Oamaru
Ship: 1306 tons
Captain: Stuart
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed Glasgow 24th October 1877 - arrived Bluff 13th January 1878
Port Chalmers 18th January 1878
The Oamaru was a handsome, fairly
fast, and most comfortable iron ship. She made no less than 24 complete voyages to New
Zealand and Home again, landing hundreds of immigrants at all the principle ports. On the
voyage to Bluff in 1878 the Oamaru encountered very severe gales the day after her
departure, and they continued for eight days, during which the ship made but little
progress. The Oamaru in 1905 was sold and renamed the Fox, and rigged as a barque. She was
eventually abandoned at sea, timber-laden, off Pensacola, USA.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Passengers bound for Bluff | ||||
Families and Children | ||||
Angus | Alexander | 33 | Perth | Farm labourer |
Margaret | 24 | |||
Angus | David | 21 | Perth | Good Guard |
Jane | 24 | |||
Connolly | Thomas | 32 | Staffordshire | Bricklayers Labourer |
Bridget | 30 | |||
Thomas | 4 | |||
Ready | Mary | 9 | Travelled with Connolly | |
Crawley | Thomas | 20 | Wigtownshire | Labourer |
Margaret | 23 | |||
Currie | Dougal | Argyl | Farm Labourer | |
Jane | ||||
Davis | William | 26 | Perth | Carpenter |
Mary | 25 | |||
Edwards | Thomas | 31 | Montgomeryshire | Joiner |
Annie | 28 | |||
John G | 2 | |||
Georgeson | Haldon | 31 | Lerwick | Labourer |
Williamina | 32 | |||
J W | 2 | |||
Grace | 2 months | |||
Kelcher | Batt | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Dora | 24 | |||
Mulligan | Patrick | 44 | Tyrone | Farmer |
Margaret | 40 | |||
Kate | 20 | TF to s/w | ||
Anne | 18 | TF to s/w | ||
Patrick | 16 | TF to s/m | ||
Mary | 13 | TF to s/w | ||
Bridget | 8 | |||
Salter | William | 63 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Francis | 57 | |||
Scully | Michael | 20 | Galway | Farm Labourer |
Bridget | 24 | |||
Thomas | 10 months | |||
Thomas | William H | 25 | Somersetshire | Farm Labourer |
Sarah | 31 | |||
William H | 2 | |||
John Charles | 2 months | |||
Phillip | 21 | TF to s/m | ||
Single Men | ||||
Fotheringham | John | 21 | Stirlingshire | Farm Labourer |
Jennings | Richard | 23 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Edward | 21 | Cork | Farm Labourer | |
McAleer | James | 22 | Monaghan | Labourer |
McCarthy | Denis | 25 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Mulligan | Patrick | 16 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
Nicoll | John | 20 | Perth | Joiner |
Raferty | William | 23 | Galway | Farm Labourer |
Ravenscroft | Henry | 23 | Lancashire | Farm Labourer |
Ross | Alexander | 15 | Sutherland | Farm Labourer |
Archibald | 20 | Sutherland | Farm Labourer | |
Rowlands | Thomas | 24 | Monmouth | Farm Labourer |
Smith | George | 22 | Lancashire | Farm Labourer |
Thomas | Phillip | 21 | Somersetshire | Farm Labourer |
Thomas | Alexander | 31 | Argyl | Labourer |
White | George | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
Wrea | John M | 21 | Argyl | Farm Labourer |
Single Women | ||||
Currie | Margaret | 22 | Argyl | Domestic Servant |
Alexander | 8 | Argyl | Domestic Servant | |
Down | Rebecca | 27 | Lancashire | Domestic Servant |
Ford | Mary | 30 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
Sabrina | 18 | Galway | Domestic Servant | |
Irvine | Margaret | 27 | Shetland | Domestic Servant |
Mulligan | Kate | 20 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
Anne | 18 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant | |
Mary | 13 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant | |
Nicoll | Elizabeth | 16 | Perth | Domestic Servant |
Walsh | Kate | 22 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
Sangster | Mary | 65 | Aberdeen | Domestic Servant |
Elizabeth | 31 | Aberdeen | MATRON to single women | |
Passengers bound for Port Chalmers | ||||
Families and Children | ||||
Connors | Peter | 23 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Bridget | 24 | |||
Crawford | Eccles | 41 | Galway | Farm Labourer |
Margaret | 40 | |||
Elizabeth | 18 | TF to s/w | ||
Minnie | 16 | TF to s/w | ||
James | 14 | TF to s/m | ||
George | 12 | TF to s/m | ||
Susan | 10 | |||
Eccles | 8 | |||
Dawson | Robert | 40 | Durham | Bricklayer |
Mary | 36 | |||
Annie | 15 | TF to s/w | ||
Edward | 9 | |||
Robert E | 3 | |||
Dwyer | William | 26 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 26 | |||
James | 3 | |||
William | 8 months | |||
Gatinby | Samuel | 28 | Renfrewshire | Farm Servant |
Margaret | 27 | |||
William | 8 | |||
Anne | 4 | |||
Horn | Thomas | 30 | Midlothian | Labourer |
Margaret | 29 | |||
McKeag | Richard | 22 | Antrim | Labourer |
Agnes | 20 | |||
Jane | 9 months | |||
Mealy | Michael | 26 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 21 | |||
Miller | Peter | 32 | Lanark | Bricklayer |
Isabella | 20 | |||
Matthew | 10 | |||
Alexander | 9 | |||
Margaret | 8 | |||
O'Brien | Michael | 40 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Bridget | 39 | |||
Margaret | 16 | TF to s/w | ||
Ellen | 14 | TF to s/w | ||
Ann | 13 | TF to s/w | ||
Hanna | 11 | |||
Bridget | 9 | |||
