| S S RUAPEHU | |||||||
| The SS RUAPEHU left London on 7 May, 1887, arriving in Auckland on 19 June, 1887 with | |||||||
| 165 immigrants for many parts of New Zealand. The Captain was F D Bell and the | |||||||
| Surgeon Superintendant; Dr. J. Lovett de Wolfe. | |||||||
| "This is a list of Emigrants expected to proceed in the Steam Ship Ruapehu to Auckland | |||||||
| on the 7th day of May 1887" | |||||||
| Passenger list transcribed from Archives New Zealand, Ref. Repro Im 15/485 & Im 5/4/43 | |||||||
| kindly supplied by Carol Fennings (an ex. Kiwi) of Vancouver. | |||||||
| Marital | Age | ||||||
| Surname | First Name | Status | M | F | County | Occupation | |
| Immigrants for Auckland | |||||||
| Gibson | Georgina | Single | 25 | Chester | Dom. Servant | ||
| Hodgson | John | Married | 40 | Durham | Miner | ||
| Catherine | Married | 38 | Yorks | ||||
| Jonathan | Single | 21 | Durham | ||||
| Manley | Emma | Single | 28 | Somerset | Cook | ||
| Rowan | Hugh | Married | 30 | Mayo | Labourer | ||
| Mary | Married | 28 | |||||
| James B | Child | 7 | |||||
| Mary | Child | 4 | |||||
| Sarah | Child | 1 | |||||
| Snow | Jane | Single | 39 | Yorkshire | To husband | ||
| Hannah M | Single | 12 | |||||
| John Geo. | Child | 10 | |||||
| Thomas M | Child | 8 | |||||
| James J | Child | 5 | |||||
| Kenish | Robert | Single | 19 | Isle of Man | Farm Labr. | ||
| Immigrants for Canterbury | |||||||
| Bourke | Patrick | Single | 23 | Kerry | Carpenter | ||
| Connor | Patrick | Single | 22 | Kerry | Labourer | ||
| Cunningham | Patrick | Single | 31 | Wicklow | Farm Labr. | ||
| Grace | Peter | Single | 28 | Tipperary | Farm Labr. | ||
| Grace | Michael | Single | 26 | Tipperary | Farm Labr. | ||
| Hickey | Timothy | Single | 23 | Cork | Farm Labr. | ||
| Hudson | Thomas | Single | 19 | Lancashire | Carman & Labr. | ||
| Reed | Ann | Single | 21 | Middlesex | Gen. Servant | ||
| Reid | Patrick | Single | 24 | Antrim | Farm Labr. | ||
| Reid | Jane | Single | 35 | Aberdeen | Housemaid | ||
| Macnamara | Mary | Single | 58 | Cork | Nil | ||
| Mahoney | Michael | Single | 20 | Limerick | Farmer | ||
| Mahoney | Bridget | Single | 23 | Kerry | Dom. Servant | ||
| Mathews | Ellen A | Single | 15 | Devon | Servant | ||
| Mercer | Richard | Single | 21 | Armagh | Farmer | ||
| Metcalfe | Emma | Single | 19 | Cambridge | Dress Maker | ||
| Tuohy | Patrick | Single | 21 | Kerry | Ag. Labr. | ||
| Upton | Mary | 22 | Shropshire | Kitchenmaid | |||
| Immigrants for Hawkes Bay | |||||||
| Carvolth | Elizth. J | Single | 37 | Cornwall | Milliner | ||
| Richard I | Child | 4 | |||||
| Gladys M | Child | 2½ | |||||
| Combrisson | Olimpia | Single | 25 | Italy | Nursery Govns. | ||
| Condie | William | Single | 26 | Fife | Cabinet Maker | ||
| Condon | Mary | Single | 22 | Tipperary | Dom. Servant | ||
| Gearin | Kate | Single | 16 | Limerick | Dairy Maid | ||
| Hickey | James | Single | 24 | Tipperary | Constable | ||
| Hickey | Ellen | Single | 21 | Tipperary | Dom. Servant | ||
| Nielsen | Bernhardt | Single | 21 | Denmark | Moulder | ||
| Ryan | Kate | Single | 26 | Tipperary | Dom. Servant | ||
| Scullen | David | Single | 19 | Londonderry | Farm Labr. | ||
| Elizabeth | Single | 18 | Dom. Servant | ||||
| West | Walter W | Single | 19 | Middlesex | Carman | ||
