Star of China
Ship: 794 tons
Captain: Blaker
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr George Stych Eadson
Sailed Plymouth April 19th 1875 - arrived Lyttleton August 1st 1875
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Families & Children | ||||
| Allen | James | 26 | Antrim | Farm Labourer Bound for Timaru |
| Jane | 22 | |||
| Annie | 2 months | |||
| Bourd�t | Samuel R | 44 | Derry | Mechanic |
| Elizabeth J | 35 | |||
| Bessie | 18 | T/F to single women | ||
| William | 16 | T/F to single men | ||
| Samuel | 13 | T/F to single men | ||
| Blanche | 10 | |||
| Albert | 7 | |||
| Frederic | 4 | |||
| Ernest | 2 | |||
| Cook | Alfred | 33 | Surrey | General Labourer |
| Emma | 39 | |||
| Crooks | William | 27 | Antrim | Labourer Bound for Ashburton |
| Ann | 24 | |||
| Thomas | 8 months | |||
| Archer | Eliza | 19 | F/F to single women | Travelled with Crooks |
| Davies | Henry | 33 | Somersetshire | Gardener Friends, Davies, Papanui Rd. |
| Ellen | 34 | |||
| Cadigan | Elizabeth A | 17 | T/F to single women | Travelled with Davies |
| Ellison | Richard | 44 | Middlesex | Painter Bound for Ashburton Schoolmaster on board |
| Elizabeth F | 47 | |||
| Elizabeth S | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
| Lionel E | 9 | |||
| Richard H | 7 | |||
| Fordred | Edward F | 40 | Kent | Gardener Bound for Rangiora |
| Mary A | 33 | |||
| Rosa E | 16 | |||
| Susannah M | 14 | |||
| Edith F | 4 | |||
| Edward F | 2 | |||
| Minnie B | 6 months | |||
| Hollbrook | Thomas | 23 | Devonshire | Labourer |
| Eliza | 23 | |||
| Elizabeth | 3 | |||
| Florence | 1 | |||
| Inkster | William | 53 | Shetland | Farmer Bound for Ashburton |
| Elizabeth | 49 | |||
| Elizabeth | 25 | T/F to single women | ||
| Christopher | 20 | T/F to single men | ||
| Lilias | 18 | T/F to single women | ||
| Jessie | 14 | T/F to single women | ||
| Marion | 10 | |||
| Wilhelmina | 8 | |||
| Inkster | James | 44 | Shetland | Farmer Bound for Ashburton |
| Ann | 42 | |||
| James | 19 | T/F to single men | ||
| Arthur | 17 | T/F to single men | ||
| Margaret | 15 | T/F to single women | ||
| Robert | 12 | T/F to single men | ||
| Christopher | 6 | |||
| Lawrence | 2 | |||
| McCool | David | 28 | Natrim | Labourer |
| Margaret | 26 | |||
| Elizabeth | 6 months | |||
| McIntyre | James | 41 | Donegal | Ploughman Bound for Timaru |
| Margaret | 39 | |||
| Mary | 11 | |||
| George | 9 | |||
| Maggie | 4 | |||
| McNamara | Daniel | 34 | Clare | Mason Bound for Rangiora |
| Susan | 29 | |||
| John | 4 | |||
| Michael | 3 | |||
| Francis | 1 | |||
| Redden | Patrick | 21 | T/F to single men | Travelled with McNamara |
| Muschamp | Robert | 25 | Yorkshire | Tailor Bound for Ashburton |
| Elizabeth | 26 | |||
| Ada | 2 | |||
| Muschamp | Richard | 54 | Yorkshire | Tailor Bound for Ashburton |
| Ann | 49 | |||
| Mary E | 20 | |||
| Carry | 16 | |||
| Lorenza | 14 | |||
| Harry | 12 | |||
| Fred | 10 | |||
| William | 8 | |||
| John J | 4 | |||
| North | William James | 26 | Somersetshire | Carter |
| Elizabeth | 26 | |||
| Florence A | 5 | |||
| Elizabeth A | 3 | |||
| Emma J | 8 months | |||
| Parker | Robert | 19 | Antrim | Farm Labourer Bound for Timaru |
| Fanny | 23 | |||
| Price | James | 24 | Radnore | Collier Bound for Rakaia |
