Collingwood

Collingwood
Ship: 1014 tons
Captain: Black
Surgeon Superintendent: A P Hamilton
Sailed London, Gravesend 8th April 1875 -arrived Wellington 9th July 1875

This vessel was listed to sail from London and land 286 passengers at New Plymouth, but fever broke out on the voyage, and the Captain put into Wellington, arriving on July 10th. As there were 50 cases of scarlet fever under treatment on board, the vessel was ordered into quarantine. She had 293 passengers, and those for New Plymouth, when released, were taken on by the steamer Taupo.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett

Arrival of the ship Collingwood (New Zealand Mail)
Arrival of the ship Collingwood (New Zealand Times)
Report of the Surgeon Superintendent
Report from Somes Island
Testimonial to Captain Black

Name		Age	Native County	Occupation
Passengers for Wellington
Families and Children
Boxall	Thomas	40	Middlesex	Plasterer
	Rose	39
	Sarah J	17	T/F to s/w	Servant
	Florence	12	T/F to s/w
	Annie	9
	Garibaldi	7
	Lizzie	5
	Rose M	4
	Laudham C H		Born on board 19/04/1875	Died on board 08/07/1875 Bronchitis
Cain	George	30	Surrey	Plasterer
	Margaret	20
	George	6 mths		Died on board 15/06/1875 Congestion of lungs
Coker	Samuel	36	Buckinghamshire	Labourer
	Harriet	37
	Thomas	16	T/F to s/m	Labourer
	Sophia	13	T/F to s/w
	Henry	12	T/F to s/m
	William	8
	Harriet	6
	Mary	18 mths
Cressey	George	40	Middlesex	Plasterer
	Margaret	41
	George	13	T/F to s/m
Deasey	Micheal	39	Surrey	Plasterer
	Mary Ann	39
	Bridget	15	T/F to s/w	Servant
	Margaret	11
	Charles	6
	Mary A	18 mths
Gallagher	Archibald	35	Middlesex	Printer
	Mary	28
Heath	Thomas	23	Kent	Plasterer
	Eliza M A	22
Horner	Robert E	33	Dublin	Farm Labourer
	Eliza A	26
Landridge	John	22	Middlesex	Plasterer
	Emma	20
	Florence	1
Smith	Edwin	32	Hertfordshire	Carpenter
	Annie	32
	Annie	7
	Edwin	5
	Rose M	3
	Minnie	18 mths
Worth	William	38	Cornwall	Navvy
	Ellen	32
	John	15	T/F to s/m
	Thomas	11
	Ben	8
	Merina	8
	Male Child			Born on board 18/06/1875
Nicholes	John	37	T/F to s/w	Travelling with Worth
Single Men
Coker	Thomas	16	Buckinghamshire	Labourer
	Henry	12	Buckinghamshire
Creasy	George	13	Middlesex
Dales	Robert J	20	Tyrone	Farm Labourer
Dixon	George	24	Surrey	Plasterer
Downham	Thomas	23	Hertfordshire	Gardener
Dudley	John	33	Middlesex	Ploughman
Evenden	Robert	24	Kent	Plasterer
Garity	Samuel	21	Tyrone	Ploughman
Golden	Thomas	20	Rosscommon	Labourer
Gubbins	William	29	Warwick	Labourer
Hickey	Maurice	23	Limerick	Farm Servant
Holt	George	25	Wiltshire	Plasterer
King	Charles	23	Somerset	Saddler
Masters	Charles	22	Hertfordshire	Labourer
Nicholes	John	37	Devonshire	Bricklayer
Shingleton	Alfred	23	Surrey	Plasterer
Somersell	Thomas	18	Sussex	Labourer
Thornton	Edmund	32	Lancashire	Farm Labourer
Voak	Charles Joseph	13	Surrey
Walsh	John	20	Tyrone	Carpenter
Warren	Joseph	20	Hertfordshire	Cowman
Winter	Robert	21	Surrey	Plasterer
Worth	John	15	Cornwall
Single Women
Boxall	Sarah J	17	Middlesex	Servant
	Florence	12	Middlesex
Coker	Sophia A	13	Buckinghamshire
Deasey	Bridget	15	Surrey	Servant
Jones	Elizabeth	24	Pembrokeshire	Housemaid
Kingsford	Fanny	37	Kent	MATRON
Meneer	Elizabeth	21	Guernsey	Housemaid
Oliver	Sarah	17	Linclonshire	Servant
Voak	Margaret	34	Surrey	Laundress
	Bridget	17	Surrey	Servant
	Charles	13	T/F to s/m
	Margaret	8	Surrey
	William Henry	6	Surrey
Skeet	Elizabeth	21	Kent	Servant
Wright	Ellen	21	Guernsey	Housemaid Died on board 11/06/1875 Typhoid fever
Colonial Nominated Immigrants - Families and Children
Foden	Arthur W	21	Lancashire	Labourer
	Mary J	20
Martin	Ronald	45	Inverness	Farmer
	Carlin	36
	Mundo	13	T/F to s/m
	John	11
	Gregor	9
	Jessie	7
	Donald	5
	Norman	3
	James	3 mths
McGregor	Jessie	60	T/F to s/w
Sparkes	William A	33	Middlesex	Carpenter
	Lucy	31
	William	14	T/F to s/m	Died on board 01/07/1875 Typhoid fever
	Elizabeth	10
	Samuel	8
	Lucy E	6
	Henry	1 mths		Died on board 19/06/1875 Congestion of lungs
Walker	William	28	Nottinghamshire	Labourer
	Mary	26
	William H	8
	Charles T	6
	Mary L	4
Wallace	Charles	47	Renfrew	Shoemaker
	Ann J	45
Colonial Nominated Immigrants - Single Men
Black	Thomas G D	18	Kent	Cooper
	William Henry	15	Kent
