Bebington
Ship: 924 Tons,
Captain: Peck
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London June 28th 1872 - arrived Wellington October 25th 1872
A ship of 924 tons, Bebington
was built in 1859. She had, amongst her many passengers, the unenviable nickname of
"The Old Tub" and was one of the slowest boats on the New Zealand immigrant run.
Even under very favourable conditions, she still took longer than most to make the voyage
out. In addition she was dogged by ill-fortune. Collisions with other ships, storms,
outbreaks of typhoid and short supplies all at one time or another plagued "The Old
Tub". Bebington made eight voyages to New Zealand of which three were to
Lyttleton, two to Wellington and one each to Dunedin, Auckland and Napier. On her arrival
in Auckland on July 15th 1876, Bebington was met by the Health Officer at
Rangitoto Reef. There being typhoid and 67 cases of measles on board he sent her into
quarantine on Motuihe Island
where she remained for 5 weeks.
Source: White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Comment from Evening Post October 26th 1872
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Families & Children | ||||
Banks | Samuel | 27 | England | Carpenter |
Florence | 20 | |||
Bath | Samuel | 26 | England | Carpenter |
Mary | 23 | |||
Agnes | 4 months | Died on board 03/10/1872 Acute bronchitis |
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Bradnock | George | 32 | England | Labourer |
Phillipa | 32 | |||
Burley | George | 27 | England | Labourer |
Mrs | 24 | |||
Brennan | Joseph | 31 | England | Labourer |
Mrs | 32 | |||
Child | 6 | |||
Child | 2 | |||
Burton | William | 24 | Warwickshire | Bricklayer |
Catherine | 24 | |||
Matilda C | 11 mths | |||
Chaston | Arthur | 29 | England | Carpenter |
Sarah | 26 | |||
Emma | 2 | |||
Female infant | 7 weeks | Presume born on board | Died on board 19/07/1872 Diarrhoea & bronchitis |
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Clotworthy | Mathias | 22 | England | Carpenter |
Margaret | 20 | |||
Cock | Robert | 24 | England | Labourer |
Amy | 28 | |||
John | 9 months | Died on board 23/07/1872 Diarrhoea |
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Cooper | Henry | 40 | England | Carpenter |
Emma | 43 | |||
Emily | 12 | |||
William | 10 | |||
Herbert | 4 | |||
Catherine | 2 | |||
Davies | Albert | 29 | England | |
Charlotte | 26 | |||
Albert | 6 | |||
George | 2 | |||
Deeble | Samuel | 24 | England | Labourer |
Mrs | 24 | |||
Dickins | James | 44 | London | Station Master |
Jane | 47 | |||
Mary E | 11 | |||
Charles H | 8 | |||
Emily | 6 | |||
Sarah Amy | 4 | |||
Drew | George | 21 | England | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 20 | |||
Sarah | 3 | |||
Elizabeth | 1 | |||
Ferris | Henry | 24 | England | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 24 | |||
William | 5 | |||
Edward | 4 | |||
Henry | 1 month | |||
Foster | William | 36 | England | Labourer |
Sarah | 34 | |||
Robert | 7 | |||
Beatrice | 5 | |||
Alice | 3 months | Died on board 06/09/1872 Diarrhoea |
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Thomas W | ||||
Frost | James | 40 | England | |
Martha | 38 | |||
Martha | 11 | |||
Harriet | 9 | |||
Charlotte | 7 | |||
James | 17 | |||
Gordon | Midley | 46 | Yorkshire | Blacksmith |
Mary | 39 | |||
William | 11 | |||
George | 9 | |||
James | 6 | |||
Margaret | 3 | |||
Midley | 10 mths | |||
Gurney | Joseph | 32 | England | Bricklayer |
Emma | 28 | |||
Hancox | James | 26 | England | Labourer |
Eliza | 23 | |||
Eliza | 3 | |||
James | 3 months | Died on board 29/08/1872 Tabes mesenterica |
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Hancox | Henry | 24 | England | Labourer |
Sarah | 28 | |||
Elizabeth | 6 | |||
Alice | 3 | |||
John | 1 | Died on board 19/08/1872 Diarrhoea |
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Mary | 1 month | Died on board 04/08/1872 Debility from birth |
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Hardman | Frederick W | 26 | Worcestershire | Navvy |
Ann | 27 | |||
Frederick Thomas | 6 | |||
Rose | 4 | |||
William | 6 wks | |||
Hodges | James | 28 | England | Labourer |
Lucy | 26 | |||
William | 4 | |||
Sarah | 11 months | |||
Hunt | Thomas | 31 | England | Labourer |
Emma | 29 | |||
Elizabeth | 6 | |||
Georgina | 4 | |||
Emma | 2 | |||
Hurley | Jeremiah | 26 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
