Emigration to Canterbury : Shipping Lists 1856-1874

Merope

Sailed 9th June 1871
Arrived 25th August 1871 at Lyttelton

View Merope passenger list as PDF [5.2 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, Friday, 25 August 1871, p. 2
Summary: List of cabin passengers on the Merope.
Available from Papers Past

Title: The Ship Merope
Source: The Star, Saturday, 26 August 1871, p. 2
Summary: Captain's report of voyage. List and details of government immigrants and a summary of trades.
Available from Papers Past

Title: Shipping
Source: The Lyttelton Times, 22 August 1871, p. 4
Summary: Assisted immigrants listed, followed by an analysis of their trades. Published in newspaper prior to arrival of ship.

Title: Shipping
Source: The Lyttelton Times, 26 August 1871, p. 4
Summary: Cabin passengers listed. Account of arrival of the Merope and the captain’s report of the voyage.

Websites

Passenger list from New Zealand Yesteryears
Photograph of ship from the State Library of Victoria

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.