Jessie Osborne
Ship: 1058 tons
Captain: Falconer
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed Glasgow November 7th 1875 - arrived Lyttelton 31st January 1876
The Jessie Osborne, chartered in the
'seventies by the New Zealand Shipping Company to convey immigrants to the Dominion, was a
fine full-rigged ship of 1058 tons, and when fitted up to carry passengers was comfortable
and a fast sailer. Prior to trading to New Zealand, and when on a voyage to California,
she was driven ashore, and the wreck was purchased by an American firm. Her name was then
changed to Mariposa. She made one pasage to Liverpool from San Francisco, but she was then
bought back by the original owners., and her name was again changed to Jessie Osborne. She
was in 1876 chartered by the New Zealand Shipping Company, and after completing two
voyages to New Zealand, was sold to a Norwegian firm, converted into a barque, and
re-named Okta. Some years later, in 1913, the old barque, still bearing the same name, was
loaded with a cargo of jarrah timber in Tasmania, and sailed for Falmouth. She put into
Bluff harbour in distress, struck the Pelham rocks, Sterling Point, and became a total
wreck.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Families and Children | ||||
Alston | James | 42 | Cumberland | Gardener |
Agnes | 33 | |||
Jessie | 12 | |||
Isabella | 10 | |||
Agnes | 8 | |||
James | 4 | |||
Barr | John | 28 | Lanark | Labourer |
Mrs E. | 27 | |||
Rebecca | 4 | |||
Beck | James | 33 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
Eliza | 32 | |||
Annie | 10 | |||
William | 7 | |||
Margaret | 4 | |||
Thomas | 3 mths | |||
Begg | Alexander | 26 | Lanark | Tailor |
Annie | 25 | |||
Boswell | Harriet | 43 | Edinburgh | Sick Nurse |
Kate | 16 | |||
Barbara | 7 | |||
Alex | 9 | |||
Brown | Robert | 28 | Ayr | Farm Servant |
Mrs | 26 | |||
Mary | 7 | |||
James | 4 | |||
John | 2 | |||
Burns | John | 49 | Haddington | Gardener |
Margaret | 48 | |||
William | 17 | Gardener | ||
Thomas | 14 | Labourer | ||
Hannah | 10 | |||
James | 7 | |||
Calder | Thomas S. | 24 | Forfarshire | General Labourer |
Margaret | 28 | |||
Campbell | Donald | 27 | Lanark | Navvy |
Mary | 20 | |||
Annie | 1 | |||
Cochrane | Duncan | 28 | Lanark | Miner |
Janet | 22 | |||
Robert | 3 | |||
Cooper | Robert | 30 | Edinburgh | Brass Finisher |
Jane | 30 | |||
Graham | Joseph | 24 | Forfarshire | Tailor |
Mary A. | 23 | |||
Mary Ann | 2 | |||
Graham | James | 20 | Lanark | Surfaceman |
Mary | 40 | |||
Mary | 16 | |||
Alex | 18 | |||
Maggie | 14 | |||
George | 11 | |||
John | 8 | |||
Sarah | 6 | |||
Gray | James | 39 | Lanark | Mason |
Barbara | 32 | |||
Halcrow | Lawrence | 38 | Edinburgh | Farm Labourer |
Christina | 34 | |||
Henry | 6 | |||
Lawrence | 4 | |||
Hannah | William | 23 | Lanark | Miner |
Agnes | 23 | |||
William | 1 | |||
Jamieson | James | 25 | Shetland | Labourer |
Margaret | 21 | |||
Kelly | Dennis | 39 | Limerick | Ploughman |
Catherine | 26 | |||
Andrew | 1 | |||
Keogh | John | 27 | Lanark | Labourer |
Margaret | 23 | |||
Kerr | Murdo | 41 | Inverness | Shepherd |
Ann | 37 | |||
Christy | 14 | |||
Catherine | 12 | |||
Hugh | 10 | |||
Charles | 8 | |||
Malcom | 6 | |||
Elizabeth | 4 | |||
John | 2 | |||
Kilpatrick | David | 30 | Renfrewshire | Gardener |
Susan | 30 | |||
Andrew | 4 | |||
David | 1 | |||
Lauder | John | 22 | Perthshire | Candle Maker |
Mrs | 22 | |||
Lawrenson | Morgan | 50 | Shetland | Farmer and Fisherman |
Mary | 44 | |||
George | 17 | Farm Labourer | ||
Andrew | 16 | Farm Labourer | ||
John | 14 | |||
Francis | 13 | |||
Lily | 12 | |||
Mary | 9 | |||
James | 8 | |||
Maggie | 7 | |||
Morgan | 6 | |||
Christian | 3 | |||
Leckie | John | 35 | Renfrewshire | Shoemaker |
Elizabeth | 30 | |||
Margaret | 12 | |||
