Queen of the Mersey
Ship: 1227 Tons
Captain: Atkins
Departed London 3rd July 1862 - arrived October Lyttelton 19th October
1862
The Queen of the Mersey was American
built in 1860 for Mr H. Melvain, of Newcastle. In 1862 she was chartered for two voyages
to New Zealand. On July 3rd she sailed from London for Lyttlelon with 349 immigrants
making the passage in 108 days. Ten deaths occured, mostly children from measles. During
the passage a serious mutiny took place among a portion of the crew. On arrival five of
the men were brought up at the Police Court and sentenced to a term of
imprisionment.
Source White Wings Sir Henry Brett
Arrival of Queen of the Mersey
Possible picture of Queen of The Mersey
This picture has been kindly sent to us by Glenn Newton and
was drawn by his Grandfather William Charles Brown.
Thanks Glenn. Your kindness is much appreciated
Many thanks to Lorraine Duncan for transcribing and providing us with this passenger list. |
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Families and Children | ||||
Bull | Henry | 48 | Middlesex | Farm Labourer |
Sarah | 45 | |||
Walter | 11 | |||
Albert | 10 | |||
A?ley | 7 | |||
Biel | Frederick | 31 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
Maria | 21 | |||
Balthusa | Infant | |||
Bisset | Christopher | 28 | Stirlingshire | Shepherd |
Ann | 27 | |||
Bonnyman | James | 31 | Banffshire | Labourer |
Helen | 25 | |||
Brooker | Johnathan | 33 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 34 | |||
William | 11 | |||
John | 6 | |||
Johnathan | 4 | |||
Baby | Infant | |||
Brooks | Thomas | 53 | Cornwall | Labourer |
Margaret | 43 | |||
Bryne | Edward | 29 | Carlow | Bricklayer |
Ellen | 25 | |||
Burnett | Thomas | 36 | Roxburgh | Labourer |
Catherine | 36 | |||
Alexander | 10 | |||
Jane | 8 | |||
William | 6 | |||
Isabella | 4 | |||
Costley | John | 48 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 34 | |||
Jane | 11 | |||
William | 7 | |||
Mary Sarah | 5 | |||
John | 3 | |||
Matilda | 7 mths | |||
Currie | William | 48 | Renfrewshire | Labourer |
Jane | ||||
Agnes | 11 | |||
Dawson | George | 26 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
Sarah Elizabeth | 25 | |||
Duffty | Thomas | 31 | Gloucestershire | Farm Labourer |
Louise | 28 | |||
Elizabeth | 2 | |||
Furston | Frederick | 23 | Surrey | Gardener |
Margaret | 22 | |||
Emily | 2 | |||
Frederick | Infant | |||
Guiney | James | 38 | Down | Farm Labourer |
Ann | 36 | |||
Eliza | 9 | |||
Samuel | 7 | |||
Prudence | 5 | |||
Margaret | 3 | |||
William James | Infant | |||
Guy | Matthew | 47 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
Sarah | 47 | |||
Sarah Jane | 11 | |||
Emma | 9 | |||
William | 6 | |||
Thomas | 3 | |||
Harrison | William | 31 | Kent | Carpenter |
Charlotte | 30 | |||
Charlotte | 3 | |||
Hewson | Henry | 37 | Banffshire | Shepherd |
Caroline | 37 | |||
Alexander | 11 | |||
William | 9 | |||
Hughes | James | 49 | Monaghan | Labourer |
Jane | 39 | |||
Joseph William | 11 | |||
James | 10 | |||
Jane | 6 | |||
Thomas | 2 | |||
Kinnear | George | 39 | Forfarshire | Ploughman |
Jessie | 23 | |||
Lawry | Walter | 44 | Cornwall | Farmer |
Gertrude | 45 | |||
Walter | 11 | |||
Ellen | 9 | |||
Samuel | 7 | |||
Annie | 6 | |||
William R. | 4 | |||
Joseph H. | 2 | |||
Le Vavasseur | Jean | 36 | Jersey | Farm Labourer |
Valerie | 28 | |||
Marie | Infant | |||
Low | Alexander | 36 | Forfarshire | Labourer |
Christina | 30 | |||