Burgess	Frederick A	15	Essex
	Harry W	14	Essex
Foden	Charles Henry	19	Lancashire	Labourer
Fox	John H	19	Norfolk	Wheelwright
Haplin	Patrick	17	Limerick	Farm Labourer
Jones	Edward	36	Kings Co	Labourer
Kennedy	Patrick	21	Kings Co	Labourer
Martin	Murdo	13	Inverness
Sparks	William	14	Middlesex
Colonial Nominated Immigrants - Single Women
Anderson	Annie	18	Lanark	Servant
Bible	Mary A	18	Devonshire	Servant
Black	Lucinda	40	Kent
	Thomas G D	18	T/F to s/m
	William Henry	15	T/F to s/m
	John William	11
	Charles J	8
	Angus A	6
Burgess	Frances	27	Essex
	Frederick	15	T/F to s/m
	Harry W	14	T/F to s/m
	Emily C	13	Essex
Halpen	Mary	18	Limerick	Farm Servant
	Patrick	17	T/F to s/m
McDonald	Jessie	20	Inverness	Nurse
McGregor	Jessie	60	Argyle
Selected by the Immigrants & Colonist Aid Corporation
Arnott	William	38	Lincoln	Labourer
	Henrietta	28
	Albert	12	T/F to s/m
	Jemima	11
	William H	8
	Caroline	2
	Robert	1mths
Oliver	George	43	Lincolnshire	Labourer
	Elizabeth	47
	Thomas	20	T/F to s/m
	Sarah	17	T/F to s/w
Passengers for Westland
Families and Children
Dillon	James	35	Tipperary	Farm Labourer
	Mary	29
	John	11
	Mike	5
	Ellen	3
	Ruth	2 months
O'Donnell	Michael	26	Tipperary	Shepherd
	Mary	26
	Andrew	3
	Mary	1
Single Men
Ahern	Michael	30	Limerick	Labourer
Conway	Patrick	21	Limerick	Groom
Corbet	Patrick	28	Tipperary	Labourer
Gibbins	William	35	Tipperary	Labourer
Keating	Michael	20	Tipperary	Labourer
O'Brien	Terance	33	Tipperary	Labourer
O'Donnel	Thomas	19	Tipperary	Labourer
Ryan	Michael	26	Limerick	Gardener
Ryan	Michael	25	Tipperary	Labourer
Single Women
O'Brien	Margaret	20	Tipperary	Servant
O'Donnell	Honora	20	Tipperary	Servant
Colonial Nominated Immigrants - Families and Children
Conway	Johanna	20	Limerick	Servant
Freebourne	Ann	21	Fermanagh	Housemaid
Colonial Nominated Immigrants - Single Men
Conway	Cornelius	23	Limerick	Labourer
Harker	Timothy	35	Yorkshire	Miner
Roberts	Edward	22	Cornwall	Miner
	Samuel	26		Miner
Colonial Nominated Immigrants - Single Women
Harker	Margaret E	10	Yorkshire
	Ambrose	7	Yorkshire
	Mary	4	Yorkshire
Passengers for Taranaki
Families and Children
Boud	Christopher	25	Lincolnshire	Labourer
	Sarah	23
	John Edward	4
	Robert William	18 months
Barker	Charles	30	Lincolnshire	Farm Labourer
	Eliza	32
	George	7
	William	5
	Fanny	3		Died on board 07/05/75 Scarlet fever
	Clara A	2 months
Button	Alfred	26	Lincolnshire	Farm Labourer Died on board 30/05/75 Suicide by drowning
	Rebecca	25
	George	3
	Tom	2
	Harriett	1		Died on board 13/06/75 Congestion of lungs
Cartwright	George	38	Lincolnshire	Farm Labourer
	Ann	38
	William W	11
	Betsy A	6		Died on board 20/04/75 Enteric fever
	Charles	3		Died on board 06/07/75 Congestion of lungs
Clough	Abraham	28	Lincolnshire	Labourer
	Elizabeth	30
Hudson	Edward	25	Lincolnshire	Shepherd
	Duial	29
	Ada	6 months
Culleton	Luke	48	Wexford	Tailor
	Mary	50
	Mary	21	T/F to s/w
	David	17	T/F to s/m
	Ellen	15	T/F to s/w
	Peter	10
Hodson	Frank	29	Lincolnshire	Farm Labourer
	Deonia	27
	James	6
	Thomas	4
	George	3
	Robert	9 months		Died on board 18/06/75 Congestion of lungs
Kirk	John	40	Lincolnshire	Farm Labourer
	Maria	30
	Mary J	11
	Aaron	7
	Joseph	4
	Betsy A	1
Marshall	Henry J	40	Lincolnshire	Farm Labourer
	Charlotte	37
	Mary J	6
	Charlotte	4		Died on board 09/05/75 Scarlatina
	Robert J	2		Died on board 21/06/75 Mumps after measles
	Fanny J	5 months
McCormick	Edward	35	Donegal	Farm Labourer
	Mary	36
	Susan	18	T/F to s/w
	Frederick	15	T/F to s/m
	George	13	T/F to s/m
Petch	George	35	Lincolnshire	Farm Labourer
	Eliza	38
	Elizabeth	13	T/F to s/w
	Robert	12	T/F to s/m
	William	10
	Harry	8
	George	7		Died on board 04/06/75 Enteric fever
	John	6
	Mary A	4		Died on board 07/07/75 Ship fever
	Joseph	3		Died on board 18/06/75 Enteric fever
	Harriet	1
	Female Child			Born on board 05/06/75
Skeels	Phillip	39	Lincolnshire	Farm Labourer
	Isabella	39
	Mary J	11
	Lillie	8		Died on board 09/06/75 Enteric fever
	Alice A	5
	George	3
	Caroline	7 months
Toplis	Christopher	25	Lincolnshire	Farm Labourer
	Jane	28
	Jessie	8
	Maria	3
	George	1		Died on board 07/06/75 Marasmus
Tomlinson	Charles	28	Lincolnshire	Labourer
	Elizabeth	26
	Anne	1

