Prostitutes in Christchurch, New Zealand, 1867

I have been researching a couple of ships, the Brother's Pride and Lancashire Witch and both had women on board who were, or became prostitutes.  The reasons why they took up the "world's oldest profession," are not always known, but some notes on the document, tell of tragic tales of women who needed to support themselves and had no other means. Others may have had parents that neglected to bring their daughters up with the appropriate morals needed to have dignity in society in those days! The following is a transcription of the document R22198680 held in Archives New Zealand, Christchurch.  I hope it can be of help to other researchers.  I have done the best I can with transcribing but some words may still be wrong.  Please email me with any changes.

Number of houses	Names	Where Situated	Remarks
1	Emma Bennett	Kilmore St. East	An Assisted Immigrant by the "Mystery" 1st Paid 8.10 in England
1	Mary Ann Hawker	Kilmore St. East	An Assisted Immigrant came out with her parents who reside on the Ferry Road
2	Phoebe Chadwick	Kilmore St. East	A Free Immigrant by the "British Crown"
2	Elizabeth Wright	Kilmore St. East
3	Elizabeth Smith	Kilmore St. West	An Assisted Immigrant by the "Brother's Pride"
4	Mary Ann Green	Durham St. North
5	Elizabeth Bittus	Durham St. North
6	Hetty Clarke	Durham St. North
7	Kate Coglan	Colombo St. South
7	Eliza Lambert	Colombo St. South	An Assisted Immigrant by the "Mystery" 1st Paid 8.10 in England
8	Jane Balagun (Balanger)	Colombo St. South	An Assisted Immigrant by the "Mermaid" 1st
9	Sarah Middleton	Colombo St. South	An Assisted Immigrant by the "Capt. Cook"
9	Sarah Grainger	Colombo St. South	An Assisted Immigrant by the "Mary Ann"
10	Mercy Peach	Town Belt South	A Free Immigrant by the "Lincoln"
10	Annie Driscoll	Town Belt South	A free Immigrant by the "Blue Jacket" 2nd
11	Ellen Meade	Madras St South	A free immigrant by the "Blue Jacket" 3rd
11	Julia Fletcher	Madras St South	A free immigrant by the "Blue Jacket" 3rd
12	Mary Mitchell	Madras St South	An Assisted Immigrant by the "Creswell".  Came out with her husband and family
12	Marian Coles	Madras St South
13	Caroline Brown	Tuam Street East	An Assisted Immigrant by the "Mermaid"
14	Mary Ann Sellars	High St
14	Rose Hay	High St	A free immigrant by the "Blue Jacket" 3rd
15	Elizabeth King	Windmill Road
15	Alice King	Windmill Road
16	Anna Muller	Madras St South
16	Elizabeth Risily (actually Elizabeth Riedy in passenger list)	Madras St South	Her husband deserted her and came to Canterbury with another woman.  Mrs Risily was sent out in the "Ivanhoe"
17	Sarah Hayward	St Asaph St. West
18	Emily Burgess	Kilmore St East.	A widow.  Her five children are supported by the Government in the Orphan Asylum
19	Margt Connor?		A free immigrant by the "Blue Jacket" 3rd
20	Margaret Bowen	Kilmore St. East
21	Mrs Evans	Colombo St. South
22	Emma Cookham	St Asaph St.	A free immigrant by the "Blue Jacket" 3rd
22	Phoebe Skinner	St Asaph St.	A free immigrant by the "Blue Jacket" 3rd
23	Mary Johnwood	Lichfield St. East	A widow.  Her 3 children are supported by the Government in the Orphan Asylum.  She came out by the "Amoor"
	Lizzie Daniels	No fixed place of abode	A Free Immigrant by the "Lancashire Witch"
	Annie Swift	No fixed place of abode	A Free Immigrant by the "Lancashire Witch"
	Emma Craigie	No fixed place of abode	At present in the Lunatic Asylum, the Government support her child
	Mary Holmes	No fixed place of abode	An Assisted Immigrant by the "Ambrosine" came out with her husband.
	Mary Ann Greaves	No fixed place of abode	Her mother is in prison, the Government support her two sisters.

