Merope
Ship: 1950 tons
Captain: Sutherland
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London May 1872 - arrived Lyttleton 10th August 1872
Built in 1870 for Shaw Savill &
Co. Ltd, Merope was another regular traveller to New Zealand. A fine looking
clipper ship of 1950 tons, she made 18 Antipodean voyages in all. The majority of these,
twelve, were to Lyttelton, three to Wellington, two to Dunedin and one each to Auckland
and Timaru. Merope was destined to spend all of her life sailing between London
and her various New Zealand ports of arrival. During a return voyage to London in 1890 her
cargo of wool, flax and tallow caught fire by spontaneous combustion. The fire took hold
and soon destroyed this fine ship. No crew were lost and there were no passengers on board
at the time.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Families and Children | ||||
Childs | James | 43 | Dorsetshire | Blacksmith |
Anna | 41 | |||
Bessie | 13 | Trans to s/w | ||
Selina | 11 | |||
Tom | 9 | |||
Simeon | 7 | |||
Clara | 5 | |||
Fred | 3 | |||
Cook | Charles | 31 | Derbyshire | Labourer |
Louisa | 30 | |||
Caroline | 5 | |||
Louisa | 2 | |||
Efford | John A. | 28 | Lincolnshire | Wheelwright |
Louisa | 28 | |||
John A. | 5 | |||
Mary S. | 3 | |||
Flavell | Alfred | 30 | Worcester | Labourer |
Lucy | 32 | |||
Harry H. | 10 | |||
Maurice | 9 | |||
Felix | 7 | |||
Dennis R. | 5 | |||
Clara M. | 4 | |||
Colin H. | 2 | |||
Charles | 7 months | |||
Heaps | William | 31 | Yorkshire | Joiner |
Ann E. | 27 | |||
Jones | John | 53 | Montgomeryshire | Sawyer |
Jane | 51 | |||
Elizabeth | 18 | Trans to s/w | ||
Sarah | 15 | Tran to s/w | ||
Jones | Willaim J. | 36 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
Hephizibah | 35 | |||
William J. | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
Henry B. | 11 | |||
Mary A. | 9 | |||
Alice J. | 7 | |||
Arthur J. | 4 | |||
Kay | John | 45 | Durham | Farm Labourer |
Ann | 43 | |||
Mary | 13 | Trans to s/w | ||
Henry W. | 11 | |||
Mallett | Thomas | 23 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Jane | 18 | |||
Martin | Andrew | 43 | Down | Farm Labourer |
Margaret | 38 | |||
Andrew | 17 | Trans to s/m | ||
Martha | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
William | 8 | |||
Margaret | 5 | |||
Robert | 3 | |||
Sarah | 10 months | |||
Mohr | Philip | 30 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
Emily | 25 | |||
Philip | 4 | |||
Walter | 2 | |||
Morrison | James | 24 | Isle of Man | Carpenter |
Elizabeth | 21 | |||
Oppenhiem | Alfred | 24 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Jane | 21 | |||
Paget | John | 32 | ||
Eliza | 30 | |||
Arthur | 11 | |||
Henry | 9 | |||
Rosanna | 7 | |||
Louisa | 4 | |||
John | 7 months | |||
Bessie | 7 months | |||
Patton | Thomas | 33 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
Rachel | 33 | |||
Ann | 9 | |||
Robert | 7 | |||
Elizabeth | 5 | |||
Thomas | 3 | |||
John | 1 | |||
Petherick | James | 52 | Somersetshire | Painter |
Fanny | 39 | |||
Alice | 17 | Trans to s/w | ||
Blanch | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
Edith | 13 | Trans to s/w | ||
Mary | 11 | |||
Everest | 10 | |||
Herbert | 1 | |||
Quigley | George | 27 | ||
Ellen | 30 | |||
Frances | 6 weeks | |||
Reeve | John | 28 | Norfolk | Gardener |
Margaret | 32 | |||
Jane | 7 | |||
Agnes | Infant | |||
Rouke | Peter | 36 | Dublin | Labourer |
Winifred | 34 | |||
Joseph | 17 | Trans to s/m | ||
Peter | 14 | |||
Anne | 11 | |||
Christina | 10 | |||
Thomas | 4 | |||
Rowe | James | 37 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
Fanny | 33 | |||
Ellen | 5 | |||
William | 4 | |||
Sandercock | Thomas | 38 | ||
Fanny | 36 | |||
William | 18 | Trans to s/m | ||
Mary A. | 16 | Tran to s/w | ||
Eliza | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
Ellen | 11 | |||
John R. | Trans to s/m | |||
Charles | 9 | |||
Elizabeth | 7 | |||
Fanny | 5 | |||
Annie | 3 | |||
Semmens | Harry | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 24 | |||
Smyth | John | 42 | Kildare | Farm Labourer |
Frances | 32 | |||
Richard | 9 | |||
Anne | 8 | |||
Ellen | 7 | |||
William | 6 | |||
John | 5 | |||
Eliza J. | 3 | |||
Sutcliffe | John | 25 | ||
Catherine | 24 | |||
Catherine E. | 2 | |||
Thyne | Robert | 27 | Forfarshire | Carpenter |
Margaret | 26 | |||
Wise | William | 28 | Surrey | Labourer |
Emma | 21 | |||
William J. | 5 months | |||
Wood | George | 36 | Bucks | Carpenter |
Jane | 36 | |||
Mary | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
Sarah R. | 4 | |||
Wood | Charles | 26 | Staffordshire | Engineer |
Jane | 24 | |||
Single Men | ||||
Angove | John | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Barlow | Horace | 22 | Hereford | Coach Maker |
Bassett | John | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Brook | Thomas M. | 23 | Lancashire | Labourer |
