Clontarf1860

Clontarf
Ship: 1120
Captain: A. W. Barclay
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr Stone
Sailed London 30th November 1859 - arrived Lyttelton 16th March 1860

"We have never had such a list of deaths to publish," stated the "Lyttleton Times," when reporting the arrival of the Clontarf (Captain A. W. Barclay) on March 16th 1860. It was a bad weather passage, especially when the ship was approaching the New Zealand coast. The mortality among the twenty-eight children was appalling, nearly all auccumbing to measles or whooping cough. In the long death roll there were five adults, one of them being an apprentice on the ship. Dr Stone, who was the medical officer in charge of the passengers, did all he could during this very trying passage, and worked himself so hard that eventually he was laid up.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett

As well as the many passenger deaths on board, Midshipman Stokes died on January 6th 1860

Arrival of the Clontarf

This passenger list was kindly given to us by Kevin Violich. Thanks Kevin.

Name		Age	County	Occupation
Chief Cabin Passengers
Bethell	Mr
Duncan	Mr
Erskine	Mr
Fowler	Mr
Howes	Mr
Mellesh	Mr
Povey	Miss
Povey	Mr
Rose	Mr
Silk	Mr
Simpson	Mr
Soulsey	Mr
	Mrs
	Child
Sproull	Mr
Vachell	Mr
Woodley	Miss
Wright	Mr	36		Died at sea - 27/02/1860
	Mrs
Second Cabin Passengers
Ashton	Mr
Brown	Mr
Elderton	Mr
	Mrs
	Child
Hodge	Mr
Perkins	Mr
Plunket	Mr W			Died at sea - 29/01/1860
Thompson	Mr
Wilson	Miss
Paying Steerage Passengers
Bunting	William
	Mrs
Driver	William
	Andrew
Fraser	Robert
Foggarty	Julia
Haig	Sidney
	James
Harbison	John
Kirk	William
Rayner	Mrs T
	9 children
Standon	Mr G
	Mrs
Assisted Passengers
Families & Children
Aldridge	Thomas	30	Herts	Horse Keeper
	Ann	27
Allen	John	41	Worcestershire	Gardener
	Emma	42
	Thomas	10
	Anne	6
	Samuel	3		Died at sea - 26/12/1859
Armitage	Richard	48	Nottingham	Labourer
	Mary	48
	William Henry	20	Trans to s/m
	James	16	Trans to s/m
	Herbert	11
	Samuel	7
Ashman	George	40	Suffolk	Farm Labourer
	Jane	39
	Mary Ann	18	Trans to s/w
	Robert	17	Trans to s/m
	Ellen	Died at sea
Baldwin	Fielding	27	Yorkshire	Painter
	Martha	26
	George sharp	6
Barker	James Smith	35	Surrey	Mechanic
	Sarah	32
	John	8
	James	5
	Mary Ann	2
	Elizabeth	5 months		Died at sea - 23/12/1859
Begg	William	26	Forfarshire	Labourer
	Helen	28
	Ann	3
	Margaret	10 months		Died at sea - 13/02/1860
Berry	James	31	Suffolk	Farm Labourer
	Susan	31		Died at sea - 13/03/1860
	Jane	12	Trans to s/w
	Emma	10
	Susannah	8
	Caroline	7
	George	5
	Marianne	3		Died at sea - 23/01/1860
	Ellen	1		Died at sea - 13/01/1860
	Daughter			Born on board - 24/02/1860 Stillborn
Bevoy	James		Suffolk	In the paper but not on the passenger list
	Wife and 6 children
Blomfield	Henry	31	Suffolk	Labourer
