Wild Deer
Ship : 1060 tons
Captain : Malcolm
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr Gregg
Sailed Greenock October 30th 1874 - arrived Otago January 20th 1875
Launched at Connell's shipyard in
December of 1863, Wild Deer began life as a china tea clipper. In this capacity she made
some very speedy voyages and was once in a race back to England with Douglas Castle and
Peter Denny. Wild Deer beat both ships in this thrilling race, ably described by Basil
Lubbock in his book "The Colonial Clippers". Wild Deer was applied to the New
Zealand run in 1871 and this comfortable immigrant ship was to make 10 successful voyages
to New Zealand. At the commencement of her 11th voyage in 1883 she ran aground on the
coast of Ireland and was lost. Thankfully, no passengers or crew were lost and the
immigrants completed their voyage on board the Caroline.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
History
of the Wild Deer
Arrival of the Wild Deer
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Cabin Passengers | ||||
Benson | Mr | |||
Mrs | ||||
Four Children | ||||
Brown | William | |||
Stoddart | Mr | |||
Mrs | ||||
Stoddart | James | |||
Families and Children | ||||
Baldwin | Thomas | 23 | Stafford | Carpenter |
Eliza | 28 | |||
Arthur L | 2 | |||
Alice | 1 | |||
Frank | 8 months | |||
Bellchambers | Stephen | 38 | Kent | Bricklayer |
Ann | 39 | |||
Elizabeth | 10 | |||
Stephen | 8 | |||
Julia | 4 | |||
Blair | James | 22 | Aberdeen | Stone Cutter |
Rebecca | 24 | |||
Brook | Philip | 31 | Devon | Farmer |
Mary A | 30 | |||
Mary E | 9 | |||
George | 7 | |||
Jane | 6 | |||
John | 4 | |||
Emma | 3 | |||
Thomas | 10 months | |||
Child | George | 26 | Surrey | Labourer |
Victoria | 25 | |||
Ada M | 6 | |||
Louisa R | 3 | |||
Georgina | 1month | |||
Credigington | Thomas | 39 | Stafford | Painter |
Ellen | 41 | |||
mary J | 11 | |||
Thomas | 9 | |||
Alfred | 7 | |||
Emily | 5 | |||
Arthur | 3 | |||
Lucy | 1month | |||
Denne | Clement | 30 | Kent | Blacksmith |
Alice | 27 | |||
Doose | Frederick | 40 | Denmark | Miner |
Emma | 27 | |||
Dorne | George | 24 | Lancashire | Farm Labourer |
Kate | 23 | |||
Annie | 4 | |||
George | 2 | |||
Kate | 6 months | |||
Dyer | William | 21 | Gloster | Navvy |
Elizabeth | 22 | |||
Not Baptized | 5 weeks | |||
Ellis | Charles | 23 | Essex | Coachmaker |
Jessie M | 20 | |||
Charles | 3 months | |||
Gill | John | 32 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Mary Ann | 24 | |||
Green | Richard | 42 | Oxon | Farm Labourer |
Harriet | 41 | |||
Anne | 9 | |||
Harry | 4 | |||
Minnie | 2 | |||
Hanham | James | 32 | Essex | Coachmaker |
Matilda | 30 | |||
James | 8 | |||
Rose | 6 | |||
Florence | 4 | |||
Annie | 1 | |||
Hughs | Walter | 50 | Galway | Carpenter |
Catherine | 48 | |||
Hunt | John F | 36 | Hants | Farm Labourer |
Sarah A | 36 | |||
Thomas I | 8 | |||
Florence D | 5 | |||
Joyce | Edward | 40 | Dublin | Tailor |
Fanny | 39 | |||
Keen | Joseph | 43 | Berkshire | Labourer |
Ann | 43 | |||
Belchah | 10 | |||
Alfred | 6 | |||
Agnes | 3 | |||
Lane | Alfred | 22 | Berkshire | Labourer |
Hannah | 26 | |||
Rose R | 3 months | |||
Lowe | Jacob | 37 | Berkshire | Labourer |
Maelia | 30 | |||
Mahon | Thomas | 33 | Galway | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 33 | |||
Ellen | 9 | |||
Patrick | 7 | |||
James | 5 | |||
John | 3 | |||
