 45 10 Varcoe Beatrice 11
232 45 10 Varcoe Ammie 9
233 45 10 Varcoe Ethel 8
234 45 10 Varcoe ? 7
235 45 10 Varcoe Josiah 3
236 45 10 Varcoe Wesley 1
237 45 10 Varcoe William? 30
238 46 10 Walker Robert 39 Down Ag Labourer Schoolmaster?
239 46 10 Walker Ann 36
240 SW 10 25 Walker Mary 16
241 SM 10 19 Walker James 14 Down
242 SW 10 25 Walker Ammie 12
243 46 10 Walker R? 11
244 46 10 Walker Violet 8
245 47 10 Wright John 43 Gloster Blacksmith
246 47 10 Wright Sarah 40
247 47 10 Wright Alice 9
249 48 11 Smith Henry 30 Middlesex Printer
250 48 11 Smith Elizabeth 28
251 48 11 Smith George 1m Did this child die on the voyage?
252 49 11 Oliver Henry 42 Cheshire Machinist
253 49 11 Oliver Jane 40
254 SW 11 25 Oliver Fanny 13
255 49 11 Oliver Martha 9
256 50 11 Lange August 34 Germany
257 50 11 Lange Genedghere? 30
258 50 11 Lange Clara 4
259 50 11 Lange Olga 2
260 SM 16 Coates Francis 25 Devon Ag Labourer
261 SM 16 Bowes Emerson 21 York Ag Labourer
262 SM 16 Heseltine James 23 York Ag Labourer
263 SM 16 Pearson Samuel 17 Worcester Ag Labourer
264 SM 16 Treloar Thomas 24 Cornwall Shoeing smith
265 SM 16 Best William 22 York Ag Labourer
266 SM 16 Blackwell Thomas 29 Warwick Whitesmith
267 SM 16 Buckley Thomas 20 Cork Labourer
268 SM 16 Casey Robert 22 Cork Ag Labourer
269 SM 16 Connor M-ce? 19 Kerry Ag Labourer
270 SM 16 Connor Daniel 22 Kerry Ag Labourer
271 SM 16 Cootes John 24 Cavan Ag Labourer
272 SM 16 Donahue Peter 21 Firmanaugh Ag Labourer
273 SM 16 Donovan Derek 23 Cork Ag Labourer
274 SM 16 Donovan John 21 Cork Ag Labourer
275 SM 16 Drury Patrick 27 Roscommon Ag Labourer
276 SM 16 Dunne Florence 19 Kerry Ag Labourer
277 SM 16 Egan Patrick 22 Kerry Labourer
278 SM 16 Fitzgerald James 20 Cork Ag Labourer
279 SM 16 Fitzgibbon Patrick 23 Clare Ag Labourer
280 SM 16 Guy Thomas 48 Northumberland Equine
281 SM 16 Guy John 19 Taylor
282 SW 16 25 Guy Isabella 21 Servant
283 SM 16 Guy Thomas 14 Ag Labourer
284 SM 16 Guy William? 10
285 SW 16 25 Guy Frances 12
286 SM 17 Hastings Denis 19 Limerick Ag Labourer
287 SM 17 Hayes Morris 19 Waterford Carpenter
288 SM 17 Johnson Frederick 21 Durham Butcher
289 SM 17 Keenehan Patrick 28 Queens Co Ag Labourer
290 SM 17 Kennett Richard 25 Middlesex Plumber
291 SM 17 McAlvon Hugh 19 Fermanaugh Ag Labourer
292 SM 17 McPherson Dugald 45 Argyle Joiner
293 SM 17 Mannion Thomas 25 Galway Labourer
294 SM 17 Melloy William? 18 Lancashire Ag Labourer
295 SM 17 Meugies John 19 Sutherland Ag Labourer
296 SM 17 Mulcahy Michael 20 Waterford Ag Labourer
297 SM 17 Murphy Denis 23 Limerick Carpenter
298 SM 17 Murphy Timothy 19 Limerick Ag Labourer
299 SM 17 O'Connor Michael 19 Galway Ag Labourer
300 SM 17 O'Shaunessy Michael 27 Clare Labourer
301 SM 17 Phelan William 23 Queens Co Ag Labourer
302 SM 17 Stokes Patrick 32 Queens Co Ag Labourer
303 SM 17 Philips William 24 Sommerset Ag Labourer
304 SM 17 Proctor George 19 York Ag Labourer
305 SM 17 Russell Charles 25 Tyrone Ag Labourer
306 SM 17 Ryan John 20 Clare Ag Labourer
