Boyne
Ship: 1350 tons
Captain: John Kelly
Surgeon Superintendent: James Reed
Sailed London November 18th 1878 - arrived Lyttelton February 27th 1879
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Families & Children | ||||
| Allen | Robert | 22 | Durham | Joiner |
| Margaret | 23 | |||
| Albert E. | ||||
| Baker | Henry | 25 | Notts | Farm Labourer |
| Emma | 26 | |||
| William H. | 2 | |||
| Goerge Thomas | 1 | |||
| Bragworth | Peter | 42 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Catherine | 39 | |||
| Kate | 13 | |||
| Brokenshire | Samuel | 28 | Cornwwall | Farm Labourer |
| Jane | 25 | |||
| Elizabeth | 2 | |||
| Bullock | John | 44 | Warwick | Farm Labourer |
| Anne | ||||
| Robert | 22 | Farm Labourer | ||
| James | 20 | Farm Labourer | ||
| William | 18 | Farm Labourer | ||
| John | 11 | |||
| Elizabeth M. | 5 | |||
| Harriet | 3 | |||
| Tom | ||||
| Condliffe | Alfred | 28 | Stafford | Foreman of Brickyard |
| Nancy | 29 | |||
| Emma | 3 | |||
| Condliffe | Thomas | 33 | Stafford | Terra Cotta Maker |
| Ann | 32 | |||
| James William | 7 | |||
| Betsey A. | 4 | |||
| Lydia | 1 | |||
| Crawford | John | 24 | Worcester | Compositer |
| Eliza | 21 | |||
| Dawes | Samuel | 38 | Derby | Fire Brick Maker |
| Ann | 42 | |||
| Charles | 11 | |||
| Sarah A. | 8 | |||
| ? William | 4 | |||
| Gerry | Nicholas | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Ann R. | 21 | |||
| Huthnance | John | 36 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Alice A. | 33 | |||
| Mary A. | 15 | |||
| Elizabeth | 14 | |||
| William John | 10 | |||
| Henry | 9 | |||
| Thomas | 3 | |||
| Jones | Robert | 32 | Worcester | Farm Labourer |
| Esther | 29 | |||
| Kyle | Joseph | 36 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Rosa A. | 34 | |||
| Anne | 16 | |||
| Sarah J. | 14 | |||
| Joseph | 6 | |||
| James | 4 | |||
| Lockhart | William | 48 | Donegal | Ploughman |
| Sarah J. | 47 | |||
| Susan | 22 | |||
| Rachel | 21 | |||
| Elizabeth | 19 | |||
| Sarah J. | 17 | |||
| Mary | 9 | |||
| Madden | Richard | 30 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Mary J. | 28 | |||
| Male child | Born on board - 15/01/1879 | |||
| Memary | William H. | 40 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Jane | 24 | |||
| Elizabeth A. | 19 | |||
| William John | 18 | |||
| Martha | 17 | |||
| Emily P. | 14 | |||
| Mary | 11 | |||
| Jane | 3 months | |||
| Morris | Dominick | 26 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Sicily | 28 | |||
| Peter | 1 | |||
| Female child | Born on Board - 05/12/1878 | |||
| Mullan | Matt J. | 43 | Yorks | Gardener |
| Martha A. | 43 | |||
| Ann L. | 20 | |||
| Mary A. | 15 | |||
| James William | 12 | |||
| Oscar Albert | 10 | |||
| Susan S. | 8 | |||
| Elizabeth A. | 6 | |||
| John E. | 2 | |||
| Osborne | Matt | 33 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 32 | |||
| Matt | 10 | |||
| John | 6 | |||
| Mary E. | 3 | |||
| James | 1 month | |||
| Parker | Fredeerick W. | 26 | Middlesex | Boot and Shoemaker |
| Elizabeth | 28 | |||
| Harriett | 2 | |||
| Frederick | 9 months | Died on board - 25/02/1879 Tracheitis (Croup) |
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| Philips | John | 29 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 32 | |||
| Amelia | 7 | |||
| Martha | 4 | |||
| William | 2 | |||
| F. John | 6 months | |||
| Bartlett | Mary | 12 | Travelling with Philip's | |
| Ross | John | 26 | Edinburgh | Mason |
| Mary | 28 | |||
| Squires | John | 34 | Glamorgan | Mason |
| Mary | 39 | |||
| Francis | 3 | |||
| Elizabeth | 6 months | |||
| Freeman | Rachel | 15 | Glamorgan | Servant. Freeman's with Freeman |
| John | 11 | |||
| Thomas | 8 | |||
| Stewart | William | 32 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 29 | |||
| Fanny | 13 | |||
| John | 10 | |||
| Arthur | 8 | |||
| William | 5 | |||
| Stokes | Richard | 33 | Notts | Farm Labourer |
| Rose A. | 32 | |||
| Mary E. | 6 | |||
| William | 4 | |||
| Ada | 2 | |||
| Male child | Born on board - 04/12/1878 | |||
| Toonish | John | 21 | Donegal | Farm Labourer |
| Ann | 22 | |||
