Arrived Lyttelton June 12, Ivanhoe, ship, 1034 tons, Dunn, from London. Passengers - [26] Mr and Mrs Tripp, three children and servant; Mr and Mrs Warrington; Misses Paynter (2), Mr C. Williams, 4 children and servant; Mr and Mrs Allcard, Miss Downs, Rev. E. H. Grainger, Messrs W.H. Pettegrew, R. Bovey, W. Willoughby, M.C. Enyss, F. Back, C.R. Kennaway. In steerage, 264 souls, equal to 213 statut� adults.
The ship Ivanhoe, Captain Dunn, from London, arrived off the Heads at noon Sunday, after a passage of 108 days from Plymouth. She sailed from thence on the 25th February, and experienced moderate weather during the rest of the voyage; called in at Timaru [11 June, 1044 tons] to land a number of passengers, the officials on ascertaining she had sickness on board recommended the captain to make for Lyttelton. One of the boat crews from the beach boarded her and have had to come on with the ship. On Sunday Captain Sproul considered it desirable to bring the ship up at the Heads until morning, and left Mr Norris, the coxswain, on board all night. At nine o'clock Monday morning the health officer, accompanied by Dr. Rose, Captain Gibson, Mr. Graham (J.D. Macpherson's) proceeded down the harbour to visit the ship in one of the pilot boats, followed in another by Captain Sproul with a good supply of fresh provisions. The Waipara, steamer, also received orders to anchor at Camp Bay. On the health commissioners reaching the vessel they went on board and made a preliminary examination of the ship and passengers, and they deemed it advisable to order the ship into quarantine at once. The vessel was towed up by the steamer to Camp Bay anchorage, and steps taken to land the whole of the passengers as soon as possible. Mrs. C. Williams, the wife of one of the cabin passengers, died of fever on the passage out. We may state for the information of friends of the passengers on shore that no dangerous case of sickness at present exists, and it is probable that not more than a week will elapse before both ship and passengers are admitted to pratique. The following is a list of deaths which occurred on board the Ivanhoe on her passage from England: it is compiled from the official list furnished by the officers of health:
March 21 Shepherd Sarah Ann premature labour March 26 Hobbs James apoplexy March 28 Jordan James lyanosis March 29 Jones John sunstroke March 29 Moore Susannah low fever (first case) March 29 Jackson Philip marasmus March 29 Blake Robert convulsions (teething) March 31 Jackson Alfred low fever April 03 Smith Rhoda low fever April 03 Atkinson Emily low fever April 06 Middleton Letitia low fever April 07 Brown Alice abcess on neck April 12 Markham George low fever April 24 Blakemore George low fever May 06 Williams George low fever May 08 Jebb Margaret diarrhoea May 08 Jebb John low fever May 09 Jordan Alice diarrhoea May 12 Lake Samuel low fever May 26 Kant Samuel marasmus May 28 Atkinson Abigail low fever June 04 Woodford Emily low fever June 06 Atkinson Eliza diarrhoea June 07 Middleton Mary Jane marasmus June 09 Crawford John marasmus
The following births took place on board:-
Mrs Cath. Jordan, March 27th of a son
Mrs Mary Kent, May 7th of a son
Hannah Thompson, May 16th of a son
The following is a list of the Provincial Government immigrants:-
Columns represent surname, first name, spouse present, number of
children, occupation, origin and remarks.
