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Arrival of the "Royal Stuart" 1861
T. Cornwell
Daily Southern Cross, 11 October 1861, Page 3
It is expected, now that the war in New Zealand has ceased, that the tide of
emigration will soon flow vigorously to that colony. The 'Royal Stuart,'
one of Willis, Gann, & Co.'s regular line of packets, left Gravesend on July
2, with 210 chief cabin, second cabin and steerage passengers, and a full
and valuable cargo of merchandise, for Canterbury, New Zealand. Several
influential colonists return in this fine ship. The next vessel will be the
Sebastopol, of 2,000 tons burthen, under engagement to the provincial
government.
The Lyttelton Times 9 October 1861 page 4
The Ship Royal Stuart, 761 tons, Capt. Cornwell, one of
Messrs. Willis, Gann & Co.'s line, arrived in harbour at 10 a.m. yesterday,
having made a good passage of 96 days from the Downs, which she left on 3rd
July. She brings 190 Government immigrants, besides several cabin
passengers, all whom have arrived in good health, and speak well of the
treatment they have received on the voyage. The Royal Stuart is an English
ship of ten years standing, and has proved herself a good seagoing vessel.
She brings a moderate amount of cargo suitable for this market. One death
from decline, that of a young woman named Jane Beatty, and six births
occurred during the voyage.
Oct. 8. ship, Royal Stuart, 761 tons, T. Cornwell, master, from England.
Cabin passengers - Hall Mr and Mrs Collison Mr J.E. Colson Miss Crosby Mr H Dale Miss Farquahar Mr J Fulton Mr L Haiston Mr G.A. Ivroine Mr C Money Mr C Reed Mr J.W. Rhodes Mr and Mrs G and 3 children Rogers Mr J Tenant Mr A Wood Miss Steerage 190
The following is a list of the Government immigrants: -
Married Couples: - Beatty John wife and seven children Benny Joseph wife and three children Brown William and wife Burnett Andrew and wife Camrie David wife and child Carter John wife and five children Collie Donald and wife Duff Daniel wife and three children Duff James wife and seven children Davis William and wife FitzGerald William and wife Forrest Robert wife and child Grant Donald wife and six children Grant James and wife Harding John wife and child Hayes P. wife and child Horsfield Charles wife and two children Johnstone Robert and wife Kennedy Robert and wife Keree James and wife Kerr John wife and three children MacRay A. and wife McClure James wife and child Nicolls Robert and wife Pepperell John E wife and five children Richardson Samuel and wife Rogers John and wife Watson Robert wife and three children Wildermoth John wife and two children Whitby James wife and two children
Single Men:- Allan James Atkinson Robinson Banks Donald Barton John Beatty Alexander Brown Charles Caffery John Carter Andrew Carter W.N. Chalmers Alexander Cliff George Dale William Davis Israel Devlin John Doly George Duff Alexander Ferguson Malcolm Flood John Hennelley Denis Hibbert John Grant Alexander Graham Samuel Gray Michael Gunn Gordon Heron James Hooper Stephen Hoyg Thomas Innes Alfred Manchester William Mangin John Manson Donald Mint James Missen Alfred and Edwin Mitchell David Mitchell George Moran Patrick Munro Dugald Musson William McGregor H McKee Alexander McLean William McLeod Duncan O'Brien Dennis Pepperell Evans, Thomas and Robert Richardson Thomas Thompson Robert Thomson William |
Singles Women: - Beatty Margaret and Jane Caffery Sarah Carter Helen, Margaret and Eliza Conway Mary Dobson E Doherty Anne and Bridget Duff Mary and Margaret Harding Eliza Mangin Jane Meddings Eliza McFisk Harriet McKay Catherine Stephenson Mary Anne and Eliza Jane Thompson Mary Whitby Anna Analysis of Trdes Men - Land 59 Stock 11 Wood 4 Leather 1 Miscellaneous 2 Single Women - Cooks 2 Domestic Servants 11 Dairy Women 2 Matron 1 [count above - 182 steerage passengers, missing 8 names] |
BURNETT: Andrew Burnet with his wife Catherine took
up Mt Cook Station, in the Mackenzie in 1864 and raised eight children and she
lived to a good age, her husband lived to 89. The station is still held by
descendants. He was a Highland shepherd and was manger at Simons pass Station
when he forest saw the block of land between the Jollie and Tasman Rivers still
unclaimed. St
David's Church, behind hill at Cave, South Canterbury. "This church is
erected to the Glory of God and in loving remembrance of Andrew and Catherine
Burnett, who took up the Mount Cook sheep run, May 1864, and in the wilderness
founded a home."
