Timandra
Barque: 382 tons
Captain: J L Skinner
Surgeon Superintendent: George C Forbes
Sailed Plymouth November 2nd 1841 3:00pm - arrived New Plymouth February 24th 1842
Stoutest and best-found of all the
vessels sent out to New Plymouth was the barque Timandra, 382 tons, Captain Skinner, which
made the passage direct in 113 days. She left Plymouth on November 2, 1841, and arrived on
February 23, 1842, bringing 212 passengers, the largest number sent out in any of the six
vessels. Her cargo included two sets of moorings for the roadsted. One set was laid down
about two miles from shore. It was intended to land the other set, but one of the anchors
was lost when being sent ashore on a raft, and the other one of the pair was taken to
Sydney, where it lay so long on Moore's wharf that the wharfage came to more than its
value, and it was eventually sold by auction. This fine ship had a pleasant voyage out. On
the way out a call was made at Capetown, where a fortnight was spent, including Christmas
Day. In marked distinction to many of the emigrant ships of the 'fifties and the 'sixties,
the Timandra was a happy craft, and everyone had a good word to say for her. Among the
passengers was Mr W Devenish, who brought out with him a small flock of Southland down
sheep, the first seen in New Zealand. The Timandra seems to have been in luck all the way
through, for she landed her passengers and cargo without a hitch in perfect weather,
during her ten days stay off New Plymouth. The Rev. Horation Gruber, son of Admiral
Grouber, arrived by this ship and for a considerable time conducted religious services in
raupo whares.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Name | Age | Occupation | Comments | |
Cabin Passengers | ||||
Flight | Josias | 41 | Gentleman | |
Ann | 46 | |||
Ann | 2 | |||
Devenish | William | 23 | Gentleman | |
Sarah | 21 | |||
Groube | Reverend Horatio | 30 | Independent Minister | |
Taylor | Theophilus | 20 | Gentleman | |
Forbes | George C | 26 | Surgeon on board | |
Gillingham | Stephen | 25 | Yeoman | |
Joanna | 22 | |||
Steerage Passengers | ||||
Harrison | William | 24 | Gardener | |
Harriet | 27 | |||
William | 3 | |||
Harriet | 1 | |||
Parsons | John | 28 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Grace | 29 | |||
Jane | 3 | Died on board 12/12/1841 | ||
Thomas | 9 months | |||
Hawke | Joseph | 32 | Shoemaker | |
Mary | 32 | |||
Elizabeth | 10 | |||
Joseph | 8 | |||
Mary | 5 | |||
Jane | 2 | |||
Betsy Ann | 2 months | Agricultural Labourer | ||
Wills | James | 36 | ||
Betsy | 36 | |||
Albert | 17 | |||
Thelma | 16 | |||
Maria | 14 | |||
Thomas | 9 | |||
James | 7 | |||
Betsy | 4 | |||
Bryant | Henry | 25 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Ann | 24 | |||
Allan | John | 40 | Shepherd | |
Sarah | 38 | |||
Janette | 19 | |||
James | 16 | |||
John | 14 | |||
Charles | 12 | |||
Peter | 7 | |||
Samuel | 3 | |||
Andrew | 1 | Died on board 18/12/1841 | ||
Pilcher | Thomas | 39 | Baker | |
Naomi | 36 | |||
Elizabeth | 14 | |||
Thomas | 7 | |||
Joll | Samuel | 35 | Blacksmith | |
Elizabeth | 32 | |||
Ann | 12 | |||
Samuel | 10 | |||
Sarah | 7 | |||
John | 3 | |||
Eliza | 10 months | |||
Andrews | Samuel | 25 | Baker | |
Maria | 27 | |||
Moggridge | William | 30 | Agricultural Labourer | No certificate |
Neill | Allan | 30 | Surveyor | |
Hart | Joseph | 32 | Limeburner | |
Mary | 30 | |||
Robert | 10 | |||
Susannah | 8 | |||
John | 6 | |||
Mary | 5 | |||
Elizabeth | 9 months | |||
Vercoe | Bryant | 31 | Mason | |
Elizabeth | 33 | |||
James | 2 | Died on board 06/12/1841 | ||
Vercoe | Philip | 37 | Mason | |
Catherine | 33 | |||
Mary Jane | 16 | |||
Catherine | 15 | |||
Samuel | 13 | |||
Philip | 11 | |||
Elizabeth | 9 | |||
Martha | 8 | |||
John | 7 | |||
Arthur | 3 | |||
William | 9 months | |||
Clare | Charles | 20 | Carpenter | |
Hannah | 23 | |||
Spurdle | William | 36 | Carpenter | |
Sarah | 28 | |||
Oliver Cook | 8 | |||
Maria | 7 | |||
Mary Ann | 5 | |||
William | 2 | |||
Prout | John | 33 | Flax Dresser | |
Mary Ann | 33 | |||
Crann | Samuel | 40 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Sarah | 37 | |||
William | 16 | |||
George | 14 | |||
Henry | 7 | |||
Elizabeth | 6 | |||
Matilda | 2 | |||
Loveridge | John | 43 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Jane | 37 | |||
John | 16 | |||
Jane | 14 | |||
Robert | 12 | |||
Mary | 9 | |||
William | 7 | |||
Ellen | 6 | |||
Samuel | 11 months | |||
Gollop | Robert | 43 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Elizabeth | 41 | |||
Henry | 18 | |||
William | 17 | |||
Benjamin | 13 | |||
