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I now know that the Victory was the ship William Catlow, Martha Sagar, and Blackburn
Catlow sailed on to go to New Zealand.
Details below
Lancashire Immigrants per "Victory"
Arrived Timaru Oct 13, 1863
The Lyttelton Times
Tuesday October 20, 1863 The Lyttelton Times
Tuesday October 20, 1863
Timaru arrived
October 13, Victory, Barque 579 tons, Gregory, from Southampton to Timaru with 231
passengers on board, 101 of which were landed at Timaru. She had a favourable passage of
115 days. The doctor reports only one death (an infant) and four births.
The barque Victory, Captain Gregory commander, after a passage of 119 days from London,
brought up off the Quarantine Ground on Saturday afternoon. On her previous visit to this
port (Lyttelton) in 1860 she was in command of Captain Stevens, but since that time has
changed owners, and on this voyage brings out a batch of Lancashire immigrants for
Canterbury; a large number of them were landed at Timaru on Wednesday last and the
remainder brought on here and landed in Camp Bay on Monday morning. Since her last visit
her arrangements for accommodation of passengers has been completely altered. She has now
a deckhouse amidships, with a patent distillery and cooking apparatus attached. Only one
death occurred during the passage and four births. Her cargo is not very extensive and the
bulk of it is consigned to the agents, Messrs. Dalgety, Buckley and Co. It is a singular
coincidence that her passage in 1860 was made in 112 days, and she arrived on Saturday
evening and th!
e passengers were landed on Monday. She presents another specimen of the advantages of
sending our ships out under her Majesty's emigration commissioners. Her arrangements
are perfect, and the between decks a pattern of cleanliness. Dr. Holman is the surgeon
in charge.
On Sunday evening the ship British Crown got well away to sea, and a three-masted
steamer was seen in the afternoon to cross the heads, supposed to be the Corio, bound
South both had closed the south-head in by sundown.
The barque Victory came up the harbour yesterday afternoon at 5, and anchored well up.
Lancashire Witch- The following imports were omitted in our report of this vessel's
cargo-21/2 casks, 18cases, 2 bags groceries, 2 bales, 1 case drapery. 40 kegs nails, 3
cases hardware, 8 cases scythe stones, J. White Co.
Lancashire Immigration per Victory
Aikin, Titus
Airey, Joseph wife and three children
Allman, Jane
Barker, Wm, wife and three children
Beggs, James, and wife
Bennet, Isabella
Bently, John and two children
Berry, George
Blake, Patrick, wife and child
Booth, Julia, Maria, Eliza, and John
Bottomley, Thomas, wife and child
Bowers, John, wife and child
Broadshaw, Elijah
Brown, Job, wife and child
Bruckshaw, Wm, and wife
Bruton, Ruth
Bullock, Joseph and wife
Burgess, Henry
Catlow, William wife and child
Caton, John
Clough, Wm., wife and two children
Coe, James, wife and two children
Cocker, Ann
Combs, Emma
Costello, Annie
Coyle, Sarah and Jane
Crocton, Robert, wife and two children
Dwine, James and wife
Duckworth, Edward, wife and two children
Etock, Lucy
Finch, Athalinda
Fish, John, and wife
Francis, John
Gr(ee)oonwood, Ann, and two children
Grindrod, Nathaniel wife and two children
Hagherty, Margaret
Hall, Richard, Samuel and William
Hall, Decima and wife
Hamilton, Charles, T
Hamilton, Mary Ann
Hartley, Ann
Holdgate, Edward and wife
Holland, Agnes, Mary and Catherine
Holland, Thomas, wife and three children
Houghton, Richard wife and two children
Howorth, Thomas
Howcroft, John, wife and three children
Jones, Wm
Jackson, John and wife
Jones, Llewellyn and wife
Kay, George and wife
Ludlow, Catherine
Major, Sarah
McCabe, James and wife Mary
Maher, Ellen
Metcalf, Jane
Mitchell, Charles
Nelson, William, wife and six children
Nelson, Joseph
North, Edward, wife and two children
Ogden, Amos, wife and two children
Odgen, Richard, wife and child
Priest, George and William
Priest, John, wife and five children
Quinlin, Mary
Rawston, Hiram, wife and child (Rawstorn)
Richmond, John and child
Roe, Annie
Sanson, James, wife and two children
Scheveling, Katherine
Seed, Henry wife and five children
Sexton, Cornelius
Shackleton, Thomas
Silvester, Robert and wife
Smalley, __, wife and three children
Smith, Richard and wife
Smith, Wm, wife and three children
Sorton, Thomas, and wife
Spring, John, wife and child
Stryzaker, Edward and George
Stoke, Sarah
Stubley, Maria, Thos, and Sarah
Sutcliffe, Richard
Sweeney, John and wife
Sweeney, M.A. and Bridget
Taylor, Betty and John
Thomas, Agnes
Thompson, William, wife and child
Toby, Margaret, Elizabeth, Bridget, Mary and Patrick
Wallis, Fanny
W(h)itham, Susanniah
Whittaker, Henry and wife
Whittaker, James, wife and two children
Whittaker, John, wife and two children
Williams, John, wife and child
Wragg, Charles, Phillip and Harnet
Wroe, Sarah.
