A list of the passengers on the ship NORTHERN MONARCH which sailed from Plymouth 31 October 1878, arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch 1 February 1879.
There were 348 Government Assisted Immigrants for Timaru & Christchurch (although that number differs on each report)
* She left the same day as her sister ship, the 1315 tons, iron ship 'Western Monarch'

The following is a list of all passengers and was taken from the (pdf file)
Arrival of the Northern Monarch
- that site has a lot of information on the voyage, arrival and more. It has also broken the list of passengers down into the ports they disembarked, whether they were nominated or assisted immigrants and has a family search link

The Northern Monarch was wrecked Nov 1903 on her 3rd voyage to New Zealand

THE PASSENGERS
same names grouped together probably mean that they were of the same family (although possibly not in all cases so treat as a guide only for further research)
* & * indicate the New Zealand born children

NAME - COUNTRY of ORIGIN - AGE
A'COURT: from Somerset
Francis Charles 'Frank' - 26
Frances Sarah - 20
Sarah - 6 (married Archibald Sargeant in 1894 + 5 children)
Charles Francis - 4
Alice - 1
* Francis & Frances had at least 2 more children in NZ:
* 1885 - 1918 Leonard A'Court (Gunner 43588 died in France Jan 1918)
* 1891 - Cecil John A'Court (served as Private 3/126A)

ADAMS: from Devon
William - 36

ADAMSON: from Fife, Scotland
Andrew - 23
Mary Allan - 26
Jeanne - 2
James - 1 (died on board)
John - infant
* Andrew & Mary had another 4 children in NZ:
* 1880 - James Moyes Adamson
* 1882 - Andrew Adamson
* 1887 - David Moyes Adamson
* 1888 - 1964 Isabella Patten Adamson married George Alfred Tuer in 1912

BADER: from France
ADELE - 30 (1848-1927, didn't marry, buried Karori, Wellington Jan 1927)
Evening Post, 6 October 1915 WANTED to Let, five Unfurnished Rooms; suit steady working men. Apply Adele Bader, 291, Tinakori-road

BARTLE: from Devon
Selina - 27 (1851-1937, buried Karori)
she married Joseph Henry Stephens in 1879 & had 4 children
* 1881 - 1913 Joseph Walter Stephens
* 1883 - 1950 James Thomas Osborne Stephens
* 1885 - 1951 William Lloyd Stephens
* 1888 - 1918 Margaret May Stephens (married Wilfrid Warren Engall in 1916)
Evening Post, 16 November 1918 ENGALL - On the 15th November 1918, at her residence, 181 Esplanade, Petone, Margaret May, dearly beloved wife of Wilfrid Warren Engall; aged 28 years. Private interment. Margaret was born 16 May 1888, this would make her aged 30

BINGHAM: from County Tyrone
Margaret - 25
Lizzie - 17

BLACKIE: from Middlesex
Charlotte - 21

BOND: from Cornwall
John - 30
Harriett - 31
William - 5
Elizabeth - 21 months (died on board)
* John & Harriett had 2 more children in NZ:
* 1882 - 1883 Richard Henry Bond (aged 6 months)
* 1885 - 1885 Edith Bond (aged 9 months)

BONE: from Cornwall
Thomas Henry - 51 (1822-1880, died 9 months after arrival from Pulmonary Disease)
Elizabeth - 47 (nee Berryman)
Richard - 23
Dianah - 19 (1859-1949 married Henry Harris in 1881 + 8 children)
Annie - 17 (1862-1941 married George Anning in 1881 + 7 children)
NOTE a daughter, Sarah Bone (1851-1927), was not found on the list. She married Richard White in Penzance, Cornwall in 1875 & had 2 sons. Richard died in Cornwall in April 1879. Sarah next married James Williams in 1880 in Blacks Point, Reefton, New Zealand & had 6 children

BROOKLAND: from Devon
Robert - 26
he married Jane Gardner/Gardiner in 1880 & had 5 children
* 1881 - 1963 Anna Brookland married John Alexander Munro in 1905
* 1883 - 1962 William Robert Brookland
* 1885 - 1951 Victor Brookland
* 1890 - 1974 Rose Adeline Brookland married Duncan Taylor in 1910
* 1893 - 1968 Sarah Magdalena Griffiths Brookland m.Felix Hercules McKeown 1922
* see also: The auction of the Kingsdown Estate Timaru