John | 7 | |||
Alexander | 5 | |||
Elizabeth | 3 | |||
Mannel | Newrick | 29 | Yorkshire | Labourer |
Diana | 30 | |||
Robert | 9 | |||
Mary Elizabeth | Infant | |||
Martin | Charles | 40 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
Eliza | 42 | |||
Matthews | John | 23 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
Hannah | 30 | |||
John | 5 mths | |||
McDougald | George | 26 | Forfarshire | Joiner |
Agnes | 23 | |||
Ann | Infant | |||
McGregor | John | 35 | Lanarkshire | Ploughman |
Christina | 30 | |||
Isabella | 3 | |||
John | Infant | |||
McKinnie | Joseph | 20 | Kirkcudbright | Labourer |
Elizabeth | 19 | |||
McLeod | John | 33 | Ayrshire | Farm Labourer |
Christina | 27 | |||
Kenneth | 10 | |||
John | 8 | |||
James | 5 | |||
Robert | Infant | |||
McQuilland | George | 39 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
Martha | 39 | |||
Alexander | 10 | |||
Mary | 6 | |||
Mitchell | William | 23 | Forfarshire | Labourer |
Isabella | 23 | |||
James | 1 | |||
Moore | Robert | 29 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer |
Sarah Jane | 29 | |||
Charlotte | 6 | |||
William | 4 | |||
Margaret | 2 | |||
Morris | William | 35 | Lanarkshire | Ploughman |
Jane | 28 | |||
James | 7 mths | |||
Morse | Thomas | 31 | Gloustershire | Farm Labourer |
Pricilla | 28 | |||
Mary | 5 | |||
Martha | 3 | |||
Orley | John | 22 | Middlesex | Bricklayer |
Ann | 23 | |||
Pain | James T. | 35 | Hants | Farmer |
Matilda | 37 | |||
Ophelia | 11 | |||
James | 10 | |||
George | 8 | |||
Mary Ann | 5 | |||
Jane | 4 | |||
Parlane | John | 32 | Lanarkshire | Ploughman |
Agnes | 32 | |||
James | 6 | |||
John | 4 | |||
David | 2 | |||
Parker | William | 40 | Yorkshire | Framer |
Jane | 38 | |||
Mary Jane | 11 | |||
Samuel | 8 | |||
Sarah | 6 | |||
Henry | 4 | |||
Amanda | 2 | |||
Harvey | Infant | |||
Peebles | Peter | 48 | Perthshire | Ploughman |
Rebecca | 43 | |||
James | 11 | |||
Peter | 9 | |||
Margaret | 3 | |||
Petrie | Daniel | 28 | Forfarshire | Carpenter |
Janet | 24 | |||
Janet | 2 | |||
Charles | Infant | |||
Quin | John | 21 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Ann | 23 | |||
Mary Ann | Infant | |||
Robinson | Robert | 30 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 26 | |||
Robert | Infant | |||
Scille | Julle | France | Farm Labourer | |
Augustine | 27 | |||
Eulalio | 2 | |||
Shaw | David | 24 | Stirlingshire | Ploughman |
Margaret | 20 | |||
Shepherd | John | 35 | Forfarshire | Farm Labourer |
Margaret | 23 | |||
John | 3 mths | |||
Swann | James Butler | 29 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
Margaret | 28 | |||
Arthur | 5 | |||
William | 3 | |||
Mary | 2 | |||
Thomas | Samuel | 38 | Down | Farm Labourer |
Eliza Jane | 37 | |||
Margaret | 10 | |||
Samuel | 8 | |||
Caroline | 6 | |||
James | 4 | |||
Joseph | 10 mths | |||
Thomas | John | 28 | Gloustershire | Farm Labourer |
Ann | 24 | |||
Infant | ||||
Vincent | Robert | 36 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Fanny | 36 | |||
Emma | 11 | |||
John | 10 | |||
Mary | 8 | |||
Emily | 6 | |||
Thomas | Infant | |||
Wallace | Joseph | 29 | Lanarkshire | Ploughman |
Jane | 32 | |||
John | 2 | |||
David | Infant | |||
Wilkins | Michael | 23 | Renfrewshire | Farm Labourer |
Ellen | 20 | |||
Wills | John | 31 | Rosshire | Ploughman |
Helen | 25 | |||
James | 6 | |||
John | 4 | |||
Catherine | Infant | |||
Wilson | Samuel | 28 | Down | Ploughman |
