Forfarshire
Ship: 1238 Tons
Captain: Fox
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr A M McDougall
Sailed London 16th November 1872 - arrived Wellington 2nd March 1873
The Forfarshire, a fine large
well-appointed ship of 1238 tons, made frequent visits too New Zealand and Australia was
build in 1867. She did not run continuously to the colony, having only made six voyages
from 1873 to 1900. Nothing eventful occured on any of the passages to New Zealand or home.
The Forfarshire carried some of the wives and children of the men who were sent out
under special arrangment with Messrs Brogden & Sons. The men arrived by the Schiehallion.
White Wing Sir Henry Brett
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Cabin | ||||
Sewell | Rev William | School Master and Chaplain | ||
Families and Children | ||||
Allerby | George | 28 | Oxon | Gardener |
Sarah Ann | 28 | |||
George | 6 | |||
James | 4 | |||
Francis | 3 | |||
Bassett (o)? | 6 mths | |||
Anderson | Anders | 27 | Denmark | Farm Labourer |
Johanne O | 28 | |||
Baker | Walter | 38 | Glostershire | Labourer |
Elizabeth | 39 | |||
Elizabeth | 14 | Trans to s/w | ||
Walter C | 11 | |||
John | 6 | |||
Blomquist | Niels | 48 | Denmark | Farm Labourer |
Anna C | 46 | |||
Carl M | 8 | |||
Amanda C | 4 | |||
Doughty | George | 35 | Warwickshire | Ag Labourer |
Harriet | 23 | |||
Hall | William Robert | 6 | Travelled with Doughty | |
Enerson | Christian | 38 | Norway | Carpenter |
Elise E | 37 | |||
Karl E | 6 | |||
Johannes M | 4 | |||
Hall | Albert | 32 | Warwickshire | Blacksmith |
Bethsheda | 32 | |||
Alfred | 10 | |||
John | 9 | |||
Jacobs | William George | 43 | Kent | Shoemaker |
Sarah H | 47 | |||
Jane Charlotte | 22 | Trans to s/w | ||
George William | 20 | Trans to s/m | ||
Adnet John | 18 | Trans to s/m | ||
William Norley | 16 | Trans to s/m | ||
Joseph | 14 | |||
Lund | Nis | 35 | Denmark | Farm Labourer |
Anna Maria | 25 | |||
Berthel N | 3 | |||
Maren F | 6 mths | |||
Miles | Anthony | 38 | Herefordshire | Farm Labourer |
Sarah Ann | 37 | |||
Charles A | 15 | Trans to s/m | ||
Henry | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
Alice Sarah | 10 | |||
Nielsen | Jens | 25 | Denmark | Farm labourer |
Caroline | 24 | |||
Nielsen | Johannes | 24 | Denmark | Farm Labourer |
Mathilde | 23 | |||
Olsen | Anders | 33 | Norway | Labourer |
Helen S | 30 | |||
O Frederick | 3 | |||
Petersen | Hans | 43 | Denmark | Farm Labourer |
Marika | 34 | |||
Anna K | 8 | |||
Nicoline | 3 | |||
Christine | 1 | |||
Price | Thomas | 43 | Dublin | Gardener |
Elizabeth | 29 | |||
Robert T | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
Charles | 10 | |||
John William | 1 | |||
Scadden | George William | 37 | Dorsetshire | Navvy |
Elizabeth | 37 | |||
Barnett G | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
Betsie | 9 | |||
George | 7 | |||
William | 2 mths | |||
Simpson | James | 26 | Berkshire | Fram Labourer |
Ann | 29 | |||
Svendsen | Hans | 24 | Norway | Joiner |
Sara | 32 | |||
Louis | 9 | |||
Johanne | 8 mths | |||
