Opawa
Ship: 1076 tons
Captain: Tristan
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr R Bowen Hogg
Sailed Plymouth September 7th 1878 - arrived Lyttleton December 7th 1878
Opawa and Piako were
two beautiful little ships. In 1877 Opawa went from the London Docks to New Zealand and
home again in 6 months 9 days. And in 1893 she made the passage New Zealand to Liverpool
in 83 days. She was still afloat in recent years under the name Aquila and
Norwegian colours. The sister ship Piako went missing in 1900 on a passage from
Melbourne to the Cape, being then German owned.
The Colonial Clippers - Basil Lubbock
The N. Z. Shipping Co's Opawa, a
sister ship to the Piako, was a fast sailer of 1076 tons. She was built by Stephens of
Glasgow, and traded to all the principal ports of the Dominion. She made her first
appearance at Lyttelton, arriving there in 1877, in command of captain McInnes, making a
good run of 86 days, port to port.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Families & Children - bound for Lyttleton | ||||
| Allan | John | 32 | Dumbarton | Ploughman |
| Jane | 26 | |||
| Thomas | Infant | |||
| Barkle | H F | 23 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Elinda | 25 | |||
| Bennett | William | 31 | ||
| Mary | 32 | Cornwall | ||
| Kelly C | 4 | |||
| Janey L | 3 | |||
| Broadbelt | Alfred | 28 | Yorkshire | |
| Hannah | 28 | |||
| Leah | 6 | |||
| Edith A | 2 | |||
| Chambers | John | 26 | Yorkshire | |
| U J | 26 | |||
| S A | 2 | |||
| F W | 9 months | |||
| Davis | William | 27 | Herefordshire | Mason |
| Emma | 25 | |||
| A | 1 | |||
| William H | 3 months | |||
| Doyle | Murtha | 42 | Westford? | Farm Labourer |
| Susan | 29 | |||
| Anna | 6 | |||
| J | 5 | |||
| M | 3 | |||
| Flintoff | Francis | 26 | Yorkshire | |
| Elizabeth | 28 | |||
| C | 7 | |||
| J R | 5 | |||
| Harvey | Thomas | 21 | Cornwall | |
| Mary | 21 | |||
| Hayes | John | 24 | Limerick | Ploughman |
| Johanna | 25 | |||
| Hendton | John | 35 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Rose | 32 | |||
| Ellen | 19 | |||
| Joseph | 13 | T/F to single men | ||
| Mary A | 10 | |||
| Michael | 7 | |||
| Jack | 3 | |||
| Hocking | Joshua/Joseph | 33 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 33 | |||
| W | 7 | |||
| J | 3 | |||
| J | 7 months | |||
| Keane | Peter | 32 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| Catherine | 34 | |||
| Matthews | William | 44 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 40 | |||
| W | 11 | |||
| Miles | William | 33 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Eliza | 33 | |||
| A | 3 | |||
| W | 1 | |||
| Moyle | Thomas | 26 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Fanny | 26 | |||
| K J | 1 | |||
| Newbury | Reuben | 26 | Devonshire | Baker |
| Sarah J | 26 | |||
| A J | 2 | |||
| Saunders | H J | 26 | Oxfordshire | Ploughman |
| Rosa | 25 | |||
| F S | 4 | |||
| M L | 3 | |||
| J H | ||||
| Sleard | Edwin | 28 | Yorkshire | Shoemaker |
| Sarah A | 27 | |||
| Families & Children - bound for Timaru | ||||
| Foster | William | 28 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
| Ann | 27 | |||
| H F | 7 | |||
| John | 4 | |||
| B M | 1 | |||
| Harris | James | 35 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Catherine | 22 | |||
| John James | 6 | |||
| Mary J | 4 | |||
| Ekizabeth A | 1 | |||
| Meara | Patrick | 32 | Kings County | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 22 | |||
| John | 6 | |||
| Patrick | 4 | |||
| Mary | 8 months | |||
| Prentice | George | 26 | Bedfordshire | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 26 | |||
| A | 10 | |||
| Reaves | Charles | 23 | Gloucestershire | Farm Labourer |
| Margaret | 22 | |||
| Eliza | 4 | |||
| Clara | 2 | |||
| Charles | 7 months | |||
| Roberts | George | 33 | Slo? | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 33 | |||
| Thirgia | 9 | |||
| Elizabeth | 7 | |||
| Mary A | 2 | |||
| Smale | Thomas | 44 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 38 | General Servant | ||
| Emma | 18 | |||
| Mary J | 16 | |||
| George | 13 | |||
| E T | 11 | |||
| Williams | John | 25 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
| Emma | 24 | |||
| Sydney J | 5 months | |||
| Colonial Nominated Families & Children - bound for Lyttleton | ||||
| Brown | Maurice | 37 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Julia | 34 | |||
| J | 14 | T/F to single men | ||
| Catherine | 13 | |||
| M | 8 | |||
| L | 4 | |||
| Pat | 3 | |||