| Trounce | Richard | 26 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Margaret | 36 | |||
| Vessey | George | 28 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 24 | |||
| Sarah J. | 5 | |||
| Ada | 3 | |||
| Florence | 2 | |||
| Walsh | Thomas | 47 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Christina | 43 | |||
| Christina | 25 | |||
| Mary | 23 | |||
| Catherine | 21 | |||
| Elizabeth | 20 | |||
| Thomas | 18 | |||
| Emily | 17 | |||
| Eliza | 13 | |||
| Richard | 8 | |||
| Sarah | 6 | |||
| Charles | 2 | |||
| Wheeler | Charles E. | 28 | Oxfordshire | Bricklayer |
| Mary J. | 21 | |||
| A. Charles | 2 | |||
| Susannah | 1 | Died on board - 19/01/1879 Tabes Mesenterica |
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| Williams | Thomas | 44 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 43 | |||
| Wood | George | 33 | Leicester | Brickmaker |
| Ann | 33 | |||
| Henry | 7 | |||
| Sarah A. | 5 | |||
| Woodward | Matt | 38 | Middlesex | Compositor |
| Ann | 41 | |||
| William | 11 | |||
| Lydia | 9 | |||
| Matt | 7 | |||
| Colonial Nominated Families & Children | ||||
| Brown | George | 38 | Lancashire | Tailor |
| Ann | ||||
| Burt | David | 35 | Fife | Labourer |
| Martha | 38 | |||
| Henry | 11 | |||
| David | 9 | |||
| John | 6 | |||
| James | 4 | |||
| George | 2 | |||
| Joseph | 5 months | |||
| Davies | Owen | 30 | Monmouth | Labourer |
| Harriet | 25 | |||
| Gordon | Alexander | 41 | Aberdeen | Dairyman |
| Betsy | 43 | |||
| James | 20 | Farm Labourer | ||
| Alexander | 18 | Farm Labourer | ||
| Margaret | 14 | |||
| Stewart | 12 | |||
| Jane | 10 | |||
| Henry | 8 | |||
| Peter | 4 | |||
| William | 2 | |||
| Isabella | 11 months | |||
| Hogan | John | 38 | Yorkshire | Labourer |
| Martha | 36 | |||
| Thomas | 14 | |||
| Hopping | Charles | 44 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Rosina | 43 | |||
| William | 16 | Labourer | ||
| James | 14 | |||
| John | 2 | |||
| Edward | 12 | |||
| Joseph | 8 | |||
| Benjamin | 6 | |||
| Sarah | 3 | |||
| Hosking | William | 42 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 43 | |||
| Jesse | 16 | Farm Labourer | ||
| Emily | 15 | |||
| Sidney | 13 | |||
| George | 8 | |||
| Lois | 4 | |||
| Menzies | John F | 43 | Lanark | Wool Classer |
| Christina | 40 | |||
| Christina | 17 | |||
| Adam | 15 | |||
| Jane B. | 10 | |||
| Nuttall | William | 19 | Northumberland | Labourer |
| Mary | 20 | |||
| Nuttall | John | 28 | Durham | Miner |
| Elizabeth | 22 | |||
| Relay | Joseph | 34 | Down | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 35 | |||
| Roberts | William | 34 | Cornwall | Shoemaker |
| Mary | 39 | |||
| Thomas | 11 | |||
| William John | 9 | |||
| Charles B. | 7 | |||
| Mary | 6 | |||
| Female child | Born on board - 26/12/1878 | |||
| Sterling | Thomas | 34 | Durham | Farm Labourer |
| Emmeline | 24 | |||
| Eva | 1 | |||
| Walker | Henry | 59 | Yorks | Joiner Died on board - 28/02/1879 Dropsey, Coma |
| Margaret | 57 | |||
| Jessie | 23 | General Servant | ||
| Frank | 17 | Labourer | ||
| Albert | 16 | Labourer | ||
| Beatrice | 14 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Allen | James | 20 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Bennallock | Sidney | 21 | Devon | Farm Labourer |
| Blair | John | 23 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Bradshaw | William | 28 | Derby | Engine Fitter |
| Breen | Patrick | 19 | Kenny | Farm Labourer |
| Brown | John | 30 | Lancashire | Firebrick Maker |
| Campbell | Robert | 24 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Clements | William John | 23 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Colwill | William A. | 20 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Connors | Thomas | 18 | Waterford | Farm Labourer |
| Coss | Samuel | 27 | Cornwall | Boot and Shoemaker |
| Craig | John | 20 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Crawford | Robert | 20 | Fermanagh | Farm Labourer |
| Crowhurst | Henry | 20 | Sussex | Carpenter |
| Culbert | Townley | 24 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Daley | james | 21 | Galway | Farm Labourer |
