British Queen
Steamship: 2277 tons
Captain: Nowell
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr Hazzard
Sailed Plymouth March 24th 1883 - arrived Wellington May 15th1883
Lyttelton
May 17th 1883
Differences in the spelling between newspaper & archives records have been identified and are bracketed in the list.
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | Destination | |
| First Cabin Passengers | |||||
| Ford | Mr C | Canterbury | |||
| Master | Canterbury | ||||
| Grant | Miss | Wellington | |||
| Miss | Wellington | ||||
| Master | Wellington | ||||
| Harding | Miss | Wellington | |||
| Holliday | Miss | Wellington | |||
| Temple | Mr G | Canterbury | |||
| Second Cabin Passengers | |||||
| Brown | Miss | Wellington | |||
| Dare | Mr | Wellington | |||
| Davy | Miss | Wellington | |||
| Edwards | Mr J C | Canterbury | |||
| George | Mr | Wellington | |||
| Glenny | Mr | Wellington | |||
| Mrs | |||||
| 2 children | |||||
| Johnson | Mr | Canterbury | |||
| Leonard | Mr | Wellington | |||
| Mason | Mr | Wellington | |||
| Murdoch | Mrs | Wellington | |||
| Reynolds | Miss | Wellington | |||
| Short | Mr | Wellington | |||
| Mrs | |||||
| Miss | |||||
| Wilkinson | Mr | Canterbury | |||
| Mr | Canterbury | ||||
| Windmill | Mr | Canterbury | |||
| Third Cabin Passengers | |||||
| Allen | Elizabeth | ||||
| Baxter | Mr M | Canterbury | |||
| Mr M | Canterbury | ||||
| Beard | Joshua | Parents of Caroline & Serena | |||
| Lemoniah | |||||
| Bessie | |||||
| Louie | |||||
| Frederick | |||||
| Bourse | Mr M | Canterbury | |||
| Brown | Mr | ||||
| Mrs | |||||
| 4 children | |||||
| Callan | Mr B | Canterbury | |||
| Chappell | Mr A | Canterbury | |||
| Diamond | Mr W | ||||
| Dundas | Mr W | Canterbury | |||
| Fowler | Mr A | Canterbury | |||
| Gardner | Richard | ||||
| Garland | Mr T | Canterbury | |||
| Harriet | |||||
| T | |||||
| Thomas | |||||
| C | |||||
| Hilda | |||||
| Edward | |||||
| Goodwin | Maxwell | ||||
| Hillary | Edward | ||||
| Ingoll | Thomas | ||||
| Irving | Mary | ||||
| Alexander | |||||
| Kingsford | Mr J | ||||
| Kirby | John | Canterbury | |||
| Luxton | Mr | ||||
| Mrs | |||||
| 8 children | |||||
| McCarthy | Denis | ||||
| North | Mr J | Canterbury | |||
| Harriet | |||||
| Herbert | |||||
| Harold | |||||
| Passer | Nathan | ||||
| Richardson | Mr J | Canterbury | |||
| Runeo | Peter | ||||
| Simpson | William | ||||
| Caroline | |||||
| 4 children | |||||
| Thomson | John | ||||
| Mary | |||||
| George | |||||
| Torry | Harriet | ||||
| Watkins | Richard | ||||
| Watson | William | ||||
| Webster | Mr W | Canterbury | |||
| White | Mr H | Canterbury | |||
| Widdas | Arthur | ||||
| Young | William | ||||
| Government Immigrants | |||||
| Families and Children | |||||
| Brady | Philip | 25 | Cavan | Ploughman | Canterbury |
| Mary | 21 | ||||
| Cawlin (Cranlin) | Walter (Walker) | 30 | Essex | Labourer | Canterbury |
| Rosina | 30 | ||||
| Emily S (E) | 2 | ||||
| Cooper | Robert | 39 | Kent | Brickmaker | Canterbury |
| Emma | 39 | ||||
| Cox | John W | 27 | Yorks | Labourer | Canterbury |
| Ann (Annie) E | 26 | ||||
| Thomas (J) | 4 | ||||
| Edith H | 1 | ||||
