Amoor
Ship: 1341 tons
Captain: Buchanan
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London 8th April 1864 - arrived Canterbury 1st July 1864
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Cabin Passengers | ||||
Aickin | George | |||
Mrs | ||||
Child | ||||
Gordon | Mr | |||
Mrs | ||||
McNeil | Miss | |||
Miss | ||||
Ormsby | Mr | |||
Taylor | Miss | |||
Master | ||||
Varley | Theophilus | |||
Mrs | ||||
2 children | ||||
Families and Children | ||||
Allison | James R | 22 | Yorkshire | Shoemaker |
Ann | 20 | |||
Andrew | Walter | 22 | Cornwall | Carpenter |
Christiana | 22 | |||
Bennett | John | 35 | Armagh | Farm labourer |
Margaret | 34 | |||
Ann | 11 | |||
George | 9 | |||
Mary Jane | 7 | |||
Robert John | 6 | |||
Maggy | 4 | |||
William J | 2 | |||
Burnett | James | 37 | Herts | Gardener |
Susan | 32 | Died on Board | ||
Mary | 18 | Trans to s/w | ||
James | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
John Thomas | 3 | |||
Davis | Henry | 26 | Pembroke | Farm Labourer |
Hannah | 32 | |||
Morgan | 5 | |||
Simon | 3 | |||
Sarah | 6 months | |||
Fairbourn | George | 32 | Yorkshire | Carpenter |
Frances | 31 | |||
Flesher | William | 26 | Yorkshire | Shoemaker |
Dorothy | 25 | |||
Alfred Richard | 1 | |||
Jane Ann | 4 months | |||
Ham | Philip | 32 | Cornwall | Farm labourer |
Elizabeth | 25 | |||
John Thomas | 5 | |||
Joseph A J | 3 | |||
Isherwood | Roger B | 31 | Lancashire | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 31 | |||
Elizabeth | 7 | |||
Isabella | 4 | |||
Mary Jane | 1 | |||
Jones | Edward | 40 | Denbighshire | Farm Labourer |
Fanny | 39 | |||
John Brammer | 20 | Trans to s/m | ||
Sarah Anne | 16 | Trans to s/w | ||
Kelly | John | 35 | Clare | Shepherd |
Jane | 28 | |||
John | 2 | |||
Lamb | James | 40 | Edinburgh | Carpenter |
Rebecca | 38 | |||
Sarah A | 9 | |||
William A | 3 | |||
Malcolm | James | 33 | Kinross | Carpenter |
Agnes | 33 | |||
Agnes | 7 | |||
Eliza A | 5 | |||
Helen | 3 | |||
Robert | 4 months | |||
Minifie | Henry | 27 | Staffordshire | Bricklayer |
Charlotte | 21 | |||
Nicoll | Joseph | 34 | Yorkshire | Carpenter |
Juliana | 26 | |||
Samuel | 9 | |||
Parker | William C | 25 | Lincolnshire | Bricklayer |
Mary Ann | 32 | |||
Ritchie | William | 25 | Fifeshire | Ploughman |
Betsy | 35 | |||
Rowley | John | 27 | Staffordshire | Labourer |
Fanny | 25 | |||
John | 4 | |||
Agnes | 2 | |||
Emma J | 1 | |||
Salter | Robert | 30 | Devon | Farm Labourer |
Frances | 28 | |||
Sangford | George | 48 | Trans to s/m | |
Sarah Ann | 27 | Trans to s/w | ||
George | 18 | Trans to s/m | ||
Margaret | 16 | Trans to s/w | ||
Clara | 10 | |||
Saycock | Robert | 32 | Yorkshire | Labourer |
Ellen | 31 | |||
?? llah (female) | 9 | |||
William | 3 | |||
Song | Ebennezer | 29 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
Eleanor | 24 | |||
Ebennezer P | 1 | |||
Toovey | John | 25 | Bucks | Sawyer |
Phillippa | 25 | |||
White | William | 25 | East Lothian | Labourer |
Elizabeth | 22 | |||
Wilkinson | Henry | 25 | Yorkshire | Shoemaker |
Hannah M | 27 | |||
Mary M | 7 months | |||
Wright | William | 23 | Elgin | Farm Labourer |
Margaret | 22 | |||
Single Men | ||||
Barber | John | 29 | Gromarty | Farm Labourer |
Barrie | Andrew | 40 | Lanarkshire | Farm Labourer |
Jess | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
John | 11 | |||
Jane | 10 | Trans to s/w | ||
Blyth | David | 22 | Fifeshire | Farm Labourer |
Bragg | Joseph | 24 | Cumberland | Farm Labourer |
William | 22 | Cumberland | Farm Labourer | |
Brammer | John | 20 | Staffordshire | Miner |
Burnett | James | 14 | Herts | |
Campbell | John | 19 | Cavan | Farm Labourer |
Margaret | 25 | Trans to s/w | ||
Carmichael | Archibald | 27 | Renfrewshire | Bricklayer |
Dale | Joseph | 21 | Cheshire | Farm Labourer |
Dart | Thomas | 22 | Devonshire | Farm labourer |
Ellis | John | 28 | Devonshire | Carpenter |
Ewanns | Martin | 22 | Glostershire | Labourer |
Flynn | John | 24 | Galway | Carpenter |
James | 21 | Galway | Carpenter | |
Bridget | 21 | Trans to s/w | ||
Gallow | Alexander | 22 | Aberdeen | Farm Labourer |
Hall | Thomas Wray | 22 | Middlesex | Vellum Bookbinder |
Charles Henry | 17 | Middlesex | Printer | |
Heard | John | 23 | Devonshire | Farm labourer |
Holmes | Henry | 40 | Cumberland | Farm Labourer |
Houliham | Timothy | 40 | Limerick | Tailor |
Mary | 22 | Trans to s/w | ||
Anne | 20 | Trans to s/w | ||
Houltham | Charles | 28 | Glostershire | Maltster |
Jane | William J | 26 | Cornwall | Carpenter |
Johnston | George | 23 | Aberdeen | Blacksmith |
Macdonald | Andrew | 17 | Ayrshire | Labourer |
McAlpine | Thomas | 24 | Renfrewshire | Joiner |
John | 27 | Renfrewshire | Gardener | |
McLinlock | Josiah | 25 | Donegal | Carpenter |
Barbara | 23 | trans to s/w | ||