	Elizabeth	30
	Henry	6
	Ann	4
	William	2
	Ellen	Infant		Died at sea - 01/02/1860
Burrows	William	29	Suffolk	Labourer
	Susan	22
	Ellen	Infant
Burrows	George	32	Yorkshire	Miner
	Caroline	29
	Martha	7
	Mary	5
	Hannah	3
	Thomas	2		Died at sea - 13/01/1860
	Son			Born at sea - 16/01/1860 Still born
Bush	James	29	Middlesex	Painter
	Sarah	21
Butterfeild	John	27	Yorkshire	Farm Labourere
	Sarah	20
Byron	Ralph	30	Middlesex	Carpenter
	Rhoda	25
Carey	George	35	Forfarshire	Farm Labourer
	Crichton	32
Carr	Henry	34	Yorkshire	Miner
	Jane	33
	Martha Ann	11
	Catherine	9
	Elizabeth	7
	George Henry	1		Died at sea - 19/02/1860
Carnock	Sophia	21	Middlesex	Husband is engaged on board as Steward
Coatman	Joseph	40	Cambridgeshire	Roadmaker
	Mary	40
	Joseph	12
	Betsey	5
	Eliza	2
Day	William	25	Hertfordshire	Gardener
	Grace	27
Dearnaley	Edwin	31	Cheshire	Carpenter
	Sarah	28
Double	Robert	25	Suffolk	Labourer
	Harriet	22
	Ann	6 weeks
Early	Samuel	45	Hants	Carpenter
	Elizabeth	42
	Eliza	20	Trans to s/w
	Stephen	19	Trans to s/m
	Elizabeth	17	Trans to s/w
	Samuel	15	Trans to s/m
	George	13	Trans to s/m
	Ellen sarah	11
	William	9
	Charles	7
	Frederic	3
	Mary Louise	6 months
Faires	Thomas Jackson	48	Colchester	Saddler
	Janet	40
	James	16	Trans to s/m
	Robert	14	Trans to s/m
	Thomas	11
	Marion	9
	Janet	7
	George	5
	Lucy Emma	18 months		Died at sea - 31/12/1859
Frame	James	48	Lanarkshire	Ploughman
	Janet	40
	James	16
	Robert	14
	Thomas	11
	Marion	9
	Janet	7
	George	5
Greengoe	William	29	Sussex	Farm Labourer
	Elizabeth	26
	Mary Ann	2
Galletly	Alexander	58	Perth - Trans to s/m	Farm Labourer
	Alexander	24	Trans to s/m
	John	18	Trans to s/m
	James	13	Trans to s/m
	Andrew	13	Trans to s/m
	Barbara	11	Trans to s/w
	Margaret	9	Trans to s/w
Hargood	James	38	Surrey	Gardener
	Sarah	35
	William	16	Trans to s/w
	James	12	Tran to s/m
	Sarah	10
	Robert	6		Died at sea - 03/01/1860
	Charlotte	4		Died at sea - 25/02/1860
	Francis	8 months
Glover	Helena	15	Trans to s/w	Niece to Hargood's
Hawthorne	Joseph	30	Worcestershire	Shoemaker
	Alice	26
	Maria	12	Trans to s/w
	Emma	11
	Louisa Alice	4
	Maria	1		Died at sea - 15/01/1860
	Son			Born at sea - 11/03/1860
Jones	Thomas	28	Stafford	Labourer
	Hannah	29
	William	1
	Thomas	3 months
Jones	Abraham	38	Suffolk	Farm Labourer
	Rebekah	35
	Walter	16	Trans to s/m
	Marianne	13	Trans to s/w
	Susan	11
	Emma	8
	Arthur	5
	Charles	3		Died at sea - 28/12/1859
	Charlotte	Infant
Judson	William	30	Leicester	Labourer
	Sarah	30
	James	12	Trans to s/m
	Elizabeth	10
	Tybell ?	7
	Sarah Ann	3
	Martha	4 months		Died at sea - 13/01/1860
Kane	Patrick	29	Derbyshire	Farm Labourer
	Bridget	26
	Rosamund	1
Knapp	George	25	Leicester	Farm Labourer
	Mary	21
	Elizabeth	2
Lord	Jabez	22	Yorkshire	Blacksmith
	Mary	22
McCarthy	Michael	28	Queens Co.	Ploughman
	Julia	26
