Isles of the South
Ship: 821 tons
Captain: J D Le Couteur
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr J Wilmshurst
Sailed Plymouth November 6th 1873 - arrived Lyttleton February 2nd 1874
Isles of the South, 821 tons, Captain
J D Le Conteur, sailed from Plymouth 6th November, arrived 2nd February. This was the
seventh vessel sent out under the auspices of the New Zealand Shipping Company. She
brought 8 saloon and 320 Government immigrants, and made the run from the Cape in 28 days.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Arrival of the Isles of the South
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Families & Children | ||||
| Alford | John | 30 | Devonshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Maria | 24 | |||
| Andrews | John | 26 | Herefordshire | Carpenter |
| Sarah | 24 | |||
| Charles | 2 | |||
| Cecil Henry | 3 months | |||
| Angwin | Richard | 23 | Cornwall | Mason |
| Catherine | 22 | |||
| Bermingham | Henry | 37 | Dublin | Baker |
| Catherine | 26 | |||
| Cahrles | 5 | |||
| Henry | 11 months | |||
| Blick | James | 27 | Gloucestershire | Painter |
| Elizabeth | 26 | |||
| Alfred | 4 | |||
| Burton | Lewis | 43 | Essex | Labourer |
| Sarah | 33 | |||
| Henry | 3 | |||
| Colville | Alfred | 36 | Suffolk | Millwright |
| Eliza | 36 | |||
| Frederick | 11 | |||
| Horace | 9 | |||
| Arthur | 6 | |||
| Eliza | 5 | |||
| Alfred | 4 | |||
| George | 2 | |||
| Caroline | 1 | |||
| Cooper | John | 34 | Gloucestershire | Shoeing Smith |
| Sarah | 35 | |||
| Henry | 13 | |||
| Frank | 11 | |||
| Arthur | 8 | |||
| Annie | 4 | |||
| Alice | 2 | |||
| Disher | Frederic | 29 | Bedfordshire | Leather Cutter |
| Margaret | 31 | |||
| Mary A | 3 | |||
| Harriet | 1 | |||
| Dixon | Thomas F | 51 | Kent | Shoemaker |
| Sarah | 55 | |||
| Finch | George | 28 | Surrey | Blacksmith |
| Clara | 28 | |||
| Forsyth | James | 38 | Tyrone | Tailor |
| Summer | 37 | |||
| Andrew | 19 | T/F to single men | ||
| Sarah A | 17 | T/F to single women | ||
| John James | 16 | T/F to single men | ||
| Samuel | 14 | T/F to single men | ||
| William | 12 | T/F to single men | ||
| Elizabeth | 10 | |||
| Henry | 7 | |||
| Alexander | 4 | |||
| Joseph | 7 months | |||
| Griffiths | William | 20 | Glamorgan | Labourer |
| Margaret A | 21 | |||
| Female child | Born on board - 19/01/1874 Still-born |
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| Grose | William | 50 | Cornwall | Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 40 | |||
| John | 20 | |||
| Elizabeth | 18 | |||
| Mary A | 16 | |||
| Eliza J | 12 | |||
| William Thomas | 9 | |||
| Richard Edwin | 5 | |||
| Hancock | Charles Henry | 25 | Buckinghamshire | Gardener |
| Deborah | 21 | |||
| Hopkins | Charles | 32 | Middlesex | Plumber |
| Agnes | 31 | |||
| Charles | 14 | T/F to single men | ||
| Frederick | 11 | |||
| William | 9 | |||
| Winnie | 1½ | |||
| Humphries | James | 41 | Kent | Labourer |
| Maria | 46 | |||
| Maria | 20 | T/F to single women | ||
| Emily | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
| John Robert | 14 | T/F to single men | ||
| Eliza | 13 | T/F to single women | ||
| Mary J | 6 | |||
| Alice | 3 | |||
| James G | 9 months | |||
| Hunt | George | 35 | Wexford | Gardener |
| Emma | 34 | |||
| Henry G | 5 | |||
| Arthur B | 9½ | |||
| Blackwall | Fanny | 28 | T/F to single women | Travelled with Hunt |
| Kearney | Daniel | 41 | Kings County | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 28 | |||
| Mary A | 6 | |||
| Kennedy | Archibald | 26 | Inverness | General Labourer |