BRUCE: from Derry
William - 23

BUCHANAN: from Refrew, Glasgow
John - 27
Jessie - 26
John - 2 (died on board)
George - infant

CADDY: from Cornwall
Elizabeth - 28 (single)
William - 21 (single)

CALLAGHAN: from Guernsey
Annie - 21 (single)
Charles - 16

CARMODY: from Dublin
Michael - 25

CHARLES: from County Clare
William - 30
Sarah - 30
Richard - 5
Sarah - 4
Jemima - infant
* William & Sarah had another child in NZ:
* 1880 - Hester Charles

Hester - 24
Jemima - 22

CHEVEY: from Kent
Alfred - 31
Eliza - 28
William - 10

CLOUDLEY: - from Gloucester
William - 55 (born East Dean, Gloucestershire)
Georgina - 44 (nee Miles, his 2nd wife, born Awre, GLoucestershire)
George - 22 (born 1856 in East Dean)
Thomas - 20 (born 1858 in East Dean)
Agnes - 17 (born 1861 in East Dean)
Julia - 15 (born 1863 in Awre)
* they had 2 sons, John in 1850 & William in 1854, not on passenger list

COLLINS: from Kerry
Mary - 20 (travelled with Deborah O'Connor)

COLLINS: from Cornwall
Elizabeth - 24

CONNELL: from County Cork
Pat - 26

CONNOR: from County Cork
John - 19

CONNOR: from County Kerry
Michael - 20

CONNORS: from County Clare
Michael - 29

CONWAY: from COunty Down
John - 18

COTTER: from Cork
Jeremiah - 20
Timothy - 18 (married Kate Annie Dunnage 1891 & had at least 7 children, 1 son, William Makuri 'Bill' Cotter married Sophie Mary Adelaide Appleby. Bill was a surgeon & they moved to the UK. They had a son, Patrick William 'Pat' Cotter (1919-2012) who was brought up in Pahiatua by his grandmother Kate until his parents returned in 1926. Pat became a general surgeon at Christchurch Hospital & much more)
Julia - 16
* these were 3 of the 5 children of Jeremiah Cotter & Ellen Sullivan of Bantry, County Cork. Their father died in 1865 and their mother remarried to Denis McGrath & had 3 other children. They also travelled on this voyage (see them below)

CROAT: from Gloucestershire
John - 27 (1852-1934, born Forest of Dean)
Emma - 29 (1849-1931, nee Moulton)
Albert - 3 (died on board)
Gavin A. - 16 months (died on board from Diarrhoea. No record found that he was actually their son)
Sarah - infant (died on board)
* John & Emma had at least another 6 children in NZ:
* 1879 - 1948 Henry Croat (married Elizabeth Jane McJarrow 1884-1962)
* 1882 - 1928 John Croat (served as Private 10/117. Died in Masterton)
* 1884 - 1973 Gertrude Croat (married Charles Chesmar (1887-1970)
* 1886 - ? Laura Norris Croat (Norris was her paternal grandmother's maiden name. She had a child in 1901, (the father named in link below). The judge at Leeston Court ruled in Sep 1901 that the infant had died due to the mother's want of knowledge and attention. Laura married Herbert Ernest Taylor (1884-1931) & had 2 children. She may have remarried after his death)
* 1888 - 1965 George Croat (1st married Lilian Beniecy? Moran Bradcock (1892-) in 1911 & had 2 daughters. Next married Hannah Wright in 1926)
* 1891 - 1968 Annette Croat (married Henry James Chesmar (1885-1974)
* Henry Croat & his brother John in Court 1901

CROSSAN: from Armagh
Francis - 21

CROWLE: from Cornwall
Frances - 27

CURNOW: from Cornwall
Thomas - 19

CURRIE: from Lanark
Robert - 37
Christina - 36
Susan - 16
William - 14
Robert - 11
James - 7
Agnes - 5

