British Empire
Ship: 2600 tons
Captain: Thomas B Callenan
Surgeon Superintendent: Andrew Nash
Sailed London 15th May 1864 - Arrived Lyttleton 6th September 1864
At the time of her arrival in
Lyttleton, British Empire was the largest ship to enter the port. On board she had 33
cabin passengers and 366 immigrants. She was a vessel dogged by bad luck. While being
towed down the river from Bristol, her bow stuck on a projecting part of the bank. The
river was tidal and the tide in this instance was running out very fast. It swung the
stern of the ship around until it caught the opposite bank, leaving British Empire
high-and-dry. In this position several lighters and small vessels were actually able to
sail under her. Understandably considerable strain was placed on the ship and when she was
refloated repairs were required. She was eventually wrecked along with many other vessels
during a tidal wave at St Thomas in the West Indies.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
The voyage of the British Empire (written by the Surgeon Superintendent)
Our thanks to Peter Fussell for the Surgeon Superintendents report of the voyage.
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |||
Saloon Passengers | ||||||
Britton | Henry | |||||
Delamain | Charles | |||||
Delamain | F W | |||||
Mrs | ||||||
3 children | ||||||
Smith | Johanna | Nurse | ||||
Grierson | John | Cardiff | Linen Draper | |||
Elizabeth | ||||||
Charles Brown | 21 | |||||
Fanny Elizabeth | 20 | |||||
Lucy | 18 | |||||
Rosen | 17 | |||||
Trevor James | 15 | |||||
Laura Stonehewer | 10 | |||||
Gertrude Hannah | 9 | |||||
Margaret Ellen | 7 | |||||
Emily Maude Mary | 5 | |||||
John Frederick William | 3 | |||||
Florence Agnes B Brown | 1 | |||||
Hunt | Edwin | |||||
MacDonell | Mr R T | |||||
Monk | Levi | |||||
Mrs L | ||||||
Pitman | Herbert | |||||
Prince | Charles | Brought out English birds | ||||
Speechly | Robert | Architect
Cristchurch Cathedral Brother to Edward Speechly - Second Cabin passenger |
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Annie | ||||||
Tenant | Mrs | |||||
Edward | ||||||
Robert | ||||||
Isabella | ||||||
3 younger children | ||||||
Washer | Leslie J | |||||
Wheeler | Mr Joseph Mort | |||||
Wood | Mr E P | |||||
Second Cabin Passengers | ||||||
Crisp | William F | |||||
Fisher | Henry | |||||
George | ||||||
Catherine | ||||||
Rachel | ||||||
Fisher | Mrs | 80 | Died on board | |||
Fisher | Frank | |||||
Guthrie | David | |||||
Isabella | ||||||
Jane | ||||||
Hobson | George | |||||
Mrs | ||||||
Child | ||||||
Mitchell | George | |||||
Isabella | ||||||
Roberts | John | |||||
Mrs | ||||||
Susan | ||||||
Speechly | Edward | Brother to Robert Speechly - Saloon passenger | ||||
Steane | John | |||||
Tanner | Thomas | |||||
Tindall | John | 30 | Died on board | |||
Mrs | ||||||
6 children | ||||||
Westropp | Mr George W | |||||
White | John | 19 | Devonshire | Died on board 06/08/1864 - Low fever induced by sea sickness | ||
Wilson | William | |||||
ThirdCabin Passengers | ||||||
Graham | David | |||||
Mrs | ||||||
Child | ||||||
Poore | Mr W H | |||||
Mary | ||||||
Henry | ||||||
Steerage Passengers | ||||||
Families & Children | ||||||
Agnew | James | 34 | Aryshire | Ploughman | ||
Janet | 36 | Widow of John Louden | ||||
Garin | 11 | |||||
Jessie | 9 | |||||