Mary E. | 21 | |||
Eliza | 2 | |||
Woods | Henry | 22 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Margaret | 19 | |||
George | Infant | |||
Young | Thomas | 27 | Berwickshire | Farm Labourer |
Elizabeth | 21 | |||
Single Men | ||||
Amy | Francis | 18 | Jersey | Farm Labourer |
Baynes | Mathias B. | 18 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Alfred Thomas | 14 | Middlesex | Labourer | |
Bell | Richard | 26 | Leicestershire | Farm Labourer |
Brennan | Christopher | 33 | Carlow | Shepherd |
Brent | George | 24 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Brockie | William | 27 | Kincardshire | Ploughman |
Brooks | John | 23 | Cornwall | Labourer |
Thomas | 19 | Cornwall | Labourer | |
Richard | 15 | Cornwall | Labourer | |
Bull | Henry | 19 | Middlesex | Blacksmith |
George | 17 | Middlesex | Blacksmith | |
Frederick | 14 | Middlesex | Blacksmith | |
Cairns | Andrew | 27 | Lanarkshire | Farm Labourer |
Cairns | James | Forfarshire | Farm Labourer | |
Chisnall | George | 20 | Suffolk | Farm Labourer |
Clark | James | 23 | Kirkcudbrightshire | Farm Labourer |
Collthart | Robert | 22 | Wigtonshire | Shepherd |
Currie | Samuel | 28 | Renfrewshire | Labourer |
John | 23 | Renfrewshire | Joiner | |
Joseph | 21 | Renfrewshire | Cartwright | |
Thomas | 19 | Renfrewshire | Labourer | |
William | 14 | Renfrewshire | ||
Doyle | John | 26 | Kirkcudbrightshire | Ploughman |
Edgar | Adam | 23 | Berwickshire | Farm Labourer |
Edward | Robert | 23 | Aberdeenshire | Farm Labourer |
Fay | Anthony | 25 | Cavan | Farm Labourer |
Fergus | John | 27 | Cavan | Farm Labourer |
Gallagher | John | 22 | Armagh | Shoemaker |
Harding | Henry | 19 | Bucks | Farm Labourer |
Heason | Charles | 10 | Banffshire | Labourer |
George Henry | 13 | Banffshire | Labourer | |
Hobbs | Thomas | 22 | Middlesex | Painter |
Johnston | William | 22 | Berwickshire | Farm Labourer |
James | 23 | Berwickshire | Farm Labourer | |
King | John | 21 | Isle of Man | Farm Labourer |
Lawry | John | 13 | Cornwall | |
Manchester | Henry | Leicestershire | Farm Labourer | |
Mansen | Arthur | 15 | Zetland | Farm Labourer |
Martin | Charles | 21 | Middlesex | Farm Labourer |
McArthur | William | 21 | Fifeshire | Shepherd |
McDougall | William | 22 | Perthshire | Ploughman |
John | 23 | Perthshire | Ploughman | |
McFadyen | John | 30 | Argyle | Farm Labourer |
McKinnie | William | 22 | Kirkcudbrightshire | Ploughman |
McLean | John | 28 | Rosshire | Shepherd |
McLean | Hugh | 21 | Rosshire | Ploughman |
McQuilland | Robert | 14 | Armagh | |
Middleton | J | 44 | Yorkshire | Labourer |
Moles | James B. | 27 | Down | farm Labourer |
Morse | Richard | 25 | Gloustershire | Labourer |
Munro | John | 24 | Rosshire | Ploughman |
Pain | John | 25 | Hants | Carpenter |
Parker | J | 17 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer |
W | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer | ||
Charles | 13 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer | |
Peebles | Andrew | 21 | Forfarshire | Ploughman |
Rae | David | 25 | Kirkcudbrightshire | Shepherd |
Reid | Alexander | 23 | Rosshire | Ploughman |
Ross | Gibbs L. | 17 | Somersetshire | Clerk |
Selby | George | 24 | Berwickshire | Farm Labourer |
Small | John | 23 | Cumberland | Farm Labourer |
Smith | John | 19 | Down | Farm labourer |
Adam | 16 | Down | Farm Labourer | |
Stewart | William | 22 | Banffshire | Baker |
Tait | Samuel | 16 | Zetland | Farm Labourer |
