Monday 19 August 2013

Prostitutes in Christchurch, New Zealand, 1867

I have been researching a couple of ships, the Brother's Pride and Lancashire Witch and both had women on board who were, or became prostitutes.  The reasons why they took up the "world's oldest profession," are not always known, but some notes on the document, tell of tragic tales of women who needed to support themselves and had no other means. Others may have had parents that neglected to bring their daughters up with the appropriate morals needed to have dignity in society in those days! The following is a transcription of the document R22198680 held in Archives New Zealand, Christchurch.  I hope it can be of help to other researchers.  I have done the best I can with transcribing but some words may still be wrong.  Please email me with any changes.


Number of houses Names Where Situated Remarks
1 Emma Bennett Kilmore St.
East
An Assisted Immigrant by the "Mystery" 1st Paid 8.10 in England
1 Mary Ann Hawker Kilmore St.
East
An Assisted Immigrant came out with her parents who reside on the Ferry Road
2 Phoebe Chadwick Kilmore St.
East
A Free Immigrant by the "British Crown"
2 Elizabeth Wright Kilmore St.
East

3 Elizabeth Smith Kilmore St. West An Assisted Immigrant by the "Brother's Pride"
4 Mary Ann Green Durham St. North
5 Elizabeth Bittus Durham St. North
6 Hetty Clarke Durham St. North
7 Kate Coglan Colombo St. South
7 Eliza Lambert Colombo St. South An Assisted Immigrant by the "Mystery" 1st Paid 8.10 in England
8 Jane Balagun (Balanger) Colombo St. South An Assisted Immigrant by the "Mermaid" 1st
9 Sarah Middleton Colombo St. South An Assisted Immigrant by the "Capt. Cook"
9 Sarah Grainger Colombo St. South An Assisted Immigrant by the "Mary Ann"
10 Mercy Peach Town Belt South A Free Immigrant by the "Lincoln"
10 Annie Driscoll Town Belt South A free Immigrant by the "Blue Jacket" 2nd
11 Ellen Meade Madras St South A free immigrant by the "Blue Jacket" 3rd
11 Julia Fletcher Madras St South A free immigrant by the "Blue Jacket" 3rd
12 Mary Mitchell Madras St South An Assisted Immigrant by the "Creswell".  Came out with her husband and family
12 Marian Coles Madras St South
13 Caroline Brown Tuam Street East An Assisted Immigrant by the "Mermaid"  
14 Mary Ann Sellars High St
14 Rose Hay High St A free immigrant by the "Blue Jacket" 3rd
15 Elizabeth King Windmill Road
15 Alice King Windmill Road
16 Anna Muller Madras St South
16 Elizabeth Risily
(actually Elizabeth Riedy in passenger list)
Madras St South Her husband deserted her and came to Canterbury with another woman.  Mrs Risily was sent out in the "Ivanhoe"
17 Sarah Hayward St Asaph St. West
18 Emily Burgess Kilmore St
East.  
A widow.  Her five children are supported by the Government in the Orphan Asylum
19 Margt Connor?
A free immigrant by the "Blue Jacket" 3rd
20 Margaret Bowen Kilmore St.
East

21 Mrs Evans Colombo St. South
22 Emma Cookham St Asaph St. A free immigrant by the "Blue Jacket" 3rd
22 Phoebe Skinner St Asaph St. A free immigrant by the "Blue Jacket" 3rd
23 Mary Johnwood Lichfield St. East A widow.  Her 3 children are supported by the Government in the Orphan Asylum.  She came out by the "Amoor"









Lizzie Daniels No fixed place of abode A Free Immigrant by the "Lancashire Witch"

Annie Swift No fixed place of abode A Free Immigrant by the "Lancashire Witch"

Emma Craigie No fixed place of abode At present in the Lunatic Asylum, the Government support her child

Mary Holmes No fixed place of abode An Assisted Immigrant by the "Ambrosine" came out with her husband.

Mary Ann Greaves No fixed place of abode Her mother is in prison, the Government support her two sisters.

Saturday 17 August 2013

The Ship Clontarf 1858 - 1859 - 1860

Just informing everyone about a wonderful book written by Marolyn Diver in 2011, called "The Voyages of the Clontarf."  Her book is available on Trade Me or from Dornie Publishing.

The blurb on the back is as follows:

"The story of the clipper ship Clontarf:
In her short career the Clontarf made only two journeys to New Zealand between 1858-1860; introducing just under 800 emigrants to Canterbury. But before she slipped beneath the North Atlantic ocean she carried with her the unfortunate infamy of accumulating the worst human fatality from illness alone in a single voyage.

Using shipboard diaries, official documentation, shipping lists and the combined information from the descendants of Clontarf passengers themselves, this is an informative and in-depth record of the ship and her journeys."

I love this book and I would recommend buying it.  It gave me such an insight into what my ancestors went through and even has maps of the journey.  

It is only with Marolyn's help that I have been able to start writing my own immigrant ship books.  She is the founder of the "Ancestral Journeys of New Zealand Series" and I have meekly followed behind her.  She has given many hours of her time to help me and I can't thank her enough.

