Ambrosine
Barque: 437 tons
Captain: Parsons
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London October 29th 1859 - arrived Lyttelton February 15th 1860
Ambrosine, 437 tons, Captain Parsons,
sailed 29th October, 1859, arrived 18th February. This barque sailed from London two days
after the wreck of the Royal Charter, and met with terrific gales in the Channel. Shipping
generally suffered severe damage during these gales. The barque sailed finally from Ushant
on 9th November, and made a run of 29 days to the Equator. Captai Parsons reported heavy
gales throughour the voyage.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Chief Cabin Passengers | ||||
| Abbott | Mr | |||
| Mrs | ||||
| Miss | ||||
| Miss | ||||
| Revans | Mr | |||
| Miss | ||||
| Miss | ||||
| Master | ||||
| Paying Steerage Passengers | ||||
| Baker | W | |||
| Bax | Charles | |||
| Harriett | ||||
| Dunlop | J | |||
| Gardner | G | |||
| Irons | George | |||
| Putron | Frederick | |||
| Ribman | Charles | |||
| Wynd | J | |||
| Assisted Steerage Passengers | ||||
| Families and Children | ||||
| Butler | David | 26 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 23 | |||
| Catherine | 1 | |||
| Bugg | Jonathan | 37 | Suffolk | Ploughman |
| Mary | 30 | |||
| John | 11 | |||
| Jane | 7 | |||
| George | 5 | |||
| Marianne | 18 months | |||
| Crow | Thomas | 34 | Essex | Farm Labourer |
| Eliza | 30 | |||
| Frederick | 9 | |||
| Rhoda | 8 | |||
| Harry | 6 | |||
| Elizabeth | 11 | |||
| Ellen | 4 | |||
| Walter | 2 | |||
| Daniel | 10 months | |||
| Foden | Edward | 34 | Staffordshire | Labourer |
| Mary Ann | 36 | |||
| Green | John | 32 | Suffolk | Labourer |
| Eliza | 31 | |||
| Grigson | William | 38 | The Provincial Government initially gives �2.0.0 in this case. The passage costing only �15 per adult. | |
| Ann | 34 | |||
| Ann | 13 | T/F to single women | ||
| Susanna | 11 | |||
| Herbert | Mary | 25 | Middlesex | |
| Clements | Fanny | 28 | T/F to single women | |
| Holmes | Thomas | 26 | Middlesex | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 28 | |||
| McNicoll | Charles | 30 | Scotland | Shoemaker |
| Rachel | 30 | |||
| Morley | Henry | 57 | Suffolk | Farm Labourer |
| Susan | 48 | |||
| Charles | 18 | T/F to single men | ||
| Mary | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
| William | 8 | |||
| Osborne | Thomas | 28 | Kent | Gardener |
| Frances Mary | 26 | |||
| Thomas | 2 | |||
| Frances Mary | Infant | |||
| Vague | William | 50 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Jane | 51 | |||
| Edmund | 10 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Forster | Richard | 18 | Kings County | Farm Labourer |
| Lawcock | John | 24 | Lanark | Shepherd |
| Mathew | Alexander | 24 | Forfar | Farm Labourer |
| McMorran | James | 19 | Lanark | Shepherd |
| Morley | Charles | 18 | Suffolk | Labourer |
| Reeves | William | 22 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Rolfe | Samuel | 15 | Suffolk | Labourer |
| Whole family crossed out on list. No indication as to reason. | ||||
| Yeomans | Edward | 37 | Stafford | Labourer |
| Emma | 11 | T/F to single women | ||
| Mary | 7 | T/F to single women | ||
| Single Women | ||||
| Bugg | Mary | 18 | Domestic Servant | |
| Clements | Fanny | 28 | Domestic Servant | |
| Close | Mary | 33 | ||
| Mary | 11 | |||
| Elizabeth | 6 | |||
| Cummings | Eliza | 40 | Middlesex | Housekeeper Matron. To act also as Schoolmistress |
| Grigson | Ann | 13 | Suffolk | Domestic Servant |
| Lovett | Sarah | 21 | Stafordshire | Domestic Servant |
| Mathew | Ann | 32 | Forfar | Domestic Servant |
| Crossed out | ||||
| Morley | Mary | 16 | Domestic Servant | |
| Yeomans | Emma | 11 | ||
| Mary | 7 | |||
Copyright Denise & Peter 2001 - 2009
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IMCH4/28
Lyttelton Times February 18th 1860