Anne | 23 | |||
Daniel | 9 mths | |||
Hussey | Thomas | 23 | England | Navvie |
Mary | 22 | |||
Iago | Thomas S | 27 | Devonshire | Carpenter |
Mary H | 27 | |||
Mary A | 4 | |||
Lettie | 11 mths | |||
Judge | Amos | 29 | Huntingdon | Navvy |
Isabella | 29 | |||
Ellen | 6 | |||
Kinkead | Edward | 38 | Down | Labourer |
Margaret | 34 | |||
Arthur | 7 | |||
Kirk | Edwin | 32 | Nottingham | Carpenter |
Pamela | 32 | |||
Harry | 6 | |||
Walter | 5 | |||
William | 3 | |||
Pamela | 21 mths | Died Wellington 31/10/1872 Marasmus (Dr France) |
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Louise | 4 mths | |||
Lowe (Lowe) | Thomas | 24 | England | Farm Labourer |
Emma Matilda | 20 | |||
Elizabeth | 9 months | Died on board 05/09/1872 Diarrhoea & teething convulsions |
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Harriet Matilda | Infant | Born on board 27/08/1872 | ||
Lummis | Arthur | 24 | England | Smith |
Mary A | 25 | |||
Arthur (Fred?) | 1 | Died on board 13/08/1872 Diarrhoea & tubercular menengitis |
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McClenaghan | John | 28 | Tyrone | Ploughman |
Elizabeth | 22 | |||
McCoy | Thomas | 33 | ||
Ann | 29 | |||
Crossed out on list | ||||
George | 1 | |||
Mole | Thomas | 25 | England | Labourer |
Caroline | 24 | |||
Perry | William C | 24 | England | Carpenter |
Catherine | 24 | |||
Albert | 1 month | |||
Polland | Edward | 20 | England | Carpenter |
Ellen | 24 | |||
Edward | 9 months | |||
Pond | William | 30 | England | Labourer |
Elizabeth | 26 | |||
Edward | 4 | |||
Charles | 8 months | |||
Pope | William | 25 | England | Labourer |
Catherine | 25 | |||
John | 2 | |||
Joseph | 5 months | |||
Pritchett | Henry | 32 | England | Smith |
Elizabeth | 20 | |||
Emma | 5 months | Died on board 10/09/1872 Capillary bronchitis |
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Rayes | Charles | 39 | Somersetshire | Wheelwright |
Emily | 30 | |||
William | 11 | |||
Francis E | 5 | |||
Ellen M | 6 mths | |||
Redmond | Denis | 26 | Ireland | Miner |
Mary | 22 | |||
Mary | 1 | Died on board 21/09/1872 Bronchitis |
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Roberts | James | 26 | England | Labourer |
Ann | 24 | |||
Westbury | Frederick | 33 | England | Ganger |
Ann | 30 | |||
Luther | 7 | |||
Emily | 3 | |||
Witny | William | 25 | England | Farm Labourer |
Jane | 23 | |||
Florence | 11 months | Died on board 10/08/1872 Diarrhoea & convulsions |
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Woodworth | William | 23 | England | Mason |
Mary | 22 | |||
Charles | 6 months | Died on board 15/09/1872 Bronchitis |
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Single Men | ||||
Amy | Thomas | 22 | England | Farm Labourer |
Anderson | S James | 24 | England | Labourer |
Angel | William | 21 | England | Navvie |
Baches | Thomas | 20 | England | Farm Labourer |
Barnett | Edward | 21 | England | Labourer |
Bright | Richard | 24 | England | Labourer |
Bulman | William | 26 | England | Farm Labourer |
Burton | John | 32 | England | Labourer |
Cameron | James | 20 | Ireland | Farm Labourer |
Chaffe | Henry | 22 | England | Farm Labourer |
Chandler | James | 22 | England | Joiner |
Clarke | William | 19 | England | Labourer |
Clarkson | Levi | 21 | England | Joiner |
John | 19 | England | Bricklayer | |
Collister | Thomas | 20 | England | Labourer |
Colvill | Charles | 25 | England | Labourer |
Cooper | William | 21 | England | Labourer |
Cooper | Thomas | 24 | England | Labourer |
Cosbrook | William | 19 | England | Labourer |
George | 16 | England | ||
Davidson | John | 14 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
Devane | Timothy | 24 | Kerry | Farm Labourer Bound for Nelson |
Dimes | John | 21 | Middlesex | Gas Fitter |
Doyle | Owen | 20 | England | Labourer |
Farmer | Henry | 25 | England | Labourer |
Fitzsimmons | Arthur | 23 | England | Labourer |
Fletcher | Henry | 24 | England | Labourer |
Freeman | Thomas | 24 | England | Labourer |
? | 22 | England | Labourer | |
Gorrie | John W | 24 | Iraland | Farm Labourer |
Gourick | George | 23 | England | Labourer |
Green | Arthur | 23 | Ireland | Labourer |
Hatharm | William | 23 | England | Miner |
Kirby | John | 24 | Ireland | Farm Labourer Bound for Nelson |
Lamson | Thomas | 24 | England | Labourer |
Leech | Charles | 22 | England | Labourer |
Marney | James | 21 | England | Labourer |
