Archives New Zealand IM15/369 part one
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Eastminster
Ship: 1145 tons
Captain: Mosey
Surgeon Superintendent: George Perry
Sailed Plymouth 25th October 1879 - arrived Nelson 14th January 1880
(passengers for Nelson, Blenheim & Westland)
arrived Wellington 18th January 1880
(passengers
for Wellington, Hawkes Bay & Taranaki)
Eastminster, a ship of 1145 tons,
sailed from London on October 25th, 1879 and arrived in Nelson on January 15th, 1880. Here
she landed 300 immigrants (?) and sailed for Wellington the following day where she
arrived on January 18th, 1880.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Passengers for Nelson | ||||
| Families & Children | ||||
| Blight | Samuel J | 24 | Cornwall | Labourer |
| Mary | 25 | |||
| Collighan | John | 32 | Lanark | Miner |
| Christine | 29 | |||
| John | 11 | |||
| Robert | 9 | |||
| Thomas | 7 | |||
| George | 5 | |||
| Elizabeth | 3 | |||
| William | 1 | |||
| Gills | John | 34 | Durham | Miner |
| Annabel | 24 | |||
| Jeanie | 2 | |||
| Charles | 1 | |||
| Margaret | 9 months | Died on board - 15/11/1879 Diarrhoea |
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| Greening | Luke J | 36 | Glostershire | Collier |
| Mary | 36 | |||
| Leath | 16 | |||
| Luke | 14 | |||
| Norah | 12 | |||
| Hannah | 10 | |||
| Sarah | 8 | |||
| Annie | 5 | |||
| Alice | 1 | |||
| Hargreaves | Joseph Henry | 27 | Yorkshire | Stonemason |
| Ellen | 25 | |||
| James | 4 | |||
| Jamieson | Robert | 35 | Midlothian | Shoemaker |
| Elizabeth | 29 | |||
| Eleanor | 7 | |||
| Robert | 4 | |||
| Ann J | 1 | Died on board - 14/11/1879 Convulsions |
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| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Ireland | Thomas | 35 | Fife | Agricultural Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 15 | T/F to single women | Servant | |
| Robertson | Joseph | 32 | Lanark | Boilermaker |
| White | Robert | 17 | Fife | Agricultural Labourer |
| Single Women | ||||
| Middleton | Thomas | 35 | Yorkshire | General Servant |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| Crabb | Norah M | 45 | Cornwall | |
| John | 17 | Labourer | ||
| Louisa | 11 | Servant | ||
| Ellen | 21 | Servant | ||
| Emily | 23 | Servant | ||
| Scanlan | Eliza | 22 | Servant | |
| White | Jane | 15 | Servant | |
| Passengers for Westland | ||||
| Colonial Nominated Families & Children | ||||
| Barry | Thomas | 32 | Limerick | Agricultural Labourer |
| Mary | 30 | |||
| Catherine | 7 | |||
| Hannah | 5 | |||
| Patrick | 3 | |||
| Mary | 1 | |||
| Elliott | Joseph | 35 | Northumberland | Labourer |
| Mary | 32 | |||
| Joseph | 14 | |||
| John | 8 | |||
| Mary | 4 | |||
| Isabella | 1 | |||
| Johnston | Hugh | 45 | Antrim | Agricultural Labourer |
| Ann | 36 | |||
| Elizabeth | 17 | General Servant | ||
| Hugh | 14 | Shoemaker | ||
| Samuel | 12 | Errand Boy | ||
| Ann | 10 | |||
| Martha | 7 | |||
| Agnes | 4 | |||
| Margaret | 3 months | |||
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Lutzen | Peter | 19 | Germany | Labourer |
| McNancey | Stephen | 27 | Clare | Agricultural Labourer |
| John | 24 | Clare | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Woods | John | 22 | Londonderry | Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| Evans | Maria | 18 | Durham | Housemaid |
| Graham | Catherine | 45 | Antrim | |
| Catherine | 19 | Antrim | Servant | |
| Elizabeth | 17 | Antrim | Servant | |
| Morris | Mary A | 42 | Devonshire | Laundress |
| Rose | 17 | Devonshire | Dressmaker | |
| Murphy | Johanna | 19 | Kerry | Housemaid |
| Watkins | Annie | 15 | Middlesex | Servant |
| Passengers for Blenheim | ||||
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Hammond | Frederick | 21 | Midlothian | Labourer |
| Jones | William | 60 | Hereford | Agricultural Labourer |
| Thomas | 8 | |||
