Gainsborough
Ship: 900 Tons
Captain: Carter
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London October 23rd 1877 - arrived Nelson 28th February 1878
arrived Wellington 8th March 1878
During the voyage (November 3rd) the bowsprit was carried away and before she was able to pay off before the wind she lost her foretopmast and main royal mast. A jury bowsprit and topmast were rigged.
This ship also called at Hawkes Bay, and Marlborough. The passenger list has been transcribed by ports of disembarkation for the passengers. You may have to dig around a bit or use the search engine. Good Luck.
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Cabin Passengers | ||||
| Bramwell | Mrs | |||
| Miss Annie | ||||
| Haines | Mr C W | |||
| Mrs | ||||
| Master W G | ||||
| Maberly | D | |||
| Powell | Reverend Richard | |||
| Steerage Passengers | ||||
| Bound for Nelson | ||||
| Single Men | ||||
| Dwyer | Joseph | 22 | Wexford | Farm Labourer |
| Gibbin | Richard | 17 | Leitrim | Farm Labourer |
| McGrath | Joseph | 23 | Wexford | Farm Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Connell | John | 21 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Maher | William | 20 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| O'Connell | John | 32 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
| O'Connor | Michael | 24 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Tuckett | Thomas G. | 15 | Surrey | Telegraph Messenger |
| Single Women | ||||
| Breen | Bessy | 20 | Kerry | Cook |
| Giblin | Ellen | 24 | Kerry | Cook |
| Moran | Eliza | 19 | Leitrim | Cook |
| Maher | Mary | 42 | Limerick | Dairymaid |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| Casey | Catherine | 19 | Kerry | General Servant |
| Dorgan | Eliza | 21 | Kerry | General Servant |
| Maher | Ann | 22 | Limerick | Dairymaid |
| McSwiney | Jane | 24 | Cork | Shop Assistant |
| O'Connor | Johanna | 18 | Kerry | General Servant |
| Bound for Hawkes Bay | ||||
| Families and Children | ||||
| Eastburn | Edwin | 36 | Yorks | Cartwright |
| Hannah | 32 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Ewbank | William | 50 | Yorks | Joiner |
| William | 20 | Yorks | Farm Labourer | |
| Coleman | Michael | 19 | Monaghan | Farm Labourer |
| Donohue | Michael | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Murphy | Jeremiah | 19 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Stevens | Charles | 14 | Somerset | |
| Single Women | ||||
| Courhan | Catherine | 35 | Dundalk | Servant |
| Duffy | Catherine | 18 | Monaghan | Domestic Servant |
| Howard | Mary | 19 | Kerry | Servant |
| Shevelin | Catherine | 20 | Monaghan | Domestic Servant |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| Stevens | Elizabeth A. | 33 | Somerset | Laundress |
| Elizabeth A. | 12 | |||
| Stevens | Charles | 14 | Trans to s/m | |
| Walter | 7 | |||
| Martha J. | 4 | |||
| Jessie | 2 | |||
| John | 5 mths | |||
| Bound for Wellington | ||||
| Families and Children | ||||
| Edwards | Henry | 26 | Surrey | Carpenter |
| Annie | 21 | |||
| Gardiner | William | 60 | Suffolk | Farmer |
| Emily | 58 | |||
| Harriet | 26 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Kate | 24 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Henry John | 23 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Caroline | 22 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Frances S. | 20 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Kyle | Bernard | 27 | Edinburgh | Gas Fitter and White Smith |
| Rachel | 22 | |||
| John | 3 mths | |||
| Marshall | Frederick | 28 | Yorks | Bootmaker |
| Annie | 22 | |||
| John H. | 4 mths | |||
| O'Brien | Michael | 26 | Tipperary | House Painter |
| Johanna | 24 | |||
| Agnes | 7 | |||
| Mary | 4 | |||
| Annie | 1 | |||
| Paterson | Adam | 51 | Dumfries | Stonemason |