| Wright | Laurance | Married | 25 | Essex | Labourer | ||
| Alice | Married | 25 | |||||
| Keily | John | Single | 23 | Waterford | Farm Labr. | ||
| Immigrants for Invercargill | |||||||
| Brown | James | Single | 25 | Kincardine | Farm Labr. | ||
| Gutschlay | August | Married | 51 | Germany | Farm Labr. | ||
| Justine | Married | 64 | |||||
| Rae | Elizabeth | Single | 42 | Stirling | |||
| John | Single | 20 | Labourer | ||||
| Elizabeth | Single | 15 | Dom Servant | ||||
| James | Child | 10 | |||||
| Kattie | Child | 4 | |||||
| Immigrants for Marlborough | |||||||
| Robinson | Catherine | Single | 30 | Cornwall | Gen. Servant | ||
| Immigrants for Nelson | |||||||
| Bevan | Amos | Married | 45 | Hereford | Ag. Labr | ||
| Mary Ann | Married | 41 | |||||
| Charles | Single | 17 | Ag. Labr. | ||||
| Arthur | Single | 15 | Ag. Labr. | ||||
| Hazeldine | Maria | Single | 28 | Lancashire | To husband | ||
| Sarah | Child | 8 | |||||
| Arthur | Child | 5 | |||||
| Annie | Child | 1 | |||||
| McIntyre | Catherine | Single | 32 | Derry | Dom. Servant | ||
| Hazeldine | Eliza A | Single | 32 | Lancashire | Weaver | ||
| John I | Single | 13 | Collier | ||||
| William | Child | 8 | |||||
| Abraham | Child | 4 | |||||
| Sarah J | Child | 6 | |||||
| James | Child | 1 | |||||
| Immigrants for Otago | |||||||
| Arniell | Henry | Single | 21 | Renfrew | Ham Curer | ||
| Collins | Josephine | Child | 11 | Clare | Orphan | ||
| Collins | John | Single | 27 | Kerry | Farm Labr. | ||
| Harper | Robert R | Single | 27 | Down | Farm Labr. | ||
| MacKay | Alexander | Single | 23 | Sutherland | Farmer | ||
| Henrietta | Single | 20 | Dom. Servant | ||||
| Hugh | Single | 15 | Farm Servant | ||||
| Moloney | Hannah | Single | 26 | Limerick | Dom. Servant | ||
| O'Connor | Michael | Single | 23 | Kerry | Ag. Labr. | ||
| Thomas | Single | 21 | Kerry | ||||
| Pinnock | James | Married | 21 | Berks | Labourer | ||
| Ada | Married | 21 | |||||
| Taylor | Robert | Married | 38 | Cumberland | Engineer | ||
| Annie | Married | 28 | |||||
| Toner | Mary | Single | 24 | Armagh | Dom. Servant | ||
| Dillon | Andrew | Single | 24 | Galway | Farm Labr. | ||
| Immigrants for Taranaki | |||||||
| Crockett | William | Married | 51 | Derry | Labourer | ||
| Matilda | Married | 50 | |||||
| Robert | Single | 23 | |||||
| Charlotte | Single | 21 | |||||
| Rosanna | Single | 19 | |||||
| Parkin | Charles | Single | 17 | Lincolns | Farm Labr. | ||
| Sudfield | Heinrich | Married | 49 | Germany | Shepherd | ||
| Luise | Married | 47 | |||||
| Sutcliffe | Lavinia | Single | 25 | Lancashire | Dom. Servant | ||
| Immigrants for Wellington | |||||||
| Andersen | Anders B | Single | 18 | Denmark | Labourer | ||
| Cameron | Henrietta | Single | 32 | Inverness | Housemaid | ||
| Curtis | Ann | Single | 44 | Sussex | Nil | ||
| Walter G | Single | 16 | |||||
| Thomas Hy. | Single | 14 | |||||
| Fazakerley | Ellen | Single | 33 | Lancashire | Cook | ||
| Gilden | John | Single | 22 | Mayo | Teacher | ||
| Gill | Charles | Married | 27 | Lancashire | Sawyer | ||
| Elizabeth | Married | 26 | |||||
| Elizabeth A | Child | 4 | |||||
| William I | Child | 2 | |||||
| Hussey | Hannah | Single | 18 | Kerry | Dom. Servant | ||
| Mahoney | Margaret | Single | 26 | Limerick | Housemaid | ||
