EARLY SHIPPING DAYS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17183, 29 October 1923, Page 10

EARLY SHIPPING DAYS.

VOYAGES FROM THE OLD COUNTRY.

TALES OF THE EMIGRANT SHIPS. romance and soma of the hardships of the early shipplmr rtay» of STew Zealand are recalled in the series of artloles now boinsr published in the “Star” relating to the early chipping days. Many people aro Interested in the subject, as there are still many old identities with ns, while thousands of citizens of the Dominion are descended from the old stock which braved the voyages in the sailers of the ’fifties, ’sixties and ’seventies. The article printed to-day consists o Z extracts trom the early hies. PASSENGERS BY THE CHARLOTTE GLADSTONE. From the “Lyttelton Times,” January 31, 1871. Arrived—January 30, Charlotte Gladstone, ship, Fox. trom London. Passengers— Cabin—Rev E. Giles. Mr Murdoch, Captain Hawtrey and family, Mr ami Mrs R. M. Bovey, Mrs Fisher, Dr and Mrs \V. Curtis. Second cabin—Mr Lockhart. Steerage—Messrs Kadcliffe, Maddison, Prendergast, Herbert. Connor Yarcoe, FI inn, Bond, Wood, Stott, Laurence, Louiie, Kyle. Cobb, Temple, Brown, Avery, \\ ilson, Lachland. Government Immigrants. Families and Children. Farm labourers—Robert Higman and wile, James Hawken. wife and child, Cornwall; Wm- Martin, wife and five children, Devonshire; Mark Griffiths, wife and two children, Pembrokeshire ; Moses Saunders, wife and three children, Essex; Samuel Dale, wife and child, Cheshire; James Miliar, wife and three children, Down; Thomas Brnnken and wife, George Roude, wife and four children, Armagh; Thomas W. White, wife and two children; George Bell, wife and two children, Lincolnshire. Ploughman—Robert Gimblett, wife and two children, Cornwall. Labourers—George Holt, wife and child, Bedfordshire; James Harman, wife and three children. Worcestershire; George Starkess, wife and three children, Wm. Patrick and wife. Hertfordshire ; Patrick M’Cartan, wife and child, Down. Blacksmith—John Robb, wife and five children, Perthshire. Single Men. Farm labourers—John Dale, Cheshire : Peter Good. Frederick Hydes, Patrick and James Palmer, James Burden all, Lincolnshire ; Edward Terry, John Brown. Kent; Edward and John Millenchamp, Salop; Wm. and Samuel Bennett. .Tames Hawken, Richard Mildren. Cornwall : Wm. Frisby. Leicestershire ; Joseph Loch. jun.. Somersetshire : James Malloy. John Gready, Charles and Peter Malley, Galway; Harry . Woolvin. Surrev ; .Tames Welburn. Robert Wilson. Yorkshire; Thomas May. Antrim : James Flack, Joseph and Alexander McClelland, Stephen Phair. Wm. Dixon, Down ; Robert Smyth. Tyrone.

Ploughmen—Richard Hervey. Barton and Joseph Hutchison. Tyrone; •Tames Thomson. Hugh James Ballagh, Down: Benjamin and James Hampton, Armagh. Gardeners -Tames W. Kibblewhite. Bucks; Robert Reid. Perthshire. Labourers—Patrick Burke. Tverrjv; Wm. K- Wei burn, Yorkshire : Thomas Hooper. Pembrokeshire; Stephen Hawken. Cornwall. | Woodcarver Edward Cranston, j NorthumberlandSingle Women. | General servants—Mary J. and (Eliza. Martin. Elizabeth Jane Croun, Eliza J. and Mary A. Hawken. Jane Gimblett, Cornwall; Annie and Eleanor Dale, Lancashire; Margaret Patrick. Lanarkshire; Isabella Robb. Forfarshire; Margaret Black. Elizabeth and Rebecca Allen. Tyrone: Susanna Thom- ; son. Eliza Ballagh. Mary J. Smith, Agnes M'Cullogh, Down; Naomi Greapy. Kerry: Louisa Culliford, i Somersetshire : Marv Hannah Cox. Surrey : Maria Warde. Mary Molly, j Ellen Kculley. Kate Broderick, Mary | Silk. Margaret Reynolds. Catherine ! Molley, Galway; Sarah J. Hampton. Armagh: Fanny Tanlin. Oxfordshire: Jane Bully. Devonshire : Sarah and Fanny A. Moffat. Martha Warner, Cavan : Anne and Mary Mullanv. Roscommon : Mary Brien. Kerry; Margaret Kyle, Aberdeenshire Marv -T. Soane. Eussex : Hannah Dailey. Cork. Cooks- -Sarah Good. Lincolnshire; "Margaret Maguire, Lancashire ; 1 Sinai!, Peebleshire. Dairv women--Bridget Malley, Bridget M’Tughe. Margaret Greadv. Galwav : Naomi Brie,.. Kerry. Housemaid Sophia Maguire. Lancashire. : Nursemaids—Martha A. Kaufmann, Germany ; Jane Midmore, Kent ; Mary Ann Lowry. DownMatron Catherine Harris. England. Farm labourers 42. ploughmen 8. gardeners 2. labourers 8. blacksmith 1. woodcarver 1Single women—General servants 39. cooks 3, dairywomen 4. housemaid 1. nursemaids 3. matron 1. Alale adults 62, female adults 74, male children T 9, female children 16. infants 9. souls 180. equal to 1534 adults.