| Cain | Alex B | 18 | Kerry -T/F to single men | Farm Labourer Travelled with Brown |
| Burns | William G | 25 | Lanark | Tailor |
| Jean C | 24 | |||
| Maggie | 2 | |||
| Elizabeth S | 6 months | |||
| Jessup | Robert | 41 | Suffolk | Farm Labourer |
| Maria | 39 | |||
| A H | 16 | |||
| E M | 15 | |||
| Parker | George | 54 | Devonshire | Tailor |
| Caroline | 53 | |||
| Murphy | Timothy F | 23 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 22 | |||
| Ellen | 20 | |||
| Colonial Nominated Families & Children - bound for Timaru | ||||
| Broomfield | Benjamin | 48 | Kent | Gardener |
| Mary A | 44 | |||
| Joice | 15 | |||
| Alice | 7 | |||
| Frudes | William | 52 | Berkshire | Platelayer |
| Mary | 42 | |||
| A M | 15 | |||
| A E A | 13 | |||
| F J | 12 | |||
| L A | 9 | |||
| Langford | Alfred | 31 | Kent | Labourer |
| Mary | 29 | |||
| A J | 6 | |||
| Margaret | 4 | |||
| William | 2 | |||
| Hannah | 1 | |||
| Pullick | John | 49 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Maria | 44 | |||
| Ellen | 18 | |||
| George | 17 | |||
| James | 12 | |||
| William | 10 | |||
| Mary A | 8 | |||
| Emily | 4 | |||
| Ernest | 6 months | |||
| Single Men - bound for Lyttleton | ||||
| Beary | Davis | 21 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
| John | 18 | Cork | Farm Labourer | |
| Came | George | 23 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
| John W | 22 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer | |
| Casey | John | 24 | Waterford | Farm Labourer |
| Cunningham | Eugene | 22 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
| Ellis | W J | 19 | Cornwall | |
| John E | 17 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer | |
| Finton | Andrew | 24 | Sligo | Farm Labourer |
| Flowers | Thomas | 18 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Francis | Frederick | 18 | Wiltshire | Gardener |
| Frizzell | William | 18 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Grigg | Joshua | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Hammond | J W | 38 | Rutland | Farm Labourer |
| Harris | Albert | 18 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Hendton | Joseph | 13 | Armagh | |
| Jenkin | John | 18 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Kean | William | 23 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Lacy | Thomas | 23 | Limerick | Ploughman |
| Leahy | Patrick | 20 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Leaky | John | 23 | Kerry | |
| McCarthy | S | 21 | Kerry | |
| McDowell | J | 31 | Antrim | |
| McQuin | Patrick | 15 | Armagh | |
| McMeckin | James | 25 | Antrim | |
| McSealy | John | 19 | Donegal | |
| Madigan | John | 24 | Limerick | Ploughman |
| Mawn | Pat | 24 | Limerick | |
| Maynard | W H | 27 | Warwickshire | Gardener |
| Meighen | W | 32 | Donegal | Farm Labourer |
| Patterson | James | 23 | Tyrone | |
| Pearce | John C | 22 | Cornwall | |
| Shanahan | Michael | 25 | Limerick | Ploughman |
| Sharky | John | 20 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Sheard | James | 23 | Yorkshire | Shoemaker |
| Shepherd | William | 24 | Yorkshire | |
| Thompson | Samuel | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Tink | R J | 19 | Cornwall | |
| Triggs | George | 22 | Hamptonshire | Linen draper |
| Wright | James | 21 | Armagh | Ploughman |
| Single Men - bound for Timaru | ||||
| Andrews | John | 20 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Blackshaw | Thomas | 20 | Lancashire | Farm Labourer |
| Bloor | Joseph | 18 | Staffordshire | Farm Labourer |
| Copping | James | 22 | Cambridgeshire | Farm Labourer |
| William | 25 | Cambridgeshire | Farm Labourer | |
| Cronin | Timothy | 19 | Cprk | Ploughman |
| Davey | John | 19 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
| Dearlove | David | 20 | Yorkshire | Gardener |
| Eastwick | William | 18 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
| Egan | Thomas | 24 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| Exworthy | Thomas | 20 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
| Grenfell | Thomas | 20 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Hocking | Nicholas | 30 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Hogan | Pat | 25 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
| Kearney | Thomas | 20 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
| Laffan | Edmund | 34 | Kilkerry | Farm Labourer |
| Leonard | William | 23 | Galway | Farm Labourer |
| McGann | James | 23 | Staffordshire | Ploughman |
| McNaughton | William | 25 | Renfrew | Gardener |
