Adelaide
Ship: 640 Tons
Captain: William Campbell
Surgeon Superintendent: William Johnston M. D.
Sailed London 18th September 1839 - arrived Port Nicholson 7th March 1840
The Adelaide was a teak built craft and the largest of the first five ships that brought the emmigrants to early Wellington. This included some of the high office bearers of the New Zealand Company. Although she left London on the 18th September, the same day as the Aurora, she didn't get away from Falmouth until the 30th. Teneriffe was reached on the 14th October and she spent a couple of days at Santa Cruz where the passengers were allowed on shore. The Equator was crossed on the 14th November and on December 20th Adelaide reached Capetown where she remained until News Year's day. After resuming their journey, New Zealand was sighted on 1st March, called at Port Hardy and was instructed to carry on to Port Nicholson. The Adelaide dropped anchor at Petone on the 7th March in a storm of thunder, lightening and rain, 171 days out from London. Not long afterwards, however, it was decided that a better site for the new township would be Thorndon on the other side of the harbour and the Adelaide together with all her passengers were removed there.
| Name | Age | Occupation | Comment | |
| Cabin Passengers | ||||
| Alder | George | Under 9 | ||
| von Alzdorf | Baron Charles | |||
| Cole | George T. | |||
| Cole | Henry | |||
| Cook | Henry | |||
| Cook | Thomas Uppadine | |||
| Daniell | Captain Edward | 38 | ||
| Wife | ||||
| Laurence | ||||
| Durie | Major David Stark | 36 | ||
| Evans | Dr George Samuel | 39 | ||
| Harriet | ||||
| Johnson | Frank | |||
| Kembell | Robert | |||
| Luscombe | J. H. | |||
| Millar | Archibald | |||
| Wife | ||||
| Lucy Anne | Under 14 | |||
| Jessey | Under 9 | |||
| Harry | Under 9 | |||
| Roderick | Born at sea | |||
| Natrass | John | |||
| Natrass | Luke | |||
| Oliveira | Leocadia de | 20 | ||
| Partridge | T. M. | |||
| Reid | James | 39 | ||
| Revans | Samuel | |||
| Riddiford | Amelia | |||
| Riddiford | Daniel | 25 | ||
| Harriot | 25 | |||
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Ellen |
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Born at sea |
| Ruther (Rutter) | Samuel | 20 | ||
| St. Hill | Henry | |||
| Wife | ||||
| Smith | Mrs William Mein | Husband travelled ahead on the Cuba | ||
| Fanny | Under 9 | |||
| George | Under 9 | |||
| Wallace | Under 9 | |||
| Taine | James John | 23 | ||
| Thomas | Joseph | |||
| Thomas | William | |||
| Tilke | Ann | 30 | First school teacher in Wellington | |
| Steerage Passengers | ||||
| Andrews | George Robert | 24 | Shoemaker | |
| Beaumont | Robert | 30 | Baker | |
| Elizabeth | 26 | |||
| Son | 8 | |||
| Beckers | Eliza | 19 | Nursemaid | Nursemaid to Captain Edward Daniell |
| Bell | Charles Fraser | 27 | Gardener | |
| Jane | 30 | |||
| Bennett | Charlotte | 22 | Husband travelled ahead on the Cuba | |
| Son | 11 weeks | |||
| Boyle | Rachael | 30 | Servant | |
| Bradey | Francis | 45 | Agriculturalist | Son from first marraige Francis Bradey on Phoebe Dunbar |
| Keturah | 38 | |||
| Emma | 20 | Servant | Servant to Doctor and Mrs Evans | |
| Francis | 12 | |||
| Mary Jane | 9 | |||
| Frederick | 6 | |||
| Anne | 4 | |||
| Matilda | 1 month | Died at sea | ||
| Bradfield | Robert | 34 | Harness Maker | |
| Sarah | 31 | |||
| Sarah | 11 | |||
| Son | Infant | |||
| Brown | William Henry | 25 | Currier | |
| Eliza | 26 | |||
| Eliza | 4 | |||
| Buchannan | James | 55 | Infant School Teacher | |
| Burcham | James Nelson | 33 | Gardener | |
| Wife | 33 | |||
| William | ||||
| Buxton | Harry Bridger | 39 | Gardener | |
| Mary Ann | 33 | |||
| Sophia | 9 | |||
| John | 5 | |||
| Harry | 3 | |||
| Daughter | 10 months | Died at sea | ||
| Campbell | Robert | 17 | Servant | |
| Clarke | George | 25 | Agriculturalist | |
| Constable | Edward | 24 | Bricklayer | Servant to A. Millar |
| Jane | 25 | |||
| John | ||||
| Ellerm | Edward | 35 | Cooper | |