	Maria	3
McGosker	John	26	Durham	Mason
	Mabella	26
McLaughlan	James	25	Perth	Ploughman
	Ann	27
	James	2 months
Milton	Walter	27	Middlesex	Joiner
	Mary Ann	27
	Mary Ann	8
	Sarah	5
	William	2		Died at sea - 30/12/1859
	Emily	8 months		Died at sea - 15/01/1860
Patterson	Thomas	30	Perth	Labourer
	Elizabeth	32
Preston	Henry	26	Lancashire	Labourer
	Ann	26
	Thomas William	6
	James	2
	Sarah Jane	7 weeks
Ritchie	Andrew	40	Forfarshire	Farm Labourer
	Susan	40
	David	12	Trans to s/m
	George	11
	Alexander	7
	Andrew	5
	James	3		Died at sea - 29/12/1859
Rouse	James	39	Suffolk	Groom
	Maria	37
	James	17	Trans to s/m
	Maria	16	Trans to s/w
	Charles	14	Trans to s/m
	Walter	13	Trans to s/m
	Arthur	10
	Thomas	9
	Mary	7		Died at sea - 18/02/1860
	Benjamin	2
Ryan	Patrick	29	Tipperary	Labourer
	Anna	29
Sadler	Thomas	24	Suffolk	Groom
	Sarah	25
	Harry	4
	Betsey	2		Died at sea - 13/01/1860
	Thomas	9 months		Died at sea - 11/01/1860
Seager	Henry Fowle	36	Middlesex	Compositer
	Charlotte	31
	Henry Fowle	6
	Charlotte Elizabeth	2
	Amy Eliza	2		Died at sea - 03/02/1860
	Annie	2 months
Seaward	Emmanual	23	Dorset	Labourer
	Ann	26
Sheeham	Martin	43	Kings Co.	Farm Labourer
	Bridget	35
	John	10
	Kate	5
	Mary	11 months
Smart	Thomas	25	Armagh	Farm Labourer
	Sarah	25
Smart	Archibald	28	Armagh	Farm Labourer
	Anne	29
	John	8
	Anne	5
	Martha	3
	Ralpth	Infant
Turner	Joseph	44	Stafford	Carpenter
	Ann	48
	John	14	Trans to s/m
	Sarah ann	12	Trans to s/w
Waller	William		Edinburgh	Husband engaged on board
	Jean	26
	Robert Charles	5		Died at sea - 11/01/1860
	Edward C.	3
	Benjamin David	10 months		Died at sea - 23/12/1859
Walters	Rees William	34	Stafford	Carpenter
	Sarah	38
	Rees Jones	6
	John George	6 months		Died at sea - 17/01/1860
Wilkinson	Robinson	30	Lincolnshire	Blacksmith
	Harriet	24
	Elizabeth	6		Died at sea - 08/01/1860
	Hannah	3
Williams	Richard	28	Kent	Blacksmith
	Barbara	26
	Edgar George	4
	Barbara	2
	Edward Richard	6 months
Wright	Robert	32	Suffolk	Labourer
	Harriet	28
	Edward	12	Trans to s/m
	Pamela	9
	Arthur	3
	Anna	5
	Amelia	9 months		Died at sea - 07/01/1860
	Son			Born on board - 05/02/1860 Died on board - 13/03/1860
Single Men
Armitage	William Henry	20	Nottingham	Labourer
	James	16	Nottingham	Labourer
Ashman	Robert	17	Suffolk	Labourer
Beardsmore	William	26	Nottingham	Carpenter
Blomfield	Mark		Suffolk	Labourer
Briggs	Thomas	28	Yorkshire	Farm Labourer
Canneen	Patrick	27	Clare	Farm Labourer
Cook	Archibald	23	Aryshire	Joiner
Coatman	Joseph	12	Cambridgeshire	Labourer
Dallas	George	30	Kings Co.	Soldier
Early	Stephen	19	Hants	Carpenter
Early	Samuel	13	Hants	Labourer
	George	13	Hants	Labourer
Frame	James	16	Lanarkshire	Farm Labourer
Frame	Robert	14	Lanarkshire	Farm Labourer
Galletly	Alexander	58	Perth	Weaver
Galletly	Alexander	24	Perth	Ploughman
	John	18	Perth	Ploughman