Allan D.R. Farm Laborer Yorkshire Atkinson M. Domestic Servant Middlesex Atkinson M. Domestic Servant Middlesex Atkinson M.A. Domestic Servant Middlesex Atkinson T. Y 4 Farm Laborer Cavan Bailey E. Dairymaid Cornwall Baker P. Y 1 Farm Laborer Russia Balfour W. Farm Laborer Nairn Former co. of Highland Region Scotland Bates E. Y Painter Derbyshire Batson H. Farm Laborer Devonshire Beattie A. Domestic Servant Fifeshire Berry T. Y 1 Carpenter Yorkshire Borgfriede J. Domestic Servant Germany Brake C. Y 4 Farm Laborer Somersetshire Brons W. Y 1 Farm Laborer Prussia Brown A. Y 5 Farm Laborer Fifeshire Brown J. Dairymaid Antrim Champniss T. Y 2 Wheelwright Lanarkshire Chaplin F. Farm Laborer Devonshire Clayton R.W. Carpenter Surrey Collin G. Farm Laborer Devonshire Collins J. Y 4 Farm Laborer Pembrokeshire Conway J. Farm Laborer Cork Conway M. Domestic Servant Cork Crawford J. Y 7 Ploughman Lanarkshire Cummins A. Domestic Servant Tipperary Darley J.T. Y 1 Farm Laborer Isle of Man Dearuth H. Farm Laborer Suffolk Ditford C. Y 4 Baker Germany Driscoll H. Domestic Servant Kerry Driscoll Matthew Farm Laborer Kerry Purchased land at Levels, married Sarah Kane. Fisk J. Domestic Servant Surrey Gold W. Y 1 Shepherd Aberdeenshire Goodwin T. Y 1 Farm Laborer Mayo Gordan J. Y 5 Farm Laborer Ayrshire Hall R. Mason Aberdeen Hammond G. Farm Laborer Devonshire Harris C. Farm Laborer Middlesex Harris J. Y 4 Shoemaker Germany Harris Thomas Farm Laborer Middlesex Lived on Canon St. Timaru Hobbs J. Y 8 Farm Laborer Herefordshire Hopkins F. Farm Laborer Devonshire Huggins B. Factory Girl Galway Jackson A. Y 2 Farm Laborer Middlesex Jones J. Farm Laborer Merionethshire Wales Jordan W. Y 2 Farm Laborer Herefordshire Kenney M. Domestic Servant Antrim Kent E. Domestic Servant Sussex Kent W. Y 5 Carpenter Sussex Kerr C. Blacksmith Antrim King J. Farm Laborer Scotland Lalor M. Constable Queen's County Lawler J. Blacksmith Carlow Le Breton A. Domestic Servant Jersey Le Breton A. Domestic Servant Jersey Le Breton F. Farm Laborer Jersey Le Breton F. Y 6 Farm Laborer Jersey Le Breton M. Domestic Servant Jersey Lemson J. Domestic Servant Cornwall Markham G. Y Farm Laborer Yorkshire McCullum C. Domestic Servant Argyle McDonald J. Farm Laborer Inverness McDougall T. Y Farm Laborer Fifeshire McNamara B. Cook Middlesex McNamara B. Domestic Servant Middlesex McRae A. Y 8 Blacksmith Germany Medlan E. Domestic Servant Dumfresishire Medlan E.A. Domestic Servant Middlesex Merser Z. Y Farm Laborer Yorkshire Middleton D. Y 4 Farm Laborer Cavan Miller T.K. Y Farm Laborer Germany Mitchell A. Farm Laborer Yorkshire Moore L. Dairymaid Cavan Moore S. Dairymaid Cavan Morgan D. Shepherd Montgomeryshire Morris J. Shepherd Galway Murphy H. Domestic Servant Galway Murphy P. Saddler Galway Murphy P. jun Saddler Galway Newman C. Governess Middlesex Newman E. Governess Middlesex Newman S. Governess Middlesex Norman A. Clerk Middlesex Norman C. Clerk Middlesex Patterson W. Y Shepherd Aberdeenshire Pepper J. Y Farm Laborer Down Pepper M. Domestic Servant London Pepper M. Domestic Servant London Pepper R. Domestic Servant London Philip J. Farm Laborer Aberdeen Riedy J. Y 3 Schoolmaster Northumberland Radford J. Bricklayer Devonshire Radford N. Bricklayer Down Robinson A. Tailor Antrim