| Louiza | 34 | |||
| Edward John | 16 | Cooper | ||
| Henry Benjamin | 12 | |||
| William | 7 | |||
| Samuel | 9 months | |||
| Evans | John | 24 | Harness Maker & Carpenter | |
| Evans | Jessie | 20 | Nurse Maid | |
| Filke | Miss Ann | 20 | Infant School Teacher | |
| Caroline | 20 | |||
| Fox | John | 22 | Gardener | |
| Wife | 24 | |||
| Galpin | William | 24 | Butcher & Farmer | |
| Ruth | 29 | |||
| Charlotte | 2 | |||
| Charles Mace | Born at sea | |||
| Guthrie | Thomas | 26 | Farmer | |
| Ann | 24 | |||
| Annie | 4 months | |||
| Harris | John Faint | 31 | Bricklayer | |
| Harriet Catherine Stamford | 31 | |||
| Harriett Catherine | 8 | |||
| William Robert | 6 | |||
| John Phaint | 4 | |||
| Sarah Morris | 5 months | |||
| Henderson | David | 28 | Plumber | |
| Mary Ann | 24 | |||
| Hewett | Alfred | 28 | Currier | |
| Eliza | 26 | |||
| Son | 4 months | |||
| Hunt | Charles | 51 | Baker, Gardener & Bricklayer | |
| Naomi | 44 | |||
| Maria | 24 | Straw Plaiter | ||
| Emily | 20 | Milliner | ||
| Fanny Ellen | 19 | Milliner | ||
| William | 7 | |||
| Jones | Clara Elizabeth | 18 | Nurse Maid | |
| Kempton | Thomas | 28 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Mary Ann | 26 | |||
| Thomas | 3 | |||
| Henry | 8 months | |||
| Knight | Thomas | 28 | Gardener | |
| Laurance | Joseph | 21 | Labourer | Servant to Captain Edward Daniell |
| Longman | Thomas | 20 | Boat Builder | |
| Luxford | William | 39 | Butcher & Farmer | |
| Elizabeth Jasper | 39 | |||
| William Nicholas | 15 | |||
| George Henry | 14 | |||
| Charles Edward | 13 | |||
| Fanny Sarah | 11 | |||
| Elizabeth Habgood | 9 | |||
| Jabez Thomas | 5 | |||
| McKenzie | Mrs | 35 | Servant to Mrs Evans | |
| McKenzie | Thomas W. | 15 | Servant to Mrs Evans | |
| McKew | Peter | 34 | Boot & Shoemaker & Labourer | |
| Sarah | 36 | |||
| McKew | Thomas | 16 | Shoemaker | |
| McKew | Mary Ann | 15 | Shoebinder | |
| Margaret | 8 | |||
| John | 7 | |||
| Sarah | 3 | |||
| Daughter | 12 days | |||
| McNally | James | 36 | Butcher | |
| Louiza | 35 | |||
| Marshall | Sampson | 24 | Currier | |
| Ann | 22 | |||
| Minifie | Elizabeth | 49 | Dressmaker | Widow |
| Thomas | 22 | Plumber | ||
| Josiah | 17 | Painter | ||
| Matilda | 15 | Dressmaker | ||
| William | 9 | |||
| Minifie | John Cox | 24 | Plumber | |
| Mary Elizabeth | 24 | |||
| John | 4 months | Died at sea | ||
| Montague | Lydia | 19 | Maid Servant | Servant to Mrs Smith |
| Pike | Mary Elizabeth | 20 | Servant | |
| Shannon | Florence | 32 | Husband travelled ahead on the Cuba | |
| Sarah | 1 | |||
| Simpson | Joseph | 26 | Gardener | |
| Wife | 27 | |||
| Stoddard | James | 25 | Engineer | |
| Wife | 25 | |||
| Swann | James | 38 | Carpenter & Joiner | |
| Jane Habgood | 39 | |||
| James Harvey | 9� | |||
| Sarah Fanny | 7 | |||
| John Peter | 5 | |||
| Mary Ann | 3 | |||
| William | 1 | Died at sea | ||
| Ticehurst | Edwin | 27 | Carpenter | |
| Maria | 27 | |||
| William | 4 | |||
| Maria | 3 | |||
| Charles | 1 | |||
| Turnbull | William | 24 | Engineer | |
| Turner | Ann | 20 | Dressmaker | |
| Ward | Edward | 18 | Farm Labourer | |
| Ware | James | 32 | Farm Labourer | |
| Sarah | 27 | |||
| Weston | Trayton | 19 | Carpenter & Joiner | |
| Whiteman | William | 15 | Servant | |
| Williams | Eliza | 35 | Cook & Dairy Woman | |
| Wright | James | 25 | ||
| Wright | William | 29 | Boat Builder | Personal Servant to Captain Edward Daniell |
| Yates | Francis Thomas | 22 | Printer | |
| LUXFORD Family: William LUXFORD [aged 39], occupation butcher and farmer, wife Elizabeth Jasper Luxford, n�e NICHOLAS [aged 39], boys: William Nicholas [aged 15], George Henry [aged 14], Charles Edward [aged 13], Jabez Thomas [aged 5], girls: Fanny Sarah [aged 11], Elizabeth Habgood [aged 9]. The family originally came from town of Eastbourne, Sussex, England. They settled in Wellington where they became butchers and merchants and eventually run-holders in the Wairarapa and Manawatu. Nearly all Luxfords in New Zealand are descended from this original emigrant family. William Luxford owned Berhampore Farm in Wellington, where he died in 1870. He was buried in the Bolton Street Cemetery. Elizabeth died in 1873 and was buried with William. If you have a connection with this family or wish to know more please contact Michael Butler |