The Ship Clontarf 1858 - 1859 - 1860

Just informing everyone about a wonderful book written by Marolyn Diver in 2011, called "The Voyages of the Clontarf."  Her book is available on Trade Me or from Dornie Publishing.

The blurb on the back is as follows:

"The story of the clipper ship Clontarf:
In her short career the Clontarf made only two journeys to New Zealand between 1858-1860; introducing just under 800 emigrants to Canterbury. But before she slipped beneath the North Atlantic ocean she carried with her the unfortunate infamy of accumulating the worst human fatality from illness alone in a single voyage.

Using shipboard diaries, official documentation, shipping lists and the combined information from the descendants of Clontarf passengers themselves, this is an informative and in-depth record of the ship and her journeys."

I love this book and I would recommend buying it.  It gave me such an insight into what my ancestors went through and even has maps of the journey.  

It is only with Marolyn's help that I have been able to start writing my own immigrant ship books.  She is the founder of the "Ancestral Journeys of New Zealand Series" and I have meekly followed behind her.  She has given many hours of her time to help me and I can't thank her enough.

Clontarf, ship, 1120 tons, (built in 1850 in Quebec, Canada, made from oak, haekatack and elm)

The passengers on the 1858/1859 journey were as follows:

Chief Cabin
Acland  John Barton 
Bennett  Joseph Henry 
Blakely  Jane and George 
Burnell  Edward 
Cooper  Georgina, Charlotte Sarah and Arthur Robert 
Jollie  Francis 
Lock  James Carnegy 
Riddell  Walter

Second Cabin
Badely   Edw 
Brake  John  wife and 4 children
Kinnibrook David wife and 4 children
Raddon  Lewis wife and 2 children (from Somerset)

Steerage 
Murray  Sarah, Mary Ann and Elizabeth (Note: daughters of Mrs Raddon) (from Somerset)
Batt  Wm 
Granger  Thomas B. and George W. 
Grigg  Edward F
Hartnell George W.
Phillips  William Henry 
Voisin  John Phillip 

Government Immigrants: (head of family - full list of family is in the book)
Ashton  Sampson   
Atkinson John  
Beal  Henry  
Billens  Robert   
Blythe   William  
Bryan   Isaac   
Broome   Thomas   
Brown  Frederick  
Brown  John E.  
Buckley  Henry   
Cain   John   
Chapman  Wm  
Clark  Christopher   
Clark  Richard  
Cole  John    
Dudson  William  
Dulien   Richard  
Elliott  Henry   
Ellis   Joseph   
Evans  Edward   
Fabian   William  
Gapes  William  
Gibson  Benjamin   
Gordon   Henry   
Gracey   William
Greig   Alexander  
Harkess  Thomas  
Healy  John   
Hampton  James   
Horner   Wm   
Howard  George   
Jennings  Charles  
Johnston  Samuel   
Jones  Robert   
Joyce  Thomas  
Keetley  Henry   
Lambert  Isaac  
Lee  Samuel   
Lewis  Charles  
Lilly  Jonathan  
Lowe  Levi  
Martin  Henry  
Martin  Philip  
Milligan  Hugh   
Newsomes Jeremiah 
Nock  Richard  
Painter  Joseph  
Pawsey  John R.  
Piper  Wm   
Pratt  James   
Power   William  
Reeves   Thomas   
Robbins  George  
Rogers   Wm   
Saunders  Charles  
Slater   Henry   
Stephenson William  
Stewart  Edward   
Tompkins  John   
Toppin  Thomas   
Triggs  James  
Watt   Alexander  
Weastell Anthony  
Weeber   Joseph   
Wilson   Mary   
Woodhead Geo. 

