Janet Court
Ship: 996 tons
Captain: Captain Crawford
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed Glasgow February 25th 1874 - arrived Otago May 29th 1874
The 996 ton ship Janet Court,
belonging to the Patrick Henderson Line, made only two trips to New Zealand, but she
brought out a large number of immigrants. In the year 1874 she brought 395 people from
Glasgow to Port Chalmers. Leaving Glasgow on February 25th, 1874, she took her final
departure from Rothesay Bay on March 2, crossed the Equator on March 29, sighted the
Snares on May 25, made the Otago Heads, but was blown off, and eventually made port on
march 29 - 93 days out. Captain Crawford was in command. On February 19, 1890, she arrived
at Wellington, being 104 days out from the Old Country, and after landing passengers and
cargo, she went on to Port Chalmers, for which port she had more passengers and the
balance of her cargo. On this occasion she arrived at Port Chalmers on March 15 1890.
Captain Hewer was in command.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Families & Children | ||||
| Armstrong | William | 29 | Edinburgh | Groom |
| Isabella | 22 | |||
| Johston | David | 18 months | Travelled with Armstrong | |
| Buchanan | Thomas | 38 | Lancashire | Fireman |
| Hannah | 37 | |||
| Chambers | David | 25 | Lanark | Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 27 | |||
| Clough | Francis | 42 | Lanark | Plumber |
| Margaret | 41 | |||
| Margaret | 14 | |||
| David | 10 | |||
| Jane | 9 | |||
| Elizabeth | 6 | |||
| Francis | 3 | |||
| Cormack | Peter | 40 | Aberdeen | Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 39 | |||
| Elspeth | 5 | |||
| Isabella | 14 | |||
| Peter | 11 | |||
| Jessie | 10 | |||
| Craig | Margaret | 36 | Antrim | Domestic Servant |
| Margaret J | 18 | Antrim | ||
| Robert | 16 | Antrim | Domestic Servant | |
| Tilda | 14 | Antrim | ||
| Sarah | 12 | |||
| Maria | 10 | |||
| Alexander | 5 | |||
| Annie | 3 | |||
| John | 18 months | |||
| Downey | Mary | 40 | ||
| Michael | 17 | |||
| Farquhar | George | 26 | Aberdeen | Quarry Worker |
| Margaret | 36 | |||
| Gibson | William | 44 | Lanark | Bootmaker |
| Mrs | 43 | |||
| William | 15 | |||
| Jane | 13 | |||
| James | 8 | |||
| Elizabeth | 4 | |||
| John | 1 | |||
| Greene | Michael | 28 | Antrim | Labourer |
| Mary | 30 | |||
| John | 4 | |||
| James | 18 months | |||
| Grey | George | 38 | Lanark | Labourer |
| Anna | 32 | |||
| Mary Ann | 15 | |||
| Elizabeth | 11 | |||
| Anne | 8 | |||
| Edward | 5 | |||
| Margaret | 2 | |||
| Gunton | William | 51 | Roxburgh | Stockinger |
| Mary | 48 | |||
| Rebecca | 30 | |||
| Agnes | 17 | |||
| John | 21 | |||
| Joseph | 19 | |||
| James | 15 | |||
| Edward | 9 | |||
| George | 7 | |||
| Hay | Robert | 26 | Durham | Mason |
| Isabella | 27 | |||
| Robert | 8 months | |||
| Little | Mrs Margaret | 39 | Lanark | |
| John | 15 | |||
| Morrison | William | 9 | Travelled with Little | |
| Loft | Edward | 31 | Lanark | Shoemaker |
| Jane | 30 | |||
| Malcolm | James | 21 | Aberdeen | Joiner |
| Isabella | 19 | |||
| James | 3 months | |||
| Martin | James | 23 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
| Margaret | 24 | |||
| Mcgregor | Francis | 49 | Elgin | Blacksmith |
| James R | 18 | |||