| Fielding | Frederick | 22 | Norfolk | Shepherd |
| Foddie | James | 25 | Antrim | Labourer |
| Foley | William | 23 | Cork | Smith |
| Freeman | Jacob | 23 | Suffolk | Farm Labourer |
| Gallagher | John | 20 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Gray | David | 26 | Lancashire | Firebrick Maker |
| Grice | Samuel | 21 | Lincoln | Farm Labourer |
| Goss | Henry | 21 | Notts | Slater |
| Hancock | George | 19 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Head | Alfred Charles | 17 | Hants | Farm Labourer |
| Hegarty | Patrick | 34 | Leitrim | Farm Labourer |
| Hudson | John | 23 | Edinburgh | Carpenter |
| James | James R. | 20 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Jane | Petherick | 19 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Kergan | Matthew | 28 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Latimer | John | 31 | Cavan | Farm Labourer |
| Lee | George | 26 | Dorset | Farm Labourer |
| Lenaghan | Henry | 22 | Leitrim | Farm Labourer |
| Lewis | James | 26 | Shropshire | Mechanic |
| Liston | Thomas | 23 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Maddock | George | 23 | Lancashire | Bricklayer |
| Marcer | Samuel | 39 | Derby | Bricklayer |
| McAneny | James | 25 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| McBeth | Alexander | Tyrone | Farm Labourer | |
| McCormack | Thomas | 22 | Clare | Farm Labourer |
| McCormack | Patrick | 21 | Clare | Farm Labourer |
| McCrossen | James | 22 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| McGillan | Thomas | 22 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| McGrath | Charles | 20 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| McLaughlin | Charles | 21 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Millar | Charles | 23 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
| Milner | Alfred | 36 | Monmouth | Farm Labourer |
| Montague | Henry | 21 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Morrison | David | 24 | Perth | Gardener |
| Moss | Felix | 28 | Tyrone | Ploughman |
| O'Brien | James | 25 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| O'Connell | Timothy | 22 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| O'Neill | James | 20 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Osborne | Thomas H. | 23 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Reynolds | John | 18 | Devon | Farm Labourer |
| Edmund | 23 | Devon | Farm Labourer | |
| Rowe | Richard | 20 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Swain | Frederick | 21 | Yorks | Mechanic |
| Tillman | William | 18 | Devon | Farm Labourer |
| Toole | Francis | 17 | Leitrim | Farm Labourer |
| John | 23 | Leitrim | Farm Labourer | |
| Trezise | William | 21 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Tucker | William | 20 | Devon | Farm Labourer |
| Wallace | Samuel | 28 | Derry | Ploughman |
| Willey | John | 19 | Norfolk | Carpenter |
| Woodrow | Robert | 26 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
| Worth | Robert | 20 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Berry | John | 25 | Antrim | Ploughman |
| Boyle | Patrick | 20 | Galway | Farm Labourer |
| Martin | 18 | Galway | Farm Labourer | |
| Cremin | Denis | 23 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Phil | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer | |
| Critchley | Edward | 21 | Gloster | Ag. Implement Maker |
| Crowley | John | 26 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Denis | 17 | Kerry | Farm Labourer | |
| Michael | 16 | Kerry | Farm Labourer | |
| Fraser | Archibald | 24 | Cromarthy | General Labourer |
| Alexander | 20 | Cromarthy | Cooper | |
| Gorman | William | 20 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Patrick | 23 | Kerry | Farm Labourer | |
| Hamilton | James | 24 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Jowett | William Henry | 16 | Yorks | Labourer |
| Redmond | William | 18 | Wexford | Farm Labourer |
| Sterling | William | 19 | Yorks | Farm Labourer |