Ross E.J. Domestic Servant Somersetshire Ross T. Y Farm Laborer Yorkshire Roundtree A. Domestic Servant Cavan Roundtree J. Y 4 Farm Laborer Cavan Roundtree J. Farm Laborer Cavan Roundtree W. Farm Laborer Cavan Sellars S. Domestic Servant Derbyshire Sheppard G. Y Farm Laborer Yorkshire Smith T. Y 1 Farm Laborer Yorkshire Stewart J. Ploughman Ayrshire Stewart S. Domestic Servant Lincoln Taylor E. Farm Laborer Aberdeen Taylor J. Farm Laborer Aberdeen Wallace W. Shepherd Montgomeryshire Watters J.H. Farm Laborer Devonshire Wattin M. Domestic Servant Middlesex Webb J. Y 1 Tailor Yorkshire White E. Governess Devonshire Withell J. Y Shepherd Withell M.A. Domestic Servant Yorkshire Withell R. Domestic Servant Yorkshire Wittebrook A. Y Farm Laborer Germany Woodfield G. Blacksmith Northampton Woodford J. Clerk Middlesex Woodford J. Y 7 Mechanic Dorsetshire Woodford T. Mechanic Middlesex Woodford W. Mechanic Middlesex
Analysis of Trades Farm labourers 47 Ploughmen 02 Shepherds 08 Bricklayers 04 Carpenters 04 Masons 04 Blacksmiths 05 Shoemaker 01 Saddlers 02 Miscellanous 11 Cook 01 Domestic Servants 21 Dairywomen 04 Governesses 03 Factory Girl 01
Summary of Nationality England 37 Wales 03 Scotland 16 Ireland 17 Channel Islands 03 Other nations 07 Total 83
Analysis
This gives a list of 121 assisted workers. The numbers listed in the newspaper are
incorrect for a number of trades -e.g. shepherds 6; bricklayers 2; shoemakers 2; dom.
servants 30; clerks 3; governesses 4; tailors 2; blacksmiths 4; mechanics 3; carpenter 3;
painter/baker/constable/wheelwright/mason 1 each. With no "miscellaneous" these
and the others as listed total 121.
Assisted Emigrants on the "Ivanhoe"
Transcribed from a handwritten copy of the assisted emigrants departure list and amended subsequently e.g. those who died on route have their entries noted "dead". Available at the National Library, Wellington. No actual dates of preparation given.
"After deciphering the writing, checking the details, cross-referencing/cross-checking - I'm not sure I'll get all the details to agree." Alan Davies. 23 Jan. 2001
Where, in the listings below, details do
not differ from those above they have not been included. The listings are alphabetical
– they were not so in the document. Some surname and first name spellings differ.
a) Married couples and children
Atkinson, Thomas 40: Eliza 38 (died) Mary Ann 19* Martha 18* Eliza Jane 16*
Abigail 14* (died) Margaret 12* Emily 11 (died) Susan 6
Baker, Frederick 25 Prussia: Bridget 26 Frederick 2 William 3mths
Bates, Edwin 23: Mary Ann 23 (listed with the family of John Sellars)
Berry, Henry 25: Sarah H 23 Mary Jane infant
Borgfrede, Jette 50*
Brake, Charles 34: Elizabeth [nee Paynter]28 James 7 Alfred 5, John 3 [ b.26
Oct. 1860, lived at Dodson Ave, Milford Auckland in 1934], Robert infant (died)
Brons, William 39 laborer: Dorothy 36 Hannah 7
Brown, Andrew 32: Christiana 33 Eliza 9 David 7 Catherine 5 Alice (died) Joan C
8mths
Champneys, Henry 28 Somerset: Eliza 29 Mary 5 Ann 3
Collins, Isaac 29: Mary 30 Mary Ann 5 Margaret 4 Elizabeth 2 Martha inf
Crawford, James 38: Jessie 36 Joseph 13* Margaret 11 Jane 9 Thomas 6 Andrew 4 Robert 2
John 2mths (died)
Darly, John Joshua 31: Hannah 28
Ditford, Christian 33: Mary 35 Frederick J 8 William 6 John 4 George 10mths