Liddle | William | 33 | Edinburgh | Ploughman |
Margaret | 26 | |||
Janet | 2 | |||
James | 5 mths | |||
Love | Mrs Johnston | 38 | Renfrewshire | |
Jane | 19 | |||
Rebecca | 17 | |||
John | 14 | |||
Johnstone | 11 | |||
Elizabeth | 9 | |||
Maggie | 4 | |||
McAdam | William John | 29 | Renfrewshire | Sheet Iron worker |
Rose | 27 | |||
McColgan | Thomas | 25 | Northumberland | Joiner |
Maria | 22 | |||
Daniel | 2 | |||
Maria | 1 | |||
McDonald | David | 30 | Forfarshire | Labourer |
Ann | 34 | |||
James | 9 | |||
Murray | Angus | 35 | Ross | Ploughman |
Isabella | 31 | |||
Louisa | 9 | |||
Mary | 7 | |||
Ann | 1 | |||
Newton | William | 27 | Renfrewshire | Joiner |
Mrs | 26 | |||
Catherine | 5 | |||
Agnes | 3 | |||
William | 1 | |||
Philip | James | 28 | Lanark | Joiner |
Isa | 28 | |||
Rigan | William | 24 | Renfrewshire | Foreman Joiner |
Margaret | 23 | |||
Robertson | William | 22 | Ayr | Navvy |
Elizabeth | 20 | |||
Jane | 2 | |||
Shanahan | Ellen | 28 | Limerick | Dairymaid |
Patrick | 9 | |||
John | 5 | |||
Daniel | 2 | |||
Smyme | James | 25 | Edinburgh | Labourer |
Agnes | 22 | |||
David | 3 mths | |||
Speirs | Bertram | 27 | Dumbarton | Labourer |
Christina | 22 | |||
Archibald | 2 | |||
John | 7 mths | |||
Stobie | John | 28 | Forfarshire | Railway Porter |
Mary | 35 | |||
Maggie | 9 | |||
William | 3 | |||
Sophia | 8 mths | |||
Walsh | John | 44 | Galway | Labourer |
Mary | 43 | |||
Patrick | 19 | Labourer | ||
Eliza | 9 | |||
Forde | Onora | 20 | Galway | General Servant with Walsh |
Margaret | 18 | Galway | General Servant with Walsh | |
Horan | Thomas | 23 | With Walsh | |
Webster | Arthur | 44 | Fife | Carter and Ploughman |
Janet | 44 | |||
Margaret | 21 | Domestic Servant | ||
Alexander | 18 | Grocer | ||
Janet | 13 | |||
David | 5 | |||
Welsh | James | 21 | Lanark | Joiner |
Jessie | 19 | |||
Younger | George | 24 | Ayr | Miner |
Jane | 20 | |||
Isabella | 1 | |||
David | 3 mths | |||
Single Men | ||||
Alexander | John | 34 | Ayr | Blacksmith |
Alexander | William | 19 | Lanark | Engine Keeper |
Allan | James | 21 | Renfrewshire | Sawmiller |
Allison | William | 20 | Dumfries | Farm Labourer |
Baillie | Thomas | 37 | Lanark | Labourer |
Boyle | Michael | 22 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Brown | John | 26 | Forfar | Navvy |
Bruce | James | 24 | Lanark | Cabinet Maker |
Bunter | James | 25 | Lanark | Packer |
Hugh | 17 | Lanark | Porter | |
Campbell | Donald | 28 | Lanark | Navvy |
Campbell | Malcolm | 28 | Lanark | House Carpenter |
Carnegie | Andrew | 23 | Forfar | Tailor and Cutter |
Chalmers | James | 22 | Lanarkshire | Grain Porter |
Chapman | James | 18 | Haddington | Farm Servant |
Clark | John | 19 | Renfrewshire | Fitter |
Clyde | David | 25 | Antrim | Farm Servant |
Condon | Thomas | 26 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Cooper | Alexander | 24 | Lanark | Engine Keeper |
Cosgriff | John | 24 | Antrim | Ploughman |
Cosgriff | James | 24 | Limerick | Ploughman |
Crawford | James | 24 | Ayr | Ploughman |
Crimmin | Michael | 22 | Limerick | Ploughman |
Dalrymple | William | 18 | Haddington | Farm Servant |
David | Houston | 21 | Ayr | Engineer |
Dickie | James | 28 | Edinburgh | Labourer |
Ellington | John | 31 | Forfar | Navvy |
Fetzlaff ? | John | 26 | Lanark | Carpenter |
Forrest | John | 19 | Lanark | Joiner |
Jenkins | William James | 21 | Derry | Farm Labourer |
Gibson | William | 26 | Forfar | Ploughman |
Gibson | George | 23 | Forfar | Farm Labourer |
Charles | 21 | Forfar | Farm Labourer | |
Gilmour | James | 21 | Ayr | Mason |
Gray | Thomas | 25 | Lanark | Labourer |
Hamilton | James | 22 | Tyrone | Labourer |
Hastie | James | 21 | Ayr | Engineer |
Henderson | Robert | 20 | Lanark | Navvy |
William | 22 | Lanark | Navvy | |