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| HUNT Family: Charles Hunt [aged 51], occupation baker, gardener and bricklayer, wife Naomi Hunt, n�e LUXFORD [aged 44], and one boy, William [aged 5]. Their daughters were Maria [aged 24], occupation strawplaiter and bonnet-maker, Emily [aged 20], occupation milliner and dressmaker, and Fanny Ellen [aged 17], also a milliner and dressmaker. The family were originally from town of Eastbourne, Sussex, England. Naomi Hunt was an elder sister of William Luxford. The family settled in Lower Hutt and Charles Hunt became a noted Wesleyan Methodist lay preacher in the Hutt. Some of their family eventually settled in the Manawatu. Naomi died in Lower Hutt in 1851 as did Charles in 1871. They are both buried in the Bridge Street Methodist Cemetery, Lower Hutt. If you have a connection with this family or wish to know more please contact Michael Butler |
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| SWANN Family: James Swann [aged 38], occupation carpenter and joiner; wife Jane Habgood Swann, n�e LUXFORD [aged 39], boys: James Harvey [aged 9�], John Peter [aged 5], William [aged 1 year]; and girls: Sarah Fanny [aged 7] and Mary Ann [aged 3�]. The family was originally from the town of Eastbourne, Sussex, England. Jane Swann was a younger sister of William Luxford. The son, William, died on the voyage to New Zealand. The family settled in Wellington until around 1845, when they moved to Salisbury, South Australia. A further two children were born in Wellington: George Edward, born 1840; and Samuel Joseph, born 1843. James Swann died in Salisbury in 1861 and Jane died there in 1879. They are both buried in the Salisbury Cemetery. If you have a connection with this family or wish to know more please contact Michael Butler |
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| BRADEY family: Francis BRADEY and his second wife Keturah arrived with their children on board the Adelaide in 1840. Francis son from his first marriage Francis Henry BRADEY followed the family out on board the Phoebe Dunbar in 1850. His daughter, Mary Jane BRADEY (9 at the time of her arrival in New Zealand) was to become the Mother of Louis Ward who gained fame as the author of the oft quoted Early Wellington. If you have an interest in this family or would like to learn more please contact Robyn Thorpe. |
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| HARRIS Family: John Faint HARRIS b 1806 then a bricklayer by trade,and his wife Harriet Catherine Stamford (nee) Hough b 1809 started their epic voyage aboard the Adelaide enroute to New Zealand, leaving their home in London, Middlesex, in England. With them they took their children Harriet Catherine b 1833, John Phaint b 1833, William Robert b 1835, and Sarah Morris, b 1839. While residing in New Zealand for three years an Alfred Frederick Harris was born to them on the 2 October 1841 in Pt Nicholson. They decided to go to Australia, for reasons not known yet, aboard the Vanguard [a schooner of 61 tons] departing Pt. Nicholson on the 22nd June 1843 and arriving at Sydney on the 12 July 1843 before heading to Moreton Bay and having another child Elizabeth b 1843. Three more children were born to them George b 1845, Jessie Marion b 1848 and Mary Anne b 1850. John Faint Harris became a builder and settled in Ipswich where he and his family became well known pioneers of the district. If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact Mark & Vicki McLennan |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 1999 - 2009
Reference:
Archives New Zealand NZC 34/1 p59