DALE: from Cornwall
John - 45
Eliza - 44
James - 17
George - 11

DAVEY: from Cornwall
Richard - 22

DONKER: from Lancashire
Jessie - 20

DRAYTON: from Lincoln
John - 25

EDDY: from St Ives Cornwall
Andrew - 27
Hannibal - 25
Elizabeth - 24 (married William Cartwright in June 1879)
Ann - 13

ELGAR: from Middlesex
Edward - 28
Judith - 27
Edward - 6
Elizabeth - 5
Alice - 2
James - 10 months (died on board)
- they had another child in NZ:
* 1880 - William Elgar

ELWOOD: from Lincolnshire
Frederick 'Fred' - 23
- Frederick married Sarah Nelson Chainey in 1884 & had 10 children. He moved to Woodville where be became a a Justice of the Peace. He was made a J.P. in Te Kuiti in 1908. the Family of Frederick Elwood

ELWORTHY: from Devon
John - 27

EWING: from Tyrone
Ann J. - 31 (single)
Samuel - 20

FEHILLY: from County Cork
John - 23

FITZGIBBON: from County Clare
Martin - 54
Cath - 50
Patrick - 24
Bridget - 22
John - 20

FORD: from Cornwall
John - 21

FRANCIS: from Cornwall
Anthony - 23
he married Lilly Barrow in 1885 & had 4 children
* 1889 - 1959 Lily Francis married John Hector Munro in 1914
* 1890 - 1926 Harry Norman Francis
* 1891 - Ethel Mary Francis possibly married twice
* 1895 - 1982 Olive Louisa Francis married Claude Thompson Brown 1924

FRAWLEY: from Clunty Clare
David - 23
Eugene - 21

FRIEL from Donegal
Humphrey - 27

GARVIN: from Derry
Isabella Jane - 17 (1860-1949)
she married Alfred Davidson in 1890 & had 2 known children

GIBBONS: from Devon
Elizabeth - 35

GLEDSTANES: from Kings County, Ireland
* Mary - widow, 46 (1832-1919 nee Stewart, daughter of Captain Mervyn & Frances Stewart (nee Vesey) from Martray, County Tyrone, Ulster, Northern Ireland and sister of George Vesey Stewart)
* Cecil Ambrose Hornidge - 20 (1858-1904), died in a horse accident nearly identical to that of brother Charles 2 years prior
* Edward George - 18 (1860-1945) + Addeen Emma Goss
* Phoebe Louisa Hornidge - 16 (1862-1951) + Mervyn Archdale Stewart
* Charles 'Charlie' M. Hornidge (?-1902), died in the New Hebrides in a horse accident, as did brother Cecil 2 years later
* Evyleen Richmal Hornidge - 6 (1872-1952) + George Charles Waudby Morris
NOTES
* this family was the widowed Mrs Gledstanes & children who settled in Katikati. Her husband was Robert Hornidge Gledstanes, Esq., J.P., of Twickenham, Kings County who died prior to their leaving
* at his wedding, Edward George Gledstanes was reported as the 4th son of the late Robert Hornidge Gledstanes
* Mary died 31 December 1919 & is buried Anglican Block A plot 53 at Katikati cemetery
* see also: Katikati History

GORDON: from Banffshire
James R. - 28
Mary - 30
Annie - 1

GOLDING: from Kerry
Margaret - 26

GRAY: from ?
George - 35
Janet - 40
Alexander - 7
Peter - 6
George - 2
Janet - infant

GREEN: from Norfolk
William - 16

HAMILTON: from Lanark
William - 35
Jane - 29
Andrew - 9
Janet - 1

HAMPTON: from Armagh
John - 17

HANDISIDES: from Yorks
David - 30 (1848-1912)
Mary - 28 (1850-1926)
Charles Edward - 2 (1876-1879)
Thomas William - infant (1878-1963, married Cecilia Murfitt in 1900)
* David & Mary had another 6 children in NZ
* 1880 - 1958 Harry James Handisides (+ Martha Matilda Cross 1903)
* 1882 - 1962 Marion Handisides (+ Richard John Dyer 1917)
* 1883 - 1945 Robert Arthur Handisides (+ Annie Marguerite Rule 1910)
* 1885 - 1917 David Handisides, (+ Elizabeth Ann Geraldine Kennedy 1909). David Died of his Wounds in Egypt
* 1889 - 1959 Evelyn Mahala Handisides (+ Hubert Leighton Hill 1913)
* 1892 - 1936 Lucy Mary Handisides (+ Lawrence Nathaniel Cuming 1916)

