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Arrival of the LOCH AWE
from The Daily Southern Cross, Tuesday, July 7, 1874, page 3
Port of Auckland
Arrived June 22- Loch Awe, ship, 1,033 tons, Weir, from London - N.Z. Shipping Co., agents.
Arrival of the Loch Awe
The clipper ship Loch Awe, from London arrived in port and anchored in the stream on Monday, June 22. She comes consigned to the New Zealand Shipping Company, and brings a general cargo. The Loch Awe is commanded by Captain Weir, and made the passage in 67 days from land to land [76 days and 6 hour port to port]. This vessel has been much admired during the stay in port. She brought a large number of immigrants to this port, who were landed in good health, very little sea-sickness having occurred on board during the voyage. Complaints were made against the Surgeon-superintendent of the ship Dr. Wylie, by some of the immigrants, which formed the subject of an inquiry here for the members of the Immigration Office. Their report has been sent on to the authorities at Wellington. We learn the Loch Awe had discharged the whole of her general cargo, and has only now on board a quantity of railway iron, when will, on landing that, take in about 600 tons of ballast and sail for San Francisco at an early date. The "Loch Awe" belongs to Messrs. Wilson and Dick, of Glasgow, and was built by Messes Bartley, Curle, and Co. five years ago, receiving the highest classification at Lloyd's. There were two deaths on the passage. The following is a complete list of the immigrants on board the Loch Awe:-
Left Gravesend for Auckland on April 6:-
The Loch Awe left Gravesend on 6 April 1874 and arrived at Auckland, on on 22 June 1874.
There is a beautiful picture of her in 'White Wings' Vol. 1. page 193. Set a record on the way out. The Loch Awe was a vessel of 1053 tons, commanded by Captain Weir, made a voyage to Waitemata Harbour, Auckland in 76 days and 6 hours (more than 13,000 miles), with Mr Boyd as chief officer. The Loch Awe, with 369 passengers on board, left Gravesend on April 6,1874 at 4 pm. and parted with the pilot on the 9th. ...During one week from the 4th to 10th June the Loch Awe ran the extraordinary distance of 2159 miles, representing an average of 308 miles a day. During the storm on the 15th June the married couples and single girls on board had a very uncomfortable time, and were battened down for two days, but the single men did not suffer that inconvenience. The fast passage was not at all appreciated by the passengers. The Loch Awe left directly for San Francisco. She also made two trips to Lyttelton.
Demise
The Loch Awe, a barque, was sold to a Norwegian firm and renamed the Madura, (owners K.Bruusgaard / Drammen) of 1023 tons and was captured and sunk on 21 May 1917, 50 miles SW Queenstown on a voyage Gulfport for Cardiff with timber, with scuttling charges, not torpedoed. U48 was under command of Kapit�nleutnant Edeling at the time. Source : Der Handelskrieg mit U-Booten, A.Spindler, vol.4.
U48 -213 ft long, maximum surface speed 14kts, could cruise for 7600 miles at 10kts on the surface. Armament 1 x 4.1", 1 x 22pdr, six machine guns and six torpedo tubes. U48 was lost on the Goodwin Sands in WWI 24 November 1917.
The Numbers
364 passengers on this list above.
354 on the Auckland library site.
369 left Gravesend per the newspaper
Transcribed by Joan N. - July 2006. The image above is off the wonderful NZ National Libraries website
Counted 30 single men with Scandinavian names, 9 single women and 5 families (24 souls). 63 total Scandinavian immigrants on board the Loch Awe. Families: Andersen, Madon, Olsen, Sarosen, Zesson
Single Women: Fink, Frielerikson, Larensen, Nielsen, Olesen, Petersen, Rasmussen, Sarenson, Truelsen
Single Men: Niels Christien, Christiensen, Fargensen, Hansen, Johnsen, Johnson, Lars, Larsen, Matson, Neilsen, Olesen, Peterson, Rasmussen, Sarensen, Sensen, Sriensfon, Stiffersen, Zensen.
Some Scandinavian immigrants settled at Mauriceville in the Wairarapa, with other Danish and Norwegian immigrants. The New Zealand Government had a scheme to bring strong, hardworking immigrants into New Zealand and the Scandinavians were ideal. There was a lot of bush and scrub to clear to create farmland and settlements. Passage to New Zealand was subsidised for many, and land for small holdings was promised. Some of the immigrants like the Jessen family paid their own way, and some went over to the Manawatu area, or Hawkes Bay - for varying reasons.
