Roman Emperor
Ship: 798 tons
Captain: Dewar
Surgeon Superintendent: M. J. T. Rouse
Sailed London 1st October 1859 - arrived Lyttelton 27th January 1860
The Roman Emperor, one of the line of provincial emigrant ships, arrived in harbor on Thursday a little before midnight. She has had a lengthened passage of 117 days. No incident of importance occurred during the voyage and the passengers are landed in good condition. the report of M. J. T. Rouse, Surgeon superindendant of the ship, shows that no sickness of consequence appeared on board, though a few cases of chronic malady and some severe seasickness occupied the time fully. The births on board were three, equal in number to the deaths, one of the latter being an adult, a single women who was carried off by consumption of long standing. The matron Mrs Qualtrough, lands, we regret to say, in an extremely precarius state of heath.
| Chief Cabin | ||||
| Beaven | Mr | |||
| Buss | Mr | |||
| Buss | Miss | |||
| Butler | Mr | |||
| Collins | Mr | |||
| Mrs | ||||
| Cripps | Mr | |||
| Downe | Miss | |||
| Inman | Mr | |||
| Lockyear | Mr | |||
| Mrs | ||||
| Newton | Mr | |||
| Phillips | Mr | |||
| Second Cabin | ||||
| Baron | Mr | |||
| Kenny | Mr | |||
| St. George de Rythe | Mr | |||
| Mrs | ||||
| Webber | Mr | |||
| Child | ||||
| Paying Steerage Passengers | ||||
| Callaghan | Mary | |||
| Chainey | William | |||
| Mary | ||||
| Cowlus | George | |||
| Gilbert | John | |||
| Howell | Charles | |||
| Johnson | Reuben | |||
| Bernard | ||||
| Myers | Peter | |||
| Noy | Henry | |||
| Phillips | Edwin | |||
| Rathjan | Frederick | |||
| Smith | Henry | |||
| Taylor | George | |||
| Mary | ||||
| Watkins | Stephen | |||
| Provincial Government Immigrants | ||||
| Families & Children | ||||
| Baker | Walter | 32 | Waterford | Farm Labourer |
| Ellen | 30 | |||
| William | 10 | |||
| Henry | 8 | |||
| Watson | 4 | |||
| James | 2 | |||
| Bailey | Henry | 36 | Durham | Toolmaker |
| Ann | 33 | |||
| Henry | 2 | |||
| Robert | 6 mths | |||
| Bamford | Matthew | 41 | Cheshire | Silk Weaver |
| Elizabeth | 32 | |||
| James | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Daniel | 10 | |||
| Samuel | 7 | |||
| Sarah Ann | 5 | |||
| William | 2 | |||
| Beaumont | James | 30 | Durham | Farm Labourer |
| Hannah | 27 | |||
| Mary Ann | 6 | |||
| James | 1 | |||
| Carter | John | 42 | Durham | Wheelwright |
| Mary | 35 | |||
| Ellen | 12 | |||
| John William | 10 | |||
| Mary Ann | 9 | |||
| Hannah | 8 | |||
| Robert Henry | 6 | |||
| Richard | 4 | |||
| Isabella | 1 | |||
| Cookson | Henry | 24 | Stafford | Gardener |
| Jane | 22 | |||
| Cookson | Joseph | 56 | Stafford | Gardener |
| Sarah | 56 | |||
| Edward | 20 | Trans to s/m | ||
| William | 19 | Trans to s/m | ||
| George | 18 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Caroline | 14 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Dunn | Charles G. | 28 | Kent | Carpenter |
| Celia | 27 | |||
| Ann | 5 | |||
| Fisher | Nathan | 28 | York | Bricklayer |
| Mary Ann | 30 | |||
| John Ellis | 5 | |||
| Susan | 3 | |||
| ? Ann | 9 mths | |||
| Gratham | Thomas | 37 | Middlesex | Gardener |
| Elizabeth Dix Deborah | 36 | |||
| Eliza | 16 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Sarah Ann | 13 | Trasn to s/w | ||