| Elizabeth | 16 | Domestic Servant | ||
| Peter | 14 | |||
| Margaret | 13 | |||
| Mary | 11 | |||
| Francis | 10 | |||
| Robert | 8 | |||
| McFadden | Thomas | 23 | Antrim | Ploughman |
| Sarah | 24 | |||
| McKellar | John | 39 | Renfrew | Cartwright |
| Mrs | 38 | |||
| John | 6 | |||
| McKenzie | William | 35 | Banff | Blacksmith |
| Isabella | 35 | |||
| William | 12 | |||
| Isabella | 10 | |||
| Mary | 8 | |||
| Christina | 6 | |||
| George | 4 | |||
| Jean | 2 | |||
| Charles S | 3 months | |||
| McKinnon | A | 34 | Inverness | Shepherd |
| Effie | 32 | |||
| Catherine | 8 | |||
| Charles | 7 | |||
| Christy | 5 | |||
| Elizabeth | 4 | |||
| Mary Ann | 3 | |||
| Jane | 6 months | |||
| Morrison | John | 21 | Edinburgh | Labourer |
| Margaret | 21 | |||
| James | 6 months | |||
| Mowbray | James | 47 | Fifeshire | Labourer |
| Catherine | 43 | |||
| Margaret | 21 | |||
| John | 18 | |||
| William | 16 | |||
| James | 13 | |||
| Catherine | 11 | |||
| Barbara | 10 | |||
| Agnes | 6 | |||
| O'Donnell | Michael | 40 | Lanark | Labourer |
| Sarah | 26 | |||
| Sarah | 2 | |||
| James | 6 months | |||
| Provan | James | 32 | Lanark | Labourer |
| Christine | 32 | |||
| David | 2 | |||
| Robertson | John | 38 | ||
| Mary | 35 | |||
| Ann | 5 | |||
| Agnes | 2 | |||
| Rollinson | John | 36 | Nottinghamshire | Stocking Weaver |
| Mrs | 36 | |||
| George | 16 | |||
| Mary | 13 | |||
| Hannah | 10 | |||
| Arthur | 5 | |||
| Fanny | 2 | |||
| Rollinson | Samuel | 31 | Nottinghamshire | Stocking Weaver |
| Maria | 29 | |||
| Thomas | 11 | |||
| Nathaniel | 9 | |||
| Rebecca | 6 | |||
| Elizabeth | 3 | |||
| Esther | 1 | |||
| Rough | George | 16 | Farm Servant | |
| Amelia | 14 | Domestic Servant | ||
| Jane | 12 | |||
| Mary | 10 | |||
| Russel | John | 23 | Renfrew | Labourer |
| Anna | 26 | |||
| Margaret | 2 | |||
| Savage | James | 41 | Lanark | Shoemaker |
| Mary | 41 | |||
| Mary | 10 | |||
| Smith | Mary | 12 | ||
| Savage | Agnes | 7 | ||
| Smith | James | 5 | ||
| Shaw | Alexander | 25 | East Lothian | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 21 | |||
| Roderick | 1 | |||
| Stewart | Andrew | 40 | Antrim | Labourer |
| Ellen | ||||
| William | 19 | |||
| Rachel | 15 | |||
| Andrew | 13 | |||
| Nancy | 9 | |||
| John | 5 | |||
| James | 2 | |||
| Stewart | Alexander | 35 | Antrim | Labourer |
| Mary | 39 | |||
| Mary Jane | 18 | |||
| Margaret | 16 | |||
| Alexander | 14 | |||
| James | 11 | |||
| Anna | 9 | |||
| John | 4 | |||
| Daniel | 2 | |||
| Thomson | George | 40 | Lanark | Shoemaker |
| Mrs | 36 | |||
| Alexander | 17 | |||
| John | 15 | |||
| Ann Jane | 13 | |||
| Isabella | 11 | |||
| Agnes | 7 | |||
| Margaret | 5 | |||
| Tracey | Michael | 32 | Londonderry | Farm Labourer |
| Catherine | 32 | |||
| James | 10 | |||
| Thomas | 9 | |||
| Francis | 7 | |||
| Mary | 5 | |||
| George | 4 | |||
| Catherine A | 2 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Agnew | William | 22 | Lanark | Labourer |
| Henry | 17 | Lanark | Labourer | |
| Anderson | James | 18 | Orkney | Farmer |
| Bartley | Daniel | 22 | Edinburgh | Labourer |
| Bovill | William | 21 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
| Boyd | Joseph | 21 | Lanark | Joiner |
| Burns | Andrew | 21 | Lanark | Blacksmith |