Alice | 5 | |||
Elizabeth | 3 | |||
Riely | Patrick | 21 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Johanna | 22 | |||
Thompson | Neil | 25 | Wigtonshire | |
Mary R | 25 | |||
Wilson | Robert | 26 | Renfrew | Bricklayer |
R | ||||
Yorston | David | 21 | Orkney | Carpenter |
Ann R | 18 | |||
Single Men | ||||
Addison | William | 30 | Haddington | Gardener |
Allison | William | 36 | Ayr | Farm Labourer |
Allison | William | 35 | Forfar | Carpenter |
Barrett | James | 18 | Londonderry | Farm Labourer |
Brown | John S | 38 | Fife | Ploughman |
Cairns | Patrick | 23 | Lancashire | Farm Labourer |
Carty | Patrick | 19 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
Charters | Thomas | 27 | Lanark | Gardener |
Connaghan | Patrick | 24 | Donegal | Farm Labourer |
Connors | Timothy | 31 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Corkery | John | 21 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Coulter | John | 18 | Donegal | Farm Labourer |
Coutts | George | 21 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
Cranwell | Thomas | 20 | Wexford | Groom |
Crawford | James | 14 | Galway | |
George | 12 | Galway | ||
Crowe | William | 23 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Cunningham | James | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
Cuthbert | William | 26 | Midlothian | Mason |
Davidson | Frances | 24 | Peebles | Farm Labourer |
Denahy | William | 23 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Doherty | George | 21 | Londonderry | Farm Labourer |
Donohue | John | 20 | Galway | Farm Labourer |
Dwyer | Thomas | 30 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Finn | John | 25 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Michael | 24 | Cork | Farm Labourer | |
Finlay | Patrick | 19 | Down | Farm Labourer |
Fitzgerald | Edmond | 27 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Fitzpatrick | John | 20 | Londonderry | Farm Labourer |
Fitzpatrick | Patrick | 20 | Londonderry | Farm Labourer |
Thomas | 20 | Londonderry | Farm Labourer | |
Flood | Thomas | 21 | Longford | Farm Labourer |
Gilfillan | Duncan | 21 | Lanark | Carpenter |
Goorlick | Edward | 19 | Longford | Farm Labourer |
Hannon | Edmond | 20 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Hogan | Michael | 20 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Hurley | Matthew | 22 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
Johnson | James | 38 | Shetland | Farm Labourer |
Johnstone | George | 24 | Cavan | Farm Labourer |
Joyce | Thomas | 21 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
Keane | John | 25 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Keating | Maurice | 21 | Derry | Farm Labourer |
Kennshaw | William | 22 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Kiely | Philip | 21 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
James | 18 | Cork | Farm Labourer | |
King | Thomas | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
Lawrence | William | 21 | Derry | Farm Labourer |
Leonard | Michael | 26 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Lewis | Richard | 28 | Montgomery | Farm Labourer |
Lyre | David | 25 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
Mackay | Peter | 23 | Lanark | Shepherd |
Maghran | Philip | 18 | Londonderry | Farm Labourer |
Magner | Edmund | 21 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Thomas | 19 | Cork | Farm Labourer | |
Mannix | Daniel | 12 | Kerry | |
McCarthy | Michael | 22 | Cork | Carpenter |
McCarthy | Timothy | 24 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
McCarthy | Timothy | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
McCready | Thomas | 19 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
McGrath | Francis | 20 | Londonderry | Farm Labourer |
McIldowney | Hugh | 28 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
McKinney | W J | 17 | Londonderry | Farm Labourer |
McLean | Duncan | 22 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
McLellan | Archibald | 21 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
McLennon | Angus | 20 | Lanark | Shepherd |
McMullan | William J | 19 | Down | Farm Labourer |
McPherson | David | 21 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
John | 22 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer | |
McStrancer | C J | 19 | Londonderry | Farm Labourer |
McTaggart | Daniel | 23 | Londonderry | Farm Labourer |
Musterd | Robert | 24 | Midlothian | Joiner |
Nevin | John | 24 | Londonderry | Farm Labourer |
O'Brien | Terence | 21 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
O'Keefe | John | 21 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Ortowski | Joseph | 25 | Middlesex | Farm Labourer |
O'Shea | Patrick | 19 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Power | Patrick | 20 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Edmund | 30 | Limerick | Farm Labourer | |
John | 15 | Limerick | Farm Labourer | |
Rea | John | 24 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Renwicke | George | 23 | Selkirk | Farm Labourer |
Small | Michael | 27 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Smith | George H | 26 | Lancashire | Grocer |