HARRISON: from Antrim
Robert John - 25
Maggie - 23
* & baby born on board
* Robert & Maggie had 3 more children in NZ:
* 1880 - 1884 Florence May Harrison
* 1882 - unnamed Harrison
* 1883 - James Harrison

HEALEY: from Cork
Ellen - 20

HENDERSON: from Armagh
James - 21 (single)
Isabella - 17 (single)

HENDY: from Cornwall
Thomas Henry - 30 (1847-1898, died in bicycle accident)
Hester Ann - 25 (1853-1891)
Joseph Arthur - 6 (1872-1942)
Mary R. - 4
Harry - infant (1878-1905, married Jessie Gray in 1901 + 3 children)
* they had 2 daughters in NZ:
* 1882 - Annie Hendy
* 1885 - 1930 Louisa Beatrice Hendy
- Louisa married Thomas Liddicoat Roberts in 1903 + at least 5 children

HENNESSEY: from Cork
John - 23

HIGMAN: from Cornwall
John - 17

HISLOP: from Edinburg
John - 19 (single)
Janet - 17 (single)

HOLLINGS: from Yorks
Sarah - 21

HOOPER: from Cornwall
Guy - 21 (1858-1923)
- Guy was born in Roche, Cornwall the 6th of 10 children to Samuel Pearce Hooper & Amy Francis, Innkeepers of the Rock Hotel in Roche. After arrival Guy moved down to Otago and was a gold miner for 30 years. In 1911 he bought a farm in Ashburton. He married Sophia Hamilton Edmonds (1870-1958) 2 Jan 1895 in Hamiltons, Waipiata & had 9 sons & a daughter. He died aged 64 in Rakaia
* 1895 - 1967 Oswald Edmonds Hooper (+ Violet Isabella Mary Goodwin 1922)
* 1897 - 1987 Amy Emily Hooper Hooper
* 1898 - 1955 Guy Francis Hooper (+ Henrietta Young Brown Gorrie 1930)
* 1899 - 1974 William John Hooper
* 1900 - 1953 Thomas Henry Hooper
* 1902 - 1977 Samuel Pearce Hooper
* 1904 - 1974 George Hamilton Hooper
* 1906 - 1967 Arthur Charles Hooper
* 1909 - 1961 Robert Martin Hooper (+ Flora Catherine Crozier)
* 1911 - 1943 John Edmonds Hooper (died a prisoner of war in Italy)
* Guy's brother, Thomas Francis Hooper (1851-1914) & sister, Kate Hooper (1866-1916) also emigrated to New Zealand. Not yet known when

HORE: from Cornwall
David - 26 (1852-1917, son of Joseph Hore & Ann Stonman, died in Waimate)
Elizabeth Ann - 23 (1857-1912 nee Kestle)
Charles - 2 (1876-1968 + Alice Maude Hawkins)
* David & Elizabeth had another 9 children in Waimate, NZ:
* 1879 - Louisa Hore
* 1880 - 1933 Annie Maria Hore
* 1882 - Caroline Grace Hore
* 1884 - 1965 Albert Hore
* 1886 - 1886 Elizabeth Ann Hore
* 1887 - 1917 Julia Hore
* 1889 - Matilda Hore
* 1894 - 1913 Violet Hore
* 1897 - 1969 Joseph Edmund Hore (+ Lillian May McConnell)

HUNGERFORD: from Kildare
Richard - 23

HUNT: from Cheshire
William - 26
Annie - 25
Ellen - 3

IRVING: from Durham
James - 27
Isabella - 22
Robert - 10
Margaret - 8
Herbert - 7
Janet - 3
William - infant