This photo is from the book "Forest Homes" by G.C. Petersen
The men in the photo in the book are not identified but my grandfather recongised the photo. Karl Jahasen bottom left holding the axe. My grandfather, S.P. Bray, is the one sitting on the tree trunk without a pipe or axe. Two of his brothers are in the photo as well. William Bray is the one on the right hand side of the tree, on the plank. My Great Uncle Hal, Harold Charles Bray, is the little boy in the background to the right. The Bray family moved to Puaha, Little River, Canterbury after 1905 as the dampness in the 'bush' caused my grandfather to have hearing problems.
Forest Homes: The Story of the Scandinavian Settlements in the Forty Mile
Bush, New Zealand
Story of Scandinavian settlers recruited under
Julius Vogel's Public Works and Immigration Policy. Special focus is
on the Largest of the Danish settlement of Mauriceville, in the Wairarapa
District. Contains numerous plates, portraits and town plan on end papers.
1956 First Edition, cloth. Wellington: Reed, 1966 Boards with dj.
Reprint. 137pp. Bookfinder.com
Helen wrote..
The voyage seemed to be a stormy and interesting one, the Captain, seemingly, with his heart set on setting records! The journey I've had in locating the emigration details and arrival to New Zealand is nothing in comparison! Slow and careful winding, not glossing over anything, saw my reward in a very short time on a microfilm shipping reel at the Palmerston North Library, in the Genealogy Section. I thought this family would have arrived - based on likely dates the family could be on the water, anything after their registration to emigrate from Denmark until the first known activity recorded of them in NZ. This family, never found by several others in all those years had been located reasonably quickly, thanks to basic ground work being covered first.
Spelling...
The JESSEN family do not appear on the Auckland Library web site - had an 'open' look by vessel and date at all the list in case name spelt differently, sure enough they are the last six entries transcribed as ZESSON!!! Auckland inward passenger arrivals 1838-1886 and 1909-1921 from newspapers. To obtain a full listing just enter the name of the ship and the year. Names and spelling have been recorded as they appear in the newspaper. The spelling (Jessen) is grossly incorrect but it is a good example of gothic writing being mis-spelt. Always keep in mind when searching for names the various spelling variants. Sometimes names are Anglicised. Transcription errors are common and passengers themselves may have supplied incorrect information. Ship names have even been misspelled. Some list compilers used phonetic spelling with unfamiliar names. There can be discrepancies between the various records, regarding age(s) and spelling of names.
| The Southern Cross - newspaper | Shipping Microfilm | Danish Demographic Database |
Jessen Johann father Jessen Ane D mother Jessen Marie S daughter aged 20 Jessen Fritz C son aged 19 Jessen William A son aged 17 Jessen Helene daughter aged 13 |
Zesson Johan 45 Zesson Anne 49 Zesson Marie 20 Zesson F.C. 19 Zesson William 17 Zesson Helena 13 |
Jessen Johan Age: 45 Jessen Ane Dorothea Age: 49 Jessen Marie Sophie Age: 20 Jessen Fritz Carl Age: 19 Jessen Villiam August Age: 17 Jessen Helene Age: 13 |
The family is correctly spelt JESSEN and although they originated from Kobenhavn, Denmark, immediately prior to travel, (Johan and Ane [misspelt - ANNA should be ANE] were married there and all children born there) they were both originally from Lille Tarup, near Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany near the Danish border. Information on the Jessen family courtesy of Helen.
In a period from 1864 till 1920 that part of Denmark around Schleswig, Holstein was German (we lost Slesvig and Holstein to the Germans in a war). But in 1920 there was a referendum in the "old" Danish area if they wanted to be a part of Germany or a part of Denmark. Slesvig and Holsten was divided into three parts and only the northern part "Nordslesvig" including T�nder chose the Danish solution. That means that all information about them is located in Germany for the years 1864 - 1920. T�nder is now Danish - S�derl�gum just south of T�nder is German.
Links
Migration
Danish Demographic Database 1869-1908
Last residence, age, year of emigration, first destination of the emigrant. A search for New Zealand found 2780 persons including the Jessen family. A few of the Scandinavian on the passenger list above must be spelled wrong as the names are not appearing in the database.
Dannevirke Scandinavian Club
Scandinavian Club of Manawatu
Early Manawatu Scandinavians. [Palmerston North, NZ : Manawatu Scandinavian Club, 1990] (Palmerston North : Slylex Print) 70 p. Index
Mosquitoes & Sawdust : a history of Scandinavians in early Palmerston North and surrounding districts / by Val A. Burr, on behalf of the Scandinavian Club of Manawatu. Palmerston North, NZ: The Club, 1995 167p. Index "England"
The Hamilton Danish Society
"I still speak Danish."
Mauriceville history
Hawke's Bay
Does your family have a Viking ancestor? Survey by the Auckland War Memorial Museum
Masterton District Council Cemetery Records
Tararua District Council Cemetery Records
Edwards, Alice Hermina Franklin, age 35 b. 25 Sep 1885 Mauriceville