Ellen | 10 | |||
Good | Sarah | 24 | Domestic Servant | |
Bishop | Daniel | 36 | Carpenter | |
Louisa | 31 | |||
William | 14 | |||
Ann | 11 | |||
Walter | 9 | |||
Mary | 8 | |||
Hannah | 4 | |||
Martha | 1 | |||
Steer | John | 31 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Jane | 27 | |||
Robert | 9 | |||
Henry | 8 | |||
John | 6 | |||
Ellen | 4 | |||
William | 2 months | |||
Ward | James | 31 | Cooper | |
Jane | 30 | |||
Joseph | 7 | |||
Ellen | 10 months | |||
Marsh | James | 30 | Shoemaker | |
Maria | 31 | |||
Alfred | 10 | |||
John | 7 | |||
Esau | 3 | |||
Matilda | Infant | Born on board 29/01/1842 | ||
Andrews | Simon | 27 | Gardener | |
Jane | 29 | |||
Sarah | 1 | |||
Norman | Peter | 22 | Tailor | |
Mary Ann | 17 | Died on board 15/12/1841 | ||
Pope | Richard | 34 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Mary Ann | 31 | |||
Elizabeth | 13 | |||
George | 8 | |||
Robert | 5 | |||
John | 3 | |||
Roger | 9 months | |||
Sampson | Charles | 22 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Mary | 22 | |||
Marina | 9 months | |||
Brooking | John | 25 | Carpenter | |
Elizabeth | 21 | |||
Ann | 4 | |||
Kate | 2 | |||
William | 6 months | |||
Brooking | Alice | 16 | Domestic Servant | |
Brooking | William | 21 | Blacksmith | |
Sarah | 22 | |||
Mary Ann | 2 | |||
Smith | John | 37 | Flax Dresser | |
Prudence | 34 | |||
Sarah | 15 | |||
Mary Martha | 4 | |||
Alexander | 6 months | |||
Wells | Henry | 23 | Bailiff | No certificate |
Candish | Thomas | 28 | Carpenter | No certificate |
Pellew | Israel | 30 | Carpenter | |
Julia | 21 | |||
Barraball | Henry | 33 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Mary | 30 | |||
William | 3 | |||
Richard | 2 months | |||
Northcott | James | 34 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Mary | 30 | |||
Susannah | 7 | |||
John | 5 | |||
Mary | 4 | |||
Ann | 1 | Died on board 18/12/1841 | ||
Way | Walter | 23 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Mary Ann | 23 | |||
Treweek | John | 26 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Honor | 26 | |||
John | 5 | |||
Samuel | 3 | |||
Richard | 11 months | |||
Hooker | John | 35 | Blacksmith | |
Jane | 38 | |||
Nathaniel | 11 | |||
John | 9 | |||
Henry | 7 | |||
Mary | 3 | |||
Charles | 3 months | |||
Varcoe | Martha | 28 | Sempstress | |
Jordan | George | 35 | Tanner & Sawyer | |
Tabatha | 38 | |||
Mary Ann | 15 | |||
John | 11 | |||
George | 11 | |||
Elizabeth | 9 | |||
Bertha | 7 | |||
David | 4 | |||
William | 2 | |||
Groves | Philip | 40 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Mary | 40 | |||
Eliza | 18 | |||
George | 8 | |||
Joanna | 7 | |||
Henry | 4 | |||
James | 1 | Died on board 10/12/1841 | ||
Kerslake | Betsy | 33 | Farm Servant | |
LOVERIDGE family: John Loveridge was born in 1799 in |
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PELLEW family: |Israel Pellew, a carpenter, arrived with his wife, Julia, in New Plymouth on the Timandra. Christened in Gulval, Cornwall, on 9 Oct 1811, Israel was one of six children of Thomas Pellew (b 1796 Uny Lelant, Cornwall) and Elizabeth Murrish (b 1776 Gulval, Cornwall), who married in Gulval on 31 Dec 1796. Their six children were: Mary Murrish b 1798, William b 1801, Thomas b 1805, |
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TREWEEK family: John Treweek, the son of Samuel Treweek & Margaret Andrews, was born on July 5th 1814 at Tregeny, Cornwall in England. At the age of 22 on July 26th 1836 John, a farmer, married Honor Jane CHAPMAN, the daughter of Richard Chapman and Honor Prynn, at St Breocks, Bodmin in Cornwall. Honor was born on February 8th 1815 at Blisland, Cornwall and baptised there on March 12th 1815. John and Honor had three children in England (John b 1836, Samuel b 1838 and Richard b 1840) before sailing from Plymouth in England to New Plymouth in New Zealand on the "Timandra" on Nov 2nd 1841. This voyage was undertaken under the auspices of the Plymouth Land Company, an off-shoot of the New Zealand Company. After arriving in New Plymouth on February 24th 1842 John and Honor were to have nine more children: (Thomas b 1843, William b 1845, James b 1847, Honor Jane b 1849, Joseph b 1851, Elizabeth Ann b 1853, George Andrew b 1856, Frederick b 1857 and Charles b 1859). Honor died on October 15th 1884 at Normanby, New Zealand and John died on August 23rd 1896 at Greatford, New Zealand. If you have a connection with this family or wish to know more please contact Robyn Harding. |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 2000 - 2009
Reference:
Archives New Zealand NZC 34/2 p241