Minerva
Barque: 691 tons
Captain: McBrath
Departed Gravesend 1st July 1847 - arrived Auckland 8th October 1847
The Minerva was the second
Detachment of Fencibles.
Captain Charles Henry Montressor Smith of the 55th Regiment.
Surgeon Dr Mahon.
Also on board were Major General and Mrs Pitt and eight children and Captain and
Mrs Greenwood and their sons.
Name | Where Born | Rank | Regiment | |
Allington / Adlington | William | Private | 97th Reg. | |
Ellen | ||||
1 child | ||||
Armstrong | William | Dublin | Private | 29th Reg. |
Single Md Auck. | ||||
Ashurst | Henry | Ashton in the Willows | Private | 9th Reg. |
Mary | ||||
Bailey /Bayley | Thomas | Enfield, Middlesex | Private | 4th Reg. |
Mary | ||||
2 children | ||||
Barrett | Peter | Cork | Private | 50th Reg. |
Sarah | ||||
3 children | ||||
Barry | William H. | Private - Sergeant of Fencibles | 47th Reg. | |
Mary | ||||
5 children | ||||
Behan / Bohan | William | Private | 86th Reg. | |
Single | ||||
Billey | John | Barbados, West Indies | Private | 58th Reg. |
Ellen | ||||
Burrell / Birrell | Charles | Private | 53rd Reg. | |
Maria | ||||
Ellen | ||||
Jane | ||||
Brady | Peter | Dublin | Corporal | 31st Reg. |
Margaret | ||||
Brennan | Patrick | Dublin | Private | 15th Hussars |
Single | ||||
Cain | Robert | St Barrys, Cork | Private | 17th Reg. |
Wife | ||||
4 children | ||||
Carter | James | Preston, Lancashire | Private | 60th Reg. |
Mary | ||||
Jane | ||||
John | ||||
Robert | ||||
James | ||||
Chandler | William | St George's, Middlesex | Private | Royal Marines |
Maria | ||||
1 child | ||||
Clarke /Clark | John | Chewton, Kent | Private | 57th Reg. |
Catherine | ||||
Clapson | William | Private | 40th Reg. | |
Single | ||||
Collins | John | Crompton, Lancashire | Private | 84th Reg. |
Elizabeth | ||||
John James | ||||
Conlan /Connell | Anthony | Kilmore, Co. Mayo | Corporal | 27th Reg. |
Isabella | ||||
Cummins | John | Tynan, Armagh | Private | 10th Reg. Newfoundland Co |
Single | ||||
Curley | Michael | Annaduff, Leitrim | Private | 28th Reg. |
Ellen | ||||
Dalton | David | Chelsea | Private | 41th Reg. |
Amelia | ||||
Henry | ||||
Amelia | ||||
Eliza | ||||
Doughty / Dougherty | Joseph | Private | 20th Reg. | |
Winifred | ||||
2 children | ||||
Dowd | Patrick | Easky, Sligo | Private | 97th Reg. |
Anna | ||||
Son | ||||
Sarah | ||||
Charles | ||||
John | ||||
Durrant | Elisha | Private | 44th Reg. | |
Ann | ||||
Elwood | John | Kilmonash, Kilkenny | Private | 16th Reg. |
Dorah | ||||
1 child | ||||
English | Joseph | St Johns, Limerick | Private | 60th Reg. |
Sarah | ||||
Edward | ||||
Helen | ||||
Mary Ann | ||||
Sarah | ||||
Patrick Joseph | ||||
Farrell | Byran | Private | 51st Reg. | |
Margaret | ||||
Thomas | ||||
Agnes | ||||
Margaret | ||||
Henry | ||||
Fitzpatrick | Patrick | Galmoy, Kilkenny | Sergeant | 31st Reg. |
Ann | ||||
Forsyth | Thomas | Sergeant | 17th Reg. | |
Wife | ||||
2 children | ||||
Fraser | Donald | Private | 54th Reg. | |
Single | ||||
Fraser | William | Edenkillie, Co Moray | Private | 42nd Reg. |
Elizabeth | ||||
Gerahty | Thomas | Castlebar, Co. Mayo | Private | 10th Reg. |
Jane | ||||
4 children | ||||
Gilmour | William | Glasgow | Private | Royal Engineers |
Married | ||||
Glynn / Glenn | Peter | Private | 5th Reg. | |
Ellen | ||||
Wynifred | ||||
Greenwood | Joseph | Scotland | Captain | 31st Reg. Appointed Major of Brigade for NZ 1847 |
Catherine | ||||
Colin Halskeith | ||||
Hardy | John | Tuttenhill, Chester | Private | 1st Reg. |
Catherine | ||||
4 children | ||||
Hare | Charles | Ballymore, Armagh | Private | 26th Reg. |
Hannah | ||||
3 children | ||||
Harrop | William | Stockport, Chester | Gunner | Royal Marines |
Widower | ||||
William | ||||
Joseph | ||||
Hartnell / Harnett | Thomas | Private | 87th Reg. | |
Wife | ||||
Hatfield | John | Private | 99th Reg. | |
Wife | ||||
1 child | ||||
Healy | Michael | Sligo | Private | 53rd Reg. |