Syversen | Bernt | 34 | Norway | Labourer |
Anne | 36 | |||
Petra | 9 | |||
Caroline | 7 | |||
Andreds | 4 | |||
Axel | 1 | |||
Wackron | Carl | 45 | Denmark | Farm Labourer |
Elna | 43 | |||
Maria | 17 | Trans to s/w | ||
Carl | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
August | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
Sophia | 9 | |||
Wilhelm | 5 | |||
August (female) | 3 | |||
Carl | 6 mths | |||
Whelhan | John | 40 | Kilkenny | Gardener |
Mary J | 26 | |||
Margaret | 7 | |||
Mary J | 5 | |||
Catherine | 3 | |||
Colonial Nominated | ||||
Fenner | Thomas S | 39 | Berks | Labourer |
Soizah ? A | 33 | |||
Wiliam Albert | 8 | |||
Elizabeth | 7 | |||
Hinton | George | 49 | Kent | Tailor |
Maria | 47 | |||
Maria | 9 | |||
McKenzie | Alexander | 32 | Inverness | Labourer |
Helen | 26 | |||
O'Connor | James | 25 | Tipperary | Labourer |
Mary | 23 | |||
Scott | Gideon | 33 | Selkirk | Shepherd |
Helen | 36 | |||
Robert | 6 | |||
Henry William | 4 | |||
Single Men | ||||
Baiesen | Nis Edward | 29 | Denmark | Labourer |
Bailey | Benjamin | 21 | Wiltshire | Carpenter |
Bartlett | George | 23 | Cornwall | Labourer |
Charlton | Richard | 19 | Yorkshire | Labourer |
Davies | William | 26 | Middlesex | General Engraer |
Fredericksen | Hermann | 23 | Norway | Labourer |
Frizel | Charles | 33 | Middlesex | General Labourer |
Hannam | Leon | 20 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Hefty | Johan F | 44 | Norway | Labourer |
Hill | Thomas | 19 | Wiltshire | Farm Labourer |
Holt | Edwin J | 26 | Middlesex | Stockman |
Howard | William | 26 | Dublin | Labourer |
Jacobs | George William | 20 | Surrey | Labourer |
Albert J | 18 | Surrey | ||
William N | 16 | Surrey | ||
Joseph | 14 | Surry | ||
Johansen | Niels P | 32 | Denmark | Labourer |
Lyders | Frederick | 18 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Miles | Henry | 13 | Middlesex | |
Charles A | 15 | Middlesex | Errand Boy | |
Nielsen | Magnus | 20 | Denmark | Labourer |
Papps | Joseph Frederick | 24 | Wiltshire | Carpenter |
Price | Robert T | 13 | India | |
Ryan | Patrick | 23 | Tipperary | Labourer |
Scadden | Barnett | 13 | Dorsetshire | |
Smith | John | 36 | Wiltshire | General Labourer |
Stace | Daniel | 18 | Devon | Farm Labourer |
John | 30 | Devon | ||
Wackron | Fritz | 19 | Denmark | Labourer |
Carl | 14 | Denmark | Labourer | |
August | 12 | Denmark | ||
Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
Dempsey | William | 23 | Queens | Farm Labourer |
Hannam | Herbert | 18 | Middlesex | Porter |
Kirnan | Peter | 20 | Louth | Farm Labourer |
Ann | 20 | Trans to s/w | ||
Mary | 22 | Trans to s/w | ||
Maher | Micheal | 24 | Tipperary | Labourer |
McLaughlin | William G | 21 | Londonderry | Farm Labourer |
Morrison | Lachlan | 20 | Inverness | Shepherd |
Angus | 18 | Inverness | Farm Labourer | |
Northcott | John | 22 | Devon | Miner |
O'Neill | Michael | 24 | Clare | Labourer |
Thomas | 22 | Clare | Labourer | |
Ann | 20 | Trans to s/w | ||
Petersen | Sophia | 44 | Germany | Trans to s/w |