| Margaret | 29 | |||
| William | 2 | |||
| Sarah | 3 months | |||
| McDonald | William | 53 | Travelled with Kennedy | |
| Catherine M | 27 | |||
| Leary | Patrick | 39 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Mary | 22 | |||
| Eliza | 3 | |||
| Mary A | 11 months | Died at sea - 17/12/1873 Dysentry |
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| Lillen | Randall | 60 | Wiltshire | Missionary |
| Evelyn F | 53 | |||
| Evelyn F | 19 | T/F to single women | ||
| Eva C | 17 | T/F to single women | ||
| Beatrice M | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
| Loveless | Charles | 45 | Guernsey | Brickmaker |
| Sarah A | 37 | |||
| Livinia | 12 | T/F to single women | ||
| Alfred | 10 | |||
| Charlotte | 8 | |||
| William | 4 | |||
| Herbert | 1 | |||
| Marlin | James | 30 | Forfar | Mechanic |
| Susan | 27 | |||
| Fanny | 7 | |||
| George | 5 | |||
| Alexander | 3 | |||
| James | 10 months | |||
| Matthews | Alfred | 40 | Surrey | Carpenter |
| Charlotte | 41 | |||
| Alfred | 14 | |||
| Charlotte | 12 | |||
| Frederick | 11 | |||
| Ellen | 10 | |||
| Rose | 8 | |||
| William | 6 | |||
| Emily | 4 | |||
| Adelaide | 3 | |||
| George | 10 months | Died at sea - 17/12/1873 Diarrhoea and scald |
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| McNabb | Francis | 25 | Tyrone | Ploughman |
| Catherine | 24 | |||
| Jane | 7 | |||
| Edward | 5 | |||
| Catherine | 3 | |||
| Mary A | 5 months | |||
| Morgan | Henry James | 25 | Wiltshire | Shoemaker |
| Eliza A | 24 | |||
| Mulligan | Patrick | 26 | Meath | Labourer |
| Julia | 22 | |||
| Patrick | 4 months | |||
| Palmer | Thomas | 39 | Devonshire | General Labourer |
| Maria | 37 | |||
| George | 16 | |||
| Emily | 14 | |||
| Alice | 12 | |||
| Amelia | 7 | |||
| Henry | 4 | |||
| John | 4 months | |||
| Paris | Henry William | 30 | Hamptonshire | Shepherd |
| Susan | 27 | |||
| Mary A | 8 | |||
| Elizabeth | 6 | |||
| Alice | 5 | |||
| Emily | 2 | |||
| Perkins | John | 33 | Yorkshire | Miner |
| Ann | 34 | |||
| Benjamin | 11 | |||
| E L | 10 | |||
| John | 6 months | |||
| Petrie | John | 37 | Perth | Carpenter |
| Janet D | 37 | |||
| James | 14 | T/F to single men | ||
| Janet | 6 | |||
| William | 4 | |||
| Loskie | Janet | 58 | T/F to single women | Travelled with Petrie |
| Pickhard | Thomas | 31 | Staffordshire | Labourer |
| T C | 28 | |||
| Roach | William | 36 | Devonshire | Labourer |
| Emily | 26 | |||
| Ernest | 5 | |||
| Ellen | 3 | |||
| Walter | 1 | |||
| Henry | 3 months | |||
| Rogers | Edward Henry | 31 | Jersey | Carpenter |
| Sarah E | 30 | |||
| Henry Charles | 7 | |||
| William Thomas | 5 | |||
| Alfred W | 4 | |||
| Ada E | 8 months | |||
| Rowe | James | 28 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth J | 27 | |||
| Smyth | William | 33 | Carlow | Labourer |
| Catherine | 33 | |||
| Anne | 12 | T/F to single men | ||
| William | 9 | |||
| Margaret | 6 | |||
| John | 3 | |||
| Joseph | 6 months | |||
| Tibbs | George | 34 | Middlesex | General Labourer |
| Susan | 35 | |||
| Alicse S | 3 | |||
| Sarah A | 1½ | |||
| Warren | John | 33 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Eliza E | 26 | |||
| Emily | 7 | |||
| Frederick | 4 | |||
| Sarah A | 1¼ | |||
| Colonial Nominated Families & Children | ||||
| Boon | Joseph K | 29 | Middlesex | Coachmaker |
| Anne E | 29 | |||
| Anne | 4 | |||
| William | 2 | |||
| Cousens | John | 39 | Devonshire | General Labourer |
| Sarah | 39 | |||
| Sarah A | 9 | |||
| Thomas George | 6 | |||
| Elizabeth J | 3 | |||