IVEY: from Cornwall
Edward - 20

JENKINS: from Gloucestershire
John - 24
Ellen - 22
Minnie - 4
Willie - 1

JOHNSON: from Middlesex
Florence - 24

KEANE: from Cork
Roger - 23

KEANE: from Dublin
Timothy - 20

KENNEDY: from Tipperary
Catherine - 21

KERRIN: from Kerry
James - 35

LAND: from Yorks
James H - 21

LANGDEN: from Cornwall
Hart - 26
Jane - 25

LANGDON: from Cornwall
William - 35
Ellen - 30
John - 9

LANYON: from Cornwall
Elizabeth - 40
Elizabeth - 16

LAVERY: from Armagh
Peter - 29

LAVERY: from Derry
Mary - 23

LEENEY: from County Kerry
Johanna - 18
John - 16

LUCY: from Kerry
Julia - 18

LYNASS from America
Robert - 19

McCANN: from Armagh
Pat - 25
Ann - 22
Elizabeth - 1

Pat - 30

McCARTHY: from Cork
William - 19

McCAUGHEY: from Armagh
Alice - 17

McCLOY: from County Antrim
Alexander - 19 (died 1896 in Doyleston)
Elizabeth - 15 married William McCormick May 1885
* 2 of a large family of James McCloy & Jane McAuley. Other siblings arrived at various dates

McCONNELL: from Kerry
Deborah - 19

McDONALD: from Tyrone
Cath - 22
Martha - 21
Anna - 20
Alice - 19

McGRATH: from County Cork
Denis - 35
Ellen - 34 (1845- 1913 nee Sullivan, formerly Cotter)
Denis - 9
Kate 7 (died at the Quarantine Station, Ripapa (aka Ripa) Island)
Honora - 1 (died on board just after arrival)
* Ellen had first married Jeremiah Cotter (1824-1865) in Gortnascreeny, Caheragh on 24 Feb 1857. They had 5 known children, 3 of whom, Jeremiah, Timothy & Julia travelled with them on this voyage (see above). Another daughter, Johannah, did not emigrate. Ellen's husband Jeremiah died 28 Sep 1865 in Bantry and Ellen remarried to Denis McGrath about 3 years later

McINERNEY: from Clare
Martin - 21

McKEEVER: from Derry
Isabella - 21
Susan - 18 (1859-1905)

McLEAN: from Derry
Maggie - 19
Mary A - 17

McLINDON: from County Down
Hugh - 19 (single)
Martha - 15

McMAIN: from Durham
John J. - 22

McWHIRT: from Armagh
John J. - 26

MADDEN: from Donegal
Catherine - 20
Catherine - 18

MALLON: from Fermanagh
John - 22

MASON: from Cornwall
Charles - 42
Margaret - 36
Mary - 15
Charles - 14
Jane - 13
John - 10?
William - 8
Thomas - 6

MILLER: from Kerry
Joseph - 28

MILLS: from Lancashire
Samuel - 29
Elizabeth - 27
Abraham - 8
Elizabeth - 6
Hannah - 4

Harry - 17

MORIARTY: from Donegal
Matthew - 26
Julia - 22

MOYLE: from Donegal
William - 26
Jane - 23

MURPHY: from Cork
Pat - 18

MURPHY: from Wicklow
John - 23 (single)
Julia - (single)

MOYES: from Inverness
David - 22

O'CONNELL: from Kerry
John - 22 (single)
Deborah - 19 (single)

O'CONNOR from Kerry
Deborah - 19 (travelled with Mary Collins)
Nanne - 19
John - 15
he married Lavinia Alice White in 1891 & had 7 children

O'KANE: from Derry
John - 23

OLDS: from Cornwall
James - 44
Mary - 43
Mary - 16
Ellen - 15
William - 11
Edwin 9
Martin - 2

George - 20
George - 18

PAPPS: from Wiltshire
Thomas Hale - 22
he married Maria Weston in 1882 & had 2 children

PARROT: from Surrey
Nathan - 22

PEARCE: from Cornwall
John - 24

PENROSE: from Cornwall
Jane - 32
Elizabeth - 22
Mary - 20
Samuel - 18

PHILLIPS: from Durham
Susannah - 25

PINCH: from Cornwall
Alfred John - 23 (1856-1941)

PRISK: from Cornwall
Hercules - 17

RADDEN: from Devon
Reuben - 24
Ellen - 26
Ada - 2 (died on board)