Thomas | 9 months | |||
McLoughlin | Owen | 40 | Fermanagh | Farm Labourer |
Ellen | 35 | |||
Margaret | 11 | |||
James | 10 | |||
Susan | 8 | |||
Ellen | 7 | |||
Bridget | 6 | |||
Philip | 5 | |||
Daniel | 3 | |||
Hugh | 2 | |||
Rose Ann | 6 weeks | |||
Newman | George | 36 | Hants | Carter |
Ann | 34 | |||
Mary A | 8 | |||
Jasper | 5 | |||
Lucy | 2 | |||
Peters | John | 25 | Dorset | Quarryman |
Susan | 25 | |||
Mary W | 5 | |||
Susanna | 1 | |||
John | 8 days | |||
Retallick | Edward | 30 | Cornwall | Labourer |
Louisa | 23 | |||
Richards | Charles | 43 | Berkshire | Baker |
Ann | 37 | |||
Fred | 10 | |||
Susan | 8 | |||
Smith | Joseph | 34 | Middlesex | Goods Guard |
Emma | 28 | |||
Edith | 3 | |||
Alice | 1 | |||
Snell | George | 29 | Suffolk | Shoemaker |
Rebecca C | 28 | |||
George | 6 | |||
Joseph | 4 | |||
Catherine | 1 | |||
Stokes | John | 50 | Huntingdon | Labourer |
Rebecca | 50 | |||
Rosa | 6 | |||
Stone | Thomas | 37 | Dorset | Quarryman |
Ellen | 35 | |||
Isabella | 6 | |||
Ellen E | 4 | |||
Thomas | 1 | |||
Sturgeon | Henry | 50 | Essex | Farmer and Miller |
Sarah | 50 | |||
Maud | 11 | |||
Agnes | 11 | |||
Taylor | Robert | 25 | Perth | Blacksmith |
Jane | 30 | |||
Jane | 4 | |||
Janet | 2 | |||
Theresa | 7 months | |||
Vickery | William | 27 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
Harriet E | 28 | |||
William F | 3 | |||
Percy H | 1 | |||
Wallis | Abraham | 40 | Dorset | Quarryman |
Sarah A | 40 | |||
Sarah A | 7 | |||
Abraham | 5 | |||
James J | 3 | |||
Jane F | 1 | |||
Way | Thomas | 25 | Dorset | Quarryman |
Mary A | 21 | |||
Mary A | 5 months | |||
Wheeler | Edward | 34 | Gloster | Navvy |
Sarah | 33 | |||
Annie | 10 | |||
Charles | 7 | |||
Willson | John | 27 | Down | Farm Labourer |
Harriett | 27 | |||
Woodley | William | 40 | Berkshire | Labourer |
Fanny | 42 | |||
Mary Anne | 14 | T/F to single women | Both girls were daughters by Fanny's first marriage and had the surname Chesterman. | |
Rosetta | 9 | |||
William F | 4 months | |||
Woods | John | 35 | Surrey | Labourer |
Martha | 30 | |||
John | 8 | |||
Jane | 3 months | |||
Single Men | ||||
Barrett | Albert | 19 | Gloster | Labourer |
Bellamy | Edward | 22 | Surrey | Mason |
Blimden | William | 21 | Hants | Tailor |
Boldini | Luigi | 40 | Italy | Engineer |
Boldini | Gualterio | 12 | Italy | |
Boldini | Alfredo | 7 | Italy | |
Bushnall | John | 20 | Oxford | Blacksmith |
Casserley | Thomas | 23 | Galway | Labourer |
Casserley | Thomas | 22 | Galway | Farm Labourer |
Casey | Patrick | 20 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Crawley | John | 20 | Middlesex | Tailor |
Credigington | Herbert | 14 | Stafford | |
Cooksley | Thomas | 32 | Devon | Mason |
Cop | Elias | 22 | Devon | Farm Labourer |
Cronaghen | John | 21 | Limerick | Tailor |
Dorees | Frank O | 14 | Staffordshire | Farm Labourer |
Douglas | Robert S | 20 | Glasgow | Mechanical |
Edwards | Alfred H | 23 | Somerset | Carpenter &Wheelwright |
Finn | Jeremiah | 23 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Franklin | Michael | 23 | Limerick | Labourer |
Glass | James | 18 | Clackmannon | Coppersmith |
Gibson | Charles | 21 | Antrim | Joiner |
Gilroy | Patrick | 26 | Cavan | Farm Labourer |
Gliddon | James | 29 | Devon | Coachman |
Green | Frederick | 14 | Oxon | |
Harrison | Alfred | 18 | Gloster | Farm Labourer |
Hatt | Henry | 29 | Oxon | Navvy |