DALE, William, sometime proprietor of the Doncaster
hotel, was born in Doncaster, England, in 1838, and came to New Zealand in
October 1861, with
Mr. George Rhodes, and settled in the Timaru district. He was at the West Coast
diggings for a short time, on his return he conducted a carriage, cab and
express carrier business from his section at No. 308 in Theodosia St., Timaru
for a number of years. In 1882 Mr. Dale acquired the Doncaster Hotel, where he
remained up to the time of his death. He was very fond of sporting generally,
and was particularly interested in angling. Mr. Dale married in 1879[sic] to
Charlotte, daughter of the late Mr. T. Timpson, of Richmond, Surrey, England,
and at his death left two sons and three daughters. Reference:
Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Canterbury edition. Vol. 3 pages 928. photo page
1115
Published 1903. [1871, is the correct marriage year not 1879. It is not
unusual to find errors in the
Cyclopedia of
NZ.
Did William Dale marry a SIMPSON or a TIMPSON?
Charlotte TIMPSON sailed from London on 23 Sept;1870 ship
ZEALANDIA arrived
Lyttelton 23 December 1870 Listed as single woman, Charlotte Simpson, from Surrey, occupation
- cook in The Star newspaper listing (another error or not!) and by
Timpson on the passenger list (have not verified this).
Her parents were Thomas and Rhoda TIMPSON (nee HARLING) Richmond, Surrey, London,
England. Charlotte had 11 brothers and sisters. Don't know if any other family
came out or why she came. The only other Timpson name located was at Peel Forest
Station. Wonder if the wedding was held at the J. Timpson house
and not the house of John Simpson???? Unfortunately cannot get a marriage certificate as the minister
didn’t Register the marriage so have an Intention to Marry entry].
[Charlotte Dale nee Timpson is listed as Simpson on the Intention to Marry.
Probably a mistake on the Intention to Marry that They were married at a J.
Timpson house and that it was J. Simpson brother in law of William Dale]
DALE/TIMPSON marriage application cert. No. 289 Timaru name condition prof. age length of residence dwelling place William DALE B Storeman 30 11 years Residence of John SIMPSON Timaru Charlotte TIMPSON S 26 10 mths.
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TIMPSON
Benjamin HOWIE, had a very brief marriage to Charlotte Annie DALE.
(Marriage record and Online BDM index give the name Caroline Annie DALE, but court case refers to her as Charlotte Annie DALE.)
Details on the Marriage record: Marriage: 29 Sep. 1897 St Lukes Church, Timaru, New Zealand
Benjamin HOWIE; full age; Engine driver; bachelor; b. South Australia; Residence: Washdyke; Parents: Robert HOWIE (farmer) and Caroline Rebecca HOWIE.
Caroline Annie DALE; full age; spinster; Birthplace: Timaru; Residence: Washdyke; Father: W. DALE (publican); Mother Charlotte DALE nee TIMPSON
Supreme Court – Adelaide hold the court case details HOWIE v DALE
To Summarise, Benjamin HOWIE married Charlotte Annie DALE in St Lukes Church, Timaru, NZ on 29 Sep. 1897. The decree nisi was proclaimed on 29 Nov. 1902 and the divorce became absolute on 12 Sep 1903.
Information courtesy of Michele. Posted 20 March 2009. Ben is Michele's great grandfather.
____________________________________William DALE who owned the Doncaster Hotel had a younger sister named Mary Abbott DALE. There was a Miss Dale travelling as a cabin passenger on the same ship, a servant girl, Miss Martha Dale, engaged to help look after the three children of the George Rhodes family, is not Mary Abbott Dale a sister to William. Martha Dale's fare was paid for by George Rhodes. The Rhodes family came from The Levels near Doncaster. They subsequently named their home in NZ The Levels. Stevan Eldred-Grigg wrote - quoted Charles Money in 1861 found half the first-class cabins on the Royal Stuart were occupied 'by a wealthy Canterbury squatter'. 'His wife, sister-in-law, niece, children and their nurse, accompanied him, and formed a little court of which the worthy man was autocrat.'
August 2006. The Doncaster Hotel, Hilton Hwy, Washdyke, Timaru still stands.The hotel is located on the left just past the Washdyke Creek heading out of Timaru towards Temuka on the Hilton Highway - State Highway 1.