| Embury | James | 35 | Wiltshire | Sawyer | Wellington |
| Ann | 36 | ||||
| Minnie | 8 | ||||
| Frederick | 6 | ||||
| Hannah or Harriet | 4 | ||||
| Martha A | 4 months | ||||
| Feltham | Charles | 33 | Somerset | Sawyer | Wellington |
| Jane | 31 | ||||
| Gertrude | 10 | ||||
| Herbert | 8 | ||||
| Edgar | 5 | ||||
| Lillian | 3 | ||||
| Wilfred | 2 months | ||||
| Geary | Hamilton | 27 | Down | General Labourer | Canterbury |
| Eliza | 28 | ||||
| Holloway | Henry | 23 | Dorset | Labourer | Wellington |
| Fanny | 20 | ||||
| Jeannie | 4 months | ||||
| Luckland | George | 46 | Northumberland | Bottle Maker | Wellington |
| Agnes | 44 | ||||
| Norman | William | 25 | Herts | Miller | Canterbury |
| Anna (Hannah) | 30 | ||||
| Sarah A | 5 | ||||
| Palmer | Henry | 35 | Forfar | Gardener | Wellington |
| Margaret | 29 | ||||
| John | 6 | ||||
| Espet | 5 | ||||
| William J | 1 | ||||
| Preston | Edward | 40 | Cavan | Coachman | Taranaki |
| Jane | 29 | ||||
| William | 3 | ||||
| Maria | 2 | ||||
| Edward | 6 months | ||||
| Richard | 23 | ||||
| Frances | 20 | ||||
| Power | John | 48 | Surrey | Gardener | Canterbury |
| Elizabeth (Eliza) | 55 | ||||
| Shepherd | Richard | 61 | Armagh | Farmer | Canterbury |
| Ann | 55 | ||||
| Elizabeth | 25 | T/F to single women | Servant | ||
| Margaret | 23 | T/F to single women | Servant | ||
| Sophia | 18 | T/F to single women | Servant | ||
| John | 15 | T/F to single men | Farm Labourer | ||
| Tina | 13 | T/F to single women | |||
| Sims | Robert | 34 | Middlesex | Skin Dresser | Wellington |
| Ann | 32 | ||||
| Thomas | 8 | ||||
| Jane | 6 | ||||
| Frederick | 4 | ||||
| Elizabeth | 1 | ||||
| Infant | 8 days | ||||
| Stanford | Samuel | 45 | Kent | Labourer | Wellington |
| Elizabeth | 44 | ||||
| Taplin | Arthur | 34 | Oxford | Servant | Canterbury |
| Caroline | 23 | ||||
| Thompson | John | 43 | Cumberland | Joiner | Canturbury |
| Mary | 39 | ||||
| Ada | 18 | T/F to single women | Servant | Canterbury | |
| Ellen E | 16 | T/F to single women | Servant | Canterbury | |
| Richard W | 14 | T/F to single men | |||
| Henry | 13 | T/F to single men | |||
| Eda M | 11 | ||||
| Ida H | 9 | ||||
| Joe | 7 | ||||
| Thomas | 5 | ||||
| George | 2 | ||||
| Thompson | William | 70 | Father of John | Joiner | Canterbury |
| Tindall | Jacob | 37 | Cumberland | Joiner | Canterbury |
| Anne | 36 | ||||
| Martha | 11 | ||||
| Robert | 6 | ||||
| Esther | 3 | ||||
| Single Men | |||||
| Annear | David | 19 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer | Nelson |
| Banks | Edward | 48 | Yorks | Bootmaker | Wellington |
| Boivers (Bowers) | Charles | 24 | Suffolk | Miller | Canterbury |
| Carmichael | James | 23 | Antrim | Agricultural Labourer | Wellington |
| Archibald | 19 | Antrim | Agricultural Labourer | Wellington | |
| Carter | Frederick | 22 | Staffordshire | Sawyer | Taranaki |
| Chalmers | William | 22 | Lancashire | Joiner | Canterbury |
| Condon | Martin | 16 | Cork | Agricultural Labourer | Canterbury |
| Michael | 14 | Cork | Agricultural Labourer | Canterbury | |
| Conway | William | 21 | Derry | Agricultural Labourer | Malbourgh |