Single men
Aldrich  Edward
Atkinson  John
Atkinson  Henry
Atkinson  Richard
Ballantyne  James
Bell   Jas
Billens  Frederick
Buillens  Henry
Cain   Hanse
Cain   David
Chapman  James
Chapman  William
Clark   Wm
Collett  William
Elmes   William
Evans   Richard
Griffiths  John
Horrell  George
Johnston  John
Jaggar   A. Hughes
Kibblewhite  Edward
Kibblewhite  Henry
Jones   Robert
Lee   Thomas
Lewin   John J.
Lewis   William
Lister   John
Lowe   Eli
Mather   George
Milligan  Hugh
Milligan  James
Milligan  Thomas
Mallinder  James
Munro   Robert
Nurse   Martin
Pawsey   John R
Piper   Edward
Piper   Henry
Reetz   Hubertus
Reeves   Thos
Rowell   James
Rowle   James
Skilling  John
Stringer  Richard
Swallow  Joshua
Watt   John
Weastell  Marmaduke
Weastell  George
Weeber   Joseph
Wilder   Edward 
Woodhead  John
Woodhead  George

Single Women
Atkinson Margaret 
Bell  Elizabeth 
Callett  Sarah
Cain  Mary 
Gapes  Esther 
Halstead  Louisa
Jaggar  Susannah 
Lowe   Mary Ann
Martin   Sarah
Martin   Emma
Martin   Mary Ann
Martin   Martha
Mulligan Sarah, Elizabeth and Elizabeth 
Nurse   Catherine
Parrott  Catherine
Piper  Jane, Ellen and Mary 
Slater  Mary Ann 
Watt  Agnes, Sophia, Margaret and Isabella 
Woodhead  Mary
Woodhead  Ellen

