Dover Castle
Ship: 1008 tons
Captain: Kerr
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr Rickards
Sailed London January 19th 1872 - arrived Lyttelton May 7th 1872
A large wooden frigate-built vessel of 1008 tons, Dover Castle was originally one of the Black Ball Line of ships. Owned at the time by R and H Green, she traded to Australia between 1858 and 1871. In 1872 she was purchased by Shaw Savill & Co. Ltd and applied to the New Zealand run. One voyage to Auckland in 1875 resulted in a period at the quarantine station on Motuihe Island. Having completed a number of voyages to New Zealand, Dover Castle sailed from Auckland to China in 1875 where she was sold and renamed Kem. She later stranded off the coast of Norway and was broken up.
Cabin Passengers | ||||
Barnett | Mr | |||
Mrs | ||||
Chambers | Mr | |||
Dowding | Mr | |||
Flint | Mr | |||
Grundy | Mr | |||
Kerr | Mrs | Wife of ships Captain | ||
Macey | Captain | |||
Mrs | ||||
5 children | ||||
Maiden | Mr | |||
Pillow | Mr | |||
Mrs | ||||
8 children | ||||
Rickards | Mr J | |||
Seale | Mr | |||
Serocking | Mr | |||
Paying Steerage Passengers | ||||
Cooper | Mr | |||
Elliott | Mr | |||
Lewis | Mr | |||
Simpson | Mr | |||
Wilkinson | Mr | |||
Assisted Immigrants | ||||
Name | Age | Country | Occupation | |
Families and Children | ||||
Basher | George | 27 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 27 | |||
Buck | Robert | 35 | Farm Labourer | |
Catherine | 35 | |||
Mary | 11 | |||
Joseph | 10 | |||
John | 8 | |||
Catherine | 6 | |||
Louisa | 10 mths | |||
Harris | Richard B. | 30 | Warwickshire | Sergeant Major 90th Reg. |
Alice | 33 | |||
Emily | 10 | |||
Alice | 5 | |||
Joseph | 3 | |||
William | 3 mths | |||
Hurst | Daniel | 28 | Sussex | Labourer |
Alice M. | 19 | |||
Alice J. | ||||
Matthews | Samuel | 32 | Glostershire | Carpenter and Joiner |
Mary Ann | 34 | |||
Frank S | 7 | |||
Eliza A | 6 | |||
Lillian M. | Infant | |||
Walker | John | 27 | Aberdeen | Baker |
Mary | 21 | |||
Charles | 5 | |||
James | 3 | |||
Emily | 1 | |||
Single Men | ||||
Anderson | Andrew | 25 | Leitrim | Shoemaker |
Chapman | William | 22 | Down | Ploughman |
Cooper | Charles | 24 | Staffordshire | Baker |
Dewey | Henry | 50 | Surrey | Cab Proprieter |
Flack | John | 21 | Down | Farm Labourer |
Gibson | William | 14 | Down | |
Hawkins | Albert | 25 | Glostershire | Labourer |
Herlihy | James | 25 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Hill | Joseph | 25 | Cheshire | Labourer |
Hodkinson | Henry | 24 | Cheshire | Labourer |
Jones | John | 16 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
Kennedy | Timothy | 44 | Tipperary | Labourer |
Meaclem | William | 18 | Covan | Labourer |
Ryan | David | 22 | Tipperary | Ploughman |
Sugrue | John | 22 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
Sullivan | Charles | 22 | Kerry | Ploughman |
Sullivan | John | 20 | Kerry | Ploughman |
Walsh | Michael | 20 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
Wallace | Baptist | 21 | Fermanagh | Ploughman |
Wilson | Robert | 21 | Down | Labourer |
Wilson | Samuel | 19 | Down | Labourer |
Wilson | David | 17 | Down | Labourer |
Winchester | Alexander | 23 | Elgin | Baker |
Single Women | ||||
Antill | Mary A. | 36 | Leicestershire | |
Brien | Mary | 20 | Kerry | Dairymaid |
Brien | Margaret | 20 | Kerry | Dairymaid |
Browning | Lizzie | 21 | Surrey | Housemaid |
Dewey | Mary | 23 | Surrey | General Servant |
Dewey | Clara | 18 | Surrey | General Servant |
Herlihy | Mary | 22 | Cork | Dairywoman |
Huggins | Jane | 43 | Middlesex | |
Mary J. | 11 | |||
Elizabeth J. | 6 | |||
Kennedy | Anne | 21 | Tipperary | General Servant |
Kennedy | Johanna | 19 | Tipperary | General Servant |
Maguire | Anne | 21 | Kildare | General Servant |
McAleer | Rose A. | 27 | Tyrone | General Servant |
Meaclem | Margaret | 21 | Covan | General Servant |
Meaclem | Eliza | 13 | Covan | General Servant |
Neill | Mary | 19 | Kerry | Dairymaid |
Parrell | Annie | 25 | Devonshire | Cook |
Pedlow | Eliza | 27 | Down | General Servant |
Penny | Jane | 26 | Wiltshire | Cook |
Savage | Ellen | 25 | Down | Housemaid |
Savage | Mary | 23 | Down | Housemaid |
BASHER family: |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 1999 - 2009
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IM17/7
The Star May 8th 1872