Lancashire Witch
Ship: 1574 tons
Captain: West
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr McLean
Sailed London 4th July 1863 - arrived Lyttelton & Timaru 13th October 1863
The Lancashire Witch was one of the
many vessels built at Quebec. She was a full-rigged ship of 1574 tons, and was eleven
years off the stocks when she came to new Zealand. She was owned by Firnie and Co., of
Liverpool, and in 1863 was chartered by the Shaw Savill Co. The Lancashire Witch made her
first passage to Lyttelton in 1863, and the 420 immigrants who embarked at London
experienced a very trying and anxious time. Shortly after her departure scarlet fever
broke out, and before reaching Lyttelton three adults and 23 children died and were buried
at sea.
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Fifty Year Reunion of Lancashire
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| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Cabin Passengers | ||||
| Carruthers | Mr | |||
| Mrs | ||||
| Gollin | Mr | |||
| Harris | Mr | |||
| Mrs | ||||
| 3 children | ||||
| Nurse to Harris children | ||||
| Jones | Mr | |||
| McLean | Dr | Surgeon Superintendent | ||
| Otway | Mr | |||
| Rawlings | Mr | |||
| Salomon | Mr | |||
| Mrs | ||||
| 2 daughters | ||||
| Streerage Passengers | ||||
| Families and Children - Destination Lyttelton | ||||
| Allan | George William | 27 | Middlesex | Painter |
| Mary Ann | 30 | |||
| James | 10 | |||
| James John | Infant | |||
| Anderson | Andrew | 26 | Forfar | Ploughman |
| Mary | 24 | |||
| Anderson | Catherine | 20 | T/F to single women | |
| Archibald | James | 29 | Stirlingshire | Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 28 | |||
| Margaret | 7 | |||
| Elizabeth | 1 | |||
| Bellman | Charles | 31 | Middlesex | Bricklayer |
| Harriett | 29 | |||
| Elizabeth | 6 | |||
| Bennett | Edward | 30 | Hertfordshire | Carpenter |
| Esther | 27 | |||
| Edward | 11 | |||
| George J | 4 | |||
| Elizabeth Jane | 2 | Died at sea 02/10/1863 Marasmus |
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| Louisa S | 6 months | Died at sea 07/09/1863 Pertussis |
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| Bennett | John | 26 | Shropshire | Carpenter |
| Mary | 26 | |||
| Blyth | James | 24 | Forfar | Farm Labourer |
| Ann | 23 | |||
| Bowmaker | John | 38 | Durham | Joiner |
| Isabella | 38 | |||
| Isabella | 9 | |||
| Hannah | 4 | |||
| Sarah | 2 | |||
| Brackenridge | Alexander | 25 | Lanark | Joiner |
| Janet | 23 | |||
| Janet | 4 | Died at sea 14/09/1863 Pertuesis |
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| Brenner | George | 30 | Caithness | Farm Labourer |
| Jane | 26 | |||
| Brinkmann | Fritz | 35 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
| Maria | 31 | |||
| Brown | Luke | 36 | Leicestershire | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 40 | |||
| Matthew | 10 | |||
| Henry | 7 | |||
| Thomas | 5 | Died at sea 02/10/1863 Convulsions following scarlatine |
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| Lydia | 3 | |||
| Buckett | William | 41 | Oxfordshire | Tailor |
|
Mary Ann | 41 | ||
| Hannah | 14 | T/F to single women | ||
| Charles William | 8 | |||
| Cass | Francis | 24 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer |
| Mary A | 25 | |||
| Mary Ann | 3 | |||
| Carey | Thomas | 45 | Middlesex | Shoemaker |
| Emily | 43 | |||
| Emily | 16 | T/F to single women | Domestic Servant | |
| Sarah | 14 | T/F to single women | ||
| Charles | 11 | |||
| Mary | 8 | |||
| George | 3 | |||