| Sarah A | 23 | |||
| James Henry T | 2 | |||
| Sarah J | 6 months | |||
| Publin | William | 27 | Gloucestershire | Labourer Bound for Ashburton - now in Christchurch |
| Mary J | 26 | |||
| Frederick George | 4 | |||
| Elfrida | 3 | |||
| Ethel | 7 months | |||
| Santy | James | 33 | Norfolk | ? Bound for Rakaia |
| Mary A | 27 | |||
| Edward James | 5 | |||
| Alfred | 3 | |||
| Ada C | 10 months | |||
| Shann | George | 31 | Yorkshire | Fireman Bound for Ashburton |
| Evelina | 24 | |||
| Anne E | 3 | |||
| Charles R | 2 | |||
| Sweet | George | 32 | Cornwall | Labourer |
| Thomazine | 31 | |||
| Joseph | 5 | |||
| Sweet | Thomas | 19 | T/F to single men | |
| Stuthridge | Benjamin | 36 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer Road Board Cottage, Cust |
| Catherine | 33 | |||
| Joseph | 18 | T/F to single men | ||
| Mary A | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
| Ellen | 14 | T/F to single women | ||
| Charles H | 9 | |||
| Frederick | 6 | |||
| Celia A | 3 | |||
| Thompson | James | 30 | Derry | Farm Labourer Bound for Timaru |
| Ann | 28 | |||
| Turpin | Robert M | 32 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer Bound for Rakaia |
| Maria | 35 | |||
| Susan A | 8 | |||
| Robert T | 6 | |||
| Agnes | 3 | |||
| Son | Born on board | |||
| Whetton | Binning | 28 | Warwickshire | Labourer Bound for Ashburton |
| Sophia | 23 | |||
| Charles | 3 | |||
| Jessie | 1 | |||
| Wilce | Edwin | 28 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer Bound for Timaru |
| Mary J | 24 | |||
| Colonial Nominated Families & Children | ||||
| Clarke | William | 50 | Down | Labourer |
| Sarah | 53 | |||
| Clarke | Samuel | 25 | Down | Labourer |
| Wilhelmina | 24 | |||
| John | 1� | |||
| Keenan | John | 28 | Down | Labourer |
| Sarah | 27 | Died morning of arrival | ||
| Sarah | 10 | |||
| Agnes | 8 | |||
| Annie | 6 | |||
| Samuel | 4 | |||
| William | 3 | |||
| Son | Born on board | |||
| McFoggart | Neil | 40 | Antrim | Brickmaker |
| Ann | 41 | |||
| Robert | 9 | |||
| Nicholls | George | 25 | Middlesex | Smith |
| Caroline | 28 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Anderson | Johannis | 21 | Norway | Wood Cutter |
| Anders | 24 | Norway | Wood Cutter | |
| Andrew | William | 20 | Cornwall | Miner Bound for Timaru |
| Archer | Edmond | 26 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer Bound for Timaru |
| Bourd�t | William | 16 | Derry | |
| Samuel | 13 | Derry | ||
| Bowler | William | 18 | Kerry | Farm Labourer Bound for Timaru |
| Catherine | 15 | T/F to single women | Bound for Timaru | |
| Cockle | William Henry | 24 | Kent | Blacksmith |
| Cartwright | William | 24 | Lincolnshire | Miner Bound for Rakaia |
| Cassidy | Peter | 21 | Fermanagh | Farm Labourer Left Ship - Friends |
| Cranston | Thomas | 19 | Cavan | Labourer |
| Edward | 14 | Cavan | ||
| William | 12 | Cavan | ||
| Diggin | Michael | 28 | Kerry | Labourer Bound for Ashburton |
| John | 23 | Kerry | Labourer Bound for Ashburton |
|
| Davies | Michael | 21 | Glamorgan | Miner Bound for Timaru |
| Davies | William | 21 | Carmarthen | Collier Bound for Rakaia |
| Donovan | Denis | 21 | Middlesex | Carman Bound for Rangiora |
| Doherty | William | 22 | Donegal | Ploughman Bound for Timaru |