| Johanna | Single | 23 | Limerick | Housemaid | |||
| McGill | John | Married | 39 | Antirm | Farm Labr. | ||
| Rose | Married | 36 | |||||
| Denis | Child | 11 | |||||
| Patrick | Child | 3 | |||||
| McGill | James | Single | 60 | Antirm | Farm Labr. | ||
| McGoughey | James D | Single | 15 | Tyrone | Farmer | ||
| McMillan | William | Single | 21 | Lanarks | Gardener | ||
| Murphy | Daniel | Single | 18 | Limerick | Ag. Labr. | ||
| Olsen | Bertha | Single | 37 | Germany | Servant | ||
| Karen | Single | 16 | |||||
| Olava | Single | 14 | |||||
| Annett | Child | 11 | |||||
| Ole | Child | 9 | |||||
| Kristen | Child | 5 | |||||
| Olsen | Nora | Single | 27 | Norway | Gen. Servant | ||
| Parker | Joseph | Single | 22 | Yorks | Worsted Weaver | ||
| Roddis | Joseph | Married | 35 | Yorks | Weaver | ||
| Elizabeth | Married | 30 | |||||
| Alice J | Child | 11 | |||||
| Shorter | Emily | Single | 13 | Berks | |||
| Summers | William | Married | 28 | Somerset | Gardener | ||
| Louisa | Married | 26 | |||||
| Eliza | Child | 5 | |||||
| Tom | Child | 3 | |||||
| William | Child | 1 | |||||
| Summers | Henry D | Single | 15 | Sussex | Errand Boy | ||
| Thomson | Ellen | Single | 15 | Derry | Nil | ||
| Twomey | William | Single | 21 | Limerick | Farm Labr. | ||
| Waugh | James | Married | 44 | Roseburgh | Shepherd | ||
| Robina | Married | 46 | |||||
| Wilhelmina | Single | 18 | |||||
| Catherine | Single | 15 | |||||
| James | Single | 13 | |||||
| Agnes | Child | 11 | |||||
| Robina | Child | 9 | |||||
| William | Child | 6 | |||||
| John H | Child | 4 | |||||
| Robert | Child | 1¾ | |||||
| Whellan | Jane | Single | 40 | Lancaster | Laundress | ||
| Ellen E | Child | 10 | |||||
| John H | Child | 6 | |||||
| Jenny | Child | 2 | |||||
| Woods | Mary A | Single | 26 | Cavan | Parlour Maid | ||
| Wood | Charles | Single | 20 | Cavan | Farmer | ||
| Watchman | Ann | Single | 48 | Durham | |||
| Thomas | Single | 18 | Miner | ||||
| John | Single | 16 | Miner | ||||
| Frances J | Single | 13 | |||||
| Pattinson | Anne | Child | 4 | ||||
| Immigrants for Westland | |||||||
| McLaughlin | Hugh | Single | 20 | Antirm | Farm Labr. | ||
| Prendergast | William | Single | 20 | Tipperary | Ag. Labr. | ||
| Single Women for Wellington | |||||||
| Cameron | Henrietta * | Single | 32 | Inverness | Housemaid | ||
| Curtis | Ann * | Single | 44 | Sussex | To husband | ||
| Fazakerley | Ellen * | Single | 33 | Lancashire | Cook | ||
| Hussey | Hannah * | Single | 18 | Kerry | Dom. Servt. | ||
| Mahony | Margt. * | Single | 26 | Limerick | Housemaid | ||
| Johanna * | Single | 23 | Limerick | Housemaid | |||
| Olsen | Nora * | Single | 27 | Norway | Cook | ||
| Self | Mary | Single | 11 | Middlesex | Nil | ||
| Annie | Single | 9 | Middlesex | Nil | |||
| Henry | Single | 5 | Middlesex | Nil | |||
| Shorter | Emily * | Single | 13 | Berkshire | Nil | ||
| Thomson | Ellen * | Single | 15 | Donegal | Nil | ||
| Whisselle | Mary A | Single | 25 | Surrey | Clerk | ||
| Woods | Mary A * | Single | 26 | Cavan | Parlour Maid | ||
| Farrow | Mrs. E | Single | 40 | Middlesex | Matron | ||
| * these names are also mentioned in the list of Immigrants to Wellington. | |||||||
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