The above are pricipally labourers, and the proportion of factory workers is small.
In all new colonies to which the tide of emigration from the old county does not
naturally set, it is necessary to incur a considerable expenditure for the purpose of
introducing labour. Without a constant stream of immigration, the the resource of the
county could not be developed and capital would either be wasted or withdrawn from a field
where it could not be profitably employed. In most colonies this necessity is not fully
recognised yet in many colonies.
When a Government so far interferes with the natural influx of population as to give
assisted passages to immigrants, it is an implied part of the duty it undertakes to see
that the newly arrived labourer is received as a valuable addition to the community, and
that his services are made available as soon as possible. In, short, the responsibility
of the Government does not end, when its agent in England has collected and shipped the
immigrants-then remain the important tasks of receiving them and distributing them over
the county in the manner most likely to incorporate them with the population already
established. All this is not to be done without proper organization, and without a cost
which must be considerable part of the whole expense of immigration.
In the United States of America, which absorb by far the largest proportion of emigrants
from the old world, it is found that notwithstanding the best field open for labour in the
interior, and the scarcity of working hands where they are not wanted, the seaboard towns
are often swamped by a pauper population. The States Government do not interfere with
Immigration, no bonus in the shape of assisted passages is needed to bring labour to their
shores, and they do not of course conceive themselves to be directly responsible for the
distribution of a population which comes uninvited to New York or Boston, or Philadelphia.
But the difficulty is very apparent in America of bringing together the half-starving
population, flowing into sea-board towns, and the employers of labour whose properties are
lying unoccupied and untilled for want of hands.
On a smaller scale the same difficulty is met in Victoria, where the Government has
interfered to invite immigrants....
The Press October 19, 1863
Shipping Intelligence
Timaru, Oct 13
Arrived
Victory, barque, from London
Boomerang, 104 tons, Bapp, from Auckland, with cargo of timber, bricks, shingled and
building materials, consigned to B.N.Z. Passengers-R. Dickson, W. Morley, C. Chetham, J.
Arminger, J, Beecroft, G, Shepard, Harding, R. Campbell, J. Young, Kemp.
Timaru, Oct 14
Crest of the Wave, schooner, 57 tons, Buxton, master, with general cargo from Lyttelton.
Sailed
Victory for Lyttelton
It was common in the clipper days to have two or three vessels sailing the oceans with the
same name.
There were three vessels that sailed the UK -NZ route named Victory.
1) Victory, 579 tons, built by Willis, Gunn and Co., arrived in Auckland 1 February 1851,
and arrived Lyttelton 14 May 1859 with 174 passengers, and arrived Lyttelton March 20 1862
as well as the above voyage.
Victory, 579 tons, sailed from Gravesend and arrived at Port Chalmers on 8 July 1848.
2) Victory, 700 tons, arrived at New Plymouth May 1st, 1851.
3) Victory,1119 tons built in 1863 and made her maiden voyage to Port Chalmers in 77 days.
She also sailed into Auckland Jan 4 1865 and Lyttelton March 25 1866. Reference;
"White Wings" by Brett.
Victory - Sailed from London 28 June 1863. Called at Southampton en route with 240
immigrants, all from depressed county of Lancashire and all bound for Canterbury.
"The cotton operatives in the Midlands of England were thrown out of work because the
supply of raw material dried up with the onset of the American Civil War. Some operatives
were brought out to Canterbury, as assisted immigrants, by the provincial government on
the British Crown and Victory. Her Majesty's Emigration Commission, the Park Street
Commissioners, not Canterbury's emigration agent, arranged for the people to come out.
The provincial government archives, in the Canterbury Museum, has photocopies of
important letters from the Henry Selfe papers (originals and a manuscript are at the
Hocken Library, Dunedin) that describes Henry Selfe's experiences of wealthy men in
charge of giving help to poverty-stricken cotton operatives. " Reference:
Genealogical Advice Notes New Zealand Collection Canterbury Pu!
blic Library by Robert Greenway.
Reference: The Lyttelton Times Oct 20 1863 and The Press October 19, 1863. Available on
microfilm at the New Zealand Room, Christchurch City Central Library and they have lists
of a large number of immigrants from Europe to Timaru and the vessels on which they came.
The National Archives has the passenger list.
( ) indicates spelling in The Press October 19, 1863
Passengers included:
James Collinge WHITTAKER b 7 Oct 1837, Meadowhead, Haslingden, Lancashire m Mary PICKUP b
29 Aug 1839. They were married 1 Oct 1859 Goodshaw, Haslingden, Lanc. Had 2 children born
in Burnley, Lanc. before coming to Timaru on the Victory . Alice b 9 Apr 1860 and Edward
14 Nov 1861. They settled in Wiltons Gully, Geraldine. They were indentured to Mr. Tripp
of the Orari Gorge Station at Geraldine. They had 10 children in all.
Henry WHITTAKER b 4 Oct 1836 Burnley m Fanny HODGSON and daughter Mary Ellen who was born
on voyage. Had 8 children and settled in Timaru and ran a bootmaking business.