Annie | 7 | |||||
Elizabeth Agnes | 2 | |||||
James | Infant | Died on board 22/06/1864 | ||||
Louden | John | 15 | T/F to single men | Labourer | Sons of Janet Louden - now Janet Agnew. Travelled with Agnew. | |
William | 13 | T/F to single men | ||||
Aitken | John | 23 | Renfrewshire | Ploughman | ||
Margaret | 17 | |||||
Anderson | John | 26 | Yorkshire | Carpenter | ||
Mary J | 23 | |||||
Robert | 3 | |||||
James | 1 | |||||
Anthony | John | 44 | Guernsey | Carpenter | ||
Bridget | 44 | |||||
Ball | Phillip | 28 | Suffolk | Labourer | ||
Fanny | 24 | |||||
Arthur | 4 | |||||
Ada | 2 | |||||
Charles | Infant | |||||
Bashford | William | 20 | Surrey | Farm Labourer | ||
Mary Ann | 25 | |||||
Bennett | George | 31 | Middlesex | Plumber | ||
Elizabeth | 31 | |||||
Beresford | Thomas J | 21 | Antrim | Farm Labourer | ||
Eliza | 22 | |||||
Bunting | Allen | 40 | Down | Farm Labourer | ||
Margaret | 38 | |||||
Thomas | 10 | |||||
Jane | 8 | |||||
John | 6 | |||||
Margaret | 5 | |||||
Mary | 2 | |||||
Fanny | Infant | |||||
Clarke | Robert | 21 | Down | Labourer | ||
Nancy | 22 | |||||
William | 2 | |||||
Mary | Infant | |||||
Clegg | Charles | 34 | Cheshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Ann | 33 | |||||
Eliza | 4 | |||||
Abraham | 2 | |||||
Corbett | Edward | 33 | Leicestershire | Carpenter | ||
Isabella | 31 | |||||
Sarah Ann | 9 | |||||
John | 7 | |||||
Edward | 4 | |||||
Isabella | 2 | |||||
Thomas | Infant | |||||
Cox | James | 39 | Warwickshire | Saddler - Died on board | ||
Harriet | 36 | |||||
Jane | 11 | |||||
Henrietta | 3 | |||||
Cribb | Timothy | 38 | Somersetshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Ellen | 36 | |||||
Sarah Ann | 10 | |||||
Arthur | 8 | |||||
Charles | 6 | |||||
William | 4 | |||||
Rosa | 2 | |||||
Daughter | Born on board 24/08/1864 | |||||
Dawson | Richard | 30 | Antrim | Farm Labourer | ||
Mary | 25 | |||||
Thompson | 4 | |||||
Dennis | Samuel | 43 | Somersetshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Elizabeth | 37 | |||||
Mary | 11 | |||||
Maria | 10 | |||||
Tom | 6 | |||||
Susanna | 4 | |||||
Samuel S | 3 | |||||
Frederick | Infant | Died on board 24/07/1864 - dirrhoea | ||||
Dollan | John | 22 | Lanarkshire | Compositor | ||
Margaret | 20 | |||||
Dougall | William | 45 | Lanarkshire | Sawyer | ||
Euphemia | 44 | |||||
John | 3 | |||||
Ethrington | George P | 35 | Yorkshire | Bricklayer | ||
Martha | 36 | |||||
Elizabeth | 11 | |||||
Evans | Richard | 29 | Oxfordshire | Carpenter | ||
Catherine | 29 | |||||
Richard E | 4 | |||||
Sarah C | 1 | |||||
Mary E | Infant | |||||
Evans | William | 32 | Middlesex | Carpenter | ||
Eliza | 30 | |||||
Florence | 5 | |||||
Edith | 9 months | Died on board 08/06/1864 - Dirrhoea | ||||
Foweraker | William | 18 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Martha | 20 | |||||
Francis | Infant | |||||
Frith | Robert | 31 | Fermanagh | Farm Labourer | ||
Sydney | 22 | |||||
James | 11 months | |||||
Fussell | Aaron | 29 | Wiltshire | Labourer | ||
Harriett | 26 | |||||
Angus | 5 | |||||
Joseph | 3 | |||||
Sarah | 1 | |||||
Fussell | William | 27 | Wiltshire | Labourer | ||
Emily | 23 | |||||
Edward | 5 | |||||
George | 3 | |||||
Elizabeth | 5 months | |||||
Gamblin | Joseph | 40 | Hertfordshire | Bricklayer | ||
Elizabeth | 32 | |||||
