Rakaia
Ship: 1022 tons
Captain: Metcalf
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr Crawford
Sailed London 30th May 1879 - arrived Wellington September 9th 1879
A ship that made good average passages
our and Home was the New Zealand Shipping Company's full-rigger Rakaia, 1022 tons, which
was built for the company in 1873 by Blumer and Company. After completing seventeen
voyages to the colony she was sold to a German firm and renamed the Marie. She was sold
again, and again named Rakaia. She was once more sold to a firm in Boston, USA, the price
being 4850 dollars, and re-named the Ruth Stark, and as such was reported in a dismasted
condition whilst on a voyage from Boston to Secondi. The vessel's name disappeared from
Lloyd's register about four years ago (c1920).
White Wings Volume One - Sir Henry Brett
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| For Wellington | ||||
| Families and Children | ||||
| Blake | Mark | 49 | Cornwall | Shepherd |
| Mary A | 39 | |||
| Thomas | 18 | |||
| Samuel | 16 | |||
| David | 5½ | |||
| Bond | James | 34 | Norfolk | Agricultural Labourer |
| Caroline | 35 | |||
| Bourke | James M | 26 | Yorkshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Ann | 20 | |||
| Butler | George | 25 | Nottinghamshire | Milkman |
| Julia | 23 | |||
| Edith A | 2 | |||
| Byers | John | 25 | Roxburgh | Ploughman |
| Ann | 24 | |||
| Chowen | John | 24 | Devonshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Mary E | 21 | |||
| Coldrick | Thomas | 28 | Herefordshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Mary A | 26 | |||
| Minnie | 6 | |||
| Mary A | 2 | |||
| Florrie | 9 months | |||
| Culling | Walter | 29 | Norfolk | Agricultural Labourer |
| Ellen | 22 | |||
| Maria | 1 | |||
| Frawley | Patrick | 24 | Clare | Agricultural Labourer |
| Kate | 22 | |||
| Hore | Richard | 32 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
| Jane | 30 | |||
| Jackson | Thomas | 34 | Lincolnshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 26 | |||
| Emma | 5 | |||
| Dinah | 4 | |||
| Charles | 16 | |||
| Roberts | John | 33 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
| Eliza | 34 | |||
| Annie | 10 | |||
| Millie | 8 | |||
| Samuel J | 4 months | |||
| Rose | Joseph | 26 | Worcestershire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Emma | 24 | |||
| Sarah | 5 | |||
| Joseph | 7 months | |||
| Smithan | James | 21 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
| Mary A | 25 | |||
| Stanford | Richard | 29 | Kent | Agricultural Labourer |
| Lydia | 27 | |||
| Trueman | William | 23 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
| Jane | 23 | |||
| Walts | George | 44 | Kent | Agricultural Labourer |
| Ellen | 29 | |||
| William | 18 | Kent | Waggoner | |
| Elizabeth | 11 | |||
| George | 4 | |||
| Amy M | 7 months | |||
| Whitehead | Thomas | 23 | Kent | Sawyer |
| Ann | 21 | |||
| Colonial Nominated - Passengers | ||||
| Bauckham | Charles | 32 | Essex | Carpenter |
| Ellen | 31 | |||
| William | 7 | |||
| Alfred | 5 | |||
| Ellen | 3 | |||
| Arthur | 1 | |||
| Mary | 1 month | |||
| Burgess | Sydney | 29 | Stirlingshire | Carpenter |
| Elizabeth | 21 | |||
| Darling | Andrew | 35 | Haddington | Carpenter & Joiner |
| Jessie | 23 | |||
| George | 1 | |||
| Alice J | 29 | |||
| Ebenson | Lauriz | 24 | Germany | Agricultural Labourer |
| Emma | 24 | |||
| Fischer | Dominic | 40 | Germany | Agricultural Labourer |
| Lena | 39 | |||
| Adolf | 20 | Germany | Domestic Servant | |
| Julia | 11 | |||
| Fischer | Jacob | 44 | Germany | Agricultural Labourer |
| Catherine | 38 | |||
| Barbara | 27 | Domestic Servant | ||
| Joseph | 17 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
| Anastasia | 14 | |||
| Frederick | 9 | |||
| Hart | Richard | 42 | Devonshire | Shipwright |
| Susan | 40 | |||
| Albert | 13 | |||
| John | 9 | |||
| William | 7 | |||
| Robert | 5 | |||
| George | 3 | |||
| Thomas | 1 | |||
| Kruger | Gustav | 24 | Germany | Railway Labourer |
| Wihelmina | 26 | |||
| Augusta | 4 | |||
| August | 2 | |||
| Mahony | William | 35 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer |
| Mary | 35 | |||
| Balt | 9 | |||
| Patrick | 7 | |||
| William | 4 | |||
| Maunder | Joseph | 30 | Devonshire | Carpenter |
| Jane | 30 | |||
| Francis M | 7 | |||
| William | 5 | |||
| Joseph R | 3 | |||
| Jeanette | 1 | |||
| Rogers | William | 36 | Lincolnshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Jane | 35 | |||
| William | 10 | |||
| Smith | William | 29 | Cheshire | Cotton Spinner |
| Elizabeth | 25 | |||
| John C | 4 | |||
| William J | 1 | |||
| Gertrude | 2 months | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Barnett | John | 23 | Gloucestershire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Bell | James | 27 | Cumberland | Agricultural Labourer |
| Blewitt | Charles | 23 | Gloucestershire | Ploughman |
| Bulman | Robert | 21 | Yorkshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Butler | George | 23 | Lincolnshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Cock | John | 21 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