| Cronin (Crobin) | William | 25 | Cork | Agricultural Labourer | Canterbury |
| Cullinane (Cullinan) | Peter | 25 | Tyrone | Agricultural Labourer | Canterbury |
| Duffy | Michael | 24 | Armagh | Labourer | Wellington |
| Falvey | Michael | 22 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer | Malbourgh |
| Fischer | Gualbert | 40 | Germany | Farmer | Canterbury |
| Blat | Wolfgang | 21 | Germany | Joiner | Canterbury |
| Fogarty | Robert | 13 | Glasgow | At School | Canterbury |
| Gallen | Hugh | 24 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer | Canterbury |
| Goodwin | Samuel | 18 | Lincoln | Farm labourer | Canterbury |
| Hartley (Harthey) | William | 15 | Cormwall | Agricultural Labourer | Canterbury |
| Higgins | James | 18 | Cavan | Agricultural Labourer | Canterbury |
| Hutton | Alexander R | 19 | Forfar | Boot closer | Canterbury |
| Johnstone | Frederick | 18 | Lancashire | Salesman | Wellington |
| Kavanagh | Edward | 21 | Wicklow | Agricultural Labourer | Canterbury |
| Lackland | John | 15 | Northumberland | Agricultural Labourer | Wellington |
| George | 13 | Northumberland | Agricultural Labourer | Wellington | |
| Lally | Edward | 25 | Kings | Agricultural Labourer | Westland |
| Lee | Patrick | 20 | Galway | Farm Labourer | Westland |
| McCullogh (McCulloch) | Samuel | 22 | Antrim | Agricultural Labourer | Canterbury |
| Madden | Maurice | 65 | Cork | Agricultural Labourer | Wellington |
| Maurice | 10 | ||||
| Thomas | 8 | ||||
| Ann | 6 | ||||
| John | 4 | ||||
| William | 27 | ||||
| Mahoney | John | 19 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer | Wellington |
| McAvinue | Patrick | 22 | Fermanagh | Ploughman | Nelson |
| O'Callaghan | James | 21 | Clare | Carter | Westland |
| O'Callaghan | Timothy | 35 | Cork | Agricultural Labourer | Nelson |
| Patterson | John | 23 | Antrim | Labourer | Westland |
| Reid | Thomas | 80 | Clackmannon | Wellington | |
| William | 30 | Clackmannon | Farmer | Wellington | |
| Richards | Charles J | 18 | Monmouth | Farm Labourer | Canterbury |
| William O | 11 | ||||
| Joseph S | 9 | ||||
| Riordan | Bartholamew | 20 | Kerry | Farm Labourer | Canturbury |
| Russell | Samuel | 39 | Kent | Bricklayer | Wellington |
| James | 16 | Kent | Bricklayer | Wellington | |
| Arthur | 13 | Kent | Bricklayer | Wellington | |
| Rutz | Bernhard | 29 | Germany | Farm Labourer | Canterbury |
| Ryan | Patrick | 22 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer | Westland |
| Saunders | Alfred G | 16 | Staffordshire | Leather Cutter | Wellington |
| Shea | John | 19 | Kerry | Farm Labourer | Canterbury |
| Daniel | 17 | Kerry | Farm Labourer | Canterbury | |
| William | 13 | Kerry | Farm Labourer | Canterbury | |
| Shepherd | John | 15 | Armagh | Farm Labourer | Canterbury |
| Sims | Robert | 15 | Middlesex | Butcher | Wellington |
| William | 13 | Middlesex | |||
| Smith | John | 25 | Ayr | Labourer | Canterbury |
| Hugh (Huth) | 9 | ||||
| Thompson | William | 70 | Cumberland | Joiner | Canterbury |
| Richard W | 14 | Cumberland | |||
| Henry | 13 | Cumberland | |||
| Tindall | John | 17 | Cumberland | Canterbury | |
| Charles | 15 | Cumberland | Canterbury | ||