307 SM 17 Scully William 21 Galway Ag Labourer
308 SM 17 Seed Wiliam 18 Lancashire Salesman
309 SM 17 Seed Thomas 23 Lancashire Salesman
310 SM 17 Shehan Joseph 24 Queens Co Ag Labourer
311 SM 17 Skiffington H? 22 Tyrone Ag Labourer
312 SM 17 Small William 32 Down Ag Labourer
313 SM 17 Smart Thomas 30 Notts Wheelwright
314 SM 17 Spillane James 22 Cork Ships Carpenter
315 SM 17 Sullivan John 22 Cork Ag Labourer
316 SM 17 Taylor Samuel 31 Leicester Iron moulder
317 SM 18 Thomson David 22 Stirling Miner
318 SM 18 Thomson George 20 Stirling Miner
319 SM 18 Twiss Michael 20 Kerry Ag Labourer
320 SM 18 Wallis Walter 17 Surrey Jewellers Ast
321 SM 18 Walshe James 18 Cavan Ag Labourer
322 SM 18 Watson William 23 Cheshire Equine Fitter
323 SM 18 Whelan James 22 Clare Ag Labourer
324 SM 18 Wigg Edward 23 Norfolk Ag Labourer
325 SM 18 Wilson John 21 Cavan Ag Labourer
326 SM 18 Wilson Thomas 19 Cavan Ag Labourer
327 SM 18 Dowd Malachi 22 Roscormmson? Ag Labourer
328 SM 23 19 Fleming John 15 Waterford Ag Labourer
329 SM 23 19 Gormby Owen 16 Cavan Stable Lab
330 SM 23 19 Gormby John 12 Cavan
331 SM 23 18 Jowsey John 18 Northumberland Moulder
332 SW 22 Hooke Anne 30 Leicester Nurse Matron
333 SW 22 Allman Elizabeth 20 Mid? Servant sub-Matron
334 SW 22 Best Ada 20 York Housemaid
335 SW 22 Best Ellen 24 York Housemaid
336 SW 22 Blanch Jane 27 Shetland Servant
337 SW 22 Blanch Margaret 23 Shetland Servant
338 SW 22 Brick Mary 21 Kerry Servant
339 SW 22 Briggs Maria 52 Lincoln
340 SW 22 Buckley Julia 17 Cork
341 SW 22 Buckley Hannah 19 Cork Servant Ill on board
342 SW 22 Collins Ellen 19 Cork Servant
343 SW 22 Connolly Mary 19 Sligo Servant
344 SW 22 Cootes Margaret 16 Cavan Servant
345 SW 22 Cootes Mary 18 Cavan Servant
346 SW 22 Corrigan Elizabeth 22 Roscommon Servant
347 SW 22 Corrigan Mary 18 Roscommon Servant
348 SW 22 Coughlan Mary 19 Tipperary Servant
349 SW 22 Coroman Margaret 18 Wexford Servant
350 SW 22 Davidson Margaret 40 Moray
351 SW 22 Davidson Jessie 19 Moray Servant
352 SW 22 Davidson Margaret 17 Moray Servant
353 SM 22 Davidson William 9 Moray
354 SW 22 Donohue Rose 25 Fermanaugh Gen Servant
355 SW 22 Donovan Bridget 19 Cork Gen Servant
356 SW 22 Dowd Catherine 20 Sligo Nurse
357 SW 23 Dowdall Mary 19 Monaghan Gen Servant
358 SW 23 Dunne Ellen 22 Kerry Gen Servant
359 SW 23 Egan Ellen 19 Kerry Housemaid
360 SW 23 Egan Julea 20 Kerry Dairymaid
361 SW 23 Fitzgerald Mary 21 Waterford Dairymaid
362 SW 23 Fitzgibbon Annie 20 Clare Housemaid
363 SW 23 Fitzgibbon Catherine 19 Clare Gen Servant
364 SW 23 Fitzpatrick Catherine 19 Queens Co Gen Servant
365 SW 23 Fitzpatrick Ellen 18 Queens Co Gen Servant
366 SW 23 Fleming Mary 20 Waterford Dairymaid
367 SW 23 Gormby Mary 40 Cavan
368 SW 23 Gormby Mary 14 Nurse
369 SW 23 Gormby? Ann 21 Gen Servant
370 SW 23 Flynn Johannah 20 Kerry Dairymaid
371 SW 23 Horgan Mary 22 Kerry Gen Servant
372 SW 23 Horgan Maggie 20 Kerry Dairymaid
373 SW 23 Head Elizabeth 54 Cornwall
374 SW 23 Hayden Mary 17 Servant