| Keefe | John | 20 | Cork | Agricultural Labourer |
| Jeremiah | 20 | Cork | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Sullivan | John | 20 | Cork | Agricultural Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| Jones | Mary | 25 | Hereford | Laundress |
| Keene | Nanno | 22 | Cork | Servant |
| Mahoney | Kate | 18 | Cork | Servant |
| Wooster | Edith C | 15 | Middlesex | Housemaid |
| Passengers for Wellington | ||||
| Families & Children | ||||
| Burns | John J. | 23 | Cornwall | Agricultural Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 22 | |||
| Margaret E. | 1 | |||
| Hughson | Hugh | 43 | Shetland | Agricultural Labourer |
| Audrina | 44 | |||
| Isabella | 20 | Servant | ||
| Thomas | 17 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
| Charles | 15 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
| Catherine | 12 | |||
| Margaret | 10 | |||
| James | 7 | |||
| Johnson | James | 49 | Shetland | Agricultural Labourer |
| Catherine | 40 | |||
| Jessie | 20 | Domestic Work | ||
| Sarah | 18 | Domestic Work | ||
| Jemima | 15 | Dometic Work | ||
| Lawrence | 10 | |||
| John | 8 | |||
| Stanley | Robert | 24 | Lancashire | Blacksmith |
| Ellen | 23 | |||
| Edith | 2 mths | |||
| Colonial Nominated Families & Children | ||||
| Botlon | Amos | 29 | Berks | Porter |
| Emma | 30 | |||
| Harriet | 7 | |||
| George | 5 | |||
| Thomas | 3 | |||
| Mary | 1 | |||
| Bradshaw | George | 46 | York | Agricultural Labourer |
| Ann | 48 | |||
| Robert | 18 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
| John | 14 | |||
| Elizabeth | 8 | |||
| Broadbelt | Joseph | 35 | York | Carpenter |
| Mary A. | 35 | |||
| Samuel A. | 5 | |||
| Sarah A. | 1 | |||
| Campbell | Dugald | 27 | Lanark | Plasterer |
| Elizabeth | 26 | |||
| Fraser | Malcolm | 38 | Edinburgh | Agricultural Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 32 | |||
| Alexander | 14 | |||
| Malcolm | 11 | |||
| Eliza J. | 7 | |||
| Isabella | 4 | |||
| Gaudin | George | 38 | Jersey | Agricultural Labourer |
| Jane | 28 | |||
| George | 2 | |||
| Gould | William | 46 | Warwick | Agricultural Labourer |
| Harriet | 43 | |||
| Benjamin | 20 | Labourer | ||
| John | 18 | |||
| Ellen | 16 | |||
| Joseph | 14 | |||
| William | 9 | |||
| James | 7 | |||
| Alice | 3 | |||
| Harriet | 8 mths | |||
| Grunbley | Arthur | 21 | Worcester | Warehouseman |
| Emma | 21 | |||
| Hebbend | Charles | 28 | Staffordshire | Storekeeper Sub-Constable on board |
| Jane | 25 | |||
| Mary | 1 | |||
| Emily A. | 2 mths | |||
| Heginbotham | William | 23 | Lancashire | Carpenter |
| Annie | 24 | |||
| Hodge | Henry | 45 | Devon | Agricultural Labourer |
| Elizabeth A. | 42 | |||
| Mary | 20 | Servant | ||
| Kate | 15 | Servant | ||
| Richard | 17 | Labourer | ||
| John | 14 | Labourer | ||
| William | 13 | |||
| Harry | 6 | |||
| Ephraim | 4 | |||
| Alice | 2 | |||
| Wooldridge | Hannah | 20 | Devonshire | Servant - Travelling with Hodge |
| Keegan | Martin | 40 | Roscommon | Agricultural Labourer |
| Bridget | 35 | |||
| Edward | 10 | |||
| Mary | 8 | |||
| John | 6 | |||
| Patrick | 4 | |||
| William | 3 | |||
| Martin | 2 | |||
| Margaret | 9 mths | |||
| Komstedt | Anders | 32 | Sweden | Tailor |
| Balsme | 42 | |||
| Auselt | 9 | |||
| Oscar Elitian | 3 | Died on board - December 1879 Marasmus |
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| Ana | 2 | |||
| Marks | Morris | 39 | Warwick | Shoemaker |
| Celia | 38 | |||
| Frederick | 13 | Tailor | ||
| Sophia | 11 | |||
| Florence | 10 | |||
| Alice | 9 | |||
| Adolph | 8 | |||
| Alfred | 6 | |||
| Joseph | 4 | |||
| Jones | Hannah | 20 | Warwick | Servant - Travelling with Marks |
| Petersen | Hans P. | 25 | Denmark | Labourer |
| Marie | 22 | |||
| Reid | James | 44 | Renfrew | Agricultural Labourer |
| Isabella | 43 | |||
| Elizabeth | 22 | Dairymaid | ||
| James | 20 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