| Elizabeth | 54 | |||
| Annie | 25 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Janet | 21 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Jeanie | 19 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Mary | 14 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Agnes | 10 | |||
| Hendry | Mary | 32 | Trans to s/w | Travelling with the Paterson |
| Stanley | William | 27 | Forfarshire | Plumber |
| Janet M. | 27 | |||
| Silias | 2 | |||
| John | 6 mths | |||
| Stevens | William | 27 | Staffordshire | Farm Labourer |
| Hannah | 28 | |||
| Arthur | 2 | |||
| Amelia | 18 mths | |||
| White | Henry James | 30 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Sarah Alice | 29 | |||
| Walter Henry | 10 | |||
| Stephen J. | 6 | |||
| Alice M. | 2 | |||
| Colonial Nominated Families and Children | ||||
| Woodmas | John | 41 | Dumfries | Printer |
| Charlotte A. | 39 | |||
| John | 10 | |||
| William W. | 5 | |||
| Gertrude M. | 2 | |||
| Emigrant and Colonists Aid Association | ||||
| Roulson | Jens G. | 29 | Denmark | Labourer |
| Johansine | 27 | |||
| Carl A. | 11 mths | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Arnold | William N. | 22 | Lincolnshire | Herdsman |
| Des Forges | Charles | 18 | Norfolk | Farm Labourer |
| Gardiner | Henry J. | 23 | Suffolk | Farm Labourer |
| Williams | William J. | 23 | Monmouth | Farm Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Clifton | Benjamin | 20 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Dainty | Alfred | 15 | Staffordshire | Blacksmith |
| Dalton | William | 18 | Westmeath | Farm Labourer |
| Des Forges | Algernon | 21 | Lincolnshire | Butcher |
| Eade | Alfred | 16 | Middlesex | Rivetter |
| Kleman | Robert | 22 | Prussia | Engine Smith |
| Prescott | John | 21 | Lancashire | Smith |
| Sullivan | Daniel | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Emigrant and Colonists Aid Association | ||||
| Duggan | Michael | 13 | Waterford | |
| Single Women | ||||
| Armstrong | Mary | 22 | Dumfries | General Servant |
| Arnold | Alice A. | 18 | Lincolnshire | General Servant |
| Chambers | Jane | 19 | Warwick | Kitchenmaid |
| Colbourne | Eliza M. | 24 | Suffolk | Nurse |
| Gardiner | Harriet | 26 | Suffolk | Cook |
| Kate | 24 | Suffolk | Cook | |
| Caroline | 22 | Suffolk | Housemaid | |
| Frances S. | 20 | Suffolk | Housemaid | |
| Graham | Lizzie | 23 | Glostershire | General Servant |
| Lyons | Mary | 36 | Middlesex | General Servant |
| McCarthy | Mary | 19 | Kerry | General Servant |
| McGarvey | Eliza | 21 | Derry | General Servant |
| Morrison | Margaret | 19 | Shetland | General Servant |
| Mulhall | Catherine | 25 | Westmeath | Farm Servant |
| Nichols | Rachel | 25 | Essex | Nurse |
| Nicholls | Sophia | 20 | Surrey | Cook |
| Lucy | 18 | Surrey | Housemaid | |
| O'Callaghan | Margaret | 27 | Clare | Housemaid |
| O'Shaughnessy | Maria | 18 | Clare | Domestic Servant |
| Roberts | Sarah | 32 | Montgomery | Parlourmaid |
| Styles | Hannah | 26 | Surrey | Cook |
| Tester | Laurettam | 26 | Middlesex | General Servant |
| Lillian Emily | 6 | |||
| Edith C. | 3 | |||
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| Brown | Mary | 20 | Kerry | Domestic Servant |
| Dainty | Harriet | 18 | Stafford | Nurse |
| Dalton | Maria | 22 | Westmeath | Servant |
| Haskell | Charlotte | 30 | Middlesex | Nurse |
| Mary C. | 7 | Middlesex | ||
| Horne | Susannah | 48 | Essex | Nurse |
| Paterson | Annie | 25 | Dumfries | French Polisher |
| Janet | 21 | Dumfries | Domestic Servant | |
| Jeanie | 19 | Dumfries | Domestic Servant | |
| Mary | 14 | Dumfries | Machinist | |
| Hendry | Mary | 32 | Dumfries | Muslin Darner Travelling with Paterson |
| Sullivan | Johanna | 18 | Kerry | Servant |
| Emigrants and Colonists Aid Association | ||||
| Duggan | Mary | 39 | Waterford | General Servant |
| Mary | 10 | < | ||