375 SW 23 Jowsey Ann 40 Northumberland Housekeeper
376 SW 23 Jowsey Jane 10
377 SW 23 Kelly Annie 19 Tipperary Nurse
378 SW 23 Lavin Kate 23 Roscommon Nurse
379 SW 23 Lyon Mary 22 Kincardine Cook
380 SW 23 Lyon Christina 21 Kincardine Nurse
381 SW 23 McAloon Ellen 19 Fermanaugh Gen Servant
382 SW 23 McIliwane Jane 17 Cavan Gen Servant
383 SW 23 Mahoney Margaret 20 Cork Gen Servant
384 SW 23 Moloney Kate 21 Galway Gen Servant
385 SW 23 Marley Margaret 17 Durham Housemaid
386 SW 24 Marshall Mary 48 Tyrone Seamstress
387 SW 24 Moran Kate 17 Limerick Servant
388 SW 24 Murphy Bridget 20 Limerick Dressmaker
389 SW 24 O'Grady Ellen 21 Clare Gen Servant
390 SW 24 O'Grady Mary 18 Clare Gen Servant
391 SW 24 Oliver Mary 16 Cheshire Gen Servant
392 SW 24 Reynolds Mary 20 Sligo Gen Servant
393 SW 24 Ridley Elizabeth 15 Durham Gen Servant
394 SW 24 Russell Mary 20 Tyrone Housemaid
395 SW 24 Ryan Bridget 20 Kings Co Gen Servant
396 SW 24 Scully Bridget 19 Galway Gen Servant
397 SW 24 Spillane Ellen 19 Cork Gen Servant
398 SW 24 Simpson Ann 59 York
399 SW 18 25 Walshe Mary 20 Cavan
Adult Male 143 Adult Female 142
NOTES: There were three deaths on board and one still birth so the grand total above seems to be correct.
The statistical analysis in the passenger list is different to the counts above due
partly to the transfer of passengers from a family listing to single men or women.
Single men and women are all those 12 years and over. In the age column m = months.
Summary from passenger list
Married couples 98
Single men 92
Single women 93
Male children 48
Female children 52
Male infants 7
Female infants 5
TOTAL 395
Adults 333
(Doesn't add up but elsewhere there is a reference to men and women over 15 being summarised according to occupation)
Summary by Country of Origin
Males Females
England 73 61
Scotland 9 12
Ireland 53 58
Germany 1 1
TOTALS 136 132
plus 132
Grand TOTAL 268
SUMMARY OF NATIONALITY
English 231
Scotch 37
Irish 123
German 4
TOTAL 395
The Timaru Herald Monday 5th January 1880 page 2 column e
Arrival of Immigrants
The Timaru portion of the ship Hereford's immigrants arrived in Timaru by the late train last Saturday. They comprised four families, equal to 12 statute adults, all of whom are English, 22 single men, and 17 single women. Their trades are:
20 agricultural laborers
1 carpenter
1 butcher
and 3 miners
and the single women are classified as follows:-
10 general servants
1 housemaid
and 6 dairymaids.
They all appear to be very respectable, and just the class calculated to make good colonists. A great many of them were taken away by their friends, who met them at the Railway Station, and did not allow them to go to the immigration depot at all. There were thirty immigrants in the depot last night, but this morning about ten of them will leave by train for Waimate and Oamaru, so that to-day there will be only twenty seeking employment. As a good many of these are single girls, who are in good demand, that number will be soon lessened.