William | 11 | |||||
Joseph | 9 | |||||
Samuel | 7 | |||||
Elizabeth | 5 months | |||||
Gee | Thomas J | 26 | Surrey | Carpenter | ||
Eliza | 25 | |||||
Louisa | Infant | |||||
Goddard | William H | 23 | Glostershire | Blacksmith | ||
Rebecca E | 23 | |||||
Louisa | 10 months | |||||
Graham | George | 37 | Cumberland | Farm Labourer | ||
Isabella | 33 | |||||
Lancelot | 25 | |||||
Haggett | Daniel | 34 | Dorsetshire | Compositor | ||
Emma | 32 | |||||
William D | 7 | |||||
Emma | 2 | |||||
Ernest | 8 months | Died on board 25/06/1864 | ||||
Hall | Thomas Wray | 45 | Middlesex | Bookbinder | ||
Frances | 43 | |||||
Ellen | 11 | |||||
Mary Jane | 9 | |||||
John Edward | 8 | |||||
Frances | 6 | |||||
Agnes | 5 | |||||
Heighway | James | 34 | Salop | Farm Labourer | ||
Lucy | 28 | |||||
Felix | 5 | |||||
Simeon | 3 | |||||
Serena | 2 | |||||
Henderson | David | 36 | Dumfrieshire | Shepherd | ||
Jane D | 33 | |||||
David | 7 | |||||
William | 5 | |||||
E. Frances | 2 | |||||
Mary | Infant | |||||
Hopkins | Robert | 27 | Antrim | Farm Labourer | ||
Mary | 25 | |||||
Hoskins | Charles Henry | 28 | Devonshire | Shoemaker | ||
Sally | 20 | |||||
Hutham | William | |||||
Ellen | ||||||
Johnston | Alexander | 41 | Fifeshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Jane | 41 | |||||
Alexander | 11 | |||||
William | 9 | |||||
James | 5 | |||||
Elizabeth | 2 | |||||
Jones | Edward | 32 | Montgomeryshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Rebecca | 28 | |||||
Ellen | 1 | |||||
Jones | Thomas | 30 | Montgomeryshire | Shoemaker | ||
Mary | 28 | |||||
Annie | 6 | |||||
Edmund | 4 | |||||
Jonas | 2 | |||||
Thomas | Infant | |||||
Kirkwood | William | 32 | Lanarkshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Mary A | 32 | |||||
Jane | 10 | |||||
Archibald | Infant | |||||
Larcombe | Benjamin | 30 | Somersetshire | Labourer | ||
Sarah | 24 | |||||
Albert | 4 | |||||
Rosine | 2 | |||||
Hennrietta | 2 months | Died on board 22/06/1864 | ||||
Lloyd | Joseph | 26 | Salop | Farm Labourer | ||
Mary | 24 | |||||
Lumb | Matthew | 27 | Cheshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Sarah | 25 | |||||
Joseph | 11 months | |||||
Lunt | Thomas | 32 | Cheshire | Blacksmith | ||
Ann | 29 | |||||
Jane | 9 | |||||
Edwin | 5 | |||||
Amy | 6 months | Died on board 10/08/1864 - dirrhoea | ||||
McAteer | Robert | 32 | Lanarkshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Mary | 25 | |||||
Daughter | Infant | Born on board 06/08/1864 | ||||
McKinnon | Angus | 27 | Argylshire | Ploughman | ||
Mary | 27 | |||||
John | 5 | |||||
Allan | Infant | |||||
McPherson | Hugh | 28 | Dumbartonshire | Shepherd | ||
Agnes | 30 | |||||
McPherson | Allan | 22 | Dumbartonshire | Shepherd | ||
Ann | 22 | |||||
Merrin | Francis | 62 | Nottinghamshire | Farm Labourer Died on board09/06/1864 "..debility, the results of long- continued liver disease." |
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Elizabeth | 50 | |||||
Morse | George | 23 | Glostershire | Farm Labourer | ||
Ann | 22 | |||||
Munro | Roderick | 31 | Rosshire | Shepherd | ||
Margaret | 28 | |||||
Tess | 6 | |||||
Effie | 1 | |||||
Son | Born on board | |||||
Page | William | 38 | Down | Farmer | ||
Jane | 38 | |||||
Robert | 8 | |||||
James | 6 | |||||
Alexander | 5 | |||||
Anna | 5 | |||||
William | 4 | |||||
