Emigration to Canterbury : Shipping Lists 1856-1874
Dover Castle
Sailed 19th January 1872
Arrived 7th May 1872 at Lyttelton
View Dover Castle passenger list as PDF [3.3 MB]
All blank ledger pages have not been filmed - page numbers may jump accordingly.
Related information
Articles from contemporary newspapers
Title: Arrival of the ship Dover Castle, from London
Source: The Star, Wednesday, 1872 May 8, p. 2
Summary: Report of voyage of Dover Castle. Cabin passengers listed.
Available from Papers Past
Title: Shipping
Source: The Lyttelton Times, 8 May 1872, p. 4
Summary: Cabin passengers listed. Arrival of Dover Castle described.
Title: Shipping
Source: The Lyttelton Times, 9 May 1872, p. 4
Summary: Cabin passengers listed. Account of voyage of Dover Castle.
Websites
Photograph of ship from New Zealand Yesteryears
Passenger list from RootsWeb
More information about finding passenger lists can be found in the Family History guide.
Microfilm copies of newspapers including The Press, The Lyttelton Times and The Star are available in the Family History area, Tuakiri | Identity, Level 2, Tūranga.
Note about image quality
The embarkation lists were microfilmed, and digital images created from the film.
The originals were faint so black pages were inserted to help contrast of text, and the filming was manipulated to help increase contrast as much as possible.
Blank ledger pages were not filmed.
The limitations of the originals mean some pages may appear faint, and some pages may have text from the reverse showing through.
The text within the PDF documents is not searchable.
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