Emigration to Canterbury : Shipping Lists 1856-1874

Light Brigade

Sailed 19th May 1868
Arrived 26th August 1868 at Lyttelton

View Light Brigade passenger list as PDF [4.2 MB]

All blank ledger pages have not been filmed - page numbers may jump accordingly.

Related information

Articles from contemporary newspapers

Title: Shipping
Source: The Star, Thursday, August 27, 1868, p. 2
Available from Papers Past
Summary: List of cabin and steerage passengers aboard the Light Brigade.

Title: Arrival of the ship Light Brigade
Source: The Star, Thursday, August 27, 1868, p. 2
Available from Papers Past
Summary: Report of voyage, including births and deaths.

Title: Shipping
Source: The Lyttelton Times, 27 August 1868, p. 4
Summary: Chief cabin, second cabin and steerage passengers listed. Account of arrival and voyage of the Light Brigade plus captain’s report. Government immigrants listed plus summary of their trades.

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.