| Coleman | Joseph | 18 | Cheshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Coombe | John | 21 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
| Cowley | Thomas | 30 | Lancashire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Crump | Walter | 27 | Devonshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Cunningham | Patrick | 25 | Limerick | Agricultural Labourer |
| Dale | John Robert | 23 | Yorkshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Drysdale | James | 23 | Fife | Brickmaker |
| Dunlop | Hugh | 23 | Ayr | Agricultural Labourer |
| Felton | Charles | 28 | Yorkshire | Carpenter |
| Friend | John | 21 | Cheshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Gibson | George | 24 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
| Gibson | John | 17 | Linlithgow | Agricultural Labourer |
| Halloran | Michael | 23 | Limerick | Agricultural Labourer |
| Patrick | 25 | Limerick | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Hamilton | James | 24 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
| Harris | Fred | 30 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
| Hobbs | Thomas | 22 | Gloucestershire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Ingram | William | 25 | Cumberland | Agricultural Labourer |
| Lillford | John | 37 | Yorkshire | Butcher |
| Lobb | Joseph | 18 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
| Lukies | Thomas S | 19 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
| Lyons | Daniel | 11 | Kerry | |
| McEneany | James | 30 | Monaghan | Agricultural Labourer |
| McGregor | Duncan | 24 | Perth | Agricultural Labourer |
| McKrail | Thomas | 25 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
| Mitchell | Thomas William | 18 | Galway | Agricultural Labourer |
| Monat | Magnus | 28 | Shetland | Agricultural Labourer |
| Mounter | Simeon | 24 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
| Parr | William | 21 | Cavan | Agricultural Labourer |
| Payne | William | 24 | Lancashire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Peart | William | 33 | Lincolnshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Pennock | William | 27 | Yorkshire | Carter |
| Phillips | Francis M | 26 | Middlesex | Agricultural Labourer |
| James H | 20 | Cornwall | Miner | |
| Price | William | 23 | Somersetshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Rowe | James | 20 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
| Smith | William | 21 | Northumberlandshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Solomon | William | 18 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
| Tompkins | Joseph | 21 | Radnor | Agricultural Labourer |
| Treganza | William | 18 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
| Varcoe | Charles | 20 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
| Westbury | Frederick | 17 | Gloucestershire | Cow Keeper |
| Wilson | Robert | 24 | Durham | Agricultural Labourer |
| Single Men - Colonial Nominated | ||||
| Arcus | John | 24 | Cheshire | Blacksmith |
| Austin | William | 27 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Brady | Thomas | 21 | Armagh | Agricultural Labourer |
| Brady | William | 25 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
| Hoser | David | 21 | Lanark | Blacksmith |
| Maiker | George J | 26 | Aberdeen | Butcher |
| John | 24 | Aberdeen | Butcher | |
| Marshall | Harry D | 18 | Middlesex | Furrier |
| Mulhane | Denis | 20 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer |
| Murphy | Daniel | 22 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer |
| Surrell | George | 29 | Hertfordshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Toner | William | 24 | Derry | Agricultural Labourer |
| Single Women | ||||
| Barnett | Emma | 18 | Surrey | Domestic Servant |
| Blake | Ann Maud | 14 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant |
| Bradly | Kate | 19 | Cork | Dairymaid |
| Margaret | 20 | Cork | Dairymaid | |
| Comisky | Rose | 21 | Monaghan | Domestic Servant |
| Catherine | 18 | Monaghan | Domestic Servant | |
| Dale | Catherine | 20 | Yorkshire | Domestic Servant |
| Drysdale | Ellen | 19 | Sterlingshire | Domestic Servant |
| Finch | Caroline | 20 | Warwickshire | Domestic Servant |
| Fraser | Sarah | 22 | Inverness | Domestic Servant |
| Gardiner | Jane A | 20 | Yorkshire | Domestic Servant |
| Gibson | Grace | 22 | Lanark | Nurse |
| Halloran | Johanna | 27 | Limerick | Domestic Servant |
| Hides | Mary Ann | 21 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
| Humphries | Grace | 21 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
| Lane | Hannah | 31 | Wiltshire | Cook |
| Lee | Mary | 21 | Monaghan | Domestic Servant |
| McQuaid | Mary | 21 | Monaghan | Domestic Servant |
| Mackey | Wilhelmina | 24 | Caithness | Waitress |
| Mulhane | Ellen | 21 | Kerry | Domestic Servant |
| O'Brien | Mary | 22 | Limerick | Domestic Servant |