Typical of the pubs in South Canterbury -two story square building and the rooms upstairs small and cold. The additions on either end and the back not part of the original accommodation house. George Thomas Weems Mason had the Doncaster Hotel at Washdyke and he sold to Mr John McBeth.
Dec. 2008. The Doncaster's licence will be transferred to a new tavern and restaurant across the road. Doncaster will remain open until the new tavern is up and ready to take over the licence.
Advertisement 20 August 1864
The Timaru Herald
DONCASTER HOTEL, WASHDYKE (near Timaru)
G. W. Mason begs to inform Stationholders and parties driving stock that they can be accommodated with good substantial Stockyards, sheep and goat-proof Paddocks. Also a paddock of 200 acres for sheep only.Timaru - May 2, 1865 Resident Magistrate's Court : This being the Annual licensing day, the following General licences were granted:- G.W. Mason, for Doncaster Hotel, Washdyke Birth: COMPTON - At Doncaster Hotel, Washdyke, near Timaru, on April 13, 1876 the wife of W. B. Compton, of a son. Birth: McBETH - At Washdyke, Doncaster Hotel, on the 18th July, 1877, the wife of John McBeth, of a daughter Birth: McBETH - November 16th 1878 at the Doncaster Hotel, Washdyke, the wife of John McBeth, of a daughter. Death: DALE. On the 31st August, 1890, at the Doncaster Hotel, Washdyke, William Dale, aged 51 years. NZ Births Surname, Christian Mother Father 1876/10549 Dale Charlotte Charlotte William 1878/17761 Dale Edith Mary Charlotte William 1880/15492 Dale Frederick Sydenham Charlotte William 1883/ 4338 Dale William Charles Charlotte WilliamMary Abbott Dale migrated from Doncaster, Yorkshire, England had a brother, William, born about 1842 in Doncaster and another brother named Fred. Mary married John Irvine SIMPSON in June 1862. Mary was in Doncaster for the 1861 Census. William migrated on board the 'Royal Stuart' with George Rhodes and worked for the Survey Dept. for a time before his marriage in 1871 and John Simpson of Theodosia St. also worked for the Survey Dept.
John Simpson's father, Ralph, worked for the Rhodes brothers at one time. He was also Clerk of Works for a time and his name is on many plaques around Timaru buildings of the time. Ralph Brady Simpson 1814 -1888 came to New Zealand from England in the ship "Indiana" and became a carpenter in Timaru in 1865. In 1864 he was acting agent for the Rhodes Brothers and he built the first St Mary's Church.
Otago Witness, 1 March 1900, Page 29
Valedictory. — A large gathering of friends and settlers entertained Mr Dale, our late stationmaster, at a smoke concert prior to his taking a hurried departure from our midst. Mr Dale received many compliments, and was presented with a slight token of the esteem in which the public hold him. Mr Dale has been transferred south. I understand his successor hails from Invercargill. Mr Dale was exceedingly popular socially, and the Misses Dale will be equally missed with their brother.
DOHERTY : Ann Doherty, age 22, a house servant and Bridget Doherty, age 20, a house servant, were from County Donegal,
Ireland.
James Keree, aged 22, farm labourer, and his wife
Susan, age 25, were also from Donegal.
FORREST, James, farmer, Thornybank Farm, St. Andrews, South Canterbury. Mr Forrest is the eldest son of the late Mr Forrest, of Messrs Forest and Geddes, who was an old and respected colonist of South Canterbury. Mr James Forrest was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1861, and came to New Zealand with his family in the ship "Royal Stuart," the same year. He was brought up in Waimate. Reference: Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Canterbury edition page 1042
RHODES:
George Rhodes first came out to New Zealand in December1843 to join his
brothers in farming ventures. He first settled at Red House Bay, Akaroa. He
moved over to Purau from Akaroa. Then went to start the Levels Station, just
outside of Timaru. George Rhodes married Elizabeth Wood at the Church of
Lyttelton, Lyttelton 31 May 1854. George Rhodes, wife and children had been on
holiday in England and was coming back on "Royal Stuart." George Rhodes looked after the Levels
Station until his death 18 June 1864. His 1853 slab and cob cottage built of totara slab walls with a thatched roof and earth-lining packed against the
inside walls to keep out the draughts still stands on the Levels Station. In
1958 the Levels Cottage was taken over by the NZ Historic Places Trust.
Timaru Herald June 25 1864 page 4
Death. June 18, at Purau, Port Lyttelton, G. Rhodes, Esq.
