CORNWALL ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - helping bring the past alive

Cornish Emigrants to New Zealand

 
Passenger Lists 1858 - 1884

This is an on-going project, currently the following lists are available:-

Assisted Emigrants to Lyttleton/Canterbury, 1858 - 1884

Other Cornish Arrivals at Lyttleton, 1872 - 1884

Cornish Arrivals at:-

Bluff, 1875 - 1884

Nelson/Marlborough, 1874 - 1880

Wellington, 1872 - 1884

Auckland, 1873 - 1877

Hawkes Bay, 1872 - 1880

New Plymouth, 1874 - 1878

Port Chalmers, 1872 - 1883

Some lists contain links to the surgeon's report for that particular voyage.
 
 

Other Resources
1. An article by Jessie Evans, OPC for St Dennis

includes details of ports, resources etc.

2. Te Ara: Encyclopaedia of New Zealand

Overview of journeys

History of Immigration

2. Papers Past: digitised newspapers and periodicals covering the period from 1840 to 1915

Search page
 

3. New Zealand Yesteryears:

Passenger lists, images of ships used and many other details.
 

4. New Zealand Genealogy Society

Requires registration
 

5. A specialist mailing list hosted by Rootsweb.
 
 
Special thanks are due to Christine Parker, OPC for St. Breward and St. Kew.