Passengers on the 1860 journey

Chief Cabin Passengers
Bethell	Mr
Duncan	Mr
Erskine	Mr
Fowler	Mr
Howes	Mr
Mellesh	Mr
Povey	Miss
Povey	Mr
Rose	Mr
Silk	Mr
Simpson	Mr
Soulsey	Mr
	Mrs
	Child
Sproull	Mr
Vachell	Mr
Woodley	Miss
Wright	Mr
	Mrs
Second Cabin Passengers
Ashton	Mr
Brown	Mr
Elderton	Mr
	Mrs
	Child
Hodge	Mr
Perkins	Mr
Plunket	Mr W
Thompson	Mr
Wilson	Miss
Paying Steerage Passengers
Bunting	William
	Mrs
Driver	William
	Andrew
Fraser	Robert
Foggarty	Julia
Haig	Sidney
	James
Harbison	John
Kirk	William
Rayner	Mrs T
	9 children
Standon	Mr G
	Mrs
Assisted Passengers
Families
Aldridge	Thomas
	Ann
Allen	John
	Emma
	Thomas
	Anne
	Samuel
Armitage	Richard
	Mary
	William Henry
	James
	Herbert
	Samuel
Ashman	George
	Jane
	Mary Ann
	Robert
	Ellen
Baldwin	Fielding
	Martha
	George sharp
Barker	James Smith
	Sarah
	John
	James
	Mary Ann
	Elizabeth
Begg	William
	Helen
	Ann
	Margaret
Berry	James
	Susan
	Jane
	Emma
	Susannah
	Caroline
	George
	Marianne
	Ellen
	Daughter
Bevoy	James
	Wife and 6 children
Blomfield	Henry
	Elizabeth
	Henry
	Ann
	William
	Ellen
Burrows	William
	Susan
	Ellen
Burrows	George
	Caroline
	Martha
	Mary
	Hannah
	Thomas
	Son
Bush	James
	Sarah
Butterfeild	John
	Sarah
Byron	Ralph
	Rhoda
Carey	George
	Crichton
Carr	Henry
	Jane
	Martha Ann
	Catherine
	Elizabeth
	George Henry
Carnock	Sophia
Coatman	Joseph
	Mary
	Joseph
	Betsey
	Eliza
Day	William
	Grace
Dearnaley	Edwin
	Sarah
Double	Robert
	Harriet
	Ann
Early	Samuel
	Elizabeth
	Eliza
	Stephen
	Elizabeth
	Samuel
	George
	Ellen sarah
	William
	Charles
	Frederic
	Mary Louise
Faires	Thomas Jackson
	Janet
	James
	Robert
	Thomas
	Marion
	Janet
	George
	Lucy Emma
Frame	James
	Janet
	James
	Robert
	Thomas
	Marion
	Janet
	George
Greengoe	William
	Elizabeth
	Mary Ann
Galletly	Alexander
	Alexander
	John
	James
	Andrew
	Barbara
	Margaret
Hargood	James
	Sarah
	William
	James
	Sarah
	Robert
	Charlotte
	Francis
Glover	Helena
Hawthorne	Joseph
	Alice
	Maria
	Emma
	Louisa Alice
	Maria
	Son
Jones	Thomas
	Hannah
	William
	Thomas
Jones	Abraham
	Rebekah
	Walter
	Marianne
	Susan
	Emma
	Arthur
	Charles
	Charlotte
Judson	William
	Sarah
	James
	Elizabeth
	Tybell ?
	Sarah Ann
	Martha
Kane	Patrick
	Bridget
	Rosamund
Knapp	George
	Mary
	Elizabeth
Lord	Jabez
	Mary
McCarthy	Michael
	Julia
	Maria
McGosker	John
	Mabella
McLaughlan	James
	Ann
	James
Milton	Walter
	Mary Ann
	Mary Ann
	Sarah
	William
	Emily
Patterson	Thomas
	Elizabeth
Preston	Henry
	Ann
	Thomas William
	James
	Sarah Jane
Ritchie	Andrew
	Susan
	David
	George
	Alexander
	Andrew
	James
Rouse	James
	Maria
	James
	Maria
	Charles
	Walter
	Arthur
	Thomas
	Mary
	Benjamin
Ryan	Patrick
	Anna
Sadler	Thomas
	Sarah
	Harry
	Betsey
	Thomas
Seager	Henry Fowle
	Charlotte
	Henry Fowle
	Charlotte Elizabeth
	Amy Eliza
	Annie
Seaward	Emmanual
	Ann
Sheeham	Martin
	Bridget
	John
	Kate
	Mary
Smart	Thomas
	Sarah
Smart	Archibald
	Anne
	John
	Anne
	Martha
	Ralpth
Turner	Joseph
	Ann
	John
	Sarah ann
Waller	William
	Jean
	Robert Charles
	Edward C.
	Benjamin David
Walters	Rees William
	Sarah
	Rees Jones
	John George
Wilkinson	Robinson
	Harriet
	Elizabeth
	Hannah
Williams	Richard
	Barbara
	Edgar George
	Barbara
	Edward Richard
Wright	Robert
	Harriet
	Edward
	Pamela
	Arthur
	Anna
	Amelia
	Son
Single Men
Armitage	William Henry
	James
Ashman	Robert
Beardsmore	William
Blomfield	Mark
Briggs	Thomas
Canneen	Patrick
Cook	Archibald
Coatman	Joseph
Dallas	George
Early	Stephen
Early	Samuel
	George
Frame	James
Frame	Robert
Galletly	Alexander
Galletly	Alexander
	John
	James
	Andrew
Gibbs	James
Glover	Hawley
Hargood	William
	James
Hargood	Alfred John
Jones	Walter
Judson	James
McConnachie	James
McGuire	Norman
Pey	Patrick
Pope	John
Proctor	John
Ritchie	David
Robertson	John
Rouse	James
	Charles
	Walter
Smart	John
	David
	John Jnr
Swannick	Samuel
Turner	John
Waites	Henry
Watson	John
Wright	Edward
Single Women
Ashman	Mary Ann
Barton	Eliza
Beardsmore	Jane
Berry	Jane
Canneen	Anne
Carr	Elizabeth
Curd	Curtis Sarah
Denley	Jane
Early	Eliza Jane
	Elizabeth
Galletly	Barbara
	Margaret
Glover	Helena
Grimes	Sarah Ann
Hawthorne	Mira
Jones	Marianne
McLeod	Jane
	Donald
Melville	Mary Ann
Poore	Elizabeth
Plant	Mary
Pope	Jemima
Proctor	Jane Ann
Reynolds	Eliza
Rouse	Maria
Smart	Mary Ann
Turner	Sarah Ann
Westwood	Emma
Wilson	Elizabeth