McNair | Donald | 15 | Argyle | Farm labourer |
William | 13 | Argyle | ||
Neilson | William | 14 | Lanarkshire | Farm Labourer |
Nicks | John | 26 | Devonshire | Carpenter |
Quaid | Keran? | 15 | Kilkenny | Labourer |
Sangford | George | 48 | Staffordshire | Labourer |
George | 18 | Staffordshire | Labourer | |
Schofield | George | 20 | Yorkshire | Carpenter |
Stanger | Peter | 22 | Orkney | Cartwright |
Stevens | Thomas | 24 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Twist | John | 23 | Lancashire | Joiner |
Wetherall | William | 20 | Antrim | Ploughman |
Euphemia | 21 | Trans to s/w | ||
Janet | 24 | Trans to s/w | ||
Single Women | ||||
Barrie | Jessie | 15 | Lanarkshire | Domestic Servant |
Jane | 10 | Lanarkshire | ||
Burnett | Mary | 18 | Herts | Domestic Servant |
Campbell | Margaret | 25 | Cavan | Needle Woman |
Cane | Jemima | 24 | Worchester | Dress Maker |
Jane | 20 | |||
Cleary | Mary | 23 | Kings | Domestic Servant |
Cummings | Maria | 25 | Armagh | Domestic Servant |
Crosbie | Isabella | 18 | Kirkcudbright | Domestic Servant |
Dunham | Elizabeth | 28 | Middlesex | |
William | 4 | |||
Frederick | 2 | |||
Mary | 10 months | |||
Fisher | Mary | 21 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Flynn | Bridget | 19 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
Gilpin | Margaret | 25 | Antrim | Domestic Servant |
Henley | Mary | 17 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
Houliham | Mary | 22 | Limerick | Laundress |
Anne | 20 | Limerick | Domestic Servant | |
Jones | Sarah Anne | 16 | Staffordshire | Domestic Servant |
Loker | Caroline | 25 | Cambridge | Domestic Servant |
Longford | Sarah A | 27 | Staffordshire | Domestic Servant |
Mararet | 16 | Staffordshire | Domestic Servant | |
McDonald | Elizabeth | 27 | Ayrshire | Domestic Servant |
Annie | 17 | |||
Andrew | 17 | Trans to s/m | ||
McLintock | Barbara | 23 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
McNair | Isabella | 38 | Argyle | Dairy Woman |
Donald | 15 | Trans to s/m | ||
William | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
Euphemia | 7 | |||
Jessie | 5 | |||
McRobert | Isabella | 22 | Kirkcudbright | Domestic Servant |
Neilson | Marion | 33 | Lanarkshire | |
William | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
James | 10 | |||
Charles | 4 | |||
George | 11 months | |||
Neller | Eliza | 33 | Kent | Dressmaker |
Park | Janet | 26 | Dumbarton | Domestic Servant |
Quaid | Mary | 24 | Kilkenny | Farm Servant |
Ronald | Mary | 30 | Dumbarton | Cook |
Weller | Charlotte | 25 | Cavan | Domestic Servant |
Wetherall | Euphemia | 21 | Antrim | Domestic Servant |
Janet | 24 | Antrim | Domestic Servant | |
White | Mary | 21 | Lanarkshire | Domestic Servant |
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George JOHNSTON: The son of a shoemaker, George Johnston was born on September 4th 1840 at Peterhead, Aberdeen in Scotland. At the age of 23 he emigrated to New Zealand on board the ship Amoor which arrived at Lyttelton on July 1st 1864. Here he met Janet Scott who arrived two months later on the ship British Empire. They married on December 7th 1866 at St Andrews in Christchurch and together had 7 children; Ann Grey Reed b 1867, Cecelia b 1868, Sydney b 1869, Jock b 1870, Nell b 1879, Janet b 1879 and an unknown female b 1880. George died in 1882. If you have a connection with this family or are interested in further research please contact Ian Miller. |
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HALL family: Thomas Wray HALL Jnr and his brother Charles Henry HALL were sons of Thomas Wray HALL Snr and Frances (nee LAMMERTON). In 1864 they arrived in Lyttelton on board this sailing of the Amoor and shortly afterwards moved to Wellington. Their parents and younger siblings travelled to New Zealand on board the ship British Empire a little later in the year. If you have a link with this family or would like to know more please contact Jane Markotsis |
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ANDREW family: Walter and Christiana ANDREW were married in Cornwall on March 29th 1864 in Cornwall. They emirgated to New Zealand on this sailing of the ship AMOOR arriving on July 1st 1864. They lived in Christchurch at 308 Madras St for some years, and had four children: Christine (my grandmother) born 1869, Ernest born 1873, Mary Elizabeth born 1873 and Sydney born 1876. My grandmother married George ORMSBY and had my mum, but that's another story. If anybody else is looking for the ANDREW family I would be interested to know - Sue Sweetman |
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Copyright Denise and Peter 1999 - 2009
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IMCH4/60
The Press July 2nd 1864