| Hyde | Jacob | 23 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Harold | William | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 22 | T/F to single women | ||
| Mary A | 19 | T/F to single women | ||
| Jane | 17 | T/F to single women | ||
| Bunnan | John | 18 | Kerry | Shepherd Travelled with Harold |
| Day | Richard | 24 | Kerry | Shepherd Travelled with Harold |
| Holmes | Joseph | 24 | Derry | Farm Labourer Bound for Timaru |
| Hodge | William | 22 | Cornwall | Blacksmith Bound for Rangiora |
| Hebbard | William G | 19 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Hamilton | William | 21 | Donegal | Farm Labourer Bound for Timaru |
| Inkster | Christopher | 20 | Shetland | Farm Labourer Bound for Ashburton |
| Arthur | 17 | Shetland | Farm Labourer Bound for Ashburton |
|
| Robert | 12 | Shetland | Bound for Ashburton | |
| James | 19 | Shetland | Stonemason Bound for Ashburton |
|
| Jolley | Robert | 20 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer Bound for Timaru |
| Keddon | Patrick | 21 | Clare | Shoemaker |
| Kelly | John | 24 | Queen's County | Farm Labourer |
| Kimber | William | 22 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
| Knowles | George | 24 | Surrey | Gardener Bound for Timaru |
| Shepherd | David | 20 | Suffolk | Gardener Travelled with Knowles - Bound for Timaru |
| Lewis | Morgan | 20 | Cardigan | Miner |
| Lynch | Timothy | 25 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Day | Ann | 19 | T/F single women | Travelled with Lynch |
| Lynn | Edward | 18 | Down | Gardener |
| Makins | William B | 22 | Lincolnshire | Miner |
| Marley | George | 21 | Durham | Blacksmith |
| McGreddy | William | 20 | Donegal | Farm Labourer |
| McIntire | Robert | 19 | Donegal | Farm Labourer Bound for Timaru |
| Thomas | 17 | Donegal | Farm Labourer Bound for Timaru |
|
| Monaghan | Timothy | 43 | Kings County | Labourer |
| Patrick | 20 | Kings County | Labourer | |
| Nelson | James | 22 | Kerry | General Labourer |
| O'Meara | Daniel | 24 | Kings County | Labourer |
| Margaret | 20 | T/F to single women | ||
| Lusky | Kate | 23 | T/F to single women | |
| Owens | William | 27 | Monmouth | Collier Bound for Rakaia |
| Rowe | Richard | 22 | Cornwall | Miner |
| Scullschamp | Lorenza | 14 | Yorkshire | |
| Harry | 12 | Yorkshire | ||
| Smith | Abraham | 22 | Essex | Labourer Bound for Rakaia |
| Sweet | Thomas | 19 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Stuthridge | Joseph | 18 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Thomas | John | 26 | Glamorgan | Collier Bound for Timaru |
| Tregenza | Edwin | 21 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer Bound for Rakaia |
| Elizabeth | 22 | |||
| Ann | 37 | |||
| Wallace | Robert | 28 | Roscommon | Farm Labourer |
| Woolrich | Joseph | 35 | Denbeigh | General Labourer Bound for Ashburton |
| Watkins | Helvetus | 31 | Glamorgan | Farm Labourer Bound for Rakaia |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Smith | James | 18 | Roxburgh | Butcher C/- D Williamson, Ashburton |
| Isabella | 18 | T/F to single women | ||
| John | 14 | |||
| Witty | George | 18 | Yorkshire | Gardener |
| Single Women | ||||
| Archer | Eliza | 19 | Antrim | Servant |
| Bourd�t | Bessie | 18 | Derry | |