| Thomson | Dugald | 19 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
| Whyte | James | 27 | Lanark | Porter |
| Single Women | ||||
| Armstrong | Elizabeth | 24 | Derry | General Servant |
| Armstrong | Mary J. | 19 | Fermanagh | General Servant |
| Bedford | Elizabeth | 30 | Yorks | General Servant |
| James | 6 | |||
| Joseph | 4 | |||
| Isabella | 2 | |||
| Byrne | Unity | 26 | Tyrone | General Servant |
| Gallaghan | Mary | 20 | Tyrone | General Servant |
| Chirerton | Annie | 24 | Surrey | Cook |
| Clemmens | Elizabeth | 27 | Cornwall | General Servant |
| Annie | 12 | |||
| Ada | 3 | |||
| John | 15 | Farm Labourer | ||
| James | 17 | Farm Labourer | ||
| Connor | Johanna | 33 | Kerry | General Servant |
| Conway | Margaret | 24 | Tyrone | General Servant |
| Crossman | Margaret | 17 | Devon | General Servant |
| Cunningham | Hannah | 21 | Middlesex | General Servant |
| Etheridge | Emma M. | 20 | Suffolk | General Servant |
| Folan | Honora | 19 | Tyrone | General Servant |
| Freeman | Annie | 18 | Monmouth | General Servant |
| Mary | 14 | General Servant | ||
| Marth | 16 | General Servant | ||
| Frost | Helen | 20 | Norfolk | Cook |
| Gallen | Catherine | 20 | Tyrone | General Servant |
| Hall | Amy | 22 | Lincolnshire | Housemaid |
| Joyce | Bridget | 17 | Galway | General Servant |
| Leitch | Mary | 19 | Antrim | General Servant |
| Martin | Sarah | 22 | Cornwall | General Servant |
| McCabe | Kate | 22 | Dorset | Cook |
| McDavid | Anne | 19 | Tyrone | General Servant |
| McMahon | Mary | 19 | Clare | Dairymaid |
| Oates | Grace | 29 | Cornwall | General Servant |
| Patton | Jane | 19 | Donegal | General Servant |
| Penson | Kate | 23 | Jersey | General Servant |
| Reeves | Amelia | 24 | Warwick | Cook |
| Scott | Julia | 19 | Middlesex | General Servant |
| Scratchard | Emily | 27 | Yorks | General Servant |
| Sheedy | margaret | 22 | Clare | Dairywoman |
| Stevens | Elizabeth | 31 | Cornwall | Cook |
| Thomas | Louisa | 20 | Cornwall | Nurse |
| Mary | 22 | Cornwall | Dressmaker | |
| Jane | 25 | Cornwall | General Servant | |
| Thompson | Elizabeth | 19 | Donegal | General Servant |
| Martha | 21 | Donegal | General Servant | |
| Ward | Thomas | 23 | Clare | Labourer |
| Bridget | 19 | Clare | General Servant | |
| Ward | Anne | 18 | Tyrone | General Servant |
| Wilson | Ann | 26 | Tyrone | General Servant |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| Broshaham | Deborah | 20 | ||
| Campbell | Marion | 25 | Kings | General Servant |
| Martha | 1 | |||
| Costello | Margaret | 19 | Cavan | General Servant |
| Mary | 20 | Cavan | General Servant | |
| Davies | Cecelia | 48 | Monmouth | |
| Tabisin ? (Male) | 27 | Glamorgan | Labourer | |
| Dempsey | Margaret | 49 | Derry | General Servant |
| Dooley | Thomas | 23 | Kings | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 18 | Kings | Housemaid | |
| Irwin | Honorah | 22 | Kerry | Dairymaid |
| Lucy | 20 | Kerry | Dairymaid | |
| Kane | James | 60 | Clare | Labourer |
| Ellen | 15 | Clare | General Servant | |
| Kavanagh | Ellen | 28 | Kilkenny | General Servant |
| Mary | 24 | Kilkenny | General Servant | |
| Kean | Marion | 21 | Wigton | General Servant |
| Reilly | Mary | 18 | Cavan | General Servant |
| Scanlan | Thomas | 18 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| James | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer | |
| Honoria | 20 | Kerry | General Servant | |
| Sly | Susan | 23 | Somerset | Glover |
| Sidney | 2 | |||
| Walter | 1 | |||
| Sullivan | Patrick | 24 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Denis | 20 | Kerry | Farm Labourer | |
| Mary | 21 | Kerry | Dairymaid | |
| Margaret | 20 | Kerry | Dairymaid | |
| Watson | Henry | 20 | Down | Farm Labourer |
| Pearce | 18 | Down | Farm Labourer | |
| Mary | 24 | Down | General Servant | |
| Williams | Jane | 35 | Cornwall | General Servant |
| Williams | Catherine | 27 | Cornwall | General Servant |
| Annie | 4 | |||
Copyright Denise and Peter 2001
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IM15/342
Archives New Zealand IM79/285
Lyttelton Times February 27th 1879