They seem to put a line through a name and then later on you see that the person concerned is transferred from the families list to the single men's or women's list. The Hereford was a two deck vessel. In the single women's listing we find the letter A. I have an idea that the A referred to the deck or level number and not initials. There were only a few letters used. But with Jane Annie McIlwaine the A is for Annie. Annie, as she was normally known, married William DUFFELL, born NZ, whose father, William DUFFELL, arrived at Lyttelton on the Cressy, on 27 Dec. 1850.
Dowdall Mary A 19 Monaghan Gen Servant Jowsey Jane A 10 McIlwaine Jane A 17 Cavan General Servant Dalley Sarah A 9 Dalley Lucy A 8 Giles Mary A 7
EGAN: The Julia Egan listed is Kathleen's paternal Grandmother. Kathleen Speedie is also researching the O'Reilly family who arrived on the 'Otaki' in 1876.
IRVINE: John Irvine married Sarah Gibson Goodfellow in Scotland. They had two children Janet and James.
After Sarah's passing so the story goes John had to leave his two young children with family and he went off to find work (he was a builder). I think one of the places that he gained employment he met Henrietta McBain who was a ladies assistant. They decided to marry on the 31 December 1873 in Linlithgow Scotland and I believe the mistress of the house gave her a dress to get married in (apparently the dress still exists now in a museum somewhere in NZ.) They had two children of their own, Margaret and George, and then embarked on the journey to New Zealand for work I think with their four children. They first settled in Oamaru and there they moved to Stratford around 1880 - 1881. Here they had two more children Maisie and Henry John.
John and Henrietta were very involved with the Presbyterian Church, even holding the services in their home until the Church was built in 1890 which John built and he later became a Lay Reader. John Irvine died on the 29th September 1910 and Henrietta died in 1924 in Stratford and they are both buried in the Kopuatama Cemetery. Information courtesy of Angela. Posted 5 Aug. 2004
MOFFAT: The following is an extract from the Moffatt Family booklet prepared by Francis Robertson of Ashburton, New Zealand, for the family reunion held Easter 1981.
William Nelthorpe Moffatt decided to immigrate to New Zealand with his wife and family as assisted immigrants. The Provincial Government of Canterbury (NZ) most likely made the necessary arrangements for him to be employed as a clerk for the New Zealand Railways on the new Midland Line which was due to be opened to Springfield in 1880.
William sold his property at Spennymore, County Durham, at auction on 11 August 1879. The sale included what appeared to be all his furniture and household goods. William at the age of 42 years, accompanied by his wife Barbara aged 30, and seven children, Margaret 12, John 10, William 7, Mary 6, Emma 4, Florence 2 and Jessie 5 months old, all left their home at Spennymore for the long voyage to New Zealand. They sailed from Plymouth, England, on 6th October 1879 on the "Hereford". Mary had her seventh birthday (30th November 1879) while on board soon after passing the Cape. One day while on very rough seas Mary fell and broke her arm and from then on had to spend her time slung in a hammock. She was most likely one of the patients cared for in the hospital mentioned in the ship's records.
The family landed on New Years Day with 5 shillings to their name. We have no records of how the family traveled to their new home at Annat in the Malvern County. Annat was about 40 miles from Christchurch by train. Our Moffatt family settled down to their new life in a small cottage without water laid on and work for Barbara must have been very hard with a large family to care for. William was working as a clerk in the railways office handling such business as ordering trucks for the farming, coal mining and gold mining areas in that county. Two further children were born while the family lived in this area, Eleanor May in May 1881 and Charlotte Annie February 1883.
In 1891 William and his family moved to Salisbury south of Timaru, initially to do farming contract work and later to purchase his own farm in 1901. William started farming in New Zealand when most farmers these days would be thinking of retiring.
William died in 1917 and Barbara, with the help of Jessie and Charlotte continued the farm for a further three years. Barbara died in 1932 and was buried next to her late husband in the Timaru Cemetery. William Junior died on 15 June1900 Johannesburg, South Africa during the Boer War. There are now a large number of descendants of this immigrant family living in New Zealand. Moffatt Family Tree website. The above information courtesy of Bill Moffat. Posted June 14 2004
Passenger ticket victuals 1878 on the Marlborough to New Zealand
The following quantities at least of water and provisions (to be issued
daily) will be supplied by the Master of the Ship as required by law, viz to
each Statute Adult three quarts of water daily, and an additional quart of
water daily while the ship is with the tropics exclusive of what is
necessary for cooking the articles required by the Passenger Act to be
issued in a cooked stage and a weekly allowance or provisions according to
the following scale.
