Hurunui
Ship: 1012 tons
Captain: Adams
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr J Forsythe Wilson
Sailed London September 23rd 1876 - arrived Wellington February 18th 1877
The Hurunui, one of five ships built
in 1875 by Palmers and Co. for the New Zealand Shipping Company's flag, was an unfortunate
craft. She had a narrow escape when bound for Otago by colliding in the English Channel
with another of the company's ships, the Waitara, bound for Wellington, and, after sailing
the seas for forty years, was sunk on the 4th May, 1915, off St. Catherine's Point, Isle
of White, by a German submarine.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
The Hurunui sailed from Gravesend on
23 Sep 1876. Encountered a gale off the Isle of Wight in which the foretopsail yard and
jib were carried away. She put into Portland Roads where some passengers landed because of
disease. On 5 Oct she was towed from Portland Roads and arrived in Plymouth on 6 Oct
where the ship was fumigated. On 10 Nov she sailed from Plymouth but ran down and sank a
Greek ship. She returned to Plymouth for repairs having water in the fore compartment. On
20 Nov she sailed again and arrived in Wellington on 18 Feb.
Comber Index (Many thanks to Hazel Shaw)
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Families & Children | ||||
Allison | Joseph | 22 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer Family landed at Plymouth sick |
Sarah | 20 | |||
Balderson | William | 31 | Northamptonshire | Agricultural Labourer Family landed at Plymouth sick |
Ann | 31 | |||
Ellen | 7 | |||
Fred | 5 | |||
Sarah | 3 | |||
Emma | Infant | |||
Bates | John | 39 | Surrey | Gardener Family landed at Plymouth sick |
Johanna | 34 | |||
Catherine | 7 | |||
John | 6 | |||
Edward | 4 | |||
Thomas | 2 | |||
Betty | William | 38 | ||
Mary | 38 | |||
Mary | 15 | |||
William | 13 | |||
Sarah | 11 | |||
Richard | 9 | |||
Chapman | Jabez | 48 | Middlesex | Sawyer Family landed at Plymouth sick |
Emma | 45 | Dress Maker | ||
Samuel | 21 | Carter | ||
Eliza | 18 | Servant | ||
Joseph | 17 | Shop boy | ||
John | 13 | |||
Mary | 11 | |||
Albert | 8 | |||
Charles | 3 | |||
Colvin | Gavin | 30 | Limerick | Carpenter Refused to proceed in the ship |
Janet | 24 | |||
Doughty | John | 43 | Lincolnshire | Shepherd |
Rebecca | 43 | |||
William | 16 | |||
Lucy | 14 | |||
Hubert | 3 | |||
Arthur | 1 | |||
Fallows | Richard | 34 | Shropshire | Joiner |
Mary | 27 | |||
Female child | Born on board 23/01/1877 | |||
Flux | Alfred | 30 | Hamptonshire | Blacksmith's Labourer |
Alice | 32 | Portsmouth | ||
Emma | 11 | Devonshire | ||
Martha | 9 | Portsmouth | ||
William | 7 | Portsmouth | ||
France | George | 39 | Shropshire | Joiner |
Sarah | 34 | |||
Eliza | 14 | |||
Henry | 12 | |||
Alfred | 10 | |||
Ernest | 8 | |||
Frederick | 6 | |||
Georgeson | James | 45 | Shetland | Tailor |
Elizabeth | 45 | Cork | ||
John | 18 | House Carpenter | ||
George | 16 | Tailor | ||
Charles | 12 | Tailor | ||
Peter | 10 | Tailor | ||
Green | Alfred | 24 | ||
Sarah | 22 | |||
Hall | John | 43 | Lincolnshire | Agricultural Labourer Family landed at Plymouth sick |
Ann | 43 | |||
Henry | 18 | |||
Ann | 17 | |||
William | 15 | |||
James | 12 | |||
Thomas | 5 | |||
Hills | James | 21 | Ramsgate | Butcher Refused to proceed in the ship |
Mary | 21 | |||
Hurley | Patrick | 21 | ||
Margaret | 18 | |||
Jacksbourtz | Janet | 26 | Hamburg | |
Rose | 10 | |||
Selia | 5 | |||
Annie | 3 | |||
Gearalla | 1 | |||
Jackson | David | 22 | Yorkshire | Agricultural Labourer |
Sarah | 18 | |||
John | 8 months | |||
Leet | George | 29 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
Jane | 29 | |||
John | 9 | |||
Mary | 4 | |||
Jane | 2 | |||
Male child | Born on board 07/12/1876 | |||
McMahon | John | 34 | Monaghan | Ploughman |
Catherine | 24 | |||
Morton | Richard | 34 | Middlesex | Plumber Refused to proceed in the ship |
Marian | 27 | |||
Mudge | Abraham | 29 | Devonshire | Agricultural Labourer |
Thurza | 30 | |||
George | 6 | |||
Alice | 2 | |||
Nash | Richard | 28 | Middlesex | Painter |
Ellen | 28 | |||
O'Donnell | Michael | 40 | Kent | Labourer |
Anne | 39 | |||
Catherine | 12 | |||
Parry | James | 33 | Cheshire | Joiner Refused to proceed in the ship |
Mary | 32 | |||
Emily | 14 | |||
James | 11 | |||
Rallison | William | 31 | Norfolk | Farm Labourer |
Elizabeth | 26 | |||