| Heelan | John | 35 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 35 | |||
| John | 16 | T/F to single men | ||
| Patrick | 11 | |||
| Norah | 6 | |||
| James | 4 | |||
| Hopkins | Charles | 32 | Middlesex | Plumber |
| Agnes | 31 | |||
| Charles | 14 | |||
| Frederick | 11 | |||
| William | 9 | |||
| Winnie | 1½ | |||
| Luscombe | Roger | 20 | Devonshire | Groom |
| Susan J | 20 | |||
| Georgena | 1 month | |||
| Pallon | Robert | 22 | Down | Smith |
| Jessie | 23 | |||
| Mary E | 2 | |||
| David | 1 month | |||
| Whiteman | William | 41 | Jersey | Coach Painter |
| Susannah | 37 | |||
| William | 18 | |||
| Clara | 15 | |||
| Francis | 10 | |||
| Clement | 5 | |||
| Bertha | 14 months | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Apperby | Charles | 21 | Herefordshire | Blacksmith |
| Baker | John A | 21 | Northamptonshire | Shoemaker |
| Cassells | Alexander | 57 | Fife | Plasterer |
| Euphemia | 30 | T/F to single women | ||
| Chalk | Henry | 29 | Middlesex | Ostler |
| Clark | Edward | 20 | Jersey | Baker |
| Cooper | Henry | 13 | Gloucestershire | |
| Culling | I J F | 19 | Somersetshire | Labourer |
| Dingle | John J | 22 | Devonshire | Butsher |
| Dixon | Walter H | 25 | Kent | Shoemaker |
| Edwards | Edmund | 27 | Somersetshire | Saddler |
| Fierock | Michael | 40 | Dorset | Sawyer |
| Forsyth | Andrew | 19 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| John James | 16 | Tyrone | ||
| Samuel | 14 | Tyrone | ||
| William | 12 | Tyrone | ||
| Glasson | Arthur E | 21 | Hamptonshire | Gardener |
| Grandin | Philip Henry | 23 | Jersey | Shipwright |
| Grose | John | 20 | Cornwall | Labourer |
| Howell | Henry | 28 | Essex | Labourer |
| Humphries | John R | 14 | Kent | |
| James | Arthur | 26 | Suffolk | Labourer |
| Knight | James | 18 | Kent | Labourer |
| Matthews | Alfred | 14 | Surrey | |
| McAusland | James | 21 | Tyrone | Ploughman |
| Thomas | 21 | Tyrone | Ploughman | |
| McCracken | Alexander | 29 | Lancashire | Farm Labourer |
| McDonald | William | 53 | Inverness | General Labourer |
| McDonnell | Philip | 24 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
| James | 22 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer | |
| Margaret | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
| McKendry | Denis | 22 | Antrim | Labourer |
| Moychan | Denis | 20 | Kerry | Ploughman |
| Murrell | Edwin J | 28 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Osborne | John | 22 | Staffordshire | Blacksmith |
| Osment | John | 20 | Jersey | Tailor |
| Palmer | George | 16 | Devonshire | |
| Phillips | Henry | 22 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Smith | Frederick | 17 | Suffolk | Carter |
| Smith | Edwin | 22 | Hamptonshire | Farm Labourer |
| Sullivan | James | 34 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Black | Denis | 25 | Antrim | Ploughman |
| Burgin | Joseph | 34 | Leicestershire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Connell | John K | 28 | Kerry | Ploughman |
| Corkery | Michael | 20 | Kerry | Ploughman |
| Corkery | Thomas | 22 | Kerry | Ploughman |
| Donnellan | John | 25 | Galway | Labourer |
| Sarah | 22 | T/F to single women | ||
| Mary | 20 | T/F to single women | ||
| Ellis | William | 25 | Cornwall | Labourer |
| John | 17 | Cornwall | Labourer | |
| Charles Henry | 12 | |||
| Hellan | John | 16 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| Hopkins | Charles | 14 | Middlesex | |
| Lucy | John | 16 | Kerry | Labourer |
| McKendry | Archibald | 23 | Carpenter | |
| Petrie | James | 14 | Perth | |
| Savage | Hans | 17 | Downs | Labourer |