| Andrew | 15 | Timekeeper | ||
| William | 11 | |||
| George | 8 | |||
| Margaret | 7 | |||
| Richardson | John | 31 | Durham | Sawyer |
| Mary | 38 | |||
| John | 2 | |||
| Shaw | George | 26 | York | Agricultural Labourer |
| Jane | 27 | |||
| Joseph | 5 | |||
| Jane E. | 3 | |||
| Lilly B. | 2 | |||
| Strude | Henry | 26 | Surrey | Labourer |
| Susannah | 27 | |||
| Styles | Leonard | 25 | Sussex | Shoemaker |
| Eliza | 22 | |||
| Mary | 2 | |||
| Edith E. | 2 mths | |||
| Thomas | Peter | 26 | Dundee | Plasterer |
| Isa | 24 | |||
| Ellen | 10 mths | |||
| Tucker | Robert | 37 | Bucks | Carpenter School Teacher on board |
| Sarah | 36 | |||
| Annie | 11 | |||
| Eleanor | 7 | |||
| Elexander | 5 | |||
| Anthony | 2 | |||
| Wilkie | William A. | 22 | Lanark | Labourer |
| Mary | 21 | |||
| Margaret | 2 | |||
| William | 8 mths | |||
| Willows | Albert | 26 | Lincoln | General Smith |
| Elizabeth | 27 | |||
| Albert A. | 3 | |||
| Gertrude | 3 mths | |||
| Willows | Charles | 22 | Engine Driver | |
| Mary | 19 | |||
| Wilosn | James | 26 | Renfrew | Agricultural Labourer |
| Agnes | 26 | |||
| James | 4 | |||
| George | 1 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| McWey | Jonathon | 31 | Queens Co. | Agricultural Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Allen | James | 38 | Lanark | Labourer |
| Blair | William | 26 | Lanark | Gas Fitter |
| Jane | 5 | |||
| Margaret | 3 | |||
| Blease | John | 19 | Warwick | Fitter |
| Condon | Thomas | 21 | Cork | Agricultural Labourer |
| John | 19 | Cork | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Chrichley | Thomas | 28 | Lincoln | Carpenter |
| Croll | Colin | 23 | Forfar | Painter |
| Driscoll | John | 20 | Cork | Agricultural Labourer |
| Dundas | Thomas | 26 | Forfar | Turner |
| Fitzgerald | Thomas | 21 | Cork | Agricultural Labourer |
| Graham | William | 21 | Cavan | Agricultural Labourer |
| Hanlen | Nils | 24 | Sweden | Cabinet Maker |
| Holme | August | 26 | Sweden | Agricultural Labourer |
| Howard | Thomas | 19 | Limerick | Labourer |
| Kearin | Patrick | 18 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer |
| Kerrish | Timothy | 23 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer |
| Michael | 21 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Lee | Patrick | 24 | Waterford | Labourer |
| McQuirk | William | 25 | Limerick | Agricultural Labourer |
| Patton | William | 23 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer |
| Peebles | Robert | 24 | Farfor | Carpenter |
| Peggs | Arthur | 29 | Cambridge | Agricultural Labourer |
| Randal | George | 24 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Rousell | Joseph | 18 | Worcester | Miner |
| Ure | Alexander | 22 | Stirling | Carpenter |
| Wilkie | Thomas | 19 | Lanark | Carpenter |
| Single Women | ||||
| Nightingale | Alice | 32 | Warwick | Hospital Nurse |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| Allan | Margaret | 34 | Lanark | Servant |
| Bradshaw | Maria | 16 | York | General Servant |
| Callaghan | Mary | 24 | Cork | General Servant |
| Casey | Margaret | 20 | Cork | General Servant |
| Clarke | Margaret | 18 | Lancashire | General Servant |
| Condon | Ellen | 18 | Cork | General Servant |
| Crabb | Emily | 25 | Middlsex | General Servant |
| Louisa | 14 | |||
| Walter | 11 | |||
| Frederick | 6 | |||
| Cummins | Catherine | 24 | Cornwall | General Servant |
| Driscoll | Mary | 16 | Cork | General Servant |
| Fraye | Sophia | 28 | Middlesex | |
| Emily | 32 | Middlesex | ||
| Amy | 13 | |||
| Fredericks | Bridget | 20 | Cardiff | Charwomen |
| John | 2 | |||
| Giles | Mary | 48 | Kent | Nurse |
| Griesson | Margaret | 32 | Jedburgh ? | General Servant |
| Hanblen | Ann | 19 | Warwick | Housemaid |
| Howard | Ellen | 17 | --- | General Servant |
| Ireland | Agnes | 24 | Haddington | Housemaid |
