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'Sebastopol'

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The Lyttelton Times December 18, 1861
Dale Album, Canterbury Museum.

Passenger list pdf

On Saturday afternoon the ship Sebastopol arrived in harbour, after a fair passage, which has occupied 99 days from the Downs.  She sighted the Snares on the 7th, and has been detained a week beating up the coast.  Made a fair passage to the Line, but met with light and baffling winds till she got well down south, when she made good way till her arrival within sight of coast.  She brings about 186 souls (all ages) on account of the Provincial Government and several other passengers, with a moderate amount of cargo.  Some sickness occurred when in the tropics and four deaths have taken place during the voyage--three adults and one infant--Thomas MCFARLANE, aged 19;  John HAMES, age [??]; Louisa DETHER, aged 5 months; and a young man named Alexander [SOUTER?], not a Government immigrant.

Sailed -- September 6, 1861from London
Arrived --December 14, ship Sebastopol, 992 tons, Frazer,

Passengers:--

Chief Cabin
BATT, Mr and Mrs  and child
BENNETT,  Mrs and Miss
MARSHALL, Miss 
POIGNDESTRE, Mr and Mrs
THOMSON, Mrs  and two children
Messrs WILLES, TANNER, BATT, BOYD and MYTTON.

   Second Cabin--Messrs HAGLEY, WRENTMORE, SHEWRY, G. SMITH, BATTEN, SANDRY and J. SMITH.
   Steerage--Miss MURISON, Miss VOLLANS, Messrs JENKINSON, RUFFEN, CROSBIE, KING (2), BARNSLY and VOLLANS.

Government Immigrants

Married Couples
ARMSTRONG 	Walter	 blacksmith		 Westmoreland	 and wife
BRISCOE		James	 farm labourer		 Shropshire	 wife and four children
CLARK		Donald	 shepherd		 Invernesshire	 wife and four children
CONNER		Michael  farm labourer		 King's County	 wife and child
DEMPSTER	William  farm labourer		 Antrim		 wife and child
DETHIER		Theodore carpenter		 Middlesex	 wife and three children 
DOBSON		Robert	 bootmaker		 Middlesex	 wife and child 
EATON		James 	 farm labourer		 Yorkshire	 and wife
ECKHOFF		Henry	 farm labourer		 Hanover	 and wife 
ELLIOT		Joseph	 ploughman		 Lanarkshire	 and wife 
FABLIN		William  cow-keeper		 Kent		 wife and five children
FERGUSON	George 	 carpenter		 Perthshire	 wife and two children
GREIG		John	 shepherd		 Rosshire	 and wife 
HOWELL		Edmund	 iron moulder		 Staffordshire	 and wife
HAYNES 		John	 farm labourer 		 Leicestershire  wife and two children 		[age 25]
HUGHES		James	 farm labourer		 Tyrone		 and wife
HUNTER		Robert	 sawyer			 Aberdeenshire	 wife and child 
JOHNSON		Thomas	 farm labourer		 Nottinghamshire wife and four children
LEGGET		Robert	 farm labourer		 Armagh		 and wife 
LUSK 		David	 joiner			 Buteshire	 wife and three children
MASON	 	John	 farm labourer		 Westmoreland	 wife and child
NOONAN		Thomas   carver			 Lancashire	 wife and child
O'SHAUGHNESSY	William  farm labourer		 Kildare	 and wife
POWER		John	 domestic servant	 Tipperary	 and wife  
POWER		Michael  farm labourer		 Waterford	 wife and child
RAINEY		Robert   farm labourer		 Antrim 	 and wife
ROCKETT		Thomas	 farm labourer		 Dorsetshire	 wife and two children
ROUND		Elijah	 blacksmith		 Staffordshire	 wife and two children 
THOMAS		Charles	 butcher		 Gloucestershire wife and two children
WILLS		Richard  farm labourer		 Staffordshire	 wife and three children