| Arthur | 13 | Cumberland | Canterbury | ||
| Walker | Alexander | 19 | Linlithgow | Miner | Nelson |
| John | 17 | Linlithgow | Miner | Nelson | |
| Robert | 15 | Linlithgow | Miner | Nelson | |
| William | 12 | Linlithgow | Miner | Nelson | |
| Wray | Albert | 14 | Staffordshire | Tailor | Nelson |
| Alfred | 19 | Staffordshire | Upholster | Nelson | |
| Single Women | |||||
| Ahern | Ellen | 27 | Surrey | Matron | Westland |
| Allen | Marion | 21 | Surrey | Servant | Canterbury |
| Baker | Jane | 19 | Middlesex | Nurse | Nelson |
| Banks | Fanny | 23 | Yorks | Pinmaker | Wellington |
| Kate | 21 | Yorks | Washhouse Woman | Wellington | |
| Barnes | Harriet | 25 | Wiltshire | Cook | Canterbury |
| Beard | Caroline | 17 | Cornwall | Housemaid | Wellington |
| Serena | 21 | Cornwall | Housemaid | Wellington | |
| Bell | Annie | 18 | Lincoln | Servant | Canterbury |
| Bergin | Anne (Annie) | 16 | Queens | Servant | Canterbury |
| Sarah | 16 | Queens | Servant | Canterbury | |
| Blat | Marie | 19 | Germany | Servant | Canterbury |
| Blake | Alice | 18 | Surrey | Kitchenmaid | Canterbury |
| Bond | Esther | 25 | Oxford | Cook | Canterbury |
| Booth | Elsie | 21 | Aberdeen | Housemaid | Canterbury |
| Bradley | Mary J | 19 | Lancashire | Servant | Wellington |
| Bradshaw | Katie | 19 | Limerick | Nurse | Wellington |
| Broadmead | Susan E | 23 | Devon | Servant | Wellington |
| Burgess | Elizabeth | 22 | Sussex | Housemaid | Canturbury |
| Burke | Mary | 19 | Clare | Servant | Wellington |
| Butler | Johanna | 18 | Kilkenny | Servant | Wellington |
| Butterfield | Emily | 19 | Notts | Nurse | Canterbury |
| Clark | Emily | 25 | Glostershire | Servant | Canterbury |
| Clenn | Maggie | 25 | Cornwall | Cook | Wellington |
| Coffey | Ellen | 21 | Tralee | Servant | Canterbury |
| Colgan | Bridget | 17 | Kings Co | Servant | Canterbury |
| Rose | 16 | Kings Co | Servant | Canterbury | |
| Eliza | 15 | Kings Co | Servant | Canterbury | |
| Eliza | 21 | Kings Co | Servant | Canterbury | |
| Rose | 19 | Kings Co | Servant | Canterbury | |
| Cooper | Emma | 21 | Kent | Servant | Canterbury |
| Eliza | 12 | Kent | With Parents | ||
| Cox | Eliza | 19 | Hants | Nurse | Canterbury |
| Cronin (Crobin) | Honona | 16 | Cork | Servant | Canterbury |
| Dawson | Catherine | 29 | Kent | Servant | Canterbury |
| Davies | Mary | 24 | Middlesex | Cook | Canterbury |
| Denner | Laura | 17 | Devon | Servant | Wellington |
| Dinan | Helena | 22 | Limerick | Servant | Wellington |
| Doherty | Bridget | 17 | Down | Servant | Westland |
| Dowde | Kate | 18 | Kerry | Servant | Wellington |
| Dower | Margaret | 19 | Kerry | Housemaid | Canterbury |
| Mary | 18 | Kerry | Housemaid | Canterbury | |
| A Mark Dower is mentioned in the newspaper report but not in the archives version. | |||||
| Duffy | Ann | 18 | Armagh | Servant | Wellington |
| Dunn | Ellen | 17 | Kilkenny | Servant | Canterbury |
| Durand (Durrand) | Florence | 21 | Surrey | Nurse | Canterbury |
| Farrell | Mary Ann | 21 | Clare | Dairymaid | Wellington |
| Finnie | Jessie | 17 | Edinburgh | Housemaid | Canterbury |
| Flyn | Mary | 20 | Waterford | Dairymaid | Westland |