Winifred | ||||
Thomas | ||||
Winifred | ||||
Kelly | Martin | Private | 21th Reg. | |
Mary | ||||
John | ||||
Martin | ||||
Lord | Michael | Rochdale, Lancashire | Corporal | 80th Reg. |
Anne | ||||
Edmund | ||||
Susan | ||||
Michael | ||||
James | ||||
Mary Anne | ||||
Lovett | George | Belfast | Private | 88th Reg. |
Margaret | ||||
William | ||||
John | ||||
Margaret | ||||
Lydon | Michael | Dunmore, Galway | Private | 40th Reg. |
Jane | ||||
John | ||||
Lynch | John | St. Johns, Limerick | Private | 36th Reg. Newfoundland Co. |
Elizabeth | ||||
Lynch | Owen | Private | 37th Reg. | |
Catherine | ||||
Marsh | George | Tattenhall, Chester | Private | 2nd Reg. |
Wife | ||||
1 child | ||||
McCawley/McCaulry | William | Derry | Private | Royal Artillery |
Dorothy | ||||
Jane | ||||
William | ||||
Thomas | ||||
Mary Ann | ||||
McEntire | Andrew | Private | Louth Militia | |
Ann | ||||
1 child | ||||
McIntyre / McEntyre | John | Paisley, Renfrew | Private | Royal Marines |
Elizabeth | ||||
Catherine | ||||
Elizabeth | ||||
John | ||||
Jane | ||||
McEwen /McKewen | Alexander | Private | 60th Reg. | |
Margaret | ||||
McLaren | James | Stirling | Private | 5th Batt. |
Martha | ||||
Matilda | ||||
McMillan | William | Paisley | Private | 26th Reg. |
Wife | ||||
Thomas | ||||
Moran | Archibald | Private | 60th Reg. | |
Susan | ||||
Barbara | ||||
Margaret | ||||
John | ||||
Morse / Moss | James | Chapstone, Gloucester | Private | Royal Marines |
Single | ||||
Mullany | Michael | Churn | Private | 3rd Reg. |
Single | ||||
Murphy | Walter | Beagh, Galway | Private | 59th Reg. |
Catherine | ||||
John | ||||
Bridget | ||||
Catherine | ||||
O'Leary | Dennis | Private | 81st Reg. | |
Bridget | ||||
Maria | ||||
Paton / Paten | John | Glasgow | Private | 92nd Reg. |
Jane | ||||
Elizabeth | ||||
Margaret | ||||
Jane | ||||
Mary | ||||
Pitt | George Dean | Major-general | 96th Reg. | |
Widower | ||||
George Dean | ||||
William | ||||
Emelia | ||||
Louisa | ||||
Charlotte | ||||
Pritchard /Pritchard | John James | Linton, Hereford | Private | 54th Reg. |
Mary | ||||
Herbert | ||||
Louisa | ||||
Catherine | ||||
Rice | Michael | Armagh | Private | Rifle Brigade |
Agnes | ||||
James | ||||
Margaret | ||||
John | ||||
Ellen | ||||
Michael | ||||
Robertson | Robert | Dedlestone | Private | 28th Reg. |
Wife | ||||
Robinson | Thomas | Kent | Sergeant | Royal Marines |
Margaret | ||||
Henrietta | ||||
Jane | ||||
Roycroft / Rycroft | Robert | Carlow, Londonderry | Private | 42nd Reg. |
Jane | ||||
Margaret | ||||
Isabella | ||||
John | ||||
Shaw | Joseph | London | Private | Royal Marines |
Single | ||||
Smith | Charles H. Montressor | Captain | 55th Reg. | |
Caroline | ||||
Speere / Speares | Richard | Newbliss, Co. Monaghan | Private | 58th Reg. |
Rebecca | ||||
Richard | ||||
Thomas | ||||
Sutcliffe | William | Hoole, Lancashire | Private | 17th Reg. |
Anne | ||||
John | ||||
Tierney | Matthew | Private | 27th Reg. | |
Sarah Ann | ||||
2 children | ||||
Timmins | Samuel G. | Wolverhampton ? | Private | 39th Reg. |
Single | ||||
Trimmer | John | Private | 53rd Reg. | |
Margaret | ||||
5 children | ||||
Vesty | Samuel | Ashlow in the Willows, Lanc | Private | 47th Reg. |
Mary | ||||
Matthew Samuel | ||||
Waddell / Waddel | William | Parkhead, Lanark | Private | 74th Reg. |
Maria | ||||
William | ||||
Agnes | ||||
Malinda | ||||
Sarah | ||||
Maria | ||||
Wadman | George | Gloucester | Sergeant | Rifle Brigade |
Sarah | ||||
2 children | ||||
Walsh | Charles | Private | 99th Reg. | |
Catherine | ||||
4 children | ||||
Walter | John | Private | 10th Reg. | |
Margaret | ||||
Weir | William | Private | 26th Reg. | |
Single | ||||
White | James | Messina, Sicily | Private | 74th Reg. |
Sarah Ann | ||||
Charles | ||||
John | ||||
George | ||||
Walter | ||||
Louisa | ||||
Whitmore | Charles | Brackley, Northampshire | Private | Royal Marines |
Sarah | ||||
2 children | ||||