Kelday | Hugh | 19 | Edinburgh | Labourer |
Kenny | Robert D. | 23 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Lees | Matthew | 18 | Lanark | Miner |
Macrae | John | 22 | Forfar | Painter |
Mann | James | 32 | Antrim Farm | Labourer |
McArthur | James | 23 | Lanark | Engineman |
McDevitt | Philip | 21 | Strabane | Farm Labourer |
McDowell | Robert | 24 | Dumbarton | Miner |
McEwan | George | 21 | Renfrewshire | Shoemaker |
McKenzie | George | 18 | Haddington | Ag. Labourer |
McKinnon | Peter | 24 | Lanark | Joiner |
McLaren | Robert | 32 | Perth | House Carpenter |
McLennan | John | 19 | Inverness | Shepherd |
McLeod | George | 28 | Edinburgh | Labourer |
McNamara | John | 22 | Limerick | Ploughman |
McNeil | William | 19 | Birte | Tinsmith |
McNeil | Daniel | 29 | Bute | Gardener |
McRae | Murdo | 23 | Ross | Farm Servant |
Millar | Donald | 21 | Edinburgh | Labourer |
Milliken | William R. | 24 | Ayr | Joiner and Glazier |
Milne | Robert | 19 | Fife | Gouse Painter |
Muir | James | 19 | Lanark | Miner |
Neil | Robert | 22 | Lanark | Farm Servant |
Ness | James | 19 | Lanark | Farm Servant |
Nicol | Alexander | 23 | Lanark | Ploughman |
O'Connor | Jeremiah | 22 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Oliver | George | 27 | Renfrewshire | Carpenter |
Philips | John | 19 | Lanark | Farm Servant |
Provan | James | 18 | Renfrewshire | Joiner |
Purves | Andrew | 20 | Edinburgh | Labourer |
Raff | John | 24 | Moray | Farm Servant |
Ritchie | Alexander | 48 | Haddington | Ag. Labourer |
Robertson | James A. | 24 | Edinburgh | Ass. Factory Overseer |
Roylance | William | 35 | Edinburgh | Stonemason |
Sutherland | Alexander | 28 | Caithness | Carpenter |
Shanaghan | Daniel | 37 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Smith | Edward | 21 | Dunfries | Farm Servant |
Stewart | Alexander | 22 | Forfar | Painter |
Stewart | Peter | 24 | Lanark | Ploughman |
Thomson | John | 24 | Renfrewshire | Carpenter |
Thomson | Robert | 21 | Lanark | Labourer |
Toghill | Daniel | 20 | Derry | Farm Labourer |
Tohill | John | 18 | Derry | Farm Labourer |
Tweedie | Andrew | 25 | Lanark | Joiner |
Wallace | John | 28 | Renfrewshire | Ag. Labourer |
Wallace | David | 24 | Stirling | Mineral Borer |
Williamson | Magnus | 21 | Shetland | Farm Labourer |
Young | William | 19 | Clackmannon | Postman |
Young | Robert | 32 | Ayr | Ploughman |
Single Women | ||||
Campbell | Ann | 25 | Edinburgh | Domestic Servant |
Connors | Catherine | 17 | Limerick | Dairymaid |
Corrigan | Mary | 22 | Antrim | Domestic Servant |
Ford | Mrs Eleanor | 34 | Renfrewshire | Laundress |
Garson | Catherine | 29 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Hamilton | Hannah | 21 | Tyrone | Servant |
Henderson | Jessie A. | 24 | Edinburgh | Domestic Servant |
McCabe | Mrs H. H. | 28 | Ayr | House Servant |
McCowan | Sarah | 21 | Lanark | Machinist |
McDonald | Jane | 20 | Forfar | Domestic Servant |
McDonald | Ann | 28 | Edinburgh | Cook |
McKay | Christy | 21 | Ross | Domestic Servant |
McLaren | Christina | 27 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Murdock | Charlotte | 29 | Ayr | Dairymaid |
Murphy | Margaret | 22 | Limerick | Dairymaid |
Nolan | Bridget | 22 | Limerick | Dairymaid |
Rafferty | Sarah A. | 17 | Armagh | Domestic Servant |
Reddock | Mary | 25 | Glasgow | Domestic Servant |
Russell | Mary | 18 | Down | Domestic Servant |
Smith | Mary | 20 | Down | Domestic Servant |
Steven | Isabella | 28 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Sullivan | Ellen | 19 | Limerick | Housemaid |
Sullivan | Mary | 18 | Limerick | Housemaid |
Yorke | Sarah | 30 | Armagh | Domestic Servant Acting as Matron |
Copyright Denise and Peter 2000
National Archive Reference
IM15/252