Roe | William | 38 | Bath | Blacksmith |
Elizabeth | 33 | |||
Rooks | William | 29 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
Anne | 21 | |||
Female child | Born on board 21/01/1877 | |||
Rutter | Stephen | 37 | Somersetshire | Labourer - Schoolmaster on board |
Eliza | 38 | |||
Joshua | 14 | |||
Mary | 14 | |||
Ada | 12 | |||
Shaw | Thomas | 20 | South Lincolnshire | Agricultural Labourer Family landed at Weymouth sick |
Sarah | 21 | |||
Simpson | George | 29 | Yorkshire | Shoe Maker Family landed at Plymouth sick |
Mary | 26 | |||
Eva | 4 | |||
Elizabeth | 2 | |||
William | 4 months | |||
Smith | William | 31 | Kent | Miner |
Ellen | 31 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
Ellen H | 6 | |||
William | 5 | |||
Ernest | 3 | |||
Edmond | 2 | |||
Emily | 6 months | |||
Smith | William | 46 | Kent | Farm labourer |
Margaret | 45 | |||
James | 16 | |||
Sparks | Fred | 22 | Surrey | Painter |
Alion | 20 | |||
Towler | Walter | 33 | Suffolk | Sawyer |
Elizabeth | 28 | |||
Walter Alfred | 5 months | |||
William Forsyth Wilson | Born on board 27/01/1877 | |||
Watson | Charles | 30 | Kent | Boot Maker |
Sarah | 20 | |||
Wright | Thomas | 22 | Refused to proceed in the ship | |
Anna | 20 | |||
Families & Children introduced by the Emigrants & Colonists Aid Corporation Limited | ||||
Anderson | Archibald | 35 | Kirkudbright | Foreman in mill Refused to proceed in the ship |
Louisa | 35 | |||
Louisa B | 8 | |||
Jessie | 6 | |||
Archibald | 5 | |||
Ivy | 2 | |||
Balls | Fred | 31 | Bromley | Gardener |
Louisa | 34 | |||
John | 6 | |||
Coventry | Henry | 18 | Essex | Labourer |
Fred | 19 | Essex | Labourer | |
Dallard | George | 25 | Gloucestershire | Groom Refused to proceed in the ship |
Sarah | 25 | |||
Frances | 2 | |||
Head | Allan | 37 | Southampton | Sawyer Refused to proceed in the ship |
Elizabeth | 36 | |||
Helen | 12 | |||
Agnes | 10 | |||
Margaret | 8 | |||
William | 6 | |||
Thomas | 4 | |||
Henry | 3 months | |||
Keam | Samuel | 21 | Cornwall | Labourer |
Phillipa | 29 | |||
Linton | Thomas | 37 | Forfar | Cabinet Maker Family landed at Weymouth sick |
Annie E | 38 | |||
Carrie | 7 | |||
Lizzie | 2 | |||
Annie | 6 months | |||
Whitton | John H | 46 | Lancashire | Farmer Family landed at Weymouth sick |
Annie | 38 | |||
John H | 13 | |||
Frank | 12 | |||
Annie | 10 | |||
Edith | 9 | |||
Walter | 4 | |||
Wills | James | 31 | Cornwall | Labourer |
Kezia | 31 | |||
Mary | 5 | |||
Richard | 4 | |||
Amelia | 3 | Died on board ship in Portland Roads and buried at Weymouth. | ||
Frank is crossed out on the passenger list | ||||
Wills | Richard | 28 | Cornwall | Labourer |
Elizabeth | 27 | |||
Elizabeth J | ||||
Richard | 5 | |||
William | 4 | |||
Grace | 4 months | |||
Wills | Frank | 26 | Cornwall | Labourer |
Ellen | 23 | |||
Wills | Mary | 53 | T/F to single women | Mother of Frank Wills |
Woodhead | Amos | 39 | Nottinghamshire | Engine Fitter |
Susan | 32 | |||
Amberley | 8 | |||
Mary | 3 | |||
Florence | 2 months | |||
Single Men | ||||
Austen | James | 29 | Devonshire | Bricklayer Refused to proceed in the ship |
Boulden | Joshua | 27 | Devonshire | Painter |
Bird | Robert | 30 | Oxfordshire | Gardener |
Breen | John | 24 | Cork | Labourer |
Boyde | James | 20 | Donegal | Farm Labourer |
Curtes | Edgar | 16 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
Cotton | Edward | 35 | Middlesex | Shoe Maker |
Coffey | James | 20 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
Cooper | John | 22 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
Dinhey | John | 20 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Ford | William | 23 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
Franklin | Henry | 25 | Middlesex | Grocers Assistant Landed at Plymouth sick |
Gell | Nathan | 20 | Yorkshire | Sawyer |
Glen | Thomas | 25 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
Gray | Nicholas | 36 | Middlesex | Painter |
Henry | James | 16 | Shetland | House Carpenter Landed at Plymouth sick |
Hogan | Thomas | 24 | ||
Hogg | John | 22 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
Thomas | Tyrone | Farm Labourer - Age crossed out & re-stated as 11 years. | ||
Keefe | John | 20 | Cork | Agricultural Labourer |
Kutzner | Julius | 22 | Berlin | Smith Landed at Plymouth sick |
McCarthy | Daniel | 23 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Mongahan | Colin | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