John and Mary Ann WHITTAKER nee INGHAM and their children John Thomas b 1860 Burnley and
Sarah Ann. Contact: Allana Inglis for information on the Whittaker family. Henry and
James Whittaker parents were James Whittaker and Alice Collinge.
Note: The Acland Papers are at the Macmillian Brown Library, University of Canterbury,
Christchurch, NZL
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HOLLAND: The family emmigrated to NZ on two ships. Agnes, Mary & Catherine Holland all
from Londonderry, IRE and came across as assisted immigrants came out on the
'Victory' in 1863 while their parents Hugh & Mary Anne, and two other sisters
Margaret & Elizabeth came out on the 'Lincoln' in 1867.
Mary m. Cornelius SEXTON on 18 Sep 1864.
Agnes m. Thomas RAINE on 20 Dec 1865. Known child was Margueritt RAINE.
Margaret m. John William BEAN on 5 Jul 1870.
Catherine m. Robert OGDEN on 22 Apr 1867. Known child was Harold OGDEN.
Elizabeth m. Charles Thomas BARNARD on 12 May 1870.
Sarah Holland married ? BRADSHAW in NZ. Mr Bradshaw died on 27 June 1893. Sarah Bradshaw
(Holland) remarried to John George PLOWMAN on 22 Jan 1900 in Paeroa, NZ. A copy of her 2nd
marriage cert. shows she is a descendent of Hugh and Mary Anne Holland (O'CONNOR) who
arrived in Christchurch with other members of their family in 1863 and 1867.
According to the shipping list there was a Cornelius SEXTON as a passenger and there is a
big chance he would be the one to have gone on to be the husband of Mary HOLLAND. There
were also OGDEN's on board but the list doesn't show a Robert Henry OGDEN who
later might have married Catherine HOLLAND. We also don't know if Thomas HOLLAND, wife
and 3 children that were on the same voyage were related to Agnes, Mary and Catherine.
Information courtesy of Steve. Please contact Steve and visit his website if you would
like any information or have any information on the above families. Posted 16 April 2000.
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Hiram Rawstorn wife and child family arrived in South Canterbury on the
"Victory" in 1863. His son Harold Rawstorn 1869-1949, married twice, 2nd wife
Dora Kenneth PACKMAN 1870-1928 of 28 King St., Timaru, had two known children: Cecil
Harold Rawstorn b. 1898 d. 24 Nov. 1918 - buried Cannock Chase War Cemetery,,
Staffordshire, England. He died at the age of 20 while on active service with the NZ Rifle
Brigade. Service # 80113
Gordon Clealand Packman Rawstorn 1898-1906
Hiram Rawstorn
Born: 2 MAR 1839 - Chestergate, England
Marr: 5 DEC 1858 - St Marks, Bredbury, Chester, England
Died: 11 MAY 1905 - Timaru, South Canterbury, NZ
Father: Joseph Rawstorn
Mother: Susanna(h) Clark(e)
Wife: Elizabeth Berresford
Born: 1840 - England
Died: 12 SEP 1906 - Timaru
Father: William Berresford
Mother: Mary Smith
Children
1. William Rawstorn
Born: 1861 - England
Marr: 1888 - Janet Irene Petrie
Died: 16 NOV 1943 - ?
2. Maude Mary Rawstorn
Born: 1864 - Timaru
Marr: 1892 - William Charles Rapsey
Died: 7 DEC 1949 - ?
3. Hiram Edwin Rawstorn
Born: 19 Dec. 1873 - Timaru
Marr: 1888 - Elizabeth Rock (other spouses)
Died: 13 MAR 1964 - Timaru
4. Elizabeth Ellen Rawstorn
Born: 1876 - Timaru
Marr: 1897 - Alec John McDuff
Died: 1956 - ?
5. Harold Rawstorn
Born: WFT Est. 1856-1880 - Timaru
Marr: 1897 - Dora Kennett Packman
Died: 25 FEB 1949 - Christchurch
6. John Rawstorn
Born: WFT Est. 1856-1880 - Timaru
Marr: 1897 - Louisa Naumann
Died: 31 AUG 1936 - ?
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Other early passenger ships to Timaru were: "Strathallan" arriving in 1859,
"Echunga" arriving 16 December 1862 with 310 immigrants but only 121 landed at
Timaru because accommodation had not been provided for. "Lancashire Witch"
arrived 13 October 1863 with 125 immigrants. "Victory" arrived 16 October 1863
with 113 passengers. Reference: South Canterbury A Record of Settlement
The Illustrated London News June 27, 1863
"The 'Victory', 579 tons, sailed from Southampton on the 20th inst., for
Timaru and Lyttelton, NZ, with 50 married couples, 31 single men, 50 single women, and 56
children, in all 237 souls- under the care of William Holman, Esq., Surgeon
Superintendent. This number, with 406 persons who sailed in the 'British Crown',
in May, makes a total of 643 emigrants selected from the Lancashire cotton districts, to
whom the Provincial Government of Canterbury have granted free passages through the
instrumentality on emigration commissioners."