Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 42, 24 December 1842, Page 166
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Prince of Wales
Ship: 582 tons
Captain: Alexander Alexander
Surgeon Superintendent: Matthew Doyle Kearns
Sailed London 2nd September 1842 – arrived Nelson 31st December 1842
………..Princes of Wales, arrived at Nelson on December 22, 1842, in command of Captain Alexander, and landed 203 immigrants, the voyage occupying 110 days – a very good passage for a vessel of 582 tons. During this year no less than nineteen ships, nearly all bearing passengers, arrived at Nelson.
White Wings – Sir Henry Brett
| Name | Age | Proffesion | |
| Cabin Passengers | |||
| Barr | Margaret | 23 | Lady |
| Barr | Mr | 22 | Gentleman |
| Davison | Mrs Constance | Lady | |
| Female | |||
| Female | |||
| Fisher | Mr | 30 | Gentleman |
| Gould | Mr | 30 | Gentleman |
| Heaphy | Charles | 18 | Surveyor |
| Heath | Mr | 18 | Gentleman |
| Hort | Abraham | 40 | Gentleman for Wellington |
| Mrs | 45 | ||
| Miss | 28 | Lady | |
| Miss | 21 | Lady | |
| Miss | 18 | Lady | |
| Miss | 17 | Lady | |
| Miss | 16 | Lady | |
| Hort/Horton/Morton? | Jane | 18 | Lady |
| Johnston | John | 25 | Gentleman |
| Mrs | 25 | ||
| Male | |||
| Male | |||
| Johnston | Robert | 33 | Gentleman |
| Mrs | 31 | ||
| Male | |||
| Female | |||
| Female | |||
| Kearns | Matthew Doyle | Surgeon on Board | |
| Kelly | Mrs | Lady | |
| Female | |||
| Marsden | Thomas | 30 | Gentleman |
| Mrs | 31 | ||
| Marshall | Mr | 22 | Gentleman |
| Russell | Mr | 19 | Gentleman |
| Saunders | Mr | 22 | Gentleman |
| Sharp | Mr | 21 | Gentleman |
| Skipworth | Mr | 24 | Gentleman |
| Thoms | Captain Thomas | 32 | Gentleman |
| Mrs | 33 | ||
| Thomas | Joseph | 18 | Gentleman |
| Thorburn | Mr | 28 | Gentleman |
| Walker | Penelope | 18 | Lady |
| Wilkinson | Mr | Gentleman | |
| Female child | |||
| Steerage Passengers | |||
| Arnold | John | 25 | Carpenter & Joiner |
| Harriett | 25 | ||
| Son | Born and died on board | ||
| Brennan | Joseph | 22 | Tailor |
| Mary | 21 | ||
| Bullard | William | 34 | Labourer |
| Jane | 30 | ||
| Male | 11 | ||
| Female twins | Infants | ||
| Bungate | James | 25 | Farm Labourer |
| Catherine | 19 | ||
| Campbell | Stewart | 26 | Agricultural Labourer |
| Catherine | 24 | ||
| Chapman | Thomas | 46 | Agricultural Labourer |
| Mary Ann | 43 | ||
| Ann | 21 | Servant | |
| James | 17 | Labourer | |
| John | 15 | Labourer | |
| George | 12 | ||
| Caroline | 8 | ||
| Thomas | 5 | Died at sea | |
| Mary Ann | Infant | Died at sea | |
| Coleman | Bryan | 30 | Carpenter |
| Mary | 29 | ||
| Currin | John | 51 | Labourer |
| Ann | 42 | ||
| John Jnr | 18 | Labourer & Gardener | |
| Sarah | 15 | Servant | |
| Thomas | 11 | ||
| George T. | 2 | ||
| Dew | Emanuel | 34 | Gardener |
| Maria | 33 | ||
| Charlotte | 8 | ||
| David | 7 | ||
| Sabina | 4 | ||
| Henry | 2 | ||
| Dewar | Mary | 18 | Domestic Servant |
| Dove | James | 22 | Agricultural Labourer |
| Dwyer | Cornelius | 45 | Agricultural Labourer |
| Mary | 34 | ||
| Margaret | 17 | Dairywoman | |
| John | 14 | Ploughboy | |
| William | 14 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Patrick | 12 | ||
| Cornelius | 10 | ||
| Peter | 8 | ||
| James | 3 | ||
| Feeny | Edward | 28 | Plasterer |
| Alice | 26 | ||
| Thomas | 3 | ||
| Edward | Infant | ||
| Franklin | Robert F. | 28 | Baker |
| Elizabeth | 19 | ||
| Gledhill | James M. | 28 | Farm Labourer Died on board |
| Ellen | 28 | ||
| Susanna | 8 | ||
| Elizabeth | 7 | ||
| Ann | 1 | Died on board | |
| Hemming | Henry | 32 | Butcher |
| Elizabeth | 28 | ||
| Sarah | 3 | ||
| Ann | Infant | ||
| Hewett | John | 35 | Currier & Farmer |
