Zealandia70

Zealandia
Ship: 1116 tons
Captain: White
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London 23 September 1870 - arrived Lyttelton 23rd December 1870

The Zealandia, a fine iron clipper-built ship of 1116 tons, was built for the Shaw, Savill Co, in 1869 ande made her maiden voyage to Lytteton. The Zealandia was a beautiful ship, specially designed for carrying passengers. Her saloon was spacious and lofty and the cabins were unusually large and well ventilated, having extra large portholes to them. The decoration of the saloon was extremely chaste. She had some special cabins for families, and a ladies saloon. The second cabin was on deck and the berths were larger then usual and well lighted. The Zealandia, after completing 31 voyages to New Zealand, was sold to the Russians. She was stranded in 1911, and sold to a firm in Nova Scotia.
Source White Wings Volume One Sir Henry Brett

Our thanks to the dedicated researcher who sent us a transcription of this list.

*Name*		Age	County	Occupation
Families & Children
Arthur	George	22	Cornwall	Farm Labourer
	Ann	18
Borland	James	40	Tyrone	Saddler
	Emma	33
	Maggie	16	Trans to s/w
	Robert	10
	Emma	8
	William	6
	Charles	5
	Sarah	3
	John	4 months
Bourne	John M	22	Kent	Farm Labourer
	Fanny	24
	Edith	4
Brown	Francis	49	Aberdeen	Ploughman
	Sarah	40
	Sarah	20	Trans to s/w
	Jessie	18	Trans to s/w
	Francis	16	Trans to s/m
	Alexander	14	Trans to s/m
	William	6
	Jane	4
Milne	Jessie	3 months		Travelled with Brown
Cowbrick	Sydney	26	Middlesex	Coach Maker
	Clara	21
Webb	Thomas	59	Kent	Farm Labourer Travelled with Bourne
	Sarah	57
Davies	Benjamin	38	Derbyshire	Moulder
	Elizabeth	37
Evans	Edward	29	Oxfordshire	Carpenter
	Martha M	21
	Fanny K	3
Fell	Josiah	27	Somersetshire	Farm Labourer
	Elizabeth	27
	Infant
Gilbert	John	35	Buckinghamshire	Millwright
	Caroline	34
	Henry	7
	Emma	4
	Arthur	9 months
Green	Samuel	28	Yorkshire	Farm Labourer
	Mary	27
	Clara	6
	Jessie	4
	Kate	2
	Annie	1
Griffiths	John	50	Derbyshire	Labourer These persons have friends living in Canterbury
	Mary	51
	Mary J^R	20	Trans to s/w
	Sarah	16	Trans to s/w
	Samuel	11
Griffiths	John J^R	24	Derbyshire	Smith
	Hannah	26
	John James	1
Cutler	Thomas	26	Staffordshire	Forgeman Travelled with Griffiths
	Alice	26
Scott	Mary	61	Trans to s/w	Travelled with Griffiths
Yates	John	23	Trans to s/m	Travelled with Griffiths
Norman	Richard	20	Trans to s/m	Travelled with Griffiths
Haines	Michael	44	Yorkshire	Farm Labourer
	Ruth	42
Swan	Lucy	3		Travelled with Haines
Hardwick	John	42	Buckinghamshire	Farm Labourer
	Hannah	42
	Thomas	17	Trans to s/m
	John	14	Trans to s/m
	William	11
	Mary	9
	Catherine	6
	Amy	3
	Elizabeth	4 months
Hayler	James	34	Sussex	Farm Labourer
	Mary A.	26
	James	7
	Sarah	1
Henwood	Thomas	28	Cornwall	Farm Labourer
	Emma	27
Hicks	Henry	24	Cornwall	Farm Labourer
	Mary	19
Johns	William	36	Cornwall	Farm Labourer
	Mary	35
	W. Henry	14	Trans to s/m
	John James	11
	George Thomas	8
	Mary A.	6
	Jessie	3
	Albert R.	7 months
Mayn	James	30	Cornwall	Farm Labourer
	Emma	30
	Mary J.	11
	John	10
	James	7
	Emma	5
	Elizabeth A.	2
Page	John	48	Bucks	Labourer
	Eliza	48
	William	19	Trans to s/m
	Eliza Jane	12	Trans to s/w
	Harry	6
	James	5
Rainbow	James	37	Bucks	Farm Labourer
	Caroline	36
	Henry S.	15	Trans to s/m
Reed	William	23	Devonshire	Smith
	Mary Ann	24
Seager	Samuel	50	Middlesex	Carpenter
	Mary A.	54
	Rose	18	Trans to s/w
	Samuel	15	Trans to s/m
	Jane	13	Trans to s/w
	Ada	11
Simpson	George	36	Yorkshire	Farm Labourer
	Martha	40
	Henry	10
	Martha	7
	Frederick	4
Stewart	Kate	10		Travelled with Simpson
Simpson	John	47	Donegal	Ploughman
	Jane	45
	Mary	20	Trans to s/w
Willis	Lewis	35	Banff	Shepherd
	Christian	32
Wise	George	29	Surrey	Farm Labourer
	Ellen	22
	George R.	4 months
Single Men
Arras	Wilhelm	19	Bavaria	Farm Labourer
Breeze	Matthew	40	Norfolk	Farm Labourer
	John	20	Norfolk	Farm Labourer
Brown	Daniel	21	Middlesex	Clerk
Brown	Francis	16	Aberdeen	Farm Labourer
	Alexander	14	Aberdeen
Calder	William	20	Banffshire	Ploughman �8.10 p^din Colony N^o 1313
Caldwell	Thomas	24	Derry	Ploughmans
Callaghan	John	20	Cork	Farm Labourer �8.10 p^din Colony N^o 1318
Canavan	George	25	Down	Labourer �8.10 p^din Colony N^o 1303