John | 2 | |||||
Samuel | Infant | |||||
Pellowe | Joseph | 25 | Cornwall | Mason | ||
Sarah Jane | 25 | |||||
Georgina | 3 | |||||
Pepperell | Richard C | 35 | Devonshire | Farmer - Died on board | ||
Elizabeth S | 37 | |||||
William P | 11 | |||||
Rose Ann | 9 | |||||
Richard A | 7 | |||||
George Henry | 5 | |||||
Flora J | 2 | |||||
Langley P | 6 months | |||||
Reid | David | 27 | Linlithgow | Tailor | ||
Isabella | 31 | |||||
John | 4 | |||||
Jean | 2 | |||||
Christian | Infant | |||||
Reid | William H | 26 | Leeds | Carpenter | ||
Emma | 27 | |||||
William | 2 | |||||
Shadbolt | Peter | 38 | Herefordshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Ann | 36 | |||||
Frederick | 11 | |||||
Sarah | 8 | |||||
Emily | 6 | |||||
William | 4 | |||||
Peter | 6 months | |||||
Sheate | William | 26 | Somersetshire | Shoemaker | ||
Elizabeth Ann | 22 | |||||
Starke | James | 25 | Lanarkshire | Painter | ||
Violet | 24 | |||||
Andrew | 1 at death | Died on board 18/08/1864 - dirrhoea | ||||
Stavison | Thomas | 22 | Down | Labourer | ||
Eliza Jane | 25 | |||||
William | Infant | Died on board 23/06/1864 | ||||
Stewart | James | 28 | Perthshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Jane | 27 | |||||
James | Infant | |||||
Stewart | William | 26 | Lanarkshire | Ploughman | ||
Sarah | 26 | |||||
Agnes | 2 | |||||
Symmons | Henry | 22 | Hertfordshire | Blacksmith | ||
Sarah | 27 | |||||
Thomas F | 4 | |||||
Harry R | 2 | |||||
Sutherland | Thomas | 30 | Caithness | Farm Labourer | ||
Jane | 31 | |||||
Christina | 5 | |||||
Robertina | 3 | |||||
Jane | 1 | |||||
Swann | Robert | 28 | Edinburgh | Blacksmith | ||
Ann | 20 | |||||
David | 3 | |||||
Robert | 1 | |||||
Taylor | John | 35 | Worcestershire | Carpenter | ||
Mary | 32 | |||||
William H | 11 | |||||
Mary A | 7 | |||||
Charles J | 5 | |||||
Taylor | William | 40 | Perthshire | Blacksmith | ||
Agnes | 37 | |||||
Robert | 8 | |||||
Agnes | 4 | |||||
Telford | James | 60 | Sutherland | Shepherd | ||
Christy | 58 | |||||
Margaret | 8 | |||||
Templeton | William | 23 | Dumbartonshire | Ploughman | ||
Ellen | 25 | |||||
Daughter | 10 days at death |
Born
on board 10/06/1864 Died on board 18/06/1864 |
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Turner | James | 40 | Norfolk | Farm Labourer | ||
Rachel | 44 | |||||
Joseph | 10 | |||||
James | 8 | |||||
John | 4 | |||||
Ellen R | 3 | |||||
Walshaw | James K | 24 | Yorkshire | Blacksmith | ||
Alice | 21 | |||||
John | 6 months | |||||
Webb | J | |||||
Mrs | ||||||
Child | ||||||
Child | ||||||
Wheeler | Joseph | 21 | Wiltshire | Mason | ||
Maria | 17 | |||||
Ulrich | August | 32 | Germany | Labourer | ||
Charlotte | 26 | |||||
Yates | Robert | 24 | Salop | Farm Labourer | ||
Ellen | 23 | |||||
Young | David | 38 | Pembrokshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Charlotte | 31 | |||||
Francis M | 9 | |||||
Mary Ann | 8 | |||||
Margaret | 6 | |||||
Esther | 2 | |||||
William | Infant | |||||
Single Men | ||||||
Anthony | John | 16 | Guernsey | Carpenter | ||
William Henry | 14 | Guernsey | ||||
James | 12 | Guernsey | ||||
Barlow | John | 23 | Hertfordshire | Painter | ||
Bird | William | 22 | Devon | Farm Labourer | ||
Boyd | Robert | 19 | Monaghan | Farm Labourer | ||
Brady | William | 21 | Cork | Labourer | ||