Taplin | James | 17 | Oxford | Shepherd |
Tate | John | 25 | Down | Farm Labourer |
Thomas | Henry | 18 | Down | Labourer |
Thomson | James | 23 | Wigtonshire | Shepherd |
Wright | George | 36 | Middlesex | Farm Labourer |
Single Women | ||||
Baynes | Frances | 40 | Middlesex | Housekeeper |
Frances L. | 16 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant | |
Charles | 11 | |||
Benjamin | 10 | |||
Brooker | Elizabeth | 16 | Yorkshire | Domestic Servant |
Brooks | Emma | 21 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant |
Elizabeth | 17 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant | |
Brown | Emma | 20 | Yorkshire | Domestic Servant |
Cairns | Margaret | 21 | Forfarshire | Domestic Servant |
Cranston | Margaret | 19 | Dumfries | Domestic Servant |
Currie | Jane | 25 | Renfrewshire | Domestic Servant |
Ellen | 17 | Renfrewshire | Domestic Servant | |
Edwards | Mary | 28 | Aberdeenshire | Cook |
Barbara | 19 | Aberdeenshire | ||
Ferguson | Margaret | 22 | Lanarkshire | Domestic Servant |
Grady | Catherine | 21 | Domestic Servant | |
Green | Helen | 26 | Aberdeenshire | Cook |
Guiney | Jane | 17 | Down | Domestic Servant |
Mary Ann | 15 | Down | Domestic Servant | |
Bella | 13 | Down | Domestic Servant | |
Guy | Elizabeth | 24 | Armagh | Domestic Servant |
Maria | 21 | Armagh | Domestic Servant | |
Margaret | 18 | Armagh | Domestic Servant | |
Mary Ann | 13 | Armagh | Domestic Servant | |
Hedges | Elizabeth | 23 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Henderson | Sarah | 20 | Lanarkshire | Dairymaid |
Hewson | Caroline | 16 | Banffshire | Domestic Servant |
Hughes | Sophia | 20 | Moraghan | Domestic Servant |
Margaret | 15 | Moraghan | Domestic Servant | |
Kelly | Margaret | 22 | Lanarkshire | Domestic Servant |
Lawry | Mary | 18 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant |
Gertrude | 16 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant | |
Jane | 15 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant | |
Lingwall | Mary | 21 | Forfarshire | Dairymaid |
Lippard | Maria | 24 | Kent | Domestic Servant |
McGregor | Isabella | 55 | Lanarkshire | Housekeeper |
McGregor | Margaret | 28 | Lanarkshire | Domestic Servant |
McQuilland | Elizabeth | 16 | Domestic Servant | |
Murphy | Jane | 20 | Down | Dairymaid |
Niven | Helen | 27 | Forfarshire | Dairymaid |
Pain | Martha | 18 | Hants | Domestic Servant |
Matilda | 18 | Hants | Domestic Servant | |
Park | Joan | 30 | Peebleshire | Domestic Servant |
Peebles | Ann | 19 | Forfarshire | Dairymaid |
Poore | Kate | 17 | Somerset | Dairymaid |
Reid | Mary | 19 | Lanarkshire | Domestic Servant |
Robb | Jessie | 21 | Forfarshire | Dairymaid |
Robertson | Jane | 21 | Lanarkshire | Domestic Servant |
Soutar | Agnes | 18 | Forfarshire | Domestic Servant |
Stewart | Susan | 17 | Londonderry | Domestic Servant |
Isabella | 16 | Londonderry | Domestic Servant | |
Stallion | Agnes S. | 27 | Middlesex | Nurse |
Thomas | Mary | 16 | Down | Domestic Servant |
Elizabeth | 14 | Down | Domestic Servant | |
Sarah | 12 | Down | Domestic Servant | |
Vincent | Selina | 13 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant |
Weller | Ellen | 20 | Kent | Domestic Servant |
Wilson | Isabella | 35 | Somerset | Domestic Servant |
Woods | Mary Ann | 26 | Antrim | Dairymaid |
Wormack | Sarah | 38 | Yorkshire | Domestic Servant |
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