Chick	Peter	22	Somersetshire	Farm Labourer
Corkery	John	20	Kerry	Farm Labourer �8.10 p^din Colony Timaru N^o 9 1 April 1870
Dermott	James	22	Armagh	Farm Labourer �8.10 p^din Colony N^o 1298
Evans	Richard	26	Montgomeryshire	Farm Labourer
	Rowland	17	Montgomeryshire	Ploughman
Fourdrinier	Alfred	23	Middlesex	Labourer
Gamble	Charles	20	Essex	Farm Labourer
Griebel	Peter	25	Bavaria	Farm Labourer
Haeslip	John	26	Cork	Labourer �8.10 p^din Colony N^o 1266
Hardwick	Thomas	17	Buckinghamshire	Farm Labourer
	John	14	Buckinghamshire
Harris	William	20	Cornwall	Farm Labourer
Hollobon	Alfred	16	Sussex	Tinman
	Albert	13
Huffey	George	35	Suffolk	Couchman Bill for �11.6.8 given Timaru 25, May /70
Johns	W Henry	16	Cornwall	Labourer
Leary	John	22	Kerry	Farm Labourer �17 p^din Colony N^o 12 Timaru
	William	19	Kerry	Farm Labourer
McNae	Richard	48	Kirkcudbright	Engineer
Morgans	John	21	Montgomeryshire	Farm Labourer
	Edward	18	Montgomeryshire	Farm Labourer
Moyle	James	28	Cornwall	Farm Labourer
	William	21	Cornwall	Farm Labourer
Munro	John William	23	Rosshire	Shepherd
Murphy	Patrick	27	Kerry	Labourer
Nicholls	Moses	19	Glostershire	Labourer
Norman	Richard S	20	Leicestershire	Boiler Maker
Nott	John	18	Devonshire	Ploughman
Osborn	Joseph Richard	26	Northampton	Labourer
Page	William	19	Buckinghamshire	Labourer
Page	Frederick	19	Kent	Ploughman
Patton	Thomas	20	Perthshire	Ploughman
Power	George	22	Waterford	Gardener Bill for �13given N^o 1277
Rainbow	Henry L	15	Buckinghamshire	Farm Labourer
Richards	William	30	Cornwall	Farm Labourer
Seager	Samuel	15	Middlesex	Labourer
Seib	Michael	20	Bavaria	Farm Labourer
Shear	Denis	24	Kerry	Farm Labourer
Spillane	Thomas	23	Kerry	Farm Labourer �8.10 p^din Colony N^o 10 Timaru 12, April 1870
Sullivan	Cornelius	22	Kerry	Labourer
Tudor	David	35	Montgomeryshire	Farm Labourer
Wotten	David	21	Cornwall	Farm Labourer
Yates	John	23	Staffordshire	Labourer
Single Women
Abbott	Mary	22	Bedfordshire	General Servant
Ahlers	Helena	25	Germany	General Servant
Baland	Maggie	16	Tyrone	Nursemaid
Besley	Maria	27	Oxfordshire	Cook
Brown	Sarah	20	Aberdeen	Dairy Maid
	Jessie	18	Aberdeen	General Servant
Campbell	Flora	22	Down	Dairy Maid
	Margaret	18	Down	Dairy Maid
Carroll				MATRON
Christie	Ann	19	Lancashire	Nursemaid
Corbel	Euphemia	24	Rosshire	General Servant
Cross	Eliza	27	Norfolk	Cook
Dyer	Martha	38	Middlesex
	Emily	16	Middlesex	General Servant �8.10 p^din Colony N^o 1317
	Amelia	13	Middlesex	General Servant
Esselborn	Maria	22	Bavaria	General Servant
Fawkes	Caroline	20	Middlesex	General Servant
Forrest	Catherine J	29	Lancashire	Housemaid
Griebel	Maria	22	Bavaria
Griffiths	Mary	20	Derbyshire	General Servant
	Sarah	16	Derbyshire	General Servant
Gudex	Magdalina	20	Bavaria	Dairymaid
G�tel	Jakobine	28	Bavaria	Dairymaid
Harris	Jane	24	Cornwall	General Servant
Hollobon	Mary	40	Sussex
	Alfred	16	Trans to s/m
	Albert	13	Trans to s/m
	Jesse	10
	Arthur	5
	Emily	4
	Ellen	2
Houghton	Kathrine	17	Norfolk	Domestic Servant
Hutchinson	Jane	21	Northumberland	General Servant
James	Matilda	16	Cambridgeshire	General Servant
Jones	Mary	34	Middlesex	General Servant
	Jane	16		General Servant
	Minnie	9
	William	4
Clark	Ann	60	Bedforeshire	Travelled with Jones
Joyce	Mary	25	Down	General Servant Col^l Nomⁿ 1303
Leary	Catherine	21	Kerry	Dairy Maid Col^l Nomⁿ N^o 12 Timaru
	Ellen	16	Kerry	Dairy Maid
McNae	Ann	21	Lanark	General Servant
Miller	Jane	26	Lanark	General Servant
Morcombe	Mary	30	Cornwall	General Servant
Murphy	Margaret	21	Kerry	General Servant
Nicholl	Martha	19	Cornwall	General Servant
Page	Eliza Jane	12	Buckinghamshire
Patton	Elizabeth	22	Perth	Dairy Maid
	Johan		Perth	General Servant
Poff	Johanna	22	Kerry	General Servant Col^l Nomⁿ Timaru N^o 1 25, Aug /69
Pound	Emma	27	Middlesex	General Servant
Power	Elizabeth	24	Waterford	General Servant Col^l Nomⁿ 1277
Roberts	Louisa E	20	Buckinghamshire	General Servant
Robertson	Alexander	21	Ross	General Servant
Russell	Anne	26	Orkney	General Servant
Timpson	Charlotte	25	Surrey	Cook
Scott	Mary	61	Lancashire
Seager	Rose	18	Middlesex	General Servant
	Jane	13
Simpson	Mary	20	Donegal	General Servant
Stuart	Selina	26	Somersetshire	Housekeeper
	Frances A	6�
Web	Emma	19	Cornwall	General Servant