Cleave | Thomas | 19 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Coll | Daniel | 22 | Lanarkshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Charles | 24 | Lanarkshire | Farm Labourer | |||
Cox | Sweetland | 30 | Warwickshire | Saddler | ||
Cready | Patrick | 18 | Clare | Shoemaker | ||
Cutler | Walter | 25 | Northamptonshire | Carpenter | ||
Dench | Thomas | 20 | Surrey | Labourer | ||
Robert | 24 | Surrey | Labourer | |||
Dingwall | James | 24 | Fireshire | Labourer | ||
Dodd | James | 23 | Warwickshire | Blacksmith | ||
Dougall | Peter | 15 | Lanarkshire | Labourer | ||
Ellis | John | 25 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Fahy | John | 23 | Clare | Carpenter | ||
Ferguson | Alex | 28 | Renfrewshire | Mason | ||
Finlay | Charles | 25 | Down | Labourer | ||
Fisher | George John | 20 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Fussell | Thomas | 22 | Somersetshire | Labourer | ||
Gempton | George E | 20 | Guernsey | Carpenter | ||
Graham | Lancelot | 25 | Cumberland | Farm Labourer | ||
Gray | Keith | 24 | Aberdeen | Blacksmith | ||
Grieg | Edward | 22 | Midlothian | Farm Labourer | ||
Handey | Michael | 25 | Renfrewshire | Ploughman | ||
Hartnell | Walter | 17 | Somersetshire | Labourer | ||
Hausmann | Carl | 22 | Germany | Farm Labourer | ||
Hayton | James | 11 | Surrey | |||
Hynes | Thomas | 22 | Galway | Farm Labourer | ||
Hunter | Thomas | 18 | Fifeshire | Ploughman | ||
Johnston | John | 18 | Fifeshire | Blacksmith | ||
Johnston | William | 22 | Down | Ploughman | ||
Keenan | John | 22 | Down | Mason | ||
Louden | John | 15 | Ayrshire | Labourer | ||
William | 13 | Ayrshire | ||||
Lilly | William | 21 | Monmouthshire | Labourer | ||
Lucas | Samuel | 20 | Somersetshire | Painter | ||
McGregor | Donald | 37 | Invernesshire | Farm Labourer | ||
McKenzie | William | 22 | Rosshire | Farm Labourer | ||
McKinnon | Donald | 22 | Invernesshire | Shepherd | ||
Angus | 13 | Invernesshire | ||||
McLean | Andrew F | 30 | Inverness | Shepherd | ||
McLennan | John | 25 | Rosshire | Shepherd | ||
McPherson | Duncan | 24 | Dumbarton | Shepherd | ||
Merrett | George | 21 | Glostershire | Gardener | ||
Merrin | Henry | 27 | Nottinghamshire | Labourer | ||
Robert | 24 | Nottinghamshire | Farm Labourer | |||
Aaron | 15 | Nottinghamshire | Farm Labourer | |||
Mitchell | James | 21 | Fifeshire | Painter | ||
Morrison | John | 22 | Rosshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Morrison | Robert | 29 | Lanarkshire | Printer | ||
Murray | Hugh | 17 | Sutherland | Farm Labourer | ||
Walter | 20 | Sutherland | Shepherd | |||
Poore | Henry F | 13 | Somersetshire | |||
Pugh | John | 23 | Hertfordshire | Baker | ||
Scoon | John | 28 | Cumberland | Farm labourer | ||
Scott | Duncan | 22 | Lanarkshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Shadbolt | Joseph | 19 | Herefordshire | Groom | ||
Shadbolt | John | 13 | Hertfordshire | |||
Steane | John | 25 | Middlesex | Shoemaker Schoolmaster on board |
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Stevenson | Adam | 19 | Down | Carpenter | ||
Stevenson | Thomas | 30 | Renfrewshire | Ploughman | ||
Tannison | John | 23 | Lanarkshire | Carpenter | ||
Taylor | William | 15 | Forfarshire | Labourer | ||
Telford | William | 18 | Sutherland | Shepherd | ||
