Ionic
Steamer: 12,351 tons
Captain: A E Jackson
Surgeon: J C Brennon
(Chief Engineer: A C Kinning and Purser: E N Kettle)
Sailed Southampton May 20th 1927 - Arrived Wellington (via Panama Canal) June 29th
1927
Lyttleton
June 30th 1927
Ionic arrived in Wellington 29th June 1927. The ship was in Wellington for the day, disembarking North Island passengers, sailing for Lyttleton that evening. South Island passengers were disembarked at that port the following day. Comments on the passenger list are from Mrs Georgina Rodger (nee Evers) born Bathgate, West Lothian in 1905.
Name | Age | Occupation | County and Comments | Bound for | |
First Class Passengers | |||||
Brown | Miss E | Embarking at Colony | Sydney | ||
Gardener | Mr B | Auckland | |||
Jonas | Mr R | Wellington | |||
MacGregor | Miss C | Wellington | |||
MacKinlay | Captain J | Sydney | |||
Mrs | |||||
Renwick | Mrs M | Wellington | |||
Reyne | Mrs G | Wellington | |||
Miss R | |||||
Miss B | |||||
Miss P | |||||
Master R | |||||
Seth-Smith | Miss C | Auckland | |||
Miss M | Auckland | ||||
Smith | Mr J | Royal Navy | Auckland | ||
Waters | Dr J | Wellington | |||
Second Class Passengers | |||||
Buchan | Mr A | Oamaru | |||
Collinge | Mrs F | Sydney | |||
Farnworth | Mr W | Lyttleton | |||
Mrs | |||||
Houghton | Miss E | Wellington | |||
Hunt | Mr T | Auckland | |||
Mrs | |||||
Miss R | |||||
Irwin | Mr W | Wellington | |||
Jarvis | Miss W | Auckland | |||
Kelly | Mr E | Otago | |||
Kelson | Mr M | Embarking at Colony | |||
Mrs | |||||
Master E | |||||
Kidd | Mr E | Auckland | |||
Little | Mr G | Wellington | |||
Marsden | Mr J | ||||
Martin | Mrs M | Wellington | |||
O'Donnell | Mr J | Wellington | |||
Rolleston | Mr O | Wellington | |||
Mrs | Wellington | ||||
Rowlands | Miss M | Lyttleton | |||
Ruby | Mr H | Wellington | |||
Steele | Mrs A | Auckland | |||
Miss N | |||||
Miss M | |||||
Sturrock | Miss A | Wellington | |||
Tendall | Miss M | Wellington | |||
Thompson | Miss L | Wellington | |||
Tweedale | Mrs F | Wellington | |||
Wheeler | Mr W | ||||
Third Class Passengers | |||||
Allan | Mr J | Wellington | |||
Mr W | |||||
Anderson | Mr A | Lyttleton | |||
Anderson | Miss J | Auckland | |||
Baker | Miss L | Lyttleton | |||
Beattie | Mr C | Wellington | |||
Biggs | Mr J | Otago | |||
Mrs | |||||
Miss M | |||||
Boffey | Miss M | Wellington | |||
Bourne | Mr D | Wellington | |||
Braiden | Miss E | Wellington | |||
Brannen | Mrs M | Auckland | |||
Miss M | |||||
Master E | |||||
Master J | |||||
Master N | |||||
Master V | |||||
Briggs | Mr J | Napier | |||
Mrs | |||||
Mr A | |||||
Master N | |||||
Master R | |||||
Byast | Miss M | Auckland | |||
Cairnduff | Mr J | Otago | |||
Cairns | Mr J | Gisborne | |||
Casey | Mrs D | Wellington | |||
Miss J | |||||
Catterson | Miss K | Auckland | |||
Cheney | Mr N | Auckland | |||
Clarke | Mr D | Wellington | |||
Coombs | Mr P | Auckland | |||
Mrs | |||||
Miss L | |||||
Miss R | |||||
Miss N | |||||
Miss E | |||||
Miss M | |||||
Miss B | |||||
Miss D | |||||
Cooper | Mr R | Wellington | |||
Crawford | Miss M | Wellington | |||
Cummings | Mr T | Otago | |||
Mrs | |||||
Miss A | |||||
Master W | |||||
Master T | |||||
Miss D | |||||
Master H | |||||
Dale | Miss A | Lyttleton | |||
Davies | Miss J | Wellington | |||
Emerson | Mr J | Australia | |||
England | Mr G | Wellington | |||
Mrs | |||||
Miss M | |||||
Miss K | |||||
Evers | Miss Georgina | Born Bathgate, West Lothian 1905. Went to Dunedin then Wellington | Otago | ||