Mary Scott: John Lee & George Scott had arrived in New Zealand on board the ship Ramsay in June 1870. Later that year, on board the Zealandia, Mary (nee Yates), John Lee and George Scott’s mother sailed to join her sons, together with her daughter Alice, and Alice’s husband Thomas Cutler. Thomas was to assist the two brothers in the cottage building. They travelled in the party of the Griffiths family, but I am not sure of this relationship. In 1871 a third brother, William (b. 1836) a foundryman, with his wife and 5 children sailed on the Zealandia (sailed 8.9.1871, arrived Lyttelton 9.12.1871) to join the family and become the third Brother of Scott Brothers Limited. Moses Scott (b. 24.8.1834) also joined Scott Brothers, but to date I have been unable to find the ship on which he emigrated. However there is a written notation against William Scott’s name on the Zealandia 1871 sailing, which says "and brother" which could point to Moses. Should you wish any more information on this family, please contact Lesley Wootton.

WISE family: My Great Grandparents, George & Ellen (nee VOAK) WISE and their son George Richard came out on the Zealandia to Lyttleton. The WISE family settled in Christchurch along with 5 of George's siblings and his father who came out on various ships over a ten year period. The Zealandia was a particularly fast iron clipper ship, and made the voyage in days. This was one of the faster journeys to NZ and some incredible distance records were set. In one period of 17 consecutive days they sailed 5044 miles (8000kms). This is further than the Whitbread round-the-world yachts of recent years were capable of. If you have a connection to this family or are interested in diaries relating to this voyage (Bruce has copies of two diaries) please contact Bruce Crowther

Reference:
Archives New Zealand IMCH4/93