Ship Clontarf 1858 1860 Lyttelton New Zealand























Clontarf, ship, 1120 tons, (built in 1850 in Quebec, Canada, made from oak, haekatack and elm)

The passengers on the 1858/1859 journey were as follows:

Chief Cabin
Acland  John Barton 
Bennett  Joseph Henry 
Blakely  Jane and George 
Burnell  Edward 
Cooper  Georgina, Charlotte Sarah and Arthur Robert 
Jollie  Francis 
Lock  James Carnegy 
Riddell  Walter

Second Cabin
Badely   Edw 
Brake  John  wife and 4 children
Kinnibrook David wife and 4 children
Raddon  Lewis wife and 2 children (from Somerset)

Steerage 
Murray  Sarah, Mary Ann and Elizabeth (Note: daughters of Mrs Raddon) (from Somerset)
Batt  Wm 
Granger  Thomas B. and George W. 
Grigg  Edward F
Hartnell George W.
Phillips  William Henry 
Voisin  John Phillip 

Government Immigrants: (head of family - full list of family is in the book)
Ashton  Sampson   
Atkinson John  
Beal  Henry  
Billens  Robert   
Blythe   William  
Bryan   Isaac   
Broome   Thomas   
Brown  Frederick  
Brown  John E.  
Buckley  Henry   
Cain   John   
Chapman  Wm  
Clark  Christopher   
Clark  Richard  
Cole  John    
Dudson  William  
Dulien   Richard  
Elliott  Henry   
Ellis   Joseph   
Evans  Edward   
Fabian   William  
Gapes  William  
Gibson  Benjamin   
Gordon   Henry   
Gracey   William
Greig   Alexander  
Harkess  Thomas  
Healy  John   
Hampton  James   
Horner   Wm   
Howard  George   
Jennings  Charles  
Johnston  Samuel   
Jones  Robert   
Joyce  Thomas  
Keetley  Henry   
Lambert  Isaac  
Lee  Samuel   
Lewis  Charles  
Lilly  Jonathan  
Lowe  Levi  
Martin  Henry  
Martin  Philip  
Milligan  Hugh   
Newsomes Jeremiah 
Nock  Richard  
Painter  Joseph  
Pawsey  John R.  
Piper  Wm   
Pratt  James   
Power   William  
Reeves   Thomas   
Robbins  George  
Rogers   Wm   
Saunders  Charles  
Slater   Henry   
Stephenson William  
Stewart  Edward   
Tompkins  John   
Toppin  Thomas   
Triggs  James  
Watt   Alexander  
Weastell Anthony  
Weeber   Joseph   
Wilson   Mary   
Woodhead Geo. 

Single men
Aldrich  Edward
Atkinson  John
Atkinson  Henry
Atkinson  Richard
Ballantyne  James
Bell   Jas
Billens  Frederick
Buillens  Henry
Cain   Hanse
Cain   David
Chapman  James
Chapman  William
Clark   Wm
Collett  William
Elmes   William
Evans   Richard
Griffiths  John
Horrell  George
Johnston  John
Jaggar   A. Hughes
Kibblewhite  Edward
Kibblewhite  Henry
Jones   Robert
Lee   Thomas
Lewin   John J.
Lewis   William
Lister   John
Lowe   Eli
Mather   George
Milligan  Hugh
Milligan  James
Milligan  Thomas
Mallinder  James
Munro   Robert
Nurse   Martin
Pawsey   John R
Piper   Edward
Piper   Henry
Reetz   Hubertus
Reeves   Thos
Rowell   James
Rowle   James
Skilling  John
Stringer  Richard
Swallow  Joshua
Watt   John
Weastell  Marmaduke
Weastell  George
Weeber   Joseph
Wilder   Edward 
Woodhead  John
Woodhead  George

Single Women
Atkinson Margaret 
Bell  Elizabeth 
Callett  Sarah
Cain  Mary 
Gapes  Esther 
Halstead  Louisa
Jaggar  Susannah 
Lowe   Mary Ann
Martin   Sarah
Martin   Emma
Martin   Mary Ann
Martin   Martha
Mulligan Sarah, Elizabeth and Elizabeth 
Nurse   Catherine
Parrott  Catherine
Piper  Jane, Ellen and Mary 
Slater  Mary Ann 
Watt  Agnes, Sophia, Margaret and Isabella 
Woodhead  Mary
Woodhead  Ellen
 