RADFORD: from Somerset
Thomas - 37

REECE: from Monmouth
William - 35 (1843-1910)
Martha - 34 (1844-1910)
Louisa - 4
Florence - 2 (died on board)
Emily - infant

RICE: from County Kerry
James - 21

RICHARDS: from Cornwall
William - 30
Charles - 21

RICHARDSON: from Armagh
Elizabeth - 22
Jane - 20

ROBERTSON: from Caithness
John - 20
he married Minnie Eliza Green in 1888 & had 3 children

RODDA: from Cornwall
Joseph - 22
Caroline - 21
Beatrice -2 (died on board)
Elizabeth - 1
* & baby born on board

ROWE: from Cornwall
Richard - 21

RYAN: from Tipperary
David - 24 (single)
Alice - 19 (single)

SANDS: from Armagh
George - 22
Sarah - 21
* George & Sarah had 5 known children in NZ:
* 1882 - Essie Sands
* 1884 - Mary Ann Minnie Sands married Henry George Jones 1906
* 1887 - 1919 Ruby Sands married William Joseph Ferguson 1915
* 1889 - 1967 George Sands
* 1892 - 1969 John Sands

SHAW: from Yorks
James - 45
Selina - 42
Edward - 15
Eleanor - 13
Arthur - 10
Walter - 8
Frederick - 4

SIMPSON: from Yorks
James - 22
Elizabeth - 23
Frances - 1

SINCLAIR: from Kerry
Henry - 21

SLUSH: from Sligo
James - 30

STEVENSON: from County Down
Sarah - 29

SULLIVAN: from Kerry
Cornelius - 21
Timothy - 20
Bridget - 19

SYMONS from Cornwall
Mary J. - 20
Caroline - 19

THOMSON from Lanark
Marion - 30
Jane - ? (half fare)

THOMPSON: from Tyrone
John - 21

THOMPSON: from Lanark
Andrew - 20

THOMPSON: from Warwick
Jane A. - 22

TILSON; from Cavan
Robert - 27 (single 1851-1926)
Sidney - 26 (single 1852-1932)
Isabella - 24 (single)

TOOHEY: from Tipperary
Bridget - 21

TREZISE: from Cornwall
Joseph Henry - 19
he married Annah/Hannah Osborne in 1881 & had 8 children

TURLEY: from Gloucestershire
Edwin - 27

VARCOE: from Cornwall
John - 27 (1850-1912)
Jane - 29
Mary - 4
Harry - 1
* John & Jane had another 2 children in NZ:
* 1880 - Ellen May Varcoe
* 1881 - Hanz Varcoe

WALSH: from Kilkenny
William - 24 (single)
Mary - 20 (single)
Mary - 19 (single)
Catherine - 17

WALSH: from County Kerry
John - 20
James - 18

WARREN: from Cornwall
Edmund - 33
Caroline - 31
James - 14
Edmund - 13
Elizabeth - 5
William - 2
John - infant (died at the Quarantine Station, Ripa Island)

WEST: from Cornwall
William - 21

WILLIAMS: from Cornwall
Arthur - 32
Elizabeth - 34
Arthur - 5
Elizabeth - 2
* Arthur & Elizabeth had 3 known children in NZ:
* 1881 - Eliza Jane Williams
* 1882 - Elizabeth Amelia Williams
* 1884 - Lena Blanche Williams

Joseph - 20
Louisa Ann - 26
* Joseph & Louisa had 11 children in NZ:

WILLIAMS: from Warwick
William - 22

WILLIAMSON: from Donegal
George - 20

WINTLE: from Gloucester
Thomas - 30

WISDON: from Armagh
Alice - 19

WEIR: from County Down
William - 30
Eliza - 30
Mary - 6
Sarah - 4
Ellen - 2
Thomas - 1 (died on board)

WOODCOCK: from Cornwall
Joseph - 33
Elizabeth - 34
Evelyn - 6
Lillian - 3
Hobart - 1


PHOTO
Evyleen Richmal Hornidge Gledstanes c1899
taken from Tauranga City Libraries Staff - Debbie McCauley

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