Funeral of Mr Rhodes took place yesterday afternoon. Comprising about eighty principal persons of Lyttelton, with several from Christchurch, left the Court-house at half-past three, passing London-street, and Canterbury-street to the church. The pall was borne by Messrs Stoddart, Buchanan, Aynseley, Coster, Hargraves, and Byrne. Rev. F. Knowles read the Burial Service. Captain W.B. Rhodes very opportunely arrived by the Rangitara from Wellington about an hour previously.
Wrecked
The Royal Stuart, 723 tons, of wooden construction, built by Sutherlands, England, in 1851, official #21899, length 45.4m, beam 9.75m, draft 6.4m, was wrecked on the Capricorn Reef, Torres Strait, in May/June 1864, while on passage from Auckland to Madras. On the 12th June 1864 the Marie Laurie put into Port Louis, Mauritius, with the crew of the Royal Stuart, which had been wrecked in Torres Strait.
The Lyttelton Times 9 October 1861 page 4
English Shipping
Ships loading for New Zealand
At London -
For Auckland, the Black Eagle, Mermaid and Queen of the Clyde
for Nelson, the William Brown
for Wellington, the Albermarie, Arabella, and Wild Duck
for Canterbury, the Sebastopol, and Evening Star
for Otago, the Chili and Eleanor
At Liverpool - For Auckland, the Commodore PerryDepartures for New Zealand
July 3, the Asterope, from Gravesend, for Wellington
July 3, the Royal Stuart, from the Downs, for Canterbury
July 7, the Gladiator, from the Downs, for Nelson
July 7, the Gananoque, from the Downs, for Auckland
July 12, the Robert Henderson, from the Clyde, for Otago
July 21,the Derwentwater, from the Downs, for Canterbury
July 21, the Hound, from the Downs, for Otago
Arrivals in England
July 8, in the Downs, the Wild Duck, sailed from Wellington, March 22
July 10, the Bride, sailed from Nelson, March 14
July 23, the John Bunyan, sailed from Wellington, April 19
July 25, H.M. ship Iris
Shipping Intelligence - Lyttelton
Arrived
Oct. 7, brig Burnett, 136 tons, Foreman, master from Otago. Passengers: cabin - S. Richmond, John Armstrong, B. Jenkins, E. Currie. Steerage - 25.
Oct. 7, brig Reliance, 118 tons, Smith Master, from Hobart Town, via Otago. Passengers.
Oct. 7 - schooner, Elizabeth, 12 tons, Malcolmson, from Akaroa.
Oct. 7. s.s. Prince Alfred, 704 tons, Bowden, master from Dunedin. Passengers: saloon - Messrs H. Dowling, W. Gibson, H. Webber, W. Hunter, Hon. Mr C. Ward.
2nd cabin - Messrs Swinbourne, J. McDonald, Williams, J. McLeod, J. Graham, W. Graham, John, James and Owen Lynch; T. Hodgson, W. Bray, J. Hunter, P. Conner, J. Stevens, T. Jenkins, J. Williams, J. Cowling, R. Green, Mrs Hodgson and infant.
Sailed
Oct. 5 - s.s. Lady Bird, 220 tons, Rolls, master, for Melbourne. Cabin passengers - Mr Faithowen, C. Martin, T.H. Baird, McMilty, W. Sanders, J. Hood, J. Lancaster, J. Moiy, Mr and Mrs Elden, Capt. Gay. Steerage, 66Oct. 7, s.s. Prince Alfred, 704 tons, Bowden, master, for Wellington. Chief cabin - H.G. Gouland, Esq., A.J. Alport, J.F. Wright, Mrs Allan, Mrs and Miss E. Willcox.
2nd cabin - J. and P. Williams
Heathcote River
Arrived
Oct. 2, schooner Ebenezer, 10 tons, Whitby, from Pigeon Bay, with 6 cords firewood, J.C. Aikman & CO.
Oct. 2, schooner, Eagle, 20 tons, T. Clarkson, from Pigeon Bay, with 13 cords firewood.
Oct. 3, schooner, Ada, 20 tons, Jiwersen, from McIntosh Bay, with 20 cords firewood, order.
Sailed
Oct. 2 - cutter, Midge, 17 tons, Cameron, for Pigeon Bay, in ballast
Oct. 4 - schooner, Ocean Queen, 18 tons, Simmons, for Wellington, with 15 tons potatoes, G. Simmons. Passengers - Mr Bean, Mrs Henry, and 4 children