| Caroline | 31 | ||
| Vincent | 11 | ||
| Clara | 10 | ||
| Sarah Ann | Infant | Died at sea | |
| Horn | James P. | 24 | Carpenter |
| Sarah N. | 19 | ||
| Female | 1 | ||
| Female | Born on board 01/09/1842 | ||
| Hoult | Joseph | 34 | Bricklayer |
| Rhoda | 30 | ||
| Elizabeth | 11 | ||
| Joseph | 9 | ||
| Samuel | 7 | ||
| Mary | 3 | ||
| Edward | Infant | ||
| Howell | James | 33 | Carpenter & Joiner |
| Mary | 32 | ||
| Howell | Thomas | 29 | Carpenter & Joiner |
| Eliza | 29 | ||
| Hurley | Maurice | 35 | Agricultural Labourer |
| Margaret | 36 | ||
| Maurice | 3 | ||
| Isaacs | David | 21 | Shoemaker |
| Jessop | William | 37 | Mason & Bricklayer |
| Mary | 34 | ||
| Leah | 15 | Servant | |
| Sarah | 11 | ||
| Thomas | 9 | ||
| Mary Ann | 5 | ||
| Eliza | 3 | ||
| William | Infant | Died at sea | |
| Kidson | John | 30 | Joiner |
| Sarah | 23 | ||
| Emma | 2 | ||
| George | Infant | ||
| King | Ezekiel | 26 | Shoemaker |
| Elizabeth | 25 | ||
| Harriet | 3 | ||
| Sarah | 1 | ||
| McLean | Archibald | 23 | Blacksmith |
| Catherine | 23 | ||
| Elizabeth | 11 | ||
| Archibald | Infant | ||
| Marchant | Thomas | 44 | Farmer |
| Mullin | Ann | 34 | Servant |
| Mullin | Michael | 30 | Labourer |
| Mullin | Richard | 28 | Labourer |
| Noden | John | 26 | Agricultural Labourer |
| Ann | 19 | ||
| Rae | Thomas | 35 | Farm Labourer |
| Agnes | 30 | Died at sea | |
| William | 12 | ||
| Elizabeth | 10 | ||
| Margaret | 7 | ||
| Robert | 4 | ||
| Reardon | Michael | 22 | Labourer |
| Johanna | 21 | ||
| Margaret | 1 | ||
| John | 1 month | ||
| Reeves | Abel | 24 | Carpenter & Wheelwright Died at sea |
| Elizabeth | 29 | ||
| Rose | James | 26 | Blacksmith |
| Deborah | 28 | ||
| John | Infant | ||
| Shipley | Matthew | 31 | Labourer |
| Jane | 38 | ||
| William | 6 | Died at sea | |
| John | Infant | Died at sea | |
| Stagg | Charles | 23 | Agricultural Labourer & Shepherd |
| Sarah | 22 | ||
| William | Infant Died at sea | ||
| Stanton | Edward | 25 | Bricklayer |
| Catherine | 22 | ||
| Child | Born and died at sea | ||
| Stone | Samuel | 26 | Blacksmith |
| Sarah | 25 | ||
| Elizabeth | 5 | ||
| Samuel | Infant | ||
| Taylor | Robert | 36 | Engineer & Wheelwright |
| Elizabeth | 34 | ||
| David | 11 | ||
| Elizabeth | 4 | ||
| Robert | 1 | ||
| Turner | Henry | 25 | Sawyer |
| Harriett | 23 | ||
| Mary Ann | 4 | ||
| Harriett | 2 | ||
| Child Stillborn | |||
| Wainwright | Edward | 32 | |
| Hannah | 25 | ||
| William | 8 | ||
| James | 5 | ||
| Mary Ann | Infant | Died at sea | |
| Williams | Thomas | 24 | |
| Wratten | James | 27 | |
| Elizabeth | 19 | ||
| James WRATTEN was baptised on 27 SEP 1812 in St Martin’s Church, Detling Kent one of the sons of William WRATTEN and Charlotte GRIGSBY. He married Elizabeth CHAPMAN, then a minor, daughter of Thomas CHAPMAN at Detling on 13 JUL 1842 just prior to emigrating to New Zealand with her family on the Prince of Wales. James is said to have become a successful apple grower in New Zealand. | |||
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| CURRIN Family: John Currin originated from Northamptonshire, England and travelled from London to Nelson in 1842 on the Prince of Wales, with his Father, Mother, Two Brothers and Two Sisters (one who was already married). Approx four years later John Currin married Jane Mears from Stafford, England. Settling in Waimea South, Nelson, New Zealand 13 to 14 children were born to this family between the years 1849 and 1872. One of the children Sarah Jane Currin married George B Galland, in 1874. This is my line and if you are interested in contacting me please e-mail Karyn Windsor |
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