| Carter | John | 26 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Emma J | 26 | |||
| Ann Mary | 2 | Died at sea 08/09/1863 Apthous ulceration following rubeola |
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| Daughter | Born on board 16/09/1863 | |||
| Comyns | Alfred | 43 | Hertfordshire | Farm Labourer |
| Rebecca | 44 | Died at sea 07/09/1863 Angina scarlatina |
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| Elizabeth | 14 | T/F to single women | ||
| Sarah | 13 | T/F to single women | ||
| Alfred | 11 | |||
| Mary Ann | 9 | |||
| Jane | 7 | |||
| Jasper | 5 | Died at sea 22/09/1863 Anarsarca & bronchitis following scarlatina |
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| Coults | Peter | 23 | Perth | Ploughman |
| Betsy | 22 | |||
| Craig | John | 29 | Caithness | Farm Labourer |
| Catherine | 20 | |||
| Cronin | George | 28 | Surrey | Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 26 | |||
| George | 4 | |||
| Elizabeth | 2 | |||
| William | 5 months | |||
| Crow | William | 30 | Warwickshire | Labourer |
| Julia | 28 | |||
| Mary Ann | 9 | |||
| Celia J | 6 | |||
| Michael John | 3 | |||
| Harriett | Infant | |||
| Female child | Born on board 31/08/1863 | |||
| Dalton | Thomas | 26 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer |
| Charlotte | 21 | |||
| Dawson | Henry | 37 | Warwickshire | Carpenter |
| Elizabeth | 35 | |||
| Henry | 9 | |||
| Louisa | 7 | |||
| Ellen | 5 | |||
| Alfred | 3 | Died at sea 07/09/1863 Abscesses following scarlatina |
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| Frederick | 1 | |||
| Shale | Ellen | 20 | T/F to single women | Came with Dawson |
| Dixon | Thomas | 32 | Surrey | Labourer |
| Clara Ann | 31 | |||
| Thomas Arthur | 4 | |||
| Gilbert | 3 | |||
Dixon |
Sarah Ann | 34 | T/F to single women | |
| Morrison | Eliza | 29 | T/F to single women | Came with Dixon |
| Doell | James | 35 | Wiltshire | Farm Labourer |
| Maria | 35 | |||
| Frank | 11 | |||
| Fanny | 10 | |||
| Ann | 8 | |||
| Elizabeth | 5 | |||
| Frederick | Infant | Died at sea 12/09/1863 Bronchitis following rubeola |
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| Doherty | Susan | (Wife of Francis Doherty who paid his passage) | ||
| Eadie | William | 27 | Perth | Mason |
| Janet | 30 | |||
| Mary J | 2 | |||
| Ann H | 7 months | |||
| Elliott | William | 24 | Surrey | Gardener |
| Elizabeth | 24 | |||
| Gamble | William | 24 | Yorkshire | Gardener |
| Annie | 26 | |||
| Herbert | Infant | |||
| Grice | George | 25 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 21 | |||
| Elizabeth | 2 | Died at sea 24/08/1863 Abscesses following rubeola |
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| Emma | 8 months | |||
| Hall | Thomas | 27 | Shropshire | Farm Labourer |
| Eliza | 32 | |||
| Henderson | John | 30 | Edinburgh | Labourer |
| Margaret | 28 | |||
| William | 6 | |||
| Margaret J | 4 | |||
| Male child | Born on board 29/09/1863 | |||
| Henderson | John | 39 | Perth | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 36 | |||
| James J | 18 | T/F to single men | ||
| Janet | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
| Elizabeth | 11 | |||
| Ann | 4 | |||
| Hight | Henry | 27 | Nottinghamshire | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 26 | |||
| Albert | 4 | |||
| Anne | 2 | |||
| Mary Jane | 4 months | |||
| Holland | Robert | 38 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer |
| Ann | 37 | |||
| George | 13 | T/F to single men | Farm Labourer | |
| Mary Jane | 11 | |||
| Frederick | 9 | |||