Waters	Mathew	39	Lincolnshire	Farm Labourer
	Maria	32
	George	8
	Arthur	6
	Albert	5
	David	15 months		Died on board 05/05/75 Suppressed scarlatina
	Female child			Born on board 10/05/75
Single Men
Culleton	David	17	Wexford	Labourer
McCormick	Frederick	15	Donegal	Labourer
	George	13	Donegal	Labourer
Petch	Robert	12	Lincoln
Andrews	Charles	22	Lincoln	Miller
	Matthew	27	Lincoln	Carpenter
Button	Frederick	23	Lincoln	Farm Labourer
Huich	Richard	24	Lincoln	Farm Labourer
Hotson	George	19	Lincoln	Farm Labourer
Lanning	Edward A	20	Dorset	Smith
Woodhouse	John H	35	Devon	Labourer
Single Women
Culleton	Mary	21	Wexford	Servant
	Ellen	15	Wexford	Servant
McCormick	Susan	18	Lincolnshire	Servant
Kingcoure	Amelia	35	Devon	Servant
	Sarah	28	Devon	Servant
Passengers for Nelson
Families and Children
Cox	John	47	Bedfordshire	Labourer
	Ann	47
	Eliza	18	T/F to s/w
	Mary	16	T/F to s/w
	Jane	14	T/F to s/w
Cox	Mark	25	Bedfordshire	Labourer
	Susannah	25
	William	4
	George	1		Died on board 15/06/75 Congestion of lungs
Hennan	Henry	29	Bedfordshire	Labourer
	Sarah	26
	William	7
	John	5
	Jane	3
	Eliza	9 months
McNamara	John	40	Clare	Farm Labourer
	Elizabeth	29
	John	11
	Mary A	9
	Bridget	4
Single Men
Angus	Alexander	28	Fife	Cooper
Clarke	George	18	Bedfordshire	Labourer
	Charles	20	Bedfordshire	Labourer
Dunlay	Thomas	22	Limerick	Farm Labourer
Magher	Thomas	22	Limerick	Ploughman
	Ellen	19	T/F to s/w
Single Women
Cox	Eliza	18	Bedfordshire	Servant
	Mary	16	Bedfordshire	Servant
	Jane	14	Bedfordshire	Servant
Magher	Ellen	19	Limerick	Dairymaid
Colonial Nominated Immigrants - Single Women
Brown	Mary A	38	Buckinghamshire	Lacemaker
	Maud M A	2	Buckinghamshire
Line	Belinda	13	Buckinghamshire	Lacemaker
	Louisa	11	Buckinghamshire

A further four people died on Somes Island during quarantine bringing the total deaths to 24. One child was born on Somes, a son to Thomas and Eliza Heath. An account of the voyage written by Thomas Heath is available at the Alexander Turnbull Library.

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