Thornbill | William | 30 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Thomas | Richard | 21 | Radnarshire | Farmer | ||
Tucker | John | 30 | Devon | Labourer | ||
Watson | William | 25 | Aberdeen | Blacksmith | ||
Watt | John | 23 | Caithness | Farm Labourer | ||
Webb | John | 25 | Middlesex | Gardiner | ||
Webb | Walter | 17 | Middlesex | Carpenter | ||
Single Women | ||||||
Anthony | Mary | 20 | Guernsey | Domestic Servant | ||
Banton | Ellen | 24 | Cheshire | Domestic Servant | ||
Barratt | Sarah | 24 | Salop | Domestic Servant | ||
Buckett | Emma | 19 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant | ||
Burling | Sarah | 13 | Down | |||
Emma | 18 | Guernsey | Domestic Servant | |||
Burman | Elizabeth | 32 | Norfolk | Tailoress | ||
Elizabeth H | Infant | Norfolk | ||||
Churchill | Ann | 26 | Dorsetshire | Domestic Servant | ||
Infant | Infant | Dorsetshire | ||||
Coll | Ellen | 24 | Lanarkshire | Dairy Maid | ||
Cox | Typhemia | 17 | Warwickshire | Domestic Servant | ||
Doolan | Georgina | 25 | Limmerick | Domestic Servant | ||
Evans | Ellen | 18 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant | ||
Gamblin | Keziah | 13 | Hertfordshire | |||
Grand | Mary Ann | 41 | Norfolk | Nurse | ||
Mary Ann | 21 | Norfolk | Domestic Servant | |||
John | 10 | Norfolk | ||||
Hackett | Susan | 24 | Antrim | Domestic Servant | ||
Bernard | 1 | Antrim | ||||
Susan | 26 | Antrim | Domestic Servant | |||
Johnston | Isabella | 22 | Forfarshire | Dairy Woman | ||
Mary | 20 | Forfarshire | Domestic Servant | |||
Jane | 18 | Forfarshire | Domestic Servant | |||
Agnes | 15 | Forfarshire | Domestic Servant | |||
Johnson | Emma | 24 | Warwick | Domestic Servant | ||
Longbottom | Ann | 34 | Yorkshire | Domestic Servant | ||
Merrin | Eliza | 20 | Nottinghamshire | Domestic Servant | ||
Jane | 17 | Nottonghamshire | Domestic Servant | |||
Morrison | Rebecca | 27 | Lanarkshire | Domestic Servant | ||
McKay | Margaret | 28 | Caithness | Domestic Servant | ||
Murray | Henereth | 22 | Sutherland | Dairy Maid | ||
McClarry | Mary | 20 | Monaghan | Domestic Servant | ||
McGrath | Mary | 20 | Galway | Dairy Maid | ||
McKinnon | Christy | 40 | Inverneshire | Dairy Woman | ||
Christy | 20 | Inverneshire | Domestic Servant | |||
Flora | 18 | Inverneshire | Dairy Maid | |||
Ann | 9 | Inverneshire | ||||
Margaret | 7 | Inverneshire | ||||
Matheson | Mary | 27 | Inverneshire | Dairy Maid | ||
Margaret | 18 | Inverneshire | Dairy Maid | |||
McKenzie | Donella | 28 | Ross | Cook | ||
Poole | Elizabeth | 61 | Somersetshire | |||
Plaskett | Dinah J | 18 | Cumberland | Dairy Maid | ||
Powell | Caroline | 33 | Glostershire | Dressmaker | ||
Sarah | 11 | Glostershire | ||||
Charles | 7 | Glostershire | ||||
Pope | Emma | 20 | Devonshire | Dressmaker | ||
Shadbolt | Mary A | 18 | Herefordshire | Domestic Servant | ||
Sanders | Harriett | 27 | Devonshire | Domestic Servant | ||
Stonebridge | Amelia | 38 | Sussex | Housekeeper MATRON | ||
Street | Sarah Ann | 21 | Sussex | Domestic Servant | ||
Strange | Jane | 29 | Herefordshire | Domestic Servant | ||
Soden | Emma | 24 | Yorkshire | Domestic Servant | ||
Southward | Ann | 23 | Cumberland | Dairy Maid | ||
Spence | Ann | 20 | Forfarshire | Dairy Maid | ||
Scott | Janet | 22 | Perthshire | Domestic Servant | ||
Ann | 17 | Perthshire | Domestic Servant | |||