Gold, William 36 Forfarshire: Jane 29 William 5
Goodwin, Thomas 30 laborer: Bridget 28 Peter 2 John 1
Gordon, James 31: Mary 28 James 6 Mary 5 John 3 William 9mths
Harris, James 47: Charlotte 47 Thomas 19* Charles 16* Susan 9
Hirst, James R 24 mason Yorkshire: Rosa W 23 (new name)
Hobbs, James 46 Gloucestershire (died): Olivia 36 William 13* James 11
Frederick 10 Frank 9 Kate 7 Edward 5 John 4 Thornton 1
Jackson, Alfred 26 (died): Elizabeth 26 William M W 5 Felicia 1
Jebb, John 25 tailor Yorkshire(died): Ann 30 Margaret Ann infant (died) (new)
Jordon, William 26: Catherine 27 Louisa E 2 Alice A 8months (died)
Kent, William 40: Mary 39 Eliza 15* William 14* Henry 11 Lydia 7 Edward 4
Lake, Samuel 28(died); Fanny 20 (new name)
Le Breton, Frances 41: Mary 46 Francis P 16* Mary 18* Ann E 14* Amelia 12* Adolphus 7
Alfred 3
McDougall, Thomas 28: Catherine 28
McRae, Archibald 38 Dumfrieshire: wife not named 38 Archibald 14* Elizabeth 12* Pamela 10
Andrew 8 Henry 6 Margaret 4 Jane 2 Richard 4mths
Markham, George 23 (died): Jane 19
Mercer, Zaccheus 25: Betsy 25
Middleton, David 29: Letitia 27 (died) Margaret A 6 William 4 John 2 Mary Jane
infant (died)
Miller, Henry 28 laborer: Elizabeth 25
Paterson, William 30: Isabella 30
Pepper, James 22: Martha 20
Riedy, John 39: Eliza 39 Jane 10 Joseph W 5 Charles E 2
Ross, Eliza Ann 14* (listed with Darly family)
Ross, Thomas 34: Elizabeth 26
Roundtree, John 45: Mary 45 Walter 23* John 15* Anne 19* William 11
Sellars, John 34 soapmaker, USA: Elizabeth 30 George 11 Harriet 9 William 7 Andrew 6 John
Robert 4 Elizabeth 2 (new name)
Sellars, Sarah 54*
Shepherd, George 27 laborer: Sarah Ann 28 (died)
Smith, Thomas 30: Rhoda 30 (died) Charles 3
Stewart, James 25* (listed with Gordon family)
Thomson, Maxwell 24 blacksmith Down: Hannah 24 son born on voyage (new name)
Withell, James 55 Yorkshire: Hannah 55 Rebecca 23* Mary Ann 18* William 13* Jane 10 (listed
with Smith family)
Willbrook, Auguste 27: Maria 22
Woodford, James 43: Eliza 44 James D 17* Thomas C 15* William George 13* Eliza M A 6 Edith
Jane 4 Emily Ann 4 (died) Kate Sarah 2
Totals noted on the document’s lists:
Adults: Male 42 Female 42;
Children: Male 39 Female 31;
Infants:12+2 (2 births = babies Kent & Thomson;
baby Jordan died the day after his birth on 27/3)
Note: these totals are correct if:
James Stewart; J Borgfrede, S Sellars & E A Ross are not counted as adults
Jacob Harland and Nicholas Pepper below are added to the 37 male children
Sarah Ann Riseby below is added to the 30 female children.
The names of 14 unmarried men and 15 unmarried women were transferred to Single Men or
Single Women’s listing below as appropriate their names are asterisked in the list
above and indented in the list below - 12 seems to be the divider.
b) Single Men: 51, including Patrick Murphy jnr.
Note: those whose details are listed above are indented and simply have names replicated
below; where details differ from the listing above they are given below
Allen, Richard 24 Devonshire
Balfour, William 30
Baskin, Harry 21 farm laborer Devonshire (new name)
Brodnick, Peter 22 shepherd Galway (new name)
Chaplin, Francis 21
Clayton, Robert 23 carpenter Surrey (new name)
Collier, George 25 farm laborer Yorkshire (Collin G? new name?)