| Fogarty | Annie | 34 | Glasgow | Wife | Canterbury |
| Robert | 13 | T/F to single men | At School | ||
| Annie | 12 | ||||
| Arthur | 8 | ||||
| Emily | 4 | ||||
| Alfred G | 3 | ||||
| Gallen | Ellen | 22 | Tyrone | Servant | Canturbury |
| Una | 16 | Tyrone | Servant | Canterbury | |
| Givens | Millie | 23 | Tipperary | Cook | Canterbury |
| Goodwin | Rebecca | 20 | Lincoln | Servnat | Canterbury |
| Mary Kate | 15 | Lincoln | Servant | Canterbury | |
| Grennan | Rose | 31 | Down | Servant | Nelson |
| Griffiths | Lucy Ann | 28 | Worcester | Servant | Wellington |
| Handson (Hardson) | Phebe | 23 | Yorks | Servant | Canterbury |
| Henderson | Margaret | 32 | Renfrew | Wife | Wellington |
| Heron | Margaret | 18 | Sussex | Servant | Canterbury |
| Hill | Ellen | 21 | Hereford | Housemaid | Canterbury |
| Hoban | Julia | 26 | Kilkenny | Servant | Westland |
| Hopkins | Mary | 20 | Gloster | Servant | Canterbury |
| Hopper | Emma | 24 | Kent | Cook | Canterbury |
| Hops | Mary | 24 | Lanark | Servant | Wellington |
| Howden (Howder) | Jane | 20 | Cavan | Housemaid | Canterbury |
| Howlett | Mary | 19 | Wexford | Dairymaid | Westland |
| Hurley | Margaret | 19 | Cork | Cook | Wellington |
| Hyde | Deborah | 32 | Lancashire | Servant | Wellington |
| Ing | Harriet | 34 | Surrey | Cook | Canterbury |
| Jackson | Anne | 20 | York | Dairymaid | Canterbury |
| Jackson | Miriam | 29 | Middlesex | Housemaid | Canterbury |
| Jones | Kathleen | 20 | Middlesex | Servant | Canterbury |
| Kelly | Catherine | 19 | Tyrone | Housemaid | Wellington |
| Rose Ann | 17 | Tyrone | Housemaid | Wellington | |
| Lackland | Georgina | 17 | Sunderland | Housemaid | Wellington |
| Lally | Catherine | 40 | Kings Co | Dressmaker | Westland |
| Leader (Leander) | Lucy | 18 | Cambridge | Servant | Canterbury |
| Leary | Margaret | 17 | Kerry | Housemaid | Wellington |
| Lee | Bridget | 17 | Galway | Servant | Westland |
| Lineham | Bridget | 25 | Cork | Servant | Wellington |
| Lister | Agnes | 23 | Fife | Machinist | Wellington |
| McCracken | Elizabeth | 23 | Dublin | Cook | Wellington |
| Madden | Mary | 36 | Cork | Wife | |
| Katie | 14 | ||||
| Albina | 12 | ||||
| Matthews (Mathews) | Ellen | 22 | Hants | Servant | Canterbury |
| Mescell | Ellen | 21 | Tipperary | Servant | Westland |
| Millham | Mary | 17 | Kent | Servant | Canterbury |
| Morris | Rose E | 17 | Gloster | Servant | Marlbourgh |
| Neale | Annie | 23 | Warwick | Cook | Wellington |
| Nesbett (Nesbitt) | Jennie D | 22 | Antrim | Cook | Canterbury |
| O'Connell | Theresa | 22 | Kildare | Cook | Canterbury |
| O'Connor | Bridget | 17 | Kerry | Housemaid | Wellington |
| Osborn | Jane | 23 | Cornwall | Servant | Canterbury |
| O'Sullivan | Abina (Albine) | 18 | Cork | Servant | Canturbury |
| Owen | Mary | 22 | Anglesea | Servant | Canterbury |
| Annie | 20 | Anglesea | Servant | Canterbury | |
| Paine | Elizabeth | 34 | Hants | Cook | Wellington |
| Park | Eliza | 23 | Aberdeen | Servant | Canterbury |
| Petty | Emma | 25 | Herts | Ladies Maid | Wellington |
| Power | Alice | 18 | Waterford | Farm Servant | Westland |
| Anastalia | 17 | Waterford | Farm Servant | Westland | |