Joachim | 22 | Germany | Farm Labourer | |
Heinrick | 18 | Germany | Farm Labourer | |
Maria | 16 | Trans to s/w | ||
Joachim | 17 | Germany | Farm Labourer | |
Phelan | John | 23 | Waterford | Ploughman |
Smeaton | Agnes | 46 | Lanarkshire Trans to s/w | Housekeeper |
Robert | 24 | Lanarkshire | ||
Jessie Hay | 19 | Trans to s/w | Weaver | |
James M | 17 | Lanarkshire | Apprentice | |
William | 15 | Lanarkshire | ||
Agnes | 13 | Trans to s/w | ||
Matthew | 9 | |||
Young | James | 20 | Fife | Baker |
Single Women | ||||
Allday | Caroline | 19 | Middlesex | Cook |
Arnesen | Berths | 25 | Norway | Servant |
Baker | Elizabeth | 14 | Glostershire | |
Bengston | Christine | 32 | Denmark | Servant |
Brown | Emma | 30 | Devon | Domestic Servant |
Candrick | Margaret | 20 | Tipperary | Housemaid |
Carrigan | Ann | 21 | Tipperary | Housemaid |
Clements | Louisa | 18 | Berkshire | Servant |
Davis | Sarah T | 34 | Oxon | Nurse |
Ekberg | Christine | 18 | Denmark | Servant |
Gunter | Jane | 22 | Middlesex | Nurse |
Halloran | Bridget | 18 | Tipperary | Housemaid |
Hansen | Kasi | 18 | Norway | Servant |
Henry | Sarah | 24 | Galway | Servant |
Jacobs | Jane C | 22 | Surrey | Housemaid |
Matthews | Emily | 20 | Oxon | Servant |
Mitchell | M A | 16 | Berkshire | Servant |
Olsen | Kakine O | 16 | Norway | Servant |
Ryan | Bridget | 20 | Tipperary | Servant |
Smith | Elizabeth | 25 | Lanarkshire | Cook |
Stephens | Elizabeth A | 23 | Cornwall | Servant |
Taylor | Emily | 20 | Berks | Servant |
Wackron | Mana | 17 | Denmark | Servant |
Walke | Sarah A | 18 | Devon | Domestic Servant |
Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
Crane | Mary A | 41 | Middlesex | Nurse - MATRON |
Donald | Margery | 26 | Lanarkshire | Servant |
Catherine | 17 | Lanarkshire | Servant | |
Higgins | Eliza | 18 | Queens | Dressmaker |
Kirwan | Ann | 24 | Louth | Servant |
Mary | 22 | Louth | Servant | |
Neill | Ann | 40 | Moray | Housekeeper |
Mary J | 12 | |||
Ann | 10 | |||
O'Neill | Ann | 22 | Clare | Servant |
Peterson | Sophia | 44 | Germany | Housewife |
Maria | 16 | Germany | Servant | |
Phelan | Alice | 26 | Waterford | Dairymaid |
Smeaton | Agnes | 46 | Lanarkshire | Housekeeper |
Jessie Hay | 19 | Lanarkshire | Weaver | |
Agnes | 13 | Lanarkshire | Weaver | |
Stewart | Ellen | 19 | Down | Dressmaker |
Tunbridge | Mary A | 24 | Galway | Cook |
Women and children assisted by Messres John Brogden & Sons | ||||
Annear | Uriah | 36 | ||
John | 13 | |||
Margretta | 11 | |||
William | 7 | |||
Bertha | 5 | |||
Frederick | 2 | |||
Chesham | Harriet | 40 | ||
Joseph | 7 | |||
Randle | Elizabeth | 32 | ||
Walter | 16 | |||
Henry | 10 | |||
Joseph | 5 | |||
James | 2 | |||
Reynolds | Mary | 30 | ||
John | 9 | |||
Mary | 7 | |||
Bessie | 6 | |||
James | 3 | |||
Searle | Mary | 40 | ||
William | 14 | |||
John | 13 | |||
Harriet | 10 | |||
Starke | Susan | 40 | ||
Henry | 7 | |||
William | 4 | |||
Alice | 2 | |||
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Copyright Denise and Peter 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IM15/35