Olympus
Barque: 500 Tons
Captain: John Whyte
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr. Henry Manning
Sailed London June 16th 1842 - arrived Nelson October 28th 1842
Name | Age | Occupation | Comments | |
Cabin Passengers | ||||
Manning | Henry | Surgeon | ||
Rowe | Anthony | 21 | ||
Thorp | Charles | 21 | ||
Weightman | William Alexander | 23 | ||
Wells | William | 32 | ||
Emmigrants | ||||
Antony | Alfred | 22 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Sarah | 20 | |||
Bagnall | William | 35 | Carpenter & Joiner | |
Lydia | 34 | |||
Mary | 11 | |||
Ann | 9 | |||
Bartlett | John | 37 | Labourer | |
Maria | 34 | |||
Joseph | 12 | |||
Thomas | 10 | |||
Ann | 7 | |||
Mary | 3 | |||
Robert | Infant | |||
Batt | John | 26 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Ann | 20 | |||
Bomforth | Henry | 22 | Woodturner | |
Caroline | 21 | |||
Martha | 9 months | |||
Bomforth | John | 37 | Carpenter | |
Harriet | 38 | |||
Harriet Maria | 14 | Sempstress | ||
Sarah Jane | 11 | |||
Eliza | 7 | |||
Mary | 5 | |||
George | 3 | |||
James | Infant | |||
Chant | William | 25 | General labourer | |
Eliza | 21 | |||
Ellen | Infant | |||
Childs | Charles | 21 | Baker | |
Clark | Ishmael | 35 | Carpenter | |
Betsy | 34 | |||
George | 11 | |||
Thomas | 7 | |||
Rhoda | 2 | |||
Elizabeth | Infant | |||
Clark | Joseph | 25 | Farm Servant | |
Amelia | 27 | |||
Edwards | John | 32 | Carpenter & Joiner | |
Mary | 33 | |||
Jane | 8 | |||
John | 7 | |||
William | 3 | |||
Robert | 3 months | |||
Hall | Edward | 25 | Tailor | |
Elizabeth | 26 | |||
John | 2 | |||
Sarah | Infant | |||
Harvey | William | 38 | Sawyer | |
Hannah | 38 | |||
William Jnr | 20 | Sawyer | ||
Abraham | 18 | Sawyer | ||
Hannah | 16 | Sempstress | ||
Nathan | 14 | Labourer | ||
Harriett | 12 | |||
Catherine | 4 | |||
Hewitson | Joseph | 37 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Jane | 21 | |||
Child by a former wife | 10 | |||
Hough | William | 34 | Millwright & Sawyer | |
Ann | 24 | |||
Ellen Susannah | 5 | |||
Mary Ann | 1 | |||
Sarah | 1 month | |||
Johnson | George | 23 | Smith | |
Martha | 21 | |||
Jones | William | 34 | Carpenter & Joiner | |
Margaret | 33 | |||
William Henry | 9 | |||
Cecilia | 6 | |||
Knapp | James | 21 | Mason's Labourer | |
Ellen | 17 | |||
Knight | Mary | 16 | Domestic Servant | Sister of Mrs Batt |
Laney | Edward | 34 | Baker | |
Mary | 31 | |||
William | Infant | |||
Lucas | Charles | 22 | Shoemaker | |
Elizabeth | 23 | |||
Lucy Jane | 1 | |||
Matthews | Charles | 37 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Eliza | 37 | |||
Thomas | 11 | |||
Sarah Ann | 9 | |||
Richard | 7 | |||
Mary | 5 | |||
Naomi | 1 | |||
Moulder | William | 25 | Gardener | |
Mary Ann | 28 | |||
William | 3 | |||
Eliza | 1 | |||
Palmer | William | 36 | Agricultural Labourer, Mason & Builder | |
Elizabeth | 33 | |||
Ann | 10 | |||
Hannah | 8 | |||
Job | 5 | |||
William | 2 | |||
Phillips | William | 22 | Carpenter | |
Price | Thomas | 35 | Gardener | |
Dinah | 33 | |||
Caroline | 11 | |||
John | 9 | |||
Sarah | 7 | |||
Joseph | 5 | |||
Thomas | 3 | |||
Ann | 1 | |||
Prior | John | 22 | Carpenter & Wheelwright | |
Alice | 20 | |||
Tilley | Jonathon | 29 | Shoemaker | |
Mary | 34 | |||
William | 5 | |||
Mary | 2 | |||
Trask | Joseph | 27 | Farm Labourer | |
Jane | 28 | |||
Alfred George | 1 | |||
Warner | Richard | 23 | Quarryman & Blacksmith | |
Eliza | 23 | |||
Richard Jnr | 1 | |||
Wenmoth | William | 36 | Carpenter & Joiner | |
Nancy | 38 | |||
Ann | 14 | Servant | ||
Eliza | 7 | |||
Joseph | 4 | |||
White | Henry | 10 }Children of Mrs Laney | ||
Ann | 8 }by a former marriage | |||
White | Charles | 34 | Bricklayer & Agricultural Labourer | |
Hannah | 34 | |||
Mary Ann | 13 | |||
William | 9 | |||
Sarah Jane | 5 | |||
Woodward | Margaret | 27 | Dressmaker | |
Woodward | Mary | 25 | Dressmaker | |
Woodward | Eleanor | 18 | Dressmaker | |
Woodward | Robert | 23 | Blacksmith | |
Margaret | 22 | |||
CHANT family: William and Eliza CHANT (nee Trihorn) and their infant daughter Ellen arrived on this sailing of the Olympus. William was born 1816, Sherborne, Dorset. Eliza was born 1820 in Salisbury,Wiltshire. They married in Southampton, 31 Jan 1841. They settled in Nelson before moving to Motueka, where in 1869, William Chant is listed as a brewer. They had 10 children. If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact Sarah Johnston. |
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BARTLETT family: This family was assisted in their passage to New Zealand by the Vestry of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, East Chinnock and by help given to the family by Lord Portman. Although listed as a Labourer (ag lab) John had been working in a local factory making canvas. They first lived in a nikau whare in the Maitai Valley before moving to Marlborough where work was found on the Adams' estate. They built a cob house which still stands. More information about this family from Grev Bartlett |
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LANEY family: |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 1999 - 2009
Reference:
Archives New Zealand NZC 34/2 p 367