Emigration to Canterbury : Shipping Lists 1856-1874

Ramsay

Sailed 27 March 1870
Arrived 17 June 1870 at Lyttelton

View Ramsay passenger list as PDF [2.8 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, 17 June 1870, p.2
Summary: List of saloon passengers on the Ramsay.
Available from Papers Past

Title: Arrival of the ship Ramsay
Source: The Star, Friday, 17 June 1870, p.2
Summary: Brief report of the arrival of the Ramsay.
Available from Papers Past

Title: Arrival of the ship Ramsay
Source: The Star, Saturday, 18 June, 1870, p. 2
Summary: Report by Captain Hunt, and testimonial presented by passengers.
Available from Papers Past

Title: Shipping
Source: The Lyttelton Times, 18 June 1870, p. 4
Summary: Saloon passengers listed. Arrival and account of the voyage plus Captain Hunt’s report, a testimonial from the passengers for him followed by a list of assisted government immigrants.

Websites

Passenger list from New Zealand Yesteryears
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.