Hickey | John | 21 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Holt | William | 25 | Devon | Plasterer |
Hughes | John H | 14 | Lancashire | |
Johnson | George | 24 | York | Groom |
Joyce | Walter | 23 | Sussex | Tailor |
Joyce | Edward | 18 | Dublin | Tailor |
Keen | Joseph | 16 | Berkshire | Labourer |
Philip | 14 | Berkshire | ||
Noah | 12 | Berkshire | ||
Landerkin | John | 36 | Cromarty | Farm Labourer |
Lawless | John | 22 | Galway | Labourer |
Lawless | Thomas | 24 | Galway | Labourer |
Lee | Timothy | 20 | Galway | Labourer |
Lowe | Giles | 12 | Berkshire | |
Maloney | Patrick | 29 | Limerick | Ploughman |
Middleton | Alexander | 22 | Donegal | Ploughman |
Mourissey | Thomas | 40 | Tipperary | Labourer |
Mulligan | Mark | 19 | Westmeath | Farm Labourer |
Mulligan | Thomas | 22 | Westmeath | Farm Labourer |
Newman | George | 16 | Hants | Carter |
Charles | 12 | Hants | ||
O'Brien | Michael | 37 | Limerick | Labourer |
O'Brien | Daniel | 18 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
O'Brien | John | 21 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Perriam | Charles | 30 | Devon | Farm labourer |
Peters | Robert | 18 | Dorset | Quarryman |
Potter | John | 30 | Limerick | Labourer |
Reddcliffe | Richard | 20 | Devon | Farm Labourer |
Richards | William C | 14 | Berkshire | |
Rourke | John | 22 | Kerry | Labourer |
Sheehan | Michael | 20 | Limerick | Cooper |
Smallman | James | 23 | Waterford | Tailor |
Smith | Alexander | 21 | Edinburgh | Printer |
Sturgeon | James B | 19 | Essex | Blacksmith |
Taylor | Robert | 30 | Fermanagh | Labourer |
Tobin | William | 20 | Limerick | Bookmaker |
Wallis | William | 15 | Dorset | Quarryman |
John | 12 | Dorset | ||
Welch | John | 20 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Wheeler | Rufus | 12 | Glostershire | |
White | Charles | 25 | Middlesex | Painter |
Williams | James | 23 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
Single Women | ||||
Bellchambers | Clara | 12 | Kent | |
Bridges | Jane E | 30 | Malta | |
Emily | 3 | |||
Jane | 4 months | |||
Casserley | Ellen | 17 | Galway | Servant |
Casey | Mary | 16 | Staffordshire | Housemaid |
Collins | Maria | 19 | Galway | Servant |
Donnellan | Anne | 40 | Clare | Servant |
Kate | 18 | Clare | Servant | |
Mary | 16 | Clare | Servant | |
Ford | Harriett J | 18 | Sussex | Housemaid |
Franklin | Catherine | 17 | Limerick | Housemaid |
Green | Ellen | 21 | Oxon | Servant |
Harriett | 18 | Oxon | Servant | |
Emily | 16 | Oxon | Servant | |
Hogan | Ellen | 19 | Galway | Servant |
Hughes | Bridgett | 20 | Galway | Dressmaker |
Margaret | 16 | Galway | Servant | |
Joyce | Fanny | 19 | Dublin | Servant |
Mary | 15 | Dublin | Servant | |
Emma | 13 | Dublin | ||
Keen | Sarah A | 18 | Berkshire | Servant |
Lewis | Esther | 17 | Gloster | Servant |
McLoughlin | Mary | 13 | Fermanagh | |
Mullen | Mary | 20 | Galway | Servant |
Pearse | Elizabeth | 29 | Gloster | Housemaid |
Peters | Elizabeth | 17 | Dorset | Servant |
Pickup | Eliza M | 35 | Monmouth | Servant |
Rourke | Florence | 21 | Kerry | Servant |
Richards | Mary A | 17 | Berkshire | Cook |
Scahill | Catherine | 21 | Galway | Servant |
Smith | Mary Ann | 20 | Essex | Nurse |
Stokes | Anne S | 16 | Huntingdon | Servant |
Stone | Rebecca | 14 | Dorset | |
Jane | 12 | Dorset | ||
Sturgeon | Sarah | 21 | Essex | Nurse |