Articles Adults Children 1 to 12 Preserved meats 1¼ lb 1 lb 10 ozs Salt beef ¼ lb Salt port 1 lb Biscuit 14 ozs 7 ozs Flour* 5 ¾lb 3¾ lb Rice 14 ozs 11 ozs Oatmeal 14 ozs 15 ozs Peas ½ pint ¼ pint Sugar raw 1 lb 1½ lb Tea 1½ oz ¾ oz Coffee roasted 2 ozs 3/4 oz Butter 9 ozs 3 ozs Molases (W Indian) ½ lb ¼ lb Preserved soup ¼ lb Raisins 8 ozs 4 ozs Suet 6 ozs 3 ozs Pickles ¼ pint 1/8 pint Mustard ½ oz ¼ oz Pepper ¼ oz 1/8 oz Salt 2 ozs 1 oz Potatoes fresh 3 lb 1 ¼ lb Potatoes preserved ¾ lb 6 ozs Water 21 quarts 21 quarts Lime juice 6 ozs 4 ozs (while in tropics) Carrots 8 ozs 4 ozs Onions 3 ozs 4 ozs Preserved milk 7?
Children above four months and under one year old, three pints of water,
one pint of preserved milk and 4 ozs preserved soup daily and 12 ozs white
biscuit, 8 oz oatmeal, 4 ozs sago or arrowroot, 8 oz flour, 4 oz rice and 10
oz sugar weekly. To infants under four months old, such nutriment shall be
issued as the Surgeon may consider necessary. An additional quart of water
to be issued daily for the use of each person sick in the hospital if the
Surgeon shall so order.
*The flour, with the exception of eight ounces on Sundays will be issued to
the baker to be made into soft bread daily and issued as bread to the
passengers.
Provisions Required by 1850 Immigrants to Nelson
"Berkshire" (spelling sic.)
New Zealand Company. Embarkation Order/ Application No 6915. New Zealand
House, 9 Broad Street Buildings, London. 26th Sept 1849.
1 - The directors of the New Zealand Company having approved of your
application, will grant you and your wife and child an assisted passage to
the Settlement of Nelson in New Zealand, by the ship Berkshire now lying in
the London Docks. It will be necessary that all Passengers be at the Jetty
in the London Docks with their baggage punctually, at ten o'clock on Monday
next the 1st of October.
2 - The Emigrants will be supplied gratis with mattrasses and bolsters,
which they will be allowed to retain on arrival at the Colony, but they must
provide sufficient blankets, sheets, and coverlets for themselves and their
children, and the necessary utensils required on board, such as a knife and
fork, plate, spoon, drinking mug &c.; the latter had better be of tin or
pewter. The articles required in cooking will be supplied on board.
3 - Each Adult Emigrant will be allowed to take out as much baggage as will
measure 20 cubic feet, and not exceed half a ton in weight; and every one is
strongly recommended to provide a large stock of plain, strong clothing, or
the materials for clothing, in making up which the females may
advantageously employ themselves on the passage. As no fresh water can be
allowed for washing while on board, the Emigrants should furnish themselves
with marine soap; and a considerable stock of clothing essential to comfort.
4 - Each family should provide a linen bag, large enough to hold a month's
supply of clothing. All other articles should be packed closely in boxes
just large enough to contain them. The bag and boxes should be legibly
marked with the owner's name.
5 - At arriving at the Ship, the baggage of the Emigrants will be inspected,
to ascertain whether they have provided a sufficient stock of clothing, and
the necessary tools of their respective trades; and unless an Emigrant has
proper clothes and tools, he will not be allowed to embark. With regard to
the particulars on this head, you are desired to pay attention to the
Regulations, of which you have already received a copy.
6 - During the passage you will be placed under the care of the Surgeon, to
whose directions, in all matters, it is expected that you will pay the
readiest attention.
I am, Your obedient Servant ********* (signature). PS - You will deliver
this Letter to the Company's Inspector of Shipping when you go on board.
Handwritten at the bottom of the page; Your Marriage Certificate is returned
herewith.