| Roland | 15 | Downs | Labourer | |
| Stothers | Robert | 21 | Armagh | Painter |
| Sutherland | William | 19 | Caithness | Tailor |
| Whiteman | William | 18 | Jersey | Painter |
| Wootten | Thomas | 21 | Cornwall | Groom |
| Single Women | ||||
| Bean | Isabella | 18 | Essex | |
| Bell | Sarah | 32 | Middlesex | MATRON |
| Blackwell | Fanny | 28 | Warwickshire | Servant |
| Cassells | Euphemia | 30 | Perth | Servant |
| Chandler | Fanny | 22 | Gloucestershire | |
| Cockle | Ellen M | 18 | Kent | Cook |
| Crane | Mary | 24 | Galway | Servant |
| Delargy | Alice | 20 | Antrim | |
| Ellison | Margaret | 21 | Tyrone | |
| Ewan | Eliza | 19 | Surrey | |
| Flynn | Mary A | 25 | Queens County | General Servant |
| Forsyth | Sarah A | 17 | Tyrone | Servant |
| Francis | Mary | 24 | Galway | |
| George | Annie | 23 | Cornwall | |
| Grose | Elizabeth | 18 | Cornwall | Servant |
| Mary A | 16 | Cornwall | ||
| Eliza J | 12 | Cornwall | ||
| Handy | Sarah | 29 | Surrey | |
| Hartley | Mary K | 23 | Middlesex | Housemaid |
| Hood | Margaret | 25 | Lanark | Housemaid |
| Horrigan | Mary | 33 | Clare | Housemaid |
| Bridget | 18 | Clare | ||
| Humphries | Emma | 20 | Kent | Housemaid |
| Emily | 16 | Kent | General Servant | |
| Eliza | 13 | Kent | ||
| Irewhella | Jane | 28 | Cornwall | Servant |
| Jarvis | Maria A | 22 | Sussex | |
| Leech | Marion | 20 | Gloucestershire | |
| Lillen | Evelyn F | 19 | Middlesex | Governess |
| Eva C | 17 | Middlesex | Teacher | |
| Beatrice M | 16 | Middlesex | ||
| Linterne | Jessie | 21 | Devonshire | Servant |
| Loskie | Janet | 58 | Fife | |
| Loveless | Lavinia | 12 | Guernsey | |
| Luce | Mary A | 21 | Jersey | Servant |
| Lynch | Kate | 18 | ||
| Matthews | Charlotte | 12 | Surrey | |
| McAusland | Margaret | 19 | Tyrone | Servant |
| McCullogh | Jane M | 25 | Dublin | General Servant |
| McDonald | Catherine M | 27 | Inverness | |
| McDonnell | Margaret | 16 | Kings County | Servant |
| McKay | Elizabeth | 21 | Caithness | Housemaid |
| McSweeney | Margaret | 22 | Tralee | Servant |
| Miller | Mary | 21 | Tyrone | |
| Organ | Anne E | 19 | Gloucestershire | Servant |
| Orr | Mary | 19 | Tyrone | Servant |
| Palmer | Emily | 13 | Devonshire | |
| Alice | 12 | Devonshire | ||
| Rice | Eliza | 28 | Middlesex | Servant |
| Walts | Elizabeth | 18 | ||
| Whaley | Anne J | 26 | ||
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| Costello | Honorah | 25 | Kerry | Dairymaid |
| Mary | 20 | |||
| Connell | John K | 28 | T/F to single men | Travelled with Costello |
| Donnellan | Sarah | 22 | Galway | Servant |
| Mary | 20 | Galway | Servant | |
| Ellis | Mary | 52 | Cornwall | |
| William | 25 | T/F to singl men | ||
| John | 17 | T/F to singl men | ||
| Elizabeth J | 14 | |||
| Charles Henry | 12 | T/F to singl men | ||
| Peter | 10 | |||
| Mary A | 9 | |||
| Moore | Margaret | 20 | Tyrone | Servant |
| Eliza | 18 | Tyrone | Servant | |
| Savage | Jane | 69 | Down | Died on board - 27/01/1874 Chronic dysentry - old age |
| Alice | 19 | Down | Servant | |
| Hans | 17 | T/F to single men | ||
| Roland | 15 | T/F to single men | ||
| Shewan | Margaret | 23 | New Zealand | |
| Barbara | 10 | |||
| Elizabeth | 8 | |||
| Smyth | Anne | 12 | Carlow | |
| White | Emily | 21 | Gloustershire | Cloth Worker |
| John William | 1 | |||
| Whiteman | Clara | 15 | Jersey | Dressmaker |
| Wotten | Grace | 48 | Cornwall | Launderss |
| Thomas | 21 | T/F to single men | ||
Copyright Denise & Peter 2000
References:
Archives New Zealand IM15/84
The Press (Christchurch) 03/02/1874