| Prendergast | Mary | 13 | Tipperary | Servant | Westland |
| Randall (Randell) | Marie | 30 | Hereford | Cook | Canterbury |
| Reid | Margaret | 28 | Clackmannon | Housekeeper | Wellington |
| Richardson | Mary | 18 | Cork | Servant | Canterbury |
| Ellen | 16 | Cork | Servant | Canterbury | |
| Roche (Rooke) | Winnifred | 24 | Limmerick | Servant | Canterbury |
| Rose | Anne | 20 | Essex | Cook | Wellington |
| Arthur | 6 | ||||
| Anne | 3 | ||||
| Ruck | Sarah | 17 | Gloster | Servant | Canterbury |
| Russell | Sarah | 18 | Kent | Servant | Wellington |
| Agnes | 17 | Kent | Servant | Wellington | |
| Ruthven (Ruthans) | Ellen | 27 | Surrey | Matron | Canterbury |
| Ryan | Kate | 20 | Tipperary | Servant | Westland |
| Samson | Charlotte | 19 | Kent | cook | Westland |
| Shanahan | Ellen | 20 | Kerry | Housemaid | Wellington |
| Margaret | 18 | Kerry | Housemaid | Wellington | |
| Shea | Maggie | 40 | Kerry | Dairywoman | Canterbury |
| Mary | 15 | Kerry | Dairywoman | Canterbury | |
| Johanna | 10 | ||||
| Catherine | 8 | ||||
| Maurice | 6 | ||||
| Maggie | 4 | ||||
| Sheehan | Mary | 20 | Kerry | Servant | Canterbury |
| Shepherd | Elizabeth | 25 | Armagh | Servant | Canterbury |
| Margaret | 23 | Armagh | Servant | Canterbury | |
| Sophia | 18 | Armagh | Seervant | Canterbury | |
| Tina | 13 | Armagh | |||
| Shortland (Shortband) | Ada | 19 | Devon | Servant | Canterbury |
| Smith | Elsie | 24 | Aberdeen | Cook | Canterbury |
| Snashall (Snastall) | Rachel | 20 | Kent | Servant | Canturbury |
| Soper | Hannah | 20 | Devon | Servant | Canterbury |
| Sullivan | Emily | 19 | Cornwall | Servant | Canterbury |
| Thompson | Ada | 18 | Cumberland | Servant | Canterbury |
| Ellen E | 16 | Cumberland | Servant | Canterbury | |
| Tombs | Susan H. L. | 21 | Worcester | Housemaid | Canterbury |
| Troup | Eliza | 24 | Aberdeen | Housemaid | Canterbury |
| Turpin | Elizabeth (Eliza S) | 17 | Middlesex | Servant | Canterbury |
| Tuthill | Jane (S) | 21 | Middlesex | Housemaid | Canterbury |
| Twomey | Julia | 21 | Limerick | Dairymaid | Wellington |
| Helen | 19 | Limerick | Dairymaid | Wellington | |
| Upsall (Uppall) | Elizabeth | 19 | Surrey | Servant | Canterbury |
| Walker | Margaret | 21 | Linlithgow | Servant | Nelson |
| Walsh | Elizabeth | 17 | Cork | Servant | Wellington |
| Wand | Jane M | 17 | Middlesex | Servant | Wellington |
| Webberly | Louisa | 18 | Sussex | Housemaid | Wellington |
| White | Jessie | 22 | Tipperary | Dairymaid | Canterbury |
| Lilly | 25 | Tipperary | Dairymaid | Canterbury | |
| Mary | 21 | Tipperary | Dairymaid | Canterbury | |
| White | Margaret | 18 | Waterford | Servant | Westland |
| Woodward | Ellen | 34 | Lancashire | Servant | Wellington |
| Wright | Minnie | 18 | Surrey | Housemaid | Canterbury |
| Wray | Ann | 40 | Stafford | Nurse | Nelson |
| Anne E | 26 | Stafford | Teacher | Nelson | |
| Jane | 17 | Stafford | Teacher | Nelson | |
| Caroline | 12 | Stafford | Teacher | Nelson | |
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Copyright Denise
& Peter 1999 - 2007
Reference:
Archives New Zealand
IMCH4/181-188
Evening Post May 14th 1883
Evening Post May 15th 1883
The Star May 17th 1883