Single Men
ADAMS		David	  farm labourer		 Down
ANGUS 		Alex.	  labourer		 Clackmannanshire
ARNOTT		Robert	  farm labourer		 Armagh
ARNOTT		Thomas	  farm labourer		 Armagh
BIRD		Thomas	  farm labourer		 Westmoreland
BROUGH		Wm.	  farm labourer		 Perthshire
COLLIER		John	  farm labourer		 Carlow
CONNER		Cornelius farm labourer		 Down
CONNOR		Edward L. farm labourer		 Middlesex
DASSIN		Michael	  farm labourer		 Queen's County
DAVIDSON	Alex.	  farm labourer		 Aberdeenshire
DONOVEN		Cornelius farm labourer		 Cork
DUNN		Martin    ploughman		 Galway
FALLOON		Arthur	  ploughman		 Armagh
FARQUAR		John	  ploughman		 Armagh
HAZELHURST	John 	  farm labourer		 Notts
HAYWARD		Wm.	  farm labourer		 Brecknockshire
HAYES		Wm.	  farm labourer		 Down
HAYES		John	  farm labourer		 Down
HICKEY		Cornelius farm labourer		 Cork
JOHNSON		Samuel	  farm labourer		 Nottinghamshire
KERR		Edward	  shepherd		 Midlothian
KERR		Henry	  shepherd		 Midlothian
KERR		Henry	  blacksmith		 Midlothian
KOENAN		Michael	  labourer		 Fermanagh
LALOR		Daniel	  farm labourer 	 Queen's County
LALOR		Michael   farm labourer		 Queen's County
LORD		William   labourer		 Yorkshire
LOWRY		Robert	  schoolmaster		 Down
MCFARLANE	Thomas	  farm labourer		 Down
MCLACHLAN	John	  bricklayer		 Buteshire
MILNE 		Alex.	  carpenter		 Forfarshire
MOONAN		George	  labourer		 Lancashire
POPE		John 	  blacksmith		 Lanarkshire
RENNIE		Andrew	  farm labourer		 Perthshire
RENNIE		John	  carpenter		 Perthshire 
ROUND 		Ebenezer  farm labourer		 Staffordshire
RUDDOCK		Edward	  farm labourer		 Armagh 
RUSSELL		Archibald shepherd 		 Argyleshire
SANDERS		Benjamin  gardener		 Gloucestershire
STEELE		Samuel	  ploughman		 Londonderry
TENNANT		Thomas	  farm labourer		 Carlow
TENNANT		John	  farm labourer		 Carlow
THOMAS		Robert	  blacksmith		 Gloucestershire
WILLS		David	  farm labourer		 Staffordshire
WILSON		John	  farm labourer		 Armagh			[age 23]
WILSON		James	  farm labourer		 Armagh
WILSON		Meredith  farm labourer		 Armagh

Single Women
ALMOND		Sarah		  domestic servant	 Middlesex	[age 17]
[BLAND?]	Mary Ann
[BLAND?]	May
[BLAND?]	Alice		  and children
BROWN		Caroline C.	  domestic servant
CRACKE		Eliza 		  domestic servant			 [age 18]
CAMPBELL	Elizabeth	  domestic servant			 [age 15]
GEOIKE		Adeilheirh	  cook					 [age 28]
DALEY		Julia		  domestic servant	 Glamorganshire
FALLOON		Elizabeth	  domestic servant	 Armagh
HOPKINS		Sarah Jane	  domestic servant	 Gloucestershie
JOHNSON		Ann		  domestic servant	
JOHNSON		Elizabeth	  domestic servant
JOHNSON		Martha		  domestic servant	
JOHNSON		Sarah		  domestic servant
LEWIS		Martha		  nurse			 Staffordshire
MCKEOWN		Elizabeth	  domestic servant	 Londonderry
MCKEOWN		Margaret	  domestic servant	 Londonderry	
MCKEOWN		Mary		  domestic servant	 Londonderry
MCKEOWN		Rachel		  domestic servant	 Londonderry
MOORHEAD	Mary Ann
POWER		Barbara		  housekeeper		 Waterford
READ		Mary		  domestic servant	 Aberdeenshire
[RENNIE?]	Isabella	  domestic servant	 Perthshire
RENNIE 		Ann		  dairy woman		 Perthshire
RIDDELL		Sarah		  domestic servant	 Armagh
ROUND		Hannah		  domestic servant	 Staffordshire
RUDDOCK		Margaret	  domestic servant	 Armagh 
THOMAS		Ann		  domestic servant	 Gloucestershire
TOPPIN		Margaret	  domestic servant 	 Waterford     
TOPPIN		Catherine	  domestic servant	 Waterford
WARD		Elizabeth	  domestic servant	 Leicestershire
WHEELER		Anne		  domestic servant	 Oxfordshire
WHEELER		Fanny		  domestic servant	 Oxfordshire
WOODWARD	Esther A.

 Analysis--31 married couples and children equal to 79 adults;  single men 46, single women 35.  Total 160˝

The above information courtesy of Peter Dillon.  Peter has information re the HUNTER family and welcomes enquiries. Barbara Farney came to NZ in 1861 on the Sebastopol with her husband Robert Hunter and child. Robert was a carter at Kaiapoi. Descendants of Robert and Barbara are MAPLES & MOXEY. Posted 12 May, 2000

Canterbury Museum Library
Lyttelton Shipping - Passenger Index
Robert HUNTER 38, sawyer, wife Barbara 36, daughter Elizabeth 9, Aberdeenshire.
Copy of a diary by John McLachlan

Other voyages:
Capt. James A. Fraser commanded the SEBASTOPOL which arrived July 1859 Victoria, Australia.
Capt. Taylor commanded the SEBASTOPOL which departed UK 17 January, 1863 and arrived Lyttelton 21 May, with 235 passengers. Another listing.

Poems & Quotes

The Star Wednesday 19 July 1899 Page 4
Obituary - MOORHEAD
Mr Michael Moorhead, who died at Southbridge at the age of 64, was much respected in the Ellesmere district. He was a native of County Down and came to New Zealand in the ship “Sebestapol” in 1861 and took up land near Southbridge. He leaves a widow, one son and 6 daughters. The funeral which took place on Tuesday was largely attended. The Rev. J.P.Cocks. Conducted the burial service.