| Bowler | Catherine | 15 | Kerry | Servant Bound for Timaru |
| Cadigan | Elizabeth A | 17 | Somersetshire | Servant Bound for Ashburton |
| Cranston | Eliza | 46 | Cavan | Dairymaid |
| Thomas | 19 | T/F to single men | ||
| Mary | 16 | Cavan | Servant | |
| Edward | 14 | T/F to single men | ||
| William | 12 | T/F to single men | ||
| Richard | 10 | Cavan | ||
| Henrietta | 8 | Cavan | ||
| Curry | Ellen | 19 | Fermanagh | Servant |
| Margaret | 15 | Fermanagh | Servant | |
| Day | Ann | 19 | Kerry | Dairymaid |
| Deane | Margaret | 35 | Clare | Servant |
| Elizabeth | 18 | Clare | Servant | |
| Margaret | 17 | Clare | Servant | |
| Duffy | Catherine | 19 | Monaghan | Servant |
| Ellisson | Elizabeth S | 16 | Middlesex | Nursemaid |
| Fordred | Roas E | 16 | Kent | |
| Susannah | 14 | Kent | ||
| Hamilton | Mary | 23 | Donegal | Servant Bound for Timaru |
| Harold | Elizabeth | 22 | Kerry | Dairymaid |
| Mary A | 19 | Kerry | Dairymaid | |
| Jane | 17 | Kerry | Dairymaid | |
| Inkster | Elizabeth | 25 | Shetland | Servant |
| Lilias | 18 | Shetland | Servant | |
| Jessie | 14 | Shetland | ||
| Inkster | Margaret | 15 | Shetland | |
| Kearns | Bridget | 22 | Fermanagh | Servant |
| Lock | Frances E | 17 | Devonshire | Dairymaid Bound for Timaru |
| Lusky | Kate | 23 | Kings County | Servant |
| Millard | Angelins | 51 | Middlesex | MATRON |
| Mortimer | Martha | 28 | Tyrone | Housemaid |
| McIntire | Jane A | 23 | Donegal | Servant Bound for Timaru |
| Robert | 19 | T/F to single men | ||
| James | 17 | T/F to single men | ||
| Muschamp | Mary E | 20 | Yorkshire | Servant |
| Carry | 16 | Yorkshire | Servant | |
| O'Meara | Margaret | 20 | Kings County | Servant |
| Page | Martha | 27 | Devonshire | Servant |
| Page | Fanny | 19 | Devonshire | Servant Bound for Timaru |
| Protheroe | Mary A | 45 | Middlesex | Needlswoman |
| Louisa | 23 | Middlesex | Type Setter | |
| Emily | 14 | Middlesex | ||
| Charles | 11 | Middlesex | ||
| Taylor | Charlotte | 19 | Devonshire | Servant |
| Stuthridge | Mary | 16 | Cornwall | Servant |
| Ellen | 14 | Cornwall | ||
| Treganza | Elizabeth | 22 | Cornwall | Servant Bound for Rangiora |
| Ann | 27 | Cornwall | Servant Bound for Rangiora |
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| Sullivan | Hannah | 18 | Cork | Housemaid |
| Veitch | Jessie J | 23 | Peebles | Dressmaker Bound for Timaru |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| Davis | Sarah J | 17 | Somersetshire | Servant |
| Keene | Emma | 33 | Buckinghamshire | Laundress Bound for Timaru |
| George | 11 | |||
| Elizabeth | 5 | |||
| Jacob | 1 | |||
| Millard | Ann | 20 | Kent | Case Liner |
| Robinson | Elizabeth | 27 | Middlesex | Machinist Bound for Timaru SUB-MATRON |
| Smith | Isabella | 18 | Roxburgh | Housekeeper |
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| Robert INKSTER: Robert INKSTER was the son of James and Ann (CHEYNE) INKSTER from Shetland. In 1892 Robert married Florence McCULLOCH at Waimate. David Voss would be nterested in exchanging information with others working on these families. He can be contactd at [email protected] |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 2000, 2001, 2002
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IMCH4/139