COUNTESS OF KINTORE
Ship: 752 tons
Captain: Norie
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London February 2nd 1876 - arrived Lyttelton April 29th 1876
The Countess was described as an
Aberdeen clipper, built in 1866 by Duthie. She came out to the several ports under charter
to the Shaw, Savill Co., and, as will be seen from her records, made some fast passages
for a vessel of 700 tons. Keen efforts were being made in those days to acclimatise
European birds in New Zealand, and several shipments were entrusted to the care of Captain
Petherbridge (a well known Captian of the Countess), who took a personal interest in the
matter. In 1870 he brought out in the Countess of Kintore 50 rooks, which were landed at
Auckland in splendid condition. In 1876 thirteen salmon were brought out to Lyttelton by
the Countess, which was then in command of Captain Norie.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Arrival of the Countess of Kintore
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Families and Children | ||||
| Allpress | Jonathan | 41 | Cambridge | Butcher |
| Emma | 42 | |||
| Charles | 18 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Emma | 17 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Pricilla | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Clara | 14 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Caroline | 11 | |||
| Eva | 9 | |||
| Bardsdon | Richard | 45 | Sussex | Platelayer |
| Mary A. | 45 | |||
| Barnsdon | William | 25 | Sussex | Platelayer |
| Mary A. | 23 | |||
| Rose | 4 | |||
| Lucy | 3 | |||
| William | 2 months | |||
| Condon | Redmond | 39 | Limerick | Gen. Labourer |
| Mary | 36 | |||
| Hogan | Bridget | 18 | Trans to s/w | Children have surname Hogan - probably children of wife's previous marriage?
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| Alice | 17 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Edmond | 15 | Trans to s/m | ||
| John | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Thomas | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Patrick | 7 | |||
| Mary | 5 | |||
| Margaret | 2 | |||
| Craig | Hugh | 36 | Antrim | Farmer |
| Bridget | 38 | |||
| James | 16 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Annie | 14 | Trans to s/w | ||
| John | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Mary | 6 | |||
| Hugh | 4 | |||
| Francis | William | 21 | Wilts | Gardener |
| Hartley | John | 27 | Yorks | Carpenter |
| Matilda | 27 | |||
| Robert | 7 | |||
| Christopher | 5 | |||
| Isabella | 1 | |||
| Harriett | 21 | |||
| Henderson | Joseph | 28 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 31 | |||
| Mary | 10 | |||
| Henry | 6 | |||
| Higgins | Thomas | 28 | Bedfordshire | Brickmaker |
| Mary A | 32 | |||
| Thomas | 6 | |||
| Edward | 4 | |||
| Mary A | 1 | |||
| Hockey | Walter | 34 | Somersetshire | Farm Labourer |
| Matilda | 33 | |||
| George | 11 | |||
| John | 8 | |||
| Walter | 5 | |||
| Kate | 2 | |||
| Arthur | 7 months | |||
| Johnston | Thomas | 26 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
| Jane | 20 | |||
| McDougall | William | 37 | Lanark | Painter &c |
| Catherine | 35 | |||
| Catherine | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
| William | 9 | |||
| John | 7 | |||
| James | 3 | |||
| Isabella | 1 | |||
| McIvor | John | 25 | Tyrone | Ploughman |
| Isabelle | 22 | |||
| Moore | John | 31 | Isle of Man | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth J | 24 | |||
| Elizabeth A | 2 | |||
| Catherine M | 3 months | |||
| Morley | James | 61 | Sussex | Store Keeper |
| Johanna | 48 | |||
| Nugent | Francis | 29 | Tyrone | Ploughman |
| Mary | 27 | |||
| Catherine | 5 | |||
| Ann | 3 | |||
| Joseph | 9 months | |||
| Pinchbeck | Edward | 30 | Lincoln | Farm Labourer |
| Mary A. | 28 | |||
| Remsley | George James | 32 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Sarah A. | 31 | |||
| Richards | Nicholas | 21 | Cornwall | Miner |
| Mary A. | 21 | |||
| Jane | 4 months | |||
| Robinson | William | 40 | Bucks | Farm Labourer |
| Ann J. | 30 | |||
| Charles H. | 9 | |||
| Adelaide | 5 | |||
| Alice M. | 6 months | |||
| Roche | John | 35 | Kerry | Farmer |
| Mary | 35 | |||
| John | 18 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Michael | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Johanna | 10 | |||
| James | 8 | |||
| Daniel | 6 | |||
| Kate | 6 | |||
| Bridget | 1 | |||
| Roche | Maurice | 32 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| Mary A. | 20 | |||
| Sharrock | John | 33 | Lancashire | Miner |
| Elizabeth | 29 | |||
| James | 11 | |||
| Roger | 9 | |||
| John Henry | 6 | |||
| Rachael | 9 months | |||
| Wilkins | James | 39 | Stafford | Farm Labourer |
| Rachel | 36 | |||
| Alfred | 5 | |||
| Sarah J. | 3 | |||
| James | 1 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Allpress | Charles | 18 | Cambridge | Labourer |
| Armstrong | Archibald | 20 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Balls | George | 20 | Beds | Farm Labourer |
| Bell | Robert | 21 | Lanark | Joiner |
| Burke | John | 19 | Galway | Labourer |
| Carrick | James | 23 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Casley | Thomas | 26 | Cornwall | Mason |
| Condon | Edmond | 15 | Limerick | |
