BRITISH KING

The steamship ‘BRITISH KING’ sailed from London on 1 November, 1883, calling into Plymouth, leaving

there on 5 November and arriving in Wellington

on the 22 December 1883.

See below for more details about the British King.

This transcribed list and information on the British King, was kindly supplied by

Paul DARRALL,

whose family members were on this voyage. (see below)

Disembarking in Wellington

Married families:-

BAKER James, Jesse, Alfred, Frank, Horrace, Beatrice, Selina Ann.

BARKWITH James, Mary, Annie, Elizabeth, Sarah, Margaret.

BENNETT William, Mary, George, Maryann, John.

BRENNAN Davis, Kate, Davis.

DARRALL William, Elizabeth, Eliza, Mary, Lucy, Benjamin, Harry, William.

CARMICHAEL Jas, Elizabeth, Nancy, ?, Mary, Roseanna, Thomas, Alexander, Joseph, Martha.

DUNSTALL Harvey, Elsie, Robert, Walter.

EXELL Thomas, Jane, Benjamin.

FAVINGTON Jas, Ellen, Harvey.

HIGINBOTHAM George, Louisa, Charles, Frances, Martha, George.

KINNIS Thomas, Agnes, Violet.

LARSEN Christian, Karen, Kare.

LUKE Mr. G, Ellen.

McKAY Donald, Margaret, Jane, Christina.

McLEAN John, Margaret, Archibald, Elizabeth, Thomas.

MENZIES John, Margaret, James, Agnes, Robert, Mary, Margaret.

MILLER Thomas, Christiana, Agnes.

POWELL Thomas, Annie, Rose, Thomas, Lizzie.

SAUNDERS George, Charlotte, Martha, Margaret, Richard.

SCOTT John, Mary, Donald.

SLOANE Nicholas, Betsy, Charles, Peter, James.

TONG Henry, Emily, Alice, Ellen, Earnest.

WOODGER(?) Thomas, Ellen, Thomas.

WYATH Joseph, Mary.

Single Persons:-

TALBOT Mary ARNESEN(?) Andrea

ARROL Elizabeth BOIOEN(?) Ada

BRAND Kate CAMPBELL Agnes

COPELAND Mary CURRIE Annie

DALTON Elizabeth DUFFY Mary

DAVIS Marybell DONNELLY Rose

EAST Maria EVANS Jane

EXELL Mary FISBEN Maggie

GERRARD Ellen GERRIE Hannah

GLANCEY Mary WELSH Jane

GINN(?) Bella, Kate HALPIN Catherine

HEWITT Catherine HOGAN Kate

HOPE Margaret HOWE Bessie

JAMISON Mary JOHNSTON Annie

JONES Fanny, Louisa KEN Christina

KENNEDY Briager(?), Mary DARMODY James

KIRK Kate LADBURY Hannah, Margaret

LEAVESLEY Alice McCARTHY Hannah

MAY Elizabeth MAYS Eliza

MORIARTY Bridget OAKFORD Jane

O’LEARY Julia PICKER Charlotte

ROOT Minnie SMITH Sarah

SPITTAL Sellina STANDON Annie

WATSON Lizzie WOOD Eliza

WATTY Honor, Mary, Edward, Honor, Anthony, Betsy

BARRETT John BARRY Michael

BIRCH Samual BOWSER George

CAHILL John, Mary CLARK James, Peter, James

COLE Frederick COLEMAN Patrick, Frank

EAWES John FEREDAY Richard

GALVIN John, Nora HELLIWELL Joseph

HUGHES Daniel INGLIS John

JAMES Albert KELLY Lewis, Lizzie

LUKIES Mr. H. LUPANE Michael

MacDOUGAL Allan MARSH Edward

MILLARD William MITCHELL Lambert

POOLE Charles POTTER Walter

ROBERTS Thomas TAYLOR George

THAW Charles WILSON William, James

WYATH Thomas

Disembarking in Hawkes Bay

Married Families:-

BRYANT Robert, Elizabeth.

GRIFFIN Patrick, Mary, Lynn, Michael.

HABGOOD(?) Ebeneza, Hannah, Mary, Kate, Sarah.

HABGOOD(?) Thomas, Alice.

MEREDITH Jas, Annie.

WALLACE John, Margaret, Maggie.

WALSH Edward, Honora, Mary, John.

WILLOUGHBY Charles, Edith, Edith, Mary.

Single Persons:-

CAMPBELL Annie CREIDON(?) Mary

CUSHLEY Mary DOWDELL Ann

KETCHER Julia KENNEDY Eliza

KYLE Catherine LOONEY(?) Mary

LYNN Eliza McALEER(?) Jane

McGROGAN May McTEAGUE Rose

MALE Annie PAYNE Susan

PERCY Isabella, Hannah READ Charlotte

TAYLOR Elizabeth TAYLOR Hannah

WHITE Ellen

CAMPBELL Andrew CLARKE Peter

CRUDON(?) John KITCHER (?)mal

KYLE James McGHEE John

MacKENZIE John McLEAN Alexander

McLEOD John MADDEN Pat, Bridget

NELSON Per O’HARA David, James

ROGERS James TAYLOR Alfred

WALLACE Danny, Thomas WILSON John

Disembarking in Nelson

EVANS William, Elizabeth.

KING Hugh, Catherine, Beatrice.

CONNELL Patrick.

COSTELLOE Joseph

KAVANAGH Desmond

SMITH Thomas

STACK John

CONNEL Mary

HENNESSY Mary, Briager(?)

GARDENER Sarah

POTTER Minnie

SINCLAIR Hannah

THOMAS Ellen, Mary

Disembarking in Westland

Single Persons:-

LOCKLEY Mary BOYLE Jane

FITZGERALD Kate KEENAN Annie

McGLOVE Annie, Mary, Agnes, John, James

STEWART Mary

HENRY Patrick McGLOVE Charles

McGLOVE Charles, Danie, Robert RODGERS Mrs. H.

ROONEY John STEWART Charles, Patrick

Disembarking in Taranaki

DROSDOWSKI Franz, Marianne, Rosalie, Franz.

DROSDOWSKI Michael, Ratharnia, Barbara, Francesca, Agnes, ?, Johan.

BARNES Frederick

DROSDOWSKI Joseph

ENSOR Ernest

O’BRIEN Timothy

O’SULLIVAN Cornelius

CONNELLY May, Elizabeth

DROSDOWSKI Julianin

Disembarking in Marlborough

SULLIVAN Thomas, Cornelius

The above information was obtained from copies of the original held by the LDS Church.

(?) indicates name or letters of names not easily discernable.

Further details on the British King are:-

1. Transcript of Immigration letters relating to the voyage.

2. Specifications of the British King.

3. About the British King.

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