| Oliphant | Lilly | 17 | Hampshire | Housemaid |
| Ord | Elizabeth | 36 | Middlesex | Housekeeper |
| Parry | Emily | 23 | Gloucestershire | Cook |
| Phillips | Jane | 17 | Cornwall | Housemaid |
| Johanna | 15 | Cornwall | Nurse | |
| Mary E | 22 | Cornwall | Dressmaker | |
| Quinn | Hannah | 19 | Cork | Domestic Servant |
| Robertson | May | 19 | Sterlingshire | Domestic Servant |
| Ryle | Ellen | 26 | Kerry | Dairymaid |
| Squire | Ann Young | 23 | Perth | Nurse |
| Thomas | Margaret | 26 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant |
| Mary A | 24 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant | |
| Willetts | Phoebe | 19 | Gloucestershire | Domestic Servant |
| Woodward | Kate | 25 | Wiltshire | Domestic Servant |
| Single Women - Colonial Nominated | ||||
| Crispe | Charlotte E | 21 | Middlesex | Cook |
| Margaret | 2 | Middlesex | ||
| Hickey | Julia | 21 | Kerry | Dairymaid |
| Mulhane | Honora | 23 | Kerry | Domestic Servant |
| Raiker | Jane | 39 | Stirlingshire | Housekeeper |
| Raiker | Ann | 13 | Lanark | Housekeeper |
| Toner | Martha | 22 | Derry | Domestic Servant |
| Catherine | 20 | Derry | Domestic Servant | |
| For Napier | ||||
| Families and Children | ||||
| Elliott | John | 40 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Caroline | 40 | |||
| William | 13 | |||
| Ellen | 11 | |||
| Caroline | 9 | |||
| Edwin | 7 | |||
| Halsall | William | 34 | Lancashire | Ploughman |
| Alice | 28 | |||
| Hull | William | 31 | Derbyshire | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 23 | |||
| Lizzie | 4 | |||
| Laws | Robert | 23 | Northumberlandshire | Carpenter |
| Isabella | 20 | |||
| Margaret | 1 | |||
| Lydford | Richard | 29 | Somersetshire | Carpenter |
| Emily | 30 | |||
| McDonald | John | 44 | Lanark | Carriage Lifter |
| Isabella | 43 | |||
| John | 7 | |||
| Lewis | 5 | |||
| McDonald | Peter | 28 | Dumbarton | Tailor |
| Martha | 26 | |||
| Jane | 2 | |||
| Matthews | Edwin | 32 | Northumberlandshire | Carpenter |
| Mary | 38 | |||
| Charles | 1 | |||
| Roberts | James | 28 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Ellen | 26 | |||
| Sands | Robert | 22 | Lincolnshire | Waggoner |
| Harriet | 22 | |||
| Sleep | John | 23 | Cornwall | Farm labourer |
| Elizabeth | 20 | |||
| Frederick | 2 | |||
| John | 5 months | |||
| Snell | John | 39 | Cornwall | Farm labourer |
| Prudence | 36 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Adams | John | 19 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Atwall | Joseph | 20 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
| Codd | Charles | 22 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
| Joseph | 20 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer | |
| Davey | William | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Frost | George | 20 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
| Hall | Edwin | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Hayward | Frederick | 23 | Somersetshire | Farm Labourer |
| McCarthy | Patrick | 25 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| McFadden | Daniel | 25 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
| McKenzie | Roderick | 25 | Inverness | Shepherd |
| Maker | William | 19 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
| Merryfield | John | 18 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Oberton | Arthur | 23 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
| Parker | Robert | 20 | Ayr | Farm Labourer |
| Thomas | 22 | Ayr | Farm Labourer | |
| Ratallack | Thomas | 19 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Risdon | John | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Rundle | John | 20 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Sellers | John | 23 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
| Shute | Thomas | 24 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
| Skews | John | 21 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Smale | Richard | 21 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Stephens | Henry | 20 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| William | 21 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer | |
| Sutton | William | 20 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Trebilcock | William | 19 | Cornwall | Carpenter |
| Willerton | Mark | 20 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
| Single Women | ||||
| Bourke | Mary | 22 | Clare | Servant |
| Cooke | Ann | 28 | Somersetshire | Housemaid |
| Dewar | Mary | 21 | Derbyshire | Cook |
| Hamilton | Barbara | 19 | Lanark | Servant |
| Killeen | Mary | 24 | Clare | Servant |
| Laverty | Elizabeth | 22 | Antrim | Housemaid |
| Lydford | Mary | 32 | Somersetshire | Governess MATRON |
| Symons | Mary A | 17 | Cornwall | Servant |
| Trebilcock | Mahalah | 20 | Cornwall | Servant |
| Rebecca | 43 | Cornwall | Housemaid | |
| Elizabeth | 40 | Cornwall | Dairymaid | |
Copyright Denise & Peter 1999, 2000
National Archives Reference IM15/354