Marshall | Thomas | 23 | England | Labourer |
Maugham | T | 26 | England | Labourer |
McDonald | Peter | 20 | Argyle | Farm Labourer |
Mellor | Richard J | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Miners | William | 36 | England | Labourer |
Moncref | Charles | 21 | England | Labourer |
Moses | John | 24 | England | Labourer |
Murray | James | 33 | England | Platelayer |
Nebb | Peter | 24 | England | Labourer |
Oliver | Charles | 20 | England | Labourer |
Palmer | John | 23 | England | Farm Labourer |
Partridge | Richard | 27 | England | Labourer |
Power | Lawrence | 24 | Wexford | Farm Labourer |
Prenderville | John | 22 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
Preston | Henry | 22 | England | Labourer |
Price | Thomas | 26 | England | Labourer |
Reles | Thomas | 30 | Ireland | Labourer |
Roberts | James | 21 | England | Labourer |
Robinson | George | 24 | Armagh | Farmer |
Salmon | William | 26 | England | Labourer |
Sewell | A (?) | 21 | England | Labourer |
Shoreham | George | 33 | England | Navvie |
Southworth | William | 32 | England | Farm Labourer |
Warner | George | 27 | England | Labourer |
Watson | Alfred E | 18 | Devonshire | Farm labourer |
Weeks | William | 22 | England | Farm Labourer |
Wells | Robert | 25 | England | Labourer |
West | Caleb | 29 | England | Navvie |
Whiteway | Thomas | 23 | England | Labourer |
Williams | William | 21 | England | |
Wotzasik | Emil | 26 | Hungary | Locksmith |
Single Women | ||||
Angell | Mary E | 19 | Buckinghamshire | Laundry maid |
Brabyn | Jane | 30 | Cornwall | Servant Bound for Picton |
Brabyn | Catherine | 21 | England | |
Joseph | 1 | Died on board 22/09/1872 Diarrhoea |
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Mary | 9 | |||
Catt | Ann | 22 | Sussex | General Servant |
Chomming | Sarah | 24 | England | |
Frances | 6 | |||
James | 2 | |||
Thomas | 6 months | Died on board between 15th & 22nd Sept 1872 Diarrhoea | ||
Davidson | Elizabeth | 32 | Kent | Domestic Servant |
Devane | Catherine | 20 | Kerry | Dairymaid Bound for Nelson |
Dickins | Alice E | 13 | London | General Servant |
Foster | Sarah I | 14 | Lincolnshire | Bound for Picton |
Frost | Alice | 15 | Hants | Servant Bound for Picton |
Gallivan | Julia | 16 | Kerry | Dairymaid Bound for Nelson |
Gordon | Mary | 17 | Yorkshire | Servant |
Annie Alice | 15 | Yorkshire | Servant | |
Knight | Lavonia E | 16 | Glostershire | Teacher |
Leagar | Sarah | 30 | England | |
Littlewood | Emma | 33 | Yorkshire | |
Emma L | 12 | |||
Herbert P | 10 | |||
Fanny L | 9 | |||
Infant | Died at Wanganui | |||
McCarthy | Mary | 23 | Kerry | Servant |
McNaughton | Catherine | 37 | Argyll | Dairy Maid Bound for Napier |
Miller | Jane | 47 | Scotland | Servant |
Minogue | Mary E | 18 | Galway | Servant |
Robinson | Anne E | 22 | Lincolnshire | |
Scanlon | Margaret | 21 | Kerry | Servant Bound for Nelson |
Seager | Sarah | 30 | ||
Ann CATT: Ann CATT was my great-grandmother. It is a bit of sad story as she and her brother George and sister Harriett were left behind in the Battle Union Workhouse, Sussex by their father when he travelled to New Zealand in 1857. George died in England but both Ann and Harriet ended up in New Zealand. William had remarried and after living in Tawa (the Old Porirua Rd) settling in Masterton. Ann married Thomas Edmund Bush-King in Wellington 10 Mar 1873 and died in Auckland 4 Apr 1917. If you wish to learn more or have any connection to this family please contact Dennis Bush-King. |
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HODGES family: James HODGES and Lucy MORGAN were married in Birmingham, England on July 29th 1866. They came to New Zealand with their 2 children, William & Sarah (my Grandmother) and another son, James was born on board the Bebington on Oct. 14th 1872. They settled in the Southland region where James was a sawmill hand, and had 4 more children, Walter, George, Henry & Samuel. Lucy died shortly after the birth of Samuel and he was adopted and taken to America. James later remarried Harriet Woodward and had 5 more children. If you wish to learn more or have any connection to this family please contact Barbara Lyall. |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 1999 - 2007
Reference:
Achives New Zealand IM15/20
"The state of the weather has precluded any communication being held with the Bebington to-day"