Coneway, James 25 laborer (cf surname includes an "e")
Crawford, Joseph 13 Edinburgh
Dearuth, Henry 29
Driscoll, Matthew 26
Hall, Robert 24
Hammond, George 17
Harland, Jacob 7 included with the 3 Peppers in the Single Women’s listing
Harris, Thomas 19 laborer;
Harris, Charles 16 laborer (father of both
listed as being from Germany)
Hobbs, William 13
Hopkins, Frank 19
James, Kerry 24 farm laborer Scotland (new name)
Jones, John 21 (died)
Kennedy, William 22 bricklayer Ayrshire (new name)
Kent, William 14
Kerr, Christopher 40
Lalor, Michael 24
Lawler, Joseph 28
Le Breton, Francis P 16
Macdonald, John 21
McRae, Archibald 14
Mitchell, Alfred 25
Morgan, David 20 (died)
Morris, John 20
Murphy, Patrick 44 saddler Galway
Murphy Patrick 5 jnr (new names)
Newman, Charles 18 clerk Middlesex
Newman, Alfred 14 clerk Middlesex (new names)
Pepper, Nicholas 11 Down no occupation listed
Philip, John 22
Radford, James 19 mason
Robinson, Andrew 25 tailor Antrim
Roundtree, Walter 23
Roundtree, John 15
Stewart, James 25
Tayler, Ewen 20
Tayler, James 18 (surname spelt with an "e")
Wallace, William 24 Northumberland
Walters, John H 16 (cf Watters)
Withell, William 13
Woodfield, George H 24
Woodford, James 17
Woodford, Thomas 15
Woodford, William George 13
c) Single Women: 45, excluding Sarah Ann Riseby
note under b) above applies.
Atkinson, Mary Ann 19 Cavan
Atkinson, Martha 18 Cavan
Atkinson, Eliza Jane 16 Cavan
Atkinson, Abigail 14 Cavan (died)
Atkinson, Margaret 12 Cavan
Beattie, Agnes 28
Borgfrede, Jette 50 no occupation listed (n.o.l.)
Brown, Isabella 51 (n.o.l.)
Burley, Eliza 28 Cornwall dairy maid
Coneway, Margaret 20
Cummins, Alice 18
Driscoll, Hannah 20
Fisk, Jane 14 (n.o.l.)
Higgins, Bridget 23
Kennery, Margaret 18
Kent, Eliza 15
Le Breton, Mary 18
Le Breton, Ann E 14 Alderney
Le Breton Amelia 12 Alderney
Lemon, Jane 28
McCallum, Christina 28
McNamara, Bridery 24 DETAILS!!
McRae, Elizabeth 12 Dumfrieshire (n.o.l.)
Medlam, Elizabeth A 28 Middlesex
Newman, Sarah 51
Newman, Catherine 26
Newman, Emily 23
Moore, Lydia 19
Moore, Susanna 15 (died)
Murphy, Hannah 20
Pepper, Margaret 58 Down domestic servant
Pepper, Martha 20 Down domestic servant
Pepper, Rachel 17 Down domestic servant
Riseby, Jane E 34 Sussex (n.o.l.) (new name)
Riseby, Sarah Ann 3
Ross, Eliza Ann/Jane 14 (n.o.l.) different
second given names used
Roundtree, Anne 19
Sellars, Sarah 54 (n.o.l.)
Smith, Elizabeth 27 Yorkshire domestic servant (new name)
Stephens, Ellen 20 Pembrokeshire dairy maid (new name)
Stewart, Sarah Ann 30
Wallin, Maria 21
Walton, Ann 23 Cheshire weaver (new name)
White, Emma 25
Withell, Rebecca 23
Withell, Mary Ann 18
Notations on numbers in the document
| Male adults | 90 | Summary landed | |
| Female adults | 86 | Families & Children | 109 |
| Male children | 42 | Single men | 48 |
| Female children | 32 | Single women | 43 |
| Infants | 14 | ||
| 264 = 213 statute adults | |||
| less passages of schoolmaster and matron | |||
| Total adult passengers chargeable 198 | |||
The surnames that appear on the embarkation list but not in the newspaper but not may be transcription /spelling problems: Bailey/Beattie; Collin/Collier; King/Kerry; Norman x2 /Newman x2;Webb/Jebb
Deaths listed, but not named in passenger list: Philip Jackson, George Blakemore, George Williams, Samuel Kant.
Count in "The Lyttelton
Times"
Cabin:
26
Couples: 38+38 = 76
Single Men: 43
Single women: 40
Children:
96
255 souls steerage. Newspaper reads 264 souls/people in steerage
Deaths:
25
Births:
03
Note the two servants are not named and Dr Wood not listed as a passenger.
Charles Debenham Bennett's name is conspicuous by its absence as a passenger or an assisted emigrant - maybe he worked his passage.