| Butler | William | 22 | Lanark | Boat Cutter |
| Brown | James | 18 | Edinburgh | Gardener |
| Cameron | Peter | 20 | Edinburgh | Saddler |
| Dickson | John | 22 | Orkney | Farm Labourer |
| Dodds | John | 21 | Edinburgh | Carpenter |
| Dove | Thomas | 19 | Notts | Stocking Weaver |
| Gillies | Andrew | 20 | Lanark | Mechanic |
| Halket | Alexander | 19 | Aberdeen | Ag. Labourer |
| Henry | William | 22 | Edinburgh | Blacksmith |
| McCully | William | 28 | Antrim | Farm Servant |
| McKenzie | Alexander | 19 | Wicklow | Farmer |
| McKinnon | Robert | 18 | Ayr | Farmer |
| McLachlan | Hugh | 25 | Lanark | Labourer |
| McLennan | Kenneth | 25 | Inverness | Ploughman |
| McMullan | Thomas | 21 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| McPherson | John | 20 | Aberdeen | Farm Labourer |
| Miller | Alexander | 22 | Edinburgh | Labourer |
| Mowatt | William | 22 | Lanark | Engineer |
| Nicolson | Peter | 22 | Lanark | Shepherd |
| Rainie | James | 31 | Antrim | Ploughman |
| Reid | Thomas | 23 | Edinburgh | Labourer |
| Ritchie | John | 20 | Lanark | Mason |
| Robb | Daniel | 19 | Lanark | Plumber |
| Robertson | John | 22 | Renfrew | Ploughman |
| Roy | James | 19 | Banff | Tailor |
| Shiels | Robert | 28 | Selkirkshire | Labourer |
| Singleton | Thomas | 19 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Skinner | Peter | 22 | Edinburgh | Saddler |
| Smith | Alexander | 31 | Ross | Blacksmith |
| Sparrow | James D. | 19 | Renfrew | Draper's Assistant |
| Todd | James | 22 | Lanark | Labourer |
| Torlett | John | 14 | Ayr | Farm Servant |
| Thomas | 14 | Ayr | Farm Servant | |
| Trotter | Sinclair | 25 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
| Waite | William Robert | 19 | Armagh | Farmer |
| Watson | Robert | 21 | Lanark | Engineer |
| Watt | William | 21 | Aberdeen | Ploughman |
| Watt | James | 23 | Aberdeen | Shepherd |
| Watt | Malcolm | 21 | Ross | Railway Porter |
| David | 20 | Ross | Carter | |
| Weir | Robert | 23 | Edinburgh | Labourer |
| Wilson | David | 28 | Edinburgh | Gardener |
| Single Women | ||||
| Armstrong | Margaret | 21 | Edinburgh | Domestic Servant |
| Carmichael | Elizaabeth | 23 | Dumbarton | Farm Servant |
| Carson | Eliza A. | 22 | Armagh | Domestic Servant |
| Dryburgh | Francis M. | 19 | Edinburgh | Domestic Servant |
| Farguhar | Mary | 22 | Aberdeen | Domestic Servant |
| Fox | Eliza | 49 | Lanark | Sick Nurse |
| Kinnear | Eliza | 21 | Edinburgh | Domestic Servant |
| Matilda | 18 | Edinburgh | Domestic Servant | |
| Jane | 17 | Edinburgh | Domestic Servant | |
| McClure | Elizabeth | 21 | Antrim | Domestic Servant |
| McLennan | Christina | 30 | Inverness | Domestic Servant |
| McMullan | Mary | 18 | Antrim | Domestic Servant |
| Montgomery | Elizabeth | 17 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
| O'Maley | Sarah | 22 | Antrim | Domestic Servant |
| Russell | Lizzie | 19 | Antrim | Domestic Servant |
| Shelley | Catherine | 34 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
| Sproue | Elizabeth | 22 | Renfrew | Domestic Servant |
| Watt | Margaret | 30 | Ross | Domestic Servant |
| Christina | 27 | Ross | Domestic Servant | |
| Elizabeth | 23 | Ross | Domestic Servant | |
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