| Catherine | 20 | Haddington | Travelling out to Husband | |
| Kelly | Mary | 19 | Cork | Farm Servant |
| Kerrish | Mary | 19 | Kerry | General Servant |
| Margaret | 17 | Kerry | General Servant | |
| Kissane | Margaret | 23 | Kerry | General Servant |
| Lane | Lizzie | 30 | Kent | Nurse |
| McKenzie | Agnes | 30 | Dumbarton | General Servant |
| Monahan | Ellen | 35 | Leitrim | General Servant |
| Mary A. | 17 | Leitrim | General Servant | |
| Norris | Mary | 35 | Derby | Dressmaker |
| Annie | 3 | |||
| Ellen | 9 mths | |||
| Paltridge | Mary A. | 50 | Devonshire | Nurse |
| George E. | 21 | Devonshire | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Elizabeth | 16 | Devonshire | General Servant | |
| Russell | Emily | 33 | Somerset | Charwomen |
| Smith | Phoebe | 31 | Suffolk | Machinist |
| Phoebe | 11 | |||
| Deborah | 7 | |||
| John | 5 | |||
| Sullivan | Isabella | 17 | Lanark | General Servant |
| Passengers for Hawkes Bay | ||||
| Families & Children | ||||
| Halverson | John | 40 | Denmark | Agricultural Labourer |
| Ida | 32 | |||
| Moore | Robert | 34 | Yorks | Engine Fitter |
| Sarah A. | 35 | |||
| Olsen | Erich | 30 | Sweden | Baker |
| Ginida ? | 26 | |||
| Anna | 5 | |||
| Olivia | 4 | |||
| Anton | 2 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Bennett | Thomas | 24 | Lancashire | Carrier |
| Connolly | James | 20 | Waterford | Agricultural Labourer |
| Lahey | James L. | 25 | Kilkenny | Agricultural Labourer |
| Micheal | 23 | Kilkenny | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Monahan | Thomas | 21 | Galway | Agricultural Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| Enright | Annie | 18 | Clare | General Servant |
| Jull | Emily | 42 | Kent | Nurse Sub-Matron on board |
| Henry L. | 17 | Kent | Stewards Boy | |
| John W. | 16 | Kent | Page | |
| Isabel | 13 | |||
| Kenny | Hannah | 18 | Kilkenny | General Servant |
| Monahan | Honora | 16 | Galway | General Servant |
| Passengers for Taranaki | ||||
| Families & Children | ||||
| Evans | John | 57 | Cornwall | Gardener |
| Mary | 47 | |||
| Colonial Nominated Families & Children | ||||
| Claffey | John | 34 | Kings Co. | Labourer |
| Sarah | 38 | |||
| Peter | 1 | Died on board - 17/12/1879 Marasmus |
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| Female child | Born on board - 05/12/1879 | |||
| Cole | William | 26 | Devonshire | Agricultural Labourer |
| Annie | 26 | |||
| McGiven | Archibald | 23 | Stirling | Ships Carpenter |
| Mary | 19 | |||
| Christina | 2 | |||
| Alexander | 1 | Died on board - 24/11/1879 Pneumonia |
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| Single Men | ||||
| Evans | Ernest | 18 | Cornwall | Gardener |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Breen | John | 24 | Worchester | Railway Labourer |
| Gorming | James | 21 | Kings Co. | Labourer |
| Kerrish | Timothy | 24 | Kerry | Agricultural Labourer |
| Single Women | ||||
| Evans | Louisa | 20 | Cornwall | General Servant |
| Grigg | Ellen | 40 | Cornwall | Tailoress |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| Fishleigh | Nora | 20 | Devonshire | Housemaid |
| Flynn | Ellen | 22 | Kerry | General Servant |
| Margaret | 20 | Kerry | General Servant Sub-Matron on board |
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| Summers | Margaret | 20 | Kerry | General Servant |
| Julia | 18 | Kerry | General Servant | |
| Thomas | Elizabeth | 40 | Glamorgan | Upholstress |
| William | 23 | Glamorgan | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Robert | 19 | Glamorgan | Stonemason | |
| John | 14 | Glamorgan | Labourer | |
| Minnie | 21 | Glamorgan | General Servant | |
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Copyright Denise and Peter 2001
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IM15/369 part one
Archives New Zealand IM15/369 part two
Archives New Zealand IM5/4/34 No 419