Alan Davies wrote: The family
records note that, Charles Debenham BENNETT, arrived on this voyage ex London after
service in the 21st Hussars in India. I have seen a number of references to his arrival on
the "Ivanhoe", including in "The Cyclopedia of New
Zealand" that was published before he died. However, the passenger list makes no
reference to him as either a passenger or in steerage. He stayed little time in
Canterbury, heading off to New Plymouth to join the Armed Constabulary.
Bio. notes on Charles Debenham BENNETT:
Born 25 July 1835 at Worcester, the 5th child of Joseph Bennett (a hosier and glover)
of Worcester and Jemima Debenham of Depden, Suffolk. He was educated at
Christ's Hospital, London ("Bluecoat School"), from 1845 to 1850; apprenticed to
a London warehouse firm until 1858 when he joined a cavalry corps attached to the East
India Company before going to India; purchased his discharge in 1863 and arrived in
Lyttelton on the Ivanhoe on 12 June 1864. Soon went to Taranaki and joined the
Military Settlers; in 1868 joined the Armed Constabulary and took part in 8 actions
between 1868-69 associated with the New Zealand wars; retired in 1878. Became Town Clerk
of Gisborne before resigning to become a partner in an auctioneering firm. In 1898 he was
the senior partner in founding a new merchant and commission agency. He was a Gisborne
borough councilor in 1879 and Mayor in 1882. In 1875 he married Jessie Dunlop, the
5th of James Dunlop and Sarah Cole who arrived in Poverty Bay in 1850 after having landed
in Wellington on the Lalla Rookh in March 1849. He died at Gisborne on 10 March
1903, survived by his wife, three sons and three daughters. Information courtesy of Alan Davies. Charles was his great grandfather.
Posted 10 Jan. 2001
BOVEY
Robert Bovey arrived at Lyttelton on the Ivanhoe in June 1864 as a
cabin passenger. He was a Devonshire man, from Buckfastleigh, and had no
experience with NZ farming. On Feb. 6th 1864 Charles Reed, of Devonshire,
England, gentleman, agreed to engage
Robert
M. Bovey, of Devonshire, farmer, as overseer and general manager over
the sheep, stations and other property belonging to him in the Middle Island
of NZ, for a period of five years from the date of Mr Bovey's arrival on the
station on Ashburton river and pay for his travel arrangements. He was
employed by Charles Reed as a manager on Westerfield. Reed was a
perfectionist and required elaborate bookkeeping. Dismissed 20 Aug. 1868,
claimed wrongful dismissal. It came down to a court case and R.M. Bovey
secured 491 pounds damages. LT 16 March 1869. Grigg immediately engaged him.
Bovey went for a trip to England and returned in the Charlotte Gladstone
with a family in 1871. He bought a farm at Templeton called Oakland in Feb.
1872. He and his wife and children left in the Rangitiki 11 March
1877. Robert Michelmore BOVEY and wife Emily Margaret nee Russell had a son
Robert Edward BOVEY born in Timaru in 1871 who was brought up in Littleham (Exmouth).
Daughter Mary Michelmore BOVEY born in NZ in 1873.
1875-1880 freeholder at Prebbleton NZ. 1881 farmer of 301 acres at Baddaford
House, Staverton, England.
Son 21153 Corporal Robert Edward Bovey of the 27th (Devonshire) Company, 7th
Battalion Imperial Yeomanry was in the Boer War.
Press 30 March 1874 Page 2
At the Arowhenui, Glaston Yards, we held a sale on account of R. M. Bovey,
Esq., on the 19th instant, and disposed of 3400 ewes and wethers, at for
ewes, each 4s 2d; merino wethers, 5s 9d each.