| John | 14 | |||
| Thomas | 12 | |||
| Corner | Robert | 21 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Craig | James | 16 | Antrim | Farmer |
| John | 12 | " | ||
| Craig | Patrick | 26 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
| Craig | John | 23 | " | Farm Labourer |
| French | Richard | 25 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| James | 19 | |||
| Thomas | 17 | |||
| Grimsley | James | 26 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Halligan | John | 20 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Hangone | William | 21 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Harris | Samuel | 26 | Cavan | Labourer |
| Henderson | Thomas | 21 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Hukmoll ? | John | 26 | Kent | Stonemason |
| Elizabeth | 24 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Johnston | George | 24 | Monaghan | Farm Labourer |
| Kearns | Hugh | 21 | Fermanagh | Ploughman |
| John | 30 | " | Ploughman | |
| Kelly | James | 25 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Kermode | John | 23 | Isle of Man | Miller |
| Loney | William | 23 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| McDonald | William | 22 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Mitchell | Richard | 21 | Cornwall | Mason |
| Mulholland | James | 18 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Morarthy ? | Daniel | 20 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Much | Heinrich | 29 | Germany | Farmer |
| Newman | Charles | 20 | Beds | Farm Labourer |
| O'Conner | John | 20 | Kerry | Carpenter |
| Amelia | 18 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Purser | James | 21 | Beds | Farm Labourer |
| Reilly | William | 20 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Roche | John | 18 | Kerry | |
| Michael | 15 | " | ||
| Slattery | James | 19 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Ellen | 18 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Stokes | Leonard | 13 | Antrim | |
| Strong | William | 31 | Down | Farm Labourer |
| Talbot | James | 20 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Topping | James | 20 | Down | Farm Labourer |
| Andrew | 18 | " | Farm Labourer | |
| Tutt | William | 19 | Wilts | Gardener |
| Turkington | William | 20 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Wilson | James | 21 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Single Women | ||||
| Allpress | Emma | 19 | Cambridge | Servant |
| Pricilla | 15 | " | " | |
| Clara | 13 | " | ||
| Campion | Sophie | 20 | Kent | Housemaid |
| Clark | Elizabeth A. | 44 | Hereford | Nurse |
| Condon | Bridget | 18 | Limerick | Servant |
| Alice | 17 | " | " | |
| Craig | Mary | 28 | Antrim | Servant |
| Craig | Annie | 14 | Antrim | |
| Dunn | Ellen | 24 | Fermanagh | Servant |
| Flynn | Margaret | 18 | Kerry | Dairymaid |
| French | Eliza | 51 | Cornwall | House Keepeer |
| Richard | 25 | Trans to s/m | ||
| James | 19 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Thomas | 17 | Trans to s/m | ||
| John | 10 | |||
| Harvey | Grace | 18 | Cornwall | Servant |
| Horgan | Kate | 9 | Kerry | |
| Bridget | 6 | |||
| Hucmoll? | Elizabeth | 24 | Kent | Cook |
| McAlister | Nancy | 23 | Antrim | Housemaid |
| McAlister | Martha | 25 | Antrim | Housemaid |
| McDougall | Catherine | 12 | Lanark | |
| McGregor | Mary A. | 15 | Middlesex | Servant |
| McPatrick | Ester | 20 | Tyrone | Dairymaid |
| Moore | Ann | 30 | Isle of Man | Servant |
| O'Conner | Amelia | 18 | Kerry | Housemaid |
| Morley | Sophia | 26 | Hampshire | Dressmaker |
| Margaret | 17 | " | Teacher | |
| George | 11 | |||
| Purss | Rosalind | 18 | Surrey | Nurse |
| Scanlon | Mary | 20 | Kerry | Servant |
| Slattery | Ellen | 18 | Kerry | Dairymaid |
| Stokes | Emma | 12 | Antrim | |
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| JOHNSTON
family: Thomas JOHNSTON and Jane HUME arrived on the Countess of Kintore departing London February 2nd 1876 and arriving Lyttelton April 1876. Thomas JOHNSTON was born in 1853 in Crookedstone, Killead, County Antrim, Ireland. His wife, Jane HUME, was born in 1855 in Balloo, County Antrim, Ireland and they were married on November 16th 1875 by Rev W. H. Mervyn in the Church of Ireland, Killead, Co Antrim. Thomas’ father is listed as Daniel JOHNSTON and Jane’s father is listed as Alexander HUME. At the time of Thomas’ death on June 22nd 1930, they were both resident in Rakaia, Canterbury, New Zealand. In his will, he makes his son, John Joseph, executor and bequeaths property to his grandson Stanley. Also mentioned on his death certificate are the living offspring of 2 daughters and 4 sons. At this stage, I have traced a son John Joseph born in 1884 and a daughter Annie born August 20th 1885 in North Rakaia, Southbridge, New Zealand. Annie JOHNSTON married William Charles LEWIS on May 22nd 1908 in Christchurch, New Zealand. They had 7 sons and 3 daughters. I am descended through their eldest son William Thomas LEWIS who is my grandfather. If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact Michelle Rees. |
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Copyright Denise and Peter 2007
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IM15/262