Splaine | Patrick | 28 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Sullivan | Denis | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
Sullivan | Daniel | 20 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
Thompson | John | 19 | Londonderry | Farm Labourer |
Turley | Michael | 20 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Single Women | ||||
Allison | Catherine | 24 | Ayr | Dairymaid |
Bagshaw | Susan | 25 | Forfar | Domestic Servant |
Eliza | 14 | Forfar | ||
Leslie | David | 7 | Forfar | Travelled with Bagshaw |
Bourke | Mary | 22 | Limerick | Dairymaid |
Boyle | Margaret | 21 | Londonderry | Domestic Servant |
Buckley | Bridget | 20 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Carty | Isabella | 22 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Clarke | Rebecca | 20 | Londonderry | Domestic Servant |
Connaghan | Sarah | 22 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Corbin | Ann | 21 | Monaghan | Domestic Servant |
Cordwick | Mary | 22 | Fermanagh | Domestic Servant |
Corkery | Honora | 18 | Cork | Dairymaid |
Crawford | Eliza | 18 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
Minnie | 16 | Galway | Domestic Servant | |
Dawson | Annie | 15 | Durham | Domestic Servant |
Dillon | Bridget | 19 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Donaghy | Mary A | 24 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Donoghue | Ellen | 17 | Galway | Farm Servant |
Fitzpatrick | Eliza J | 17 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Gillespie | Ann | 19 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Elizabeth | 26 | Donegal | Domestic Servant | |
Gordon | Jane | 22 | Caithness | Domestic Servant |
Henderson | Elizabeth | 23 | Ayr | Domestic Servant |
Lee | Sarah | 20 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
Mannix | Margaret | 33 | Kerry | General Servant |
David | 12 | TF to s/m | ||
Nano | 10 | Kerry | ||
Jeremiah | 8 | Kerry | ||
Julian | 6 | Kerry | ||
John | 2 | Kerry | ||
McConnell | Annie | 20 | Londonderry | Domestic Servant |
McCormack | Ann | 21 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
McCowley | Margaret | 22 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
McHugh | Bridget | 19 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
McKennon | Ann | 28 | Lanark | Cook |
McLary | Margaret | 21 | Cork | Domestic Servant |
McMillan | Margaret | 15 | Antrim | Domestic Servant |
Lizzie Ann | 13 | Antrim | Domestic Servant | |
Moorhead | Rose Ann | 17 | Monaghan | Nurse |
O'Brien | Margaret | 16 | Limerick | Dairymaid |
Ellen | 14 | Limerick | ||
Ann | 13 | Limerick | ||
O'Hara | Sarah | 18 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
O'Regan | Jane | 19 | Londonderry | General Servant |
O'Shea | Margaret | 25 | Limerick | Farm Servant |
Reid | Isabella | 20 | Down | Farm Servant |
Maggie | 19 | Down | Farm Servant | |
Robinson | Ann Jane | 19 | Fermanagh | Domestic Servant |
Robinson | Margaret | 17 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Ronan | Catherine | 15 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
Shearer | Margaret | 18 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Simmons | Margaret | 34 | Lancashire | Domestic Servant |
Hugh | 10 | Lancashire | ||
Thomas | 9 | Lancashire | ||
Annie | 3 | Lancashire | ||
Spence | Robina | 32 | Midlothian | Domestic Servant |
Spratt | Mary J | 18 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Rebecca | 16 | Donegal | Domestic Servant | |
Tagney | Catherine | 19 | Kerry | Domestic Servant |
Vahey | Sarah | 18 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
Walsh | Bridget | 18 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
Welsh | Mary | 24 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
White | Annie | 32 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Peter & Bridget CONNORS: Peter and Bridget (nee Rial or Railne) where married July 31st 1877 at Cappamore, Limerick, Ireland. A son of tha above and my Grandfather, William James (Jim) Connors, born Invercargill January 10th 1894, married Nellie Nora Hill, On July 19th 1922. Jim died in Invercargill on January 27th 1938, from head injuries after being hit by a car! ( luck of the Irish!) He and Nellie had 7 children, Philip Patrick, Joan Margaret (D), Eileen (D), Maureen, Albert, and Ellen Nora ( my mother) plus one other who died at birth. William James served in the First World War with the Otago Mounted Riffles, embarking on October 16th 1814. Little is known about this side of my family as William James died when my Mother was very young (about 3) and my Grandmother never spoke much of him. Timothy Connors aged 31 of Limerick, and also on the Oamaru, could of been an elder brother of Peters? I am looking for any descendants of Peter and Bridget Connors. If you have a connection with this family please contact Gayle-Anne ( nee Bannerman). |
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Elizabeth
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Copyright Denise & Peter 2000 - 2006
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IM15/309