Temuka Leader 11 May 1909 Page 3 MATTHEW
DRISCOLL
A sad occurrence look place on Sunday morning at Downs, Mr Matthew Driscoll,
another old settler, being found drowned in a pond near his house. The old
gentleman had been in rather feeble health for some time past, and it is
supposed that he accidentally fell in and lost his life. Mr Driscoll was
born in County Kerry, Ireland, in 1836, and was brought up to farming. In
1864 he came to New Zealand in the ship Ivanhoe, landing at Lyttelton. After
working for some time in Christchurch he went to the West Coast diggings,
but soon returned to Canterbury. In 1867 he went to Timaru, and two years
later he took up 45 acres of land on the Levels, gradually increasing his
holding to 500 acres, which he farmed until his death. Mr Driscoll was for a
time a director of the Canterbury Farmers� Co-operative Association. In 1867
he married Miss Sarah Kane, of County Kerry, Ireland, and leaves a widow,
five sons, and six daughters to mourn his loss. His death will be regretted
by a wide circle of friends.;
The LE BRETON family from
Jersey settled in Christchurch where Francis worked at his trade as a tailor. The three
boys appear to have followed in their father footsteps. Francis senior died in
Christchurch in 1891 and his wife in 1905. All the children married but Adolphus died
without issue in 1895. Alfred John emigrated to Sydney, Australia about 1880 and married a
couple of years later. Some of his offspring still live there today.
Francis LE BRETON b. 30/6/1822.
Wife was Mary nee LUCE b. 31/8/1817.
Children that came to NZ were Mary b. 15/10/1844;
Francis Philip b. 18/4/1847;
Ann Elizabeth b. 28/10/1849;
Amelia Luce b. 7/12/1851;
Adolphus John b. 24/11/1856
Alfred John b. 24/5/1860.
Information courtesy of Charles Le Breton. Posted
June 14 2000
Family history
Star 9 December 1895, Page 3
Obituary. By the death of Mr Henry Champness
on Saturday we have lost another of those worthy pioneers who, by their
energy in the early days, founded this city. Mr Champness arrived in the
colony by the ship Ivanhoe in 1864, and followed the occupation of a
wood-turner. He worked the first steam- lathe fitted up in Christchurch, and
was so expert at his trade that he was known as the model turner. In the
exhibition of 1882 his work gained the highest awards, and for some time it
was on view at the Christchurch Museum, being removed from there for the
purpose of sending it to the Chicago Exhibition. The old Provincial Council
Chamber, the Bank of New Zealand, Messrs Strange and Co.'s and many other
places contain examples of his skill. He leaves a wife and grown-up family
to mourn their loss.
COLLINS - they came on the Ivanhoe in 1864, settled in Georgetown, near Temuka. Isaac Collins came from Narberth, Pembrokeshire. He had a fellmongery / wool scour at Georgetown. Five more children were born after the family's arrival in Temuka. Isaac Collins died in 1875 as a result of an accident in the Opihi river. His dray, fully laden with 11 wool bales and pulled by 3 horses needed assistance to cross the river and so with the help of 4 other horses and another man, he was attempting to get across when the current of the river swept him under the dray wheel and he was run over across both legs. His injuries were severe and he never recovered despite managing to get to the other side. He died 2 months later. Information courtesy of Jude Elliot. Posted 16 Feb. 2002
TRIPP: C.G. Tripp married Ellen
Shepherd Harper, daughter of Bishop Harper. Ellen had come out to New Zealand in
1856 with her family on the Egmont.
Tripp had come out earlier on the Royal Stuart.
Tripp settled in South Canterbury in 1856 acquiring the Orari Gorge Station,
South Canterbury.
Tripp, Ellen Shephard. My Early Days. Christchurch. Whitcombe and
Tombs, 1916. 21p Wife of Charles George Tripp, sister of Emily Acland. The book
includes reminiscences of early days at Mt Peel and Orari Gorge. There is
a copy at the McMillan Library, Canterbury University.
1853 Lloyd's Register
IVANHOE
Master: Captain W. Henderson
Rigging: Ship; sheathed in yellow metal and partly in felt in 1853; fastened with
copper bolts
Tonnage: 892 tons using old measurements and 1,094 tons using new measurements
Construction: 1853 in Dumbarton
Owners: Aikmans
Port of registry: Glasgow
Port of survey: Clyde
Survey: Australia
The Star, Christchurch. Wednesday 9th January 1895 page 2
Drowned in the lost ship Ivanhoe, between Seattle, Puget Sound and San
Francisco, Frederic James Grant, journalist of Seattle, Washington State; aged thirty-two. Second son of
Alexander Grant, of Zansville, Ohio, United States, and nephew of James Grant, of Dunsandel, New Zealand.
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