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 |
||
| 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 | |||