New Zealand Settler Ships - Olympus 1841

Olympus Barque: 500 Tons Captain: John Whyte Surgeon Superintendent: Isaac Earl Featherston Sailed London 9th December 1840 - arrived Port Nicholson 20th April 1841

Cabin Passengers

• Burrows
  • T D 20
• Doughty
  • Charles George 25
• Featherston
  • Dr Isaac Earl 27 Surgeon Superintendent
  • Bethia Campbell 27
• Gowan
  • F 22
• Gowan
  • H 23
• Jones
  • W 25
• Mason
  • Thomas 22
  • Jane 22
• Phillips
  • William Morgan
• Piper 25
• Roberts
  • D 21
• White 30 Steerage Passengers
• Barker
  • James 33 Farm Labourer
  • Mary 29
  • Mary Ann 10
  • Elizabeth 3
  • Sarah 1
  • Son Infant Born at sea 2/4/1841 Lat 44.00S Long 132.26E
• Barns
  • James 21 Agricultural Labourer
• Birmingham
  • John 25 Labourer
• Bluett
  • Adam snr 40 Locksmith
  • Catherine 38
• Bluett
  • Thomas 21 Smith and Bell Hanger Cook for the voyage
  • Mary 25
  • Thomas 3
  • Mary Ann 11 months
• Bryson
  • Thomas 26 Gardener
  • Catherine 21
• Burton
  • James 51 Smith
  • Elizabeth Elizabeth was James 2nd wife and married George Smith in 1860
  • Amy 27 Sempstress
  • Elizabeth 26 Sempstress
  • Emily 17 Sempstress Married John Morden Brook/es, Interpreter to Capt Arthur Wakefield - Killed at the Wairau. Later married Samuel Stafford STYLES
  • James 16 Labourer
• Burton
  • William 24 Smith Eldest son to James Burton Snr
  • Mary 30
  • Eliza 5 months Grandaughter to James Burton Snr - Married Henry Howard
• Connacher
  • Donald 30 Boot & Shoemaker
  • Margaret 25
• Corley
  • Isaac 23 Agricultural Labourer
• Couttie
  • David 26 Labourer
  • Janet 25
  • George 12
  • Alexander 9
  • James 2
  • Daughter Infant Born at sea 23/3/1841 Lat 40.10S Long 100.01E
• Fox
  • Edward Thomas 35 Plumber
  • Harriet 27
• Giles
  • John 27 Agricultural Labourer
• Graham
  • Agnes 36 Sempstress
  • Thomas 16 Labourer
  • James 13
  • Nancy 9
  • Margaret 7
  • Mary 4
  • Betty 18 months
• Hall 26
• Heggie
  • Thomas 24 Millwright
  • Ann Mary 20
  • Thomas Infant Born at sea 26/1/1841 Lat 20.58S Long 31.00W
• Honeyman
  • Thomas 25 Agricultural Labourer Assistant to Surgeon
  • Mary 28
• Kilgour
  • John 36 Slater & Plasterer
  • Margaret 38
  • William 4
• Langley
  • Peter 23 Labourer
• Leslie
  • Mary 17 Servant
• Lyal
  • Robert 36 Millwright & Sawyer
  • Agnes 36
• McKain
  • Douglas Mary 49 Widow
  • John Ward 24 Tailor
  • Robina Agnes 18 Sempstress
  • James Buchanan 16 Tailor
  • Frederick Dunmore 14 Labourer
  • Isaac Septimus 11
• McNaughton
  • Mary 29 Dressmaker Widow
  • Laurance 7
• Mabey
  • Charles 38 Agricultural Labourer & Flax Dresser
  • Harriet 35
  • Sophia 10 Comment on passenger list "Sophia 10 years left behind. W.A."
  • Charles 3
  • Mary 21 months
  • Joseph Croom Infant Born at sea 12/3/1841 Lat 40.35S Long 65.36E
• Mabey
  • Job 28 Agricultural Labourer
  • Rachael 28
  • Mary Jane 4
  • Sarah 3 Died at sea 9/2/1841 "Croup" Lat 31.16S Long 17.07W
• Miller
  • William 26 Joiner & Turner
• Neale
  • William 37 Lime Burner
  • Sarah 38
  • William jnr 16 Lime Burner
• Pollock
  • Janet 30 Housemaid
• Pollock
  • Robert 29 Smith
• Pope
  • Henry 27 Brickmaker
  • Eliza 28
  • Jane 5 Died at sea 23/12/1840 "Malignant Scarlet Fever" Lat 28.47N Long 9.27W
  • William 3
  • Henry 6 months Died at sea 21/12/1840 "Apparently an overdose of laudanum given by his parents" Lat 32.40N Long 18.40W (Laudanum was a common wonder drug used widely for pain to insomnia, given orally - made from a 10% solution of Opium powder in alcohol, developed by English Physician Thomas Sydenham)
• Saxby
  • Benjamin 19 Agricultural Labourer
• Saxby
  • William 43 Agricultural Labourer
  • Mary 32
  • Mary 9
  • Son Infant
• Scott
  • Thomas 26 Ploughman
  • Mary 20
  • John 13 months Died at sea 7/1/1841 "Intestinal Worms" Long 6.00N Lat 21.33W
• Shepherd
  • William 35 Slater
  • Margaret 23
  • James 3
  • Jane 16 months
• Sime
  • James 26 Wright
  • Janet 27
  • Mary 5
  • James 3
  • David 3
  • Janet 4 months
• Tolhurst
  • Samuel 34 Agricultural Labourer
  • Sarah 27
  • Sarah 8
  • Amy 5
  • Mary 3
  • Elizabeth 2
• Underdown
  • William 20 Agricultural Labourer
• Vennell
  • Samuel 27 Painter & Glazier
  • Pamela 28
• Wilkie
  • George 36 Gardener
  • Ann 36
  • Elizabeth 14
  • Catherine 12
  • George 10
  • John 7
  • Peter 3
  • Son Infant Born at sea 4/4/1841 Lat 43.24S Long 138.44E
• Wilkinson
  • David 28
  • Elizabeth 23
  • Christina 14 months
• Williamson
  • Charles 16 Labourer
• Williamson
  • Thomas 35 Labourer
  • Eliza 34
  • Eliza 7
• Wood
  • Betsy 16 Sempstress
• Wood
  • James 35 Gardener
  • Hannah 32
  • Martha 11

Crew

• Cimino
  • Salvatore 33 Crew member