| Thomas | 11 | |||
| Grace | 8 | |||
| Emma | 6 | |||
| Robert | 4 | |||
| Groves | George | 21 | Leicester | Labourer |
| Ann | 21 | |||
| William | 6 mths | |||
| Harrison | William | 52 | Surrey | Baker |
| Frances | 57 | |||
| Hemmingway | John | 25 | York | Mason |
| Henrietta | 21 | |||
| Hill | John | 35 | Notts | Farm Labourer |
| Ann | 34 | |||
| Rowland | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Susannah | 14 | Trans to s/w | ||
| James Bryant | 11 | |||
| Amelia | 9 | |||
| Frederick L. K. | 7 | |||
| Hill | Carry | 32 | Trans to s/w | Sister to John Hill |
| Howroyd | Jesse | 26 | York | Plasterer |
| Martha | 25 | |||
| Henry | 2 | |||
| Lister | John | 30 | York | Farmer |
| Francis | 27 | |||
| Mary Jane | 8 mths | |||
| Machin | George | 43 | York | Farm Labourer |
| Hannah | 42 | |||
| Machin | George | 23 | Bricklayer | |
| Anne | 22 | |||
| Anne | 2 | |||
| Mather | Benjamin | 26 | Durham | Blacksmith |
| Sarah | 30 | |||
| Mary E. | 10 mths | |||
| Stoddart | Rebecca | 22 | Trans to s/w | Travelled with Mather Cousin to Mather |
| McKibben | Hugh | 25 | Down | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 21 | |||
| Anna | 10 mths | |||
| Middleweek | William | 41 | Devon | Shoemaker |
| Charlotte | 40 | |||
| Emma | 11 | |||
| Mary Jane | 10 | |||
| Ellis | Ann | 25 | Trans to s/w | Travelled with Middleweek |
| Newton | Robert | 36 | Lincoln | Cabinet Maker |
| Eliza | 37 | |||
| Elizabeth Sarah | 12 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Mary Ann | 11 | |||
| Emily | 8 | |||
| Rebecca | 4 | |||
| John Robert | 2 | |||
| Paterson | William | 27 | Stirling | Ploughman |
| Mary | 26 | |||
| James | 3 | |||
| Elizabeth | 11 mths | |||
| Self | Caleb | 27 | Berks | Engine Driver |
| Martha | 24 | |||
| Shand | James | 28 | Caithness | Farm Labourer |
| Margaret | 24 | |||
| Smith | Arthur Alfred | 28 | Surrey | Labourer |
| Sarah ann | 24 | |||
| Sutherland | John | 33 | Caithness | Farm Labourer |
| Janet | 28 | |||
| John | 2 | |||
| Margaret | Infant | |||
| Taylor | John | 37 | Durham | Carpenter |
| Jane Ann | 37 | |||
| Thomas Vaux | 11 | |||
| Ann Christy | 3 | |||
| Hannah | 6 mths | |||
| Pattinson | Mary | 18 | Trans to s/w | Travelled with Taylor |
| Urry | Richard | 58 | Notts | Wheelwright |
| Ann | 42 | |||
| Sarah Ann | 23 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Ruth | 14 | |||
| Charlotte | 11 | |||
| Watts | James | 38 | Wilts | Domestic Servant |
| Susan | 37 | |||
| Mary | 4 | |||
| Alice | 3 | |||
| Fanny | 8 mths | |||
| Chivers | Benjamin | 21 | Trans to s/m | Travelled with Watts Nephew to Watts |
| Doell | Susan | 15 | Trans to s/w | Travelled with Watts |
| Weaver | Arthur | 36 | Surrey | Tailor |
| Eliza | 34 | |||
| Mary | 4 | |||
| Ellen Martha | 18 mths | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Adams | George | 24 | Stirling | Ploughman |
| Bamford | James | 13 | Labourer | |
| Baxter | James | |||
| Bingham | Samuel | |||
| Britt | Richard | 32 | Waterford | Farm Labourer |
| Brooke | William | 25 | York | Mechanic |
| Carpenter | George | 20 | Essex | Labouree |
| Chesterfield | William | 23 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Chivers | Benjamin | 21 | Farm Labourer | |