Elizabeth | 20 | Essex | Nurse | |
Mary J | 14 | Essex | ||
Stutley | Elizabeth | 33 | Middlesex | Servant |
Town | Eliza | 19 | Oxon | Servant |
Tucker | Fanny | 17 | Kent | Housemaid |
Tucker | Ellen | 23 | Kent | Housemaid |
Wallis | Charlotte | 13 | Dorset | |
Stephen | 7 | Kent | ||
Welch | Margaret | 16 | Galway | |
Wilkins | Catherine | 27 | Kent | Servant |
Willenden | Annie | 29 | Sussex | |
Annie H | 9 | Sussex | ||
Mary J | 7 | Sussex | ||
Emily | 6 | Sussex | ||
George | 1 | Sussex | ||
Willis | Lydia | 21 | Suffolk | Cook |
Woodley | Mary Anne | 14 | Berkshire | |
Workman | Elizabeth | 17 | Gloster | Servant |
Worsdell | Fanny | 40 | Hampshire | Servant |
Agnes | 21 | Hampshire | Servant | |
Elizabeth Ellen | 18 | Hampshire | Servant Married William Wenlock July 1876 |
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Anne | 16 | Hampshire | ||
Katie | 14 | Hampshire | ||
Fanny | 13 | Hampshire | ||
Edward J | 7 | Hampshire | ||
Lottie | 5 | Hampshire | ||
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BLAIR family: James Blair, a stone cutter and Rebecca Pirie, a wool spinner, married in Aberdeen on October 2nd 1874. At the end of the month (October 31st) they left for New Zealand. On their arrival they settled in Reynolds Town, Port Chalmers where they had 3 sons and 2 daughters. James left New Zealand about 1886 to work on the Swing Bridge over the Maribynong River in Melbourne, Australia and the family followed him in 1888. Another son was born there in 1891 but lived only 3 months. James and Rebecca lived in Footscray for 50 years until their deaths. Alexander, their eldest son, had 4 daughters. The 4th daughter, named after the World War One heroine Edith Cavell, was to die at only a few days of age in 1916. As each of the three remaining daughters married, the surname Blair, proudly carried by these immigrants from Scotland, died out. If you have a connection with this family or would like to learn more please contact Beverly Watson. |
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RICHARDS &
WOODLEY families: Ann Richards was born in Alvescot, Oxfordshire in c 1839. In 1875 she emigrated to New Zealand on this sailing of the Wild Deer with her Husband Charles and four children. After their arrival at Port Chalmers they travelled straight to Queenstown where they were to remain. About a year following their arrival at Queenstown, Charles died and Ann, in order to support her family, established a Boarding House on Eastern Terrace which was to become well known and very popular. Ann re-married Mr Thomas Mantle and died in 1919 at the age of 84. Click here to read a copy of her obituary and the report of the death of Charles Richards. Fanny Woodley, also on this voyage and formerly Fanny Chesterman (nee Richards) and the wife of William Woodley, was the sister of Charles Richards. Mary Ann and Rosetta Woodley reverted to their correct surname of CHESTERMAN after they arrived in New Zealand and both were married with the maiden name CHESTERMAN as they were from Fanny's previous marriage. If you have a connection with the Richards or Woodley families or would like to learn more please contact June Keating. |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 1999 - 2008
Reference:
Otago Daily Times January 21st 1875
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