Passengers on the 1860 journey
 




Chief Cabin Passengers
Bethell Mr


Duncan Mr


Erskine Mr


Fowler Mr


Howes Mr


Mellesh Mr


Povey Miss


Povey Mr


Rose Mr


Silk Mr


Simpson Mr


Soulsey Mr



Mrs



Child


Sproull Mr


Vachell Mr


Woodley Miss


Wright Mr



Mrs


Second Cabin Passengers
Ashton Mr


Brown Mr


Elderton Mr



Mrs



Child


Hodge Mr


Perkins Mr


Plunket Mr W


Thompson Mr


Wilson Miss


Paying Steerage Passengers
Bunting William



Mrs


Driver William



Andrew


Fraser Robert


Foggarty Julia


Haig Sidney



James


Harbison John


Kirk William


Rayner Mrs T


9 children

Standon Mr G



Mrs


Assisted Passengers
Families
Aldridge Thomas



Ann


Allen John



Emma



Thomas



Anne



Samuel


Armitage Richard



Mary



William Henry



James



Herbert



Samuel


Ashman George



Jane



Mary Ann



Robert



Ellen


Baldwin Fielding



Martha



George sharp


Barker James Smith



Sarah



John



James



Mary Ann



Elizabeth


Begg William



Helen



Ann



Margaret


Berry James



Susan



Jane



Emma



Susannah



Caroline



George



Marianne



Ellen



Daughter


Bevoy James



Wife and 6 children


Blomfield Henry



Elizabeth



Henry



Ann



William



Ellen


Burrows William



Susan



Ellen


Burrows George



Caroline



Martha



Mary



Hannah



Thomas



Son


Bush James



Sarah


Butterfeild John



Sarah


Byron Ralph



Rhoda


Carey George



Crichton


Carr Henry



Jane



Martha Ann



Catherine



Elizabeth



George Henry


Carnock Sophia


Coatman Joseph



Mary



Joseph



Betsey



Eliza


Day William



Grace


Dearnaley Edwin



Sarah


Double Robert



Harriet



Ann


Early Samuel



Elizabeth



Eliza



Stephen



Elizabeth



Samuel



George



Ellen sarah



William



Charles



Frederic



Mary Louise


Faires Thomas Jackson



Janet



James



Robert



Thomas



Marion



Janet



George



Lucy Emma


Frame James



Janet



James



Robert



Thomas



Marion



Janet



George


Greengoe William



Elizabeth



Mary Ann


Galletly Alexander



Alexander



John



James



Andrew



Barbara



Margaret


Hargood James



Sarah



William



James



Sarah



Robert



Charlotte



Francis


Glover Helena


Hawthorne Joseph



Alice



Maria



Emma



Louisa Alice



Maria



Son


Jones Thomas



Hannah



William



Thomas


Jones Abraham



Rebekah



Walter



Marianne



Susan



Emma



Arthur



Charles



Charlotte


Judson William



Sarah



James



Elizabeth



Tybell ?



Sarah Ann



Martha


Kane Patrick



Bridget



Rosamund


Knapp George



Mary



Elizabeth


Lord Jabez



Mary


McCarthy Michael



Julia



Maria


McGosker John



Mabella


McLaughlan James



Ann



James


Milton Walter



Mary Ann



Mary Ann



Sarah



William



Emily


Patterson Thomas



Elizabeth


Preston Henry



Ann



Thomas William



James



Sarah Jane


Ritchie Andrew



Susan



David



George



Alexander



Andrew



James


Rouse James



Maria



James



Maria



Charles



Walter



Arthur



Thomas



Mary



Benjamin


Ryan Patrick



Anna


Sadler Thomas



Sarah



Harry



Betsey



Thomas


Seager Henry Fowle



Charlotte



Henry Fowle



Charlotte Elizabeth



Amy Eliza



Annie


Seaward Emmanual



Ann


Sheeham Martin



Bridget



John



Kate



Mary


Smart Thomas



Sarah


Smart Archibald



Anne



John



Anne



Martha



Ralpth


Turner Joseph



Ann



John



Sarah ann


Waller William



Jean



Robert Charles



Edward C.



Benjamin David


Walters Rees William



Sarah



Rees Jones



John George


Wilkinson Robinson



Harriet



Elizabeth



Hannah


Williams Richard



Barbara



Edgar George



Barbara



Edward Richard


Wright Robert



Harriet



Edward



Pamela



Arthur



Anna



Amelia



Son


Single Men
Armitage William Henry



James


Ashman Robert


Beardsmore William


Blomfield Mark


Briggs Thomas


Canneen Patrick


Cook Archibald


Coatman Joseph


Dallas George


Early Stephen


Early Samuel



George


Frame James


Frame Robert


Galletly Alexander


Galletly Alexander



John



James



Andrew


Gibbs James


Glover Hawley


Hargood William



James


Hargood Alfred John


Jones Walter


Judson James


McConnachie James


McGuire Norman


Pey Patrick


Pope John


Proctor John


Ritchie David


Robertson John


Rouse James



Charles



Walter


Smart John



David



John Jnr


Swannick Samuel


Turner John


Waites Henry


Watson John


Wright Edward


Single Women
Ashman Mary Ann


Barton Eliza


Beardsmore Jane


Berry Jane


Canneen Anne


Carr Elizabeth


Curd Curtis Sarah


Denley Jane


Early Eliza Jane



Elizabeth


Galletly Barbara



Margaret


Glover Helena


Grimes Sarah Ann


Hawthorne Mira


Jones Marianne


McLeod Jane



Donald


Melville Mary Ann


Poore Elizabeth


Plant Mary


Pope Jemima


Proctor Jane Ann


Reynolds Eliza


Rouse Maria


Smart Mary Ann


Turner Sarah Ann


Westwood Emma


Wilson Elizabeth