| Nolan | John | 30 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
| Minogue | Pat | 22 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 19 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer | |
| Parker | Joseph | 35 | Somersetshire | Farm Labourer |
| Richards | Charles | 21 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| John H | 23 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer | |
| William M | 20 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer | |
| Scollard | Nicholas | 24 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| Stack | Rd? | 26 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Trembath | William | 26 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Williams | Alfred | 20 | Gloucestershire | Farm Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men - bound for Lyttleton | ||||
| Briggs | John | 30 | Lancashire | Labourer |
| Keely | Edward | 25 | Warwickshire | Farm Labourer |
| Maloney | Dennis | 45 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| Margaret | 24 | Limerick | General Servant | |
| William | 14 | Limerick | ||
| Margaret | 21 | Limerick | ||
| Riordan | Michael | 21 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Rogers | Matthew | 19 | Limerick | Bootmaker |
| Slattery | John | 20 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men - bound for Timaru | ||||
| Cremin | Timothy | 24 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
| John | 22 | Cork | Farm Labourer | |
| Carthbertson | John | 33 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Joseph | 27 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer | |
| Daniel | 15 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer | |
| Jennings | Edward | 26 | Kings County | Farm Labourer |
| Bridget | 18 | T/F to single women | General Servant | |
| Jones | Charles | 23 | Glamorgan | Labourer |
| Kennedy | Michael | 21 | Kings County | Farm Labourer |
| Hinkley | Pat | 24 | Kings County | Farm Labourer |
| Single Women - bound for Lyttleton | ||||
| Barkle | Mary J | 35 | Cornwall | Cook |
| Ellen | 15 | Cornwall | ||
| W H | 14 | T/F to single men | ||
| Brennan | Elizabeth | 19 | Queens County | |
| Cahill | Ellen | 21 | Limerick | Housemaid |
| Davies | Eleanor | 18 | Lancashire | General Servant |
| Ellis | Elizabeth | 40 | Cornwall | |
| W J | 19 | T/F to single men | ||
| John E | 17 | T/F to single men | Farm Labourer | |
| Francis | Rebecca | 15 | Wiltshire | Nurse |
| Hall | Emma | 17 | Middlesex | Cook |
| Hashings | Margaret | 19 | Derry | General Servant |
| Hibbard | Lill | 24 | Wiltshire | |
| McCarthy | Emma | 28 | Middlesex | Housemaid |
| Parkin | E | 38 | Cambridgeshire | Nurse |
| Payne | G | 21 | Middlesex | Housemaid |
| Thomas | Mary | 19 | Cornwall | General Servant |
| Wells | Maria | 27 | Staffordshire | Housemaid |
| Windsor | Eliza | 30 | Warwickshire | Cook |
| Woodcock | S | 25 | Lincolnshire | Nurse |
| Wright | S | 18 | Armagh | General Servant |
| Single Women - bound for Timaru | ||||
| Bennet | E J | 17 | Cornwall | General Servant |
| Burke | Jane | 25 | Lancashire | General Servant |
| Clarkson | Elen | 12 | Lancashire | General Servant |
| Cripps | Ann | 26 | Middlesex | General Servant |
| Cunningham | E A | 27 | Tyrone | Housemaid |
| Harris | Louisa | 20 | Cornwall | General Servant |
| Harry | C J | 19 | Cornwall | General Servant |
| Hassett | Ann | 18 | Guernsey | Nurse |
| Kitto | Jessie | 21 | Cornwall | General Servant |
| Lawry | Kate | 21 | Cornwall | General Servant |
| Oreland | Sophia | 22 | Middlesex | Housemaid |
| Ragbould | Mary | 21 | Worcestershire | Housemaid |
| Sullivan | Mary | 25 | Cork | Dairymaid |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women - bound for Lyttleton | ||||
| Condor | E | 19 | Cork | General Servant |
| M | 19 | Cork | ||
| Hobbs | Jane | 30 | Middlesex | Laundrymaid |
| Justice | Mary | 20 | Cork | General Servant |
| Lowder | S A | 29 | Warwickshire | |
| McCarthy | Margaret | 19 | Cork | |
| Riordan | Annie | 28 | Kerry | Dairymaid |
| Michael | 21 | T/F to single men | Labourer | |
| Stewart | S | 30 | Down | Seamstress |
| E | 34 | Down | ||
| Colonial Nominated Single Women - bound for Timaru | ||||
| Burke | Fanny | 46 | Kerry | General Servant |
| Richard | 24 | Shoemaker | ||
| Francis | 19 | Shoemaker | ||
| Rernham | Johanna | 24 | Tipperary | General Servant |
| Sarah | Sarah | 22 | General Servant | |
Copyright Denise & Peter 2000, 2001
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IMCH4/168