| Cookson | Edward | 20 | Gardener | |
| William | 19 | Gardener | ||
| George | 18 | Gardener | ||
| Couch | William | 28 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Donovan | Richard | 25 | York | Farm Labourer |
| Duckmanton | Samuel | 22 | Notts | Farm Labourer |
| Ellis | William | 20 | York | Ploughman |
| Fletcher | George | |||
| Gelken | Conrad | 21 | Hanover | Farm Labourer |
| Giller | Henry Augustus | 34 | Monmouth | School Master |
| Hill | Rowland P. | 13 | Farm Labourer | |
| Hillier | William | |||
| Johnstone | Samuel | 24 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Maffey | John | 23 | Wilts | Farm Labourer |
| Richard | 17 | Wilts | Farm Labourer | |
| Maunder | James | |||
| Maxwell | James | 25 | Down | Farm Labourer |
| McLennan | William | 25 | Ross | Farm Labourer |
| Duncan | 22 | Ross | Farm Labourer | |
| More | James | |||
| Norfolk | Henry | 13 | Suffolk | Farm Labourer |
| Noy | Henry | 22 | Cornwall | Smith |
| Richard | 19 | Cornwall | Smith | |
| Owen | William | 20 | Carnavron | Mill Wright |
| Sparrow | Arthur | 13 | Suffolk | School Teacher |
| Thin | William | |||
| William | Edward | |||
| Single Women | ||||
| Aldridge | Mary Ann | 25 | Essex | |
| Atkins | Eliza | 18 | Surrey | Domestic Servant |
| Atkins | Elizabeth | |||
| Bingham | Mary | 19 | Down | Domestic Servant |
| Buxton | Anne | 28 | Stafford | Domestic Servant |
| Harriet | 21 | Stafford | Dressmaker | |
| Carter | Ellen | 12 | Domestic Servant | |
| Cookson | Caroline | 14 | Domestic Servant | |
| Davidson | Margaret | 35 | Stafford | Laundry Main |
| Davidson | Mary | |||
| Doell | Susan | 15 | Domestic Servant | |
| Duckmanton | Mary | 26 | Notts | Domestic Servant |
| Ellis | Ann | 35 | Laundress | |
| Ellis | Ester | 18 | Cork | Domestic Servant |
| Flenry | Ellen | 30 | Cork | |
| Henry | 6 | |||
| Fisk | Emily | 22 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
| Edna | 19 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant | |
| Grantham | Eliza | 16 | Domestic Servant | |
| Sarah | 13 | Domestic Servant | ||
| Grealy | Mary Ann | 16 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
| Hall | Mary | 56 | Middlesex | Upholsterer |
| Hill | Susanna | 14 | Domestic Servant | |
| Carey | 32 | Domestic Servant | ||
| Hillier | Mary Ann | 40 | Surrey | Laundress |
| Elizabeth | 18 | Surrey | Domestic Servant | |
| Mary Jane | 14 | Surrey | Domestic Servant | |
| Emily | 14 | Surrey | Domestic Servant | |
| Juden | Emily | 20 | Middlesex | |
| King | Lucy | 32 | Suffolk | Domestic Servant |
| Newton | Elizabeth Sarah | 12 | Domestic Servant | |
| Nurse | Mary | 19 | Glostershire | Glostershire |
| Osborn | Mary | 37 | Inverness | Laundress |
| Ann | 20 | Inverness | Domestic Servant | |
| Phoebe | 15 | Inverness | Dressmaker | |
| Mary | 18 | Inverness | Glostershire | |
| Patterson | Mary | 18 | Domestic Servant | |
| Qualtrough | Margaret | 29 | Middlesex | MATRON |
| Raymond | Mary | 26 | Dumfries | Domestic Servant |
| Stoddart | Rebecca | 22 | Domestic Servant | |
| Urry | Sarah Ann | 23 | Domestic Servant | |
| Ruth | 14 | Nurse | ||
Copyright Denise and Peter 2001
Reference:
Lyttelton Times 28th January 1860
Archives New Zealand IMCH4/18