O'Neill | John | 29 | Mayo | Cabinet Maker |
Peppler | Richard | 34 | Narwood | Gardener |
Quintan | Thomas | 19 | Limerick | Labourer |
Reid | Mitchell | 19 | Shetland | Shoe Maker Landed at Plymouth sick |
Reidy | John | 19 | Kent | Labourer |
Rochester | John | 26 | Surrey | Coach Builder |
Rooks | George | 18 | Kent | Timekeeper |
Shergold | George | 18 | Middlesex | Milkman Refused to proceed in the ship |
Sullivan | Jeremiah | 23 | Cork | Carpenter |
Sullivan | Patrick | 22 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Swatt | Daniel | 23 | Shetland | Shepherd |
Walker | Thomas | 22 | Guernsey | Cabinet Maker |
Walsh | John | 23 | Kerry | General Labourer |
Weir | Alexander | 33 | Argyle | Joiner |
Wheatley | Henry | 24 | ||
Words | William | 19 | Middlesex | Carpenter Refused to proceed in the ship |
Single Men introduced by the Emigrants & Colonists Aid Corporation Limited | ||||
King | William | 25 | Cornwall | Labourer |
Maria crossed out on the list and William's listing changed from married to single | ||||
Smith | George | 19 | London | Railway Porter |
Simpson | Alfred | 16 | ||
Single Women | ||||
Bruce | Sarah | 20 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Bruce | Barbara | 22 | ||
Buckley | Sarah | 26 | ||
Kate | 3 | |||
Burmeister | Catherine | 24 | ||
Mary | 1 | Died in hospital at Plymouth | ||
Carroll | Sarah | 27 | Middlesex | Servant |
Curnane | Mary | 20 | ||
Embleton | Jane | 34 | Sunderland | Domestic Servant |
Godfrey | Margaret | 21 | Cork | Servant |
Elizabeth | 19 | Cork | Servant | |
Goldstone | Laura | 19 | Essex | Domestic Servant |
Harre | Helen | 37 | Alexandria | Nurse |
Head | Sarah | 38 | Hamptonshire | Cook Landed at Plymouth sick |
Hurley | Mary | 21 | Cork | Domestic Servant |
Margaret | 18 | |||
Jamieson | Agnes | 23 | Shetland | Domestic Servant Refused to proceed in the ship |
Larcomb | Bessie | 17 | Hamptonshire | Housemaid |
Martha | 19 | Hamptonshire | Nurse | |
Lloyd | Charlotte | 27 | Middlesex | Cook |
McKenzie | Priscilla | 12 | Dumbarton | Nurse Travelled with Harre |
Mary A | 7 | Dumbarton | Travelled with Harre | |
Moriarty | Kate | 18 | ||
Mulholland | Elizabeth | 30 | Dublin | Nurse |
O'Donnell | Catherine | 25 | Donegal | Servant Landed at Plymouth sick |
Reynolds | Mary | 30 | Cavan | Cook |
Robertson | Annie | 26 | Shetland | Cook Landed at Plymouth sick |
Shaw | Elizabeth | 21 | Lincolnshire | Servant Landed at Plymouth from Huranui to proceed with brother in Loch Dee. |
Simpson | James | 21 | ||
Mary | 18 | |||
Alfred | 16 | T/F to single men | ||
Verdon | Catherine | 20 | Roscommon | Teacher on board |
Elizabeth | 18 | Roscommon | Servant | |
Single Women introduced by the Emigrants & Colonists Aid Corporation Limited | ||||
Wills | Mary | 53 | Mother of Frank Wills | |
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WILLS family: Mary Ann Wills, formerly Mary Ann Sarah, came to New Zealand with her adult children and their families. They lived for a short time at Halcombe, Fielding, where Mary Ann married William King, also on Hurunui passenger list. From there they came to the West Coast, Mary Ann, William and the KEAM family staying in Brunnerton, and the rest of the family moving on to Reefton. James, Richard and Frank were all miners, later on James becoming a storekeeper there. If anyone would like further information on these families please contact Bev. |
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Catharina and Maria BURMEISTER: Catharina was sister to my g-grandfather Jørgen Voss, who arrived in New Zealand in 1875. Catharina married Jachim Heinrich Burmeister at Aabenraa (Apenrade), Schleswig, in September 1874. Joachim came to New Zealand on the Friedeburg out of Hamburg in late 1874-early '75. Catharina followed on the Hurunui voyage as listed (actually her voyage from London started in September but the ship put back to London after 8 days following a collision with a ship). Mary, her daughter, contracted scarlet fever and died in a London hospital in October 1876. If you are connected with this family or would like to know more please contact David Voss. |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 2000 - 2006
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IM15/277
Archives New Zealand IM5/4/26