Stevenson | Agnes | 23 | Down | Domestic Servant | ||
Taylor | Mary | 13 | Forfarshire | |||
Telford | Georgina | 28 | Sutherland | Domestic Servant | ||
Christy | 25 | Sutherland | Dairy Maid | |||
Helen | 22 | Sutherland | Domestic Servant | |||
Wilson | Anne | 35 | Surrey | Needle Woman | ||
Georgina | 4 | Surrey | ||||
Webb | Eliza | 22 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant | ||
Webster | Emily | 18 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant | ||
Watson | Martha | 20 | Lanarkshire | Domestic Servant | ||
Woods | Margaret | 28 | Antrim | Domestic Servant | ||
ROBERT SPEECHLY Robert Speechly was born in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire in 1840 the son of master draper, Thomas Kelful Speechly and trained as an architect. In 1863 Sir George Gilbert Scott, the best known and most prolific English architect of the time, was commissioned by the Canterbury Cathedral Commission to design Christchurch Cathedral and he sent Speechly to NZ to produce more detailed drawings and supervise construction. Speechly sailed on the British Empire in 1864 with his wife Annie (nee Burge) and younger brother Edward. Work on the cathedral was however stopped soon after the foundation stone was laid in December 1864 and Speechly undertook various other architectural work in Canterbury before leaving for Australia in 1868, returning to England in 1869. If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact Hugh Speechly |
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< Robert Speechly with the Christchurch Cathedral foundation stone, December 15 1864 | ||||||
Walter Murray & Margaret McKay: Two years after the arrival of the British Empire, on which they both sailed for New Zealand, Walter Murray & Margaret McKay were married in Knox Church, Dunedin in 1866. In 1882, Walter Murray was farming 930 acres at Dunback, Otago. Walter and Margaret had six boys and one girl: John Murray (Butcher's shop at Studholme Junction), Donald Murray, Alexander MacKay Murray (Storekeeper in Waikouaiti), Walter Finlay Murray, David Burnett Murray, Andrew Murray, and Margaret Ann Murray (married a blacksmith at Shag Valley Station). If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact Gregory Morgan |
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JANET SCOTT: Janet Scott was born in Perthshire, Scotland in 1842. On September 6th along with her sister Ann, she boarded the 2600 ton ship British Empire and emigrated to New Zealand. Here she met and married George Johnston who had arrived in New Zealand two months earlier on board the immigrant ship Amoor. 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. Janet died in June of 1902 and is buried at Linwood Cemetery in Christchurch. 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 was a Cabinet Maker in London. He married Frances LAMMERTON and they had seven children, including Charles Henry HALL and Thomas Wray HALL Jnr who travelled to New Zealand a few months before them on the Amoor. On October 14th 1856 Thomas Wary HALL Snr had been honoured with the Freedom of London. If you have a link with this family or wish to know more please contact Jane Markotsis |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 1999 - 2009
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IMCH 4/61