Aloe1863

Aloe
Ship: 1024 tons
Captain: Tregoning
Surgeon Superintendent: Walter Thomas Marshall
Sailed London February 5th 1863 - arrived Auckland June 7th 1863

Arrival of the Aloe

Name		Age	County	Occupation
Cabin Passengers
Doveton	G H
Gardner	Mr
Hargreaves	Charles
	Mrs
Pritchard	Edward
Swete	Arthur L
	Maria
	Richard L
Steerage Passengers
Families & Children
Chapman	John
	Louisa
Cheyne	James
	Elizabeth	68		Died on board 06/04/1863
	John
	Ann
Cooke	Eliza
	Andrew
	Mary
	Fanny
	Elizabeth
	Jane
	Edith Jane	16 months		Died on board 15/03/1863 It is possible that this infant is "Jane" above.
Douglas	William
	Ruth
	Alice
	Sarah
	William
	Ann
	Jane
	Mary
	Eliza
Higgin	Richard A
	Mary
	Mary
	Alfred G
	Emily J
	Louisa S
	Sarah A
Kelly	William
	Frances
Lipsey	Francis
	Charlotte
Malcolmson	F P H
	Martha L
Massey	James
	Rachel
	Rachel
	Fred
Messenger	Richard
	Sarah
	Rachel
	Richard S
	Louisa
	Joseph A
	Harriet
Ritchie	Samuel
	Mary
Smith	Frederick
	Ann
Sutherland	John
	Margaret
	Margaret
	George
	William
	John
	Jean
Vailon	Isaac Richardson
	Eliza
	Alfred
	Beacham
	Emily
	Kate
	Augustus
	Frank
Wild	Alfred Edward			Shoemaker
	Elizabeth
	Frederick Abraham	17
	Henry Edward
	Ellen Sarah
	Elizabeth
	William J
	Catherine Jane
Wiles	George
	Ann
Wilson	Hugh
	Alice
	Louisa A
	Hugh
	Martha
Young	Thomas
	Emma
Single Men
Albart	Henry
Bailey	Alfred
Brain	Joseph D
Brown	Charles C
Brown	Neil
Bruce	William
Buchanan	Andrew
Budden	Mr
	James
Burke	William
Coleman	Henry
Collins	Charles
Cook	James
Cordes	Henry
Dickinson	Joseph
Fitzgerald	James
Fosberry	Richard
Fully	David
Gentle	Peter
Grey	Benjamin Jnr
	Robert
Harden	James
Harman	Edward
Hemming	Alfred
Holmes	A
Holmes	Henry
Hotterman	John
Howell	H
Huter	James W
Jennings	Ambrose
Johnston	James
King	John
Lohmann	Frederick
Long	Roland C
Lormier	Robert
Mackay	Andrew
Mousin	William
Muray	Alexander
Murray	John
	Francis S
	George W
	James
Pearce	Martin
Pride	Thomas
Rawlings	Claude C
Reed	George
Ritchie	William
Ross	John
Sandle	James
Seymour	George
	Henry
Smith	Walter
Storer	James
Sutton	Henry W
Tefts	W
Token	Henry
Valseman	Henry
Vits	Frederick
Ward	William
Warner	Henry
Watson	Alfred
Wheatcroft	Sydney F
White	John S
	George
Wild	Samuel
Wilkins	W C
Wilson	John
Wilson	Samuel
	John
	Robert
Wilson	John
Single Women
Barty	Catherine
Burke	Laura
Davey	Grace
	William
Davison	Sarah Jane
Dounie	Mrs Janet
	Alexander
Fitzgerald	Mary
Harden	Elizabeth
Maitland	Sarah
Minihan	Catharine
Muir	Janet
	Christina
Murphy	Catharine
Reed	George
Ross	Hannah
Stanley	Emma

WILD family: Alfred Edward Wild was born in 1816 at Portsmouth, England. His father, Edward Wild, was a rope maker in the Naval dockyard at Portsmouth. One of the family is known to have been lost with the Sir John Franklin Expedition in the icefields north of Canada. Another was engaged in the naval battle of Chesapeake v Shannon. A fob watch on display belonged to him. Alfred Edward, who carried on business as a shoemaker, decided to emigrate to New Zealand with his wife and six children, the eldest, Frederick, then being 17 years of age. The decision was doubtless brought to a head following the death of his mother, Jane, in 1862. On 12th February 1863, the ship "Aloe" sailed with the family and possessions on board. The voyage proved to be an unusually slow one, largely due to adverse winds. Some 114 days were to pass by before the ship berthed at Auckland on June 7th 1863. The record of health on board was an excellent one, proving Captain Tregonning a very able master. Trouble was experienced in the Australian Bight. This was doubtless due to the crew demanding a landfall in Australia. Captain Tregonning had sailed his ship out of sight of land so far, and owing to the gold rush in Austrlia at the time, was determined not to land and possibly lose his crew. The family quickly settled into their new home in lower Ponsonby. Alfred Wild was able to set up his shoemaking business in Franklin Road. Here his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, gave birth to a daughter (Ann) and died in childbirth at the early age of 36. Alfred Wild was thus left to face the hardships of bringing up his children in a new land. His eldest daughter, Ellen, proved to be a splendid foster mother to her young brothers and sisters and was her father's strong right arm during this difficult period. The small baby (Ann) sickened and died when nine months old and was buried alongside her mother in the Grafton cemetery. Alfred Edward Wild found a ready sale for his boots and shoes, and his business brought him a reasonable prosperity. His children settled down to their schooling and their father's stern code of making them all "law abiding, God fearing people, and highly respected". He lived happily to the age of 90 to see his grandchildren and great grandchildren grown up throughout the Auckland province. If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact...........

Reference:
Daily Southern Cross June 8th 1863