Button | Edward | 19 | Suffolk | Painter |
Boyd | George | 25 | Donegal | Ploughman |
Childs | Charles | 18 | Dorsetshire | Farm Labourer |
Grigg | Richard | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Hanson | Thomas | 32 | Surrey | Navvy |
Hodge | John | 21 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Hollstein | Henry | 15 | Salop | |
Jones | William J | 13 | Middlesex | |
Kerwick | Richard | 25 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Lang | Henry | 21 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Luntley | Thomas | 20 | Herefordshire | Tailor |
Martin | Andrew | 17 | Down | Ploughman |
Morrison | Thomas | 19 | Isle of Man | Farm Labourer |
Nixon | Richard | 18 | Down | Ploughman |
O'Neill | Christopher | 21 | Armagh | Ploughman |
Owen | David | 21 | Mongomeryshire | Farm Labourer |
Rourke | Joseph | 17 | Dublin | Labourer |
Peter | 14 | Dublin | ||
Sandercock | William | 18 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
John | 12 | Cornwall | ||
Smith | David | 19 | Norfolk | Shepherd |
Telford | William | 54 | Aberdeen | Labourer |
Telford | George | 28 | Aberdeen | Navvy |
Telford | John | 26 | Aberdeen | Blacksmith |
Vrey | William | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Warrington | George | 20 | Derbyshire | Labourer |
Single Women | ||||
Agar | Margaret | |||
Bayman | Jane | 23 | Harts | |
Bowden | Janet | 27 | Staffordshire | Cook |
Boyd | Eliza | 23 | Donagal | General Servant |
Boyd | Margaret J. | 22 | Donagal | General Servant |
Casterol | Madelina | 28 | France | General Servant |
Chesney | Jane | 21 | Norfolk | Dairymaid |
Childs | Bessie | 13 | ||
Crage | Mary | 29 | Cornwall | Dairymaid |
Crage | Ellen | 24 | Cornwall | Dairymaid |
Clyde | Isabella | 21 | Tyrone | General Servant |
Doe | Mary | 22 | Oxfordshire | General Servant |
Doherty | Catherine | 21 | Donegal | General Servant |
Grigg | Harriet | 20 | Cornwall | General Servant |
Hickey | Catherine | 34 | Cork | Cook |
Higman | Mary A. | 20 | Cornwall | General Servant |
Howell | Mary A. | 26 | Somersetshire | General Servant |
Howell | Elizabeth | 17 | Somersetshire | General Servant |
Jones | Emily | 18 | Devonshire | General Servant |
Jones | Elizabeth | 18 | Montgomeryshire | General Seervant |
Jones | Sarah | 15 | Montgomeryshire | Nurse |
Kay | Mary | 13 | Durham | |
King | Charlotte J. | 18 | Surrey | Dairymaid |
Martin | Martha | 15 | Down | General Servant |
McFarland | Margaret | 24 | Tyrone | General Servant |
McGachie | Jane | 24 | Fifeshire | Dairymaid |
McGregor | Mary J. | 25 | Down | Dairymaid |
McGregor | Elizabeth | 21 | Down | Dairymaid |
Murphy | Mary | 26 | Londonderry | Housemaid |
Mullowney | Ellen | 22 | Galway | Dairymaid |
Noy | Emma | 27 | Cornwall | Cook |
O'Neill | Ann | 22 | Armagh | General Servant |
O'Neill | Alice | 24 | Armagh | General Servant |
Oppenheim | Ada | 15 | Middlesex | General Servant |
Oppenheim | Alice | 12 | Middlesex | General Servant |
O'Reilly | Bridget | 28 | Dublin | Housemaid |
Orme | Annie | 16 | Gloucester | General Servant |
Palmer | Rhoda | 15 | Somersetshire | General Servant |
Payn | Mary A. | 30 | Sligo | General Servant |
Regan | Kate | 18 | Galway | Dairymaid |
Petherick | Edith | 13 | Somersetshire | General Servant |
Petherick | Alice | 17 | Somersetshire | General Servant |
Petherick | Blanch | 15 | Somersetshire | General Servant |
Roberts | Elizabeth | 46 | Cornwall | Housekeeper |
Sandercock | Mary M. | 16 | Cornwall | General Servant |
Sandercock | Eliza | 15 | Cornwall | General Servant |
Scanlan | Margaret | 9 | Donegal | |
Scanlan | Robert | 9 | Donegal | |
Sheenan | Margaret | 25 | Kildare | Housemaid |
Sparrow | Amelia | 27 | Suffolk | Cook |
Speedie | Margaret | 21 | Perthshire | General Servant |
Somerville | Mary | 21 | Tyrone | General Servnat |
Telford | Elizabeth | 30 | Aberdeen | General Servant |
Telford | Mary | 7 | ||
Thompson | Margaret | 28 | Monagham | General Servant |
Thompson | Lucy E. | 21 | Monagham | General Servant |
Warrington | Mary | 18 | Derbyshire | General Servant |
Warrington | Harnel or Hamel A. | 13 | Derbyshire | General Servant |
Waterson | Agnes | 23 | Forfarshire | General Servant |
White | Elizabeth | 34 | Cornwall | Dairymaid |
Wood | Mary | 15 | Bucks | Housemaid |
SANDERCOCK family: Thomas and Fanny were from Cornwall and were married in the Liskeard registry office. In 1872 they came out to New Zealand with their nine children in the Merope and settled in Christchurch. Eliza married Horace Rowlett and had two children, that we know of. After Horace died she married Frank Grange and had two sons. Eliza died in 1920. If you have a connection to this family or would like to know more please contact Lynn & Kevin |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
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