	James	15	Perth	Ploughman
	Andrew	13
Gibbs	James	26	Bedfordshire	Smith
Glover	Hawley	23	Leicester	Farm Labourer
Hargood	William	16	Surrey	Labourer
	James	12	Surrey	Labourer
Hargood	Alfred John	21	Surrey	Gardener
Jones	Walter	16	Suffolk	Farm Labourer
Judson	James	12	Leicester	Labourer
McConnachie	James	22	Banff	Farm Labourer
McGuire	Norman	18	Kent	Labourer
Pey	Patrick	22	Kings Co.	Farm Labourer
Pope	John	20	Cambridge
Proctor	John	24	Stafford	Farm Labourer
Ritchie	David	12	Forfar	Labourer
Robertson	John	21	Banff	Farm Labourer
Rouse	James	17	Suffolk	Labourer
	Charles	14	Suffolk	Labourer
	Walter	13	Suffolk	Labourer
Smart	John	58	Armagh	Farm Labourer
	David	16	Armagh	Farm Labourer
	John Jnr	20	Armagh	Farm Labourer
Swannick	Samuel			Schoolmaster
Turner	John	14	Stafford	Labourer
Waites	Henry	24	Norfolk	Carpenter
Watson	John	23	Wiltshire	Farm Labourer
Wright	Edward	12	Suffolk	Labourer
Single Women
Ashman	Mary Ann	18	Suffolk	Domestic Servant
Barton	Eliza	18	Suffolk	House Maid Died at sea - 07/02/1860
Beardsmore	Jane	17	Nottingham	Milliner
Berry	Jane	12	Suffolk	Domestic Servant
Canneen	Anne	16	Clare	Domestic Servant
Carr	Elizabeth	42	Suffolk	Domestic Servant
Curd	Curtis Sarah	38		Matron
Denley	Jane	27	Nottinghamshire	Domestic Servant
Early	Eliza Jane	20	Hants	Domestic Servant
	Elizabeth	17	Hants	Domestic Servant
Galletly	Barbara	11	Perth	Domestic Servant
	Margaret	9	Perth	Domestic Servant
Glover	Helena	15	Surrey	Domestic Servant
Grimes	Sarah Ann	23	Surrey	Laundress
Hawthorne	Mira	12	Worchestershire	Domestic Servant
Jones	Marianne	13	Suffolk	Domestic Servant
McLeod	Jane	30	Middlesex	Laundress
	Donald	2
Melville	Mary Ann	18	Forfar	Domestic Servant
Poore	Elizabeth	29	Bath	Housekeeper
Plant	Mary	19	Yorkshire	Domestic Servant
Pope	Jemima	18	Cambridge	Domestic Servant
Proctor	Jane Ann	22	Staffordshire	Dairy Maid
Reynolds	Eliza	28	Middlesex	Domestic Servant
Rouse	Maria	16	Suffolk	Domestic Servant
Smart	Mary Ann	18	Armagh	Domestic Servant
Turner	Sarah Ann	12	Staffordshire	Domestic Servant
Westwood	Emma	26	Warwick	Domestic Servant
Wilson	Elizabeth	37	Staffordshire	Milliner

WILLIAMS family: Richard WILLIAMS born 1832 in Rochester, Kent, his wife Barbara Emma was born in 1843 at chatham, Kent and their three children, Edgar George born 1855, Barbara Emma born 1857 and Edward Richard born 1850, came to New Zealand on the "Clontarf". They lived around Akaroa and Pigeon Bay. Four more children were born in Akaroa, Harriet Helen born 1861, Richard Thomas born 1864, Sara Emma born 1866 and Thomas Richard born 1868. Richard died in Wellington 1893 and Barbara died in Masterton in 1890. If you have a connection with this family or wish to learn more please contact Kevin Violich.

Reference:
Archives New Zealand IMCH4/29
Lyttelton Times March 17th 1860