Feltham | Mr F | Wellington | |||
Ferris | Mr J | Australia | |||
Ford | Mrs H | Wellington | |||
Miss J | |||||
Master J | |||||
Master W | |||||
Freeth | Miss F | Auckland | |||
Funston | Miss M | Lyttleton | |||
Gallagher | Miss E | Wellington | |||
Gilkes | Mr S | Wellington | |||
Graham | Mr D | Auckland | |||
Mrs | |||||
Miss C | |||||
Master A | |||||
Miss M | |||||
Grant | Mr J | Auckland | |||
Green | Miss E | Oamaru | |||
Haig | Miss E | Auckland | |||
Hampton | Mr W | Australia | |||
Mrs | |||||
Hanks | Master J | Auckland | |||
Harman | Mr W | Wellington | |||
Mrs K | |||||
Master A | |||||
Hendry | Mr W | Wellington | |||
Mrs | |||||
Master A | |||||
Miss E | |||||
Higgins | Miss E | Wellington | |||
Miss M | |||||
Holloway | Miss M | Wellington | |||
Miss D | |||||
Hudson | Mr H | Wellington | |||
Jack | Mr C | Auckland | |||
Jackson | Miss D | Wellington | |||
Killen | Miss I | Auckland | |||
Laidlaw | Miss M | Wellington | |||
Laing | Mr A | Otago | |||
Lane | Mr A | Wellington | |||
Langley | Mr J | Wellington | |||
Langton | Miss E | Oamaru | |||
Law | Mr R | Wellington | |||
Lawton | Mr William (Bill) | From north of England | Auckland | ||
Layfield | Mr G | Auckland | |||
Mrs | |||||
Master C | |||||
Miss B | |||||
Liggett | Mr K | Napier | |||
Lowry | Miss M | Wellington | |||
McAllister | Miss Fanny | From Harthill, Lanark, Scotland | Auckland | ||
Miss M | From Harthill, Lanark, Scotland (went to Australia) | ||||
McAnallen | Mrs M | Auckland | |||
McCaughan | Mr D | Napier | |||
Mrs | |||||
McClean | Mr H | Auckland | |||
McDonald | Mr G | Otago | |||
McKnight | Mr F | Wellington | |||
McLearie | Miss S | Wellington | |||
McCluskey | Miss B | Auckland | |||
Miss M | |||||
McGhie | Miss Isobel | From Shotts, Lanark, Scotland | Auckland | ||
Miss Margaret | From Shotts, Lanark, Scotland | ||||
Miss Annie | From Shotts, Lanark, Scotland | ||||
McVeigh | Mr G | Australia | |||
Milligan | Miss R | Wellington | |||
Miller | Mr D | Otago | |||
Moore | Mr J | Lyttleton | |||
Morris | Mr A | Wellington | |||
Mulligan | Mr J | Auckland | |||
Mr H | |||||
Neillands | Mrs Annie | From Scotland. To Christchurch | Lyttleton | ||
O'Donohue | Mr P | Lyttleton | |||
Parsons | Mr D | Auckland | |||
Mrs | |||||
Petrie | Miss J | Otago | |||
Pirie | Mr J | Auckland | |||
Proctor | Mr W | Lyttleton | |||
Rees | Mr D | Wellington | |||
Rod | Mr A | Wellington | |||
Rodger | Mr John | Born Glassford, Lanarkshire 1903. From Dunedin to Wellington. |
Otago | ||
Rutherford | Miss B | From Scotland. To Little River, Canterbury | Lyttleton | ||
Rycroft | Mrs B | Auckland | |||
Miss M | |||||
Salmond | Miss C | From Scotland | Auckland | ||
Miss J | From Scotland | ||||
Shann | Mrs M | Gisborne | |||
Sloane | Mr G | Wellington | |||
Smith | Mr E | Auckland | |||
Smith | Mr T | Wellington | |||
Mrs | |||||
Miss E | |||||
Master R | |||||
Tanner | Mrs S | Auckland | |||
Miss M | |||||
Thomas | Mr W | Auckland | |||
Timlin | Mr W | Lyttleton | |||
Mrs | |||||
Timlin | Mr J | ||||
Tweedie | Mr Geordie | Born Scotland | Otago | ||
Volkman | Miss C | Australia | |||
Miss A | Australia | ||||
Walker | Mr A | Auckland | |||
Walker | Miss B | Wellington | |||
Watson | Mr G | Wellington | |||
Watson | Miss B | Timaru | |||
Whyte | Mr P | Born Scotland. Had a dairy near Octogon, Dunedin. |
Otago | ||
Mrs | |||||
Miss A | |||||
Yule | Miss A | Wellington | |||
Copyright Denise & Peter 2001
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