Waitangi
Ship:1128 tons
Captain: Hodder
Surgeon Superintendent: Mr Mackintosh Collie
Sailed Plymouth July 1st 1875 - arrived Lyttelton September 25th 1879
The beautiful clipper Merope was built
in 1870 for the Shaw Savell Co., and after completing eighteen voyages to New Zealand was
destroyed by fire when Homeward bound from Lyttelton in 1890. She was a full-rigged ship
on 1050 tons until early in the eighties, when she was rigged as a barque. The
Merope sailed mostly from London Docks, but on several occasions departed from Glasgow.
When the ship was launched in 1870, Captain Henry Rose was placed in command and on the
passage of the following year made a sensational run to Lyttelton.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Saloon Passengers | ||||
| Bidmead | Miss | |||
| Browne | Mr C R B | |||
| Houlder | Mr T E Jnr | |||
| Homan | Mr | |||
| Jones | Reverend J J | |||
| Mrs | ||||
| Murray | Mr W M | |||
| Rait | Mr | |||
| Robson | Mrs | |||
| Rutherford | Mr | |||
| Mrs | ||||
| Katherine | ||||
| William S | ||||
| John S | ||||
| Jane | ||||
| Ellen M | ||||
| Jenette | ||||
| Georgina | ||||
| Rosina | ||||
| James B | ||||
| Annie E | ||||
| Sayers | Miss Alice | |||
| Tulloch | Mr | |||
| Wilberfoss | Mr | |||
| Wyllie | Mr | |||
| Second Cabin Passengers | ||||
| Badger | Thomas | |||
| Booker | Mr | |||
| Britten | Mary | |||
| Curle | Eleanor | |||
| Dawes | Jane | |||
| John S | ||||
| Farr | Herbert F | |||
| Henry P | ||||
| Garforth | Charles | |||
| Sydney | ||||
| Honeywood | Cecil R | |||
| Leigh | Amelia | |||
| Elizabeth | ||||
| McAllum | Frederick | |||
| Martin | T F | |||
| Rushby | John | |||
| Spence | G W | |||
| Spratt | Sydney J | |||
| Walter J | ||||
| Steele | Miss A | |||
| Thompson | Edmund | |||
| Wilkinson | Edward | |||
| Harriet | ||||
| Ada L | ||||
| Steerage Passengers | ||||
| Alesbrook | George | |||
| Allsebrook | Richard | |||
| Anderson | Joseph | |||
| Ashley | William | |||
| David | ||||
| Asplen | Mary | |||
| Baxter | John | |||
| Benson | George | |||
| Best | Benjamin | |||
| Jane A | ||||
| Henry | ||||
| John F | ||||
| William E | ||||
| Bill | W | |||
| Bond | Hector | |||
| Brierly | Thomas E | |||
| Boulby | Robert | |||
| Bull | John | |||
| Bunning | Edward | |||
| Eliza | ||||
| Burns | Herbert | |||
| James | ||||
| Elizabeth | ||||
| Frederick | ||||
| Herbert | ||||
| Caldwell | John L | |||
| Carr | William E | |||
| W J | ||||
| Cashman | Daniel | |||
| Ellen | ||||
| Clever | John | |||
| Eliza | ||||
| Clement | ||||
| William | ||||
| Coleman | Luke | |||
| Cooksley | George | |||
| Cronin | Patrick | |||
| Cunningham | Patrick | |||
| Curtis | John | |||
| Joseph | ||||
| Dalton | Michael | |||
| Davis | Thomas | |||
| Ellen | ||||
| Day | James | |||
| Deacon | William | |||
| Samuel | ||||
| Donald | James | |||
| Dowthwaite | Alfred | |||
| Sarah | ||||
| Duggin | Michael | |||
| Ede | Joseph | |||
| Edmonds | Edwin | |||
| Thomas | ||||
| Sarah | ||||
| Jane | ||||
| Elwood | John | |||
| Margaret | ||||
| Edward | ||||
| Thomas | ||||
| Arthur | ||||
| Joseph | ||||
| Ernest | ||||
| Espiner | Paul E | |||
| Evans | Alfred | |||
| Sarah | ||||
| Fenton | Thomas | |||
| Fleming | Richard | |||
| Fortune | James | |||
| Franklin | Alfred | |||
| Garrett | Ernest S | |||
| Henry S | ||||
| Gilbanks | George | |||
| Goldstone | Charles | |||
| Florence | ||||
| Griffin | Martha | |||
| Eliza | ||||
| Martha | ||||
| Groves | William | |||
| Esther | ||||
| Gunderson | Herbert | |||
| Hallewell | Israel | |||
| Harley | George | |||
| Harris | Charles | |||
| Harrison | Dorothy | |||
| Hatcliffe | William | |||
| Hayes | James | |||
| Heatley | John | |||
| Hendry | John J | |||
| Henry | David | |||
| Jane | ||||
| Herd | Joseph | |||
| Heseltine | Anthony | |||
| Hill | Samuel D | |||
| Hobson | John C | |||
| Susannah | ||||
| Holland | James | |||
| Hopkins | Thomas | |||
| Emily | ||||
| Hosie | William | |||
| James | ||||
| Houghton | Charles E | |||
| Hutt | Alfred | |||
| Irvine | Eliza | |||
| Eliza | ||||
| Jennings | Emma | |||
| Herbert | ||||
| Louisa | ||||
| Jones | Sydney | |||
| Keeley | George | |||
| Ellen A | ||||
| May | ||||
| King | Job | |||
| Kipage | Robert | |||
| Kore | William | |||
| Lahn | H | |||
| Laing | George | |||
| Lloyd | George | |||
| Lynch | Thomas | |||
| McFall | Thomas | |||
| Elizabeth | ||||
| McGowen | Edward | |||
| Matthews | R | |||
| Michael | George | |||
| Mitchell | Alexander | |||
| Moore | Thomas | |||
| Julia | ||||
| Morris | Isaac | |||
| M A | ||||
| Sydney | ||||
| Frederick | ||||
| Augusta | ||||
| Isaac | ||||
| Arthur | ||||
| Dudley | ||||
| Robert | ||||
| Ernest | ||||
| Nolan | James | |||
| O'Malley | Rose | |||
| Pannell | George | |||
| Parker | Charles F | |||
| Roberts | William E | |||
| Ross | William | |||
| Rowland | George E | |||
| Mary E | ||||
| Rutherford | George | |||
| Smith | Henry | |||
| Sayer | William C | |||
| Shipton | William | |||
| Smith | Sydney | |||
| Emma | ||||
| Kate | ||||
| Ellen | ||||
| Henry | ||||
| Ruth | ||||
| Rose | ||||
| Frederick | ||||
| Arthur | ||||
| Steele | Samuel | |||
| Smith | Alfred | |||
| Sarah | ||||
| Martha | ||||
| Frederick W | ||||
| Arthur | ||||
| Spekesley | Thomas | |||
| Stringer | Charles R | |||
| Suttie | William | |||
| Swain | Thomas | |||
| Amelia | ||||
| Thomas | ||||
| Sydney | ||||
| Tennant | James | |||
| Eliza | ||||
| Alfred | ||||
| Mary | ||||
| Tierney | Richard | |||
| Tiper | George | |||
| Elizabeth | ||||
| Willie | ||||
| Whitcombe | E | |||
| Whiting | Charlotte | |||
| Wren | Benjamin | |||
| Juliana | ||||
| W A | ||||
| Matilda | ||||
| Younger | Richard | |||
| Mary S | ||||
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Copyright Denise and Peter 2007
Reference:
The Star September 25th 1879
The Timaru Herald September 27th 1879
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