Emigration to Canterbury : Shipping Lists 1856-1874
Rhea Sylvia
Sailed 13 January 1861
Arrived 2 May 1861 at Lyttelton
View Rhea Sylvia passenger list as PDF [5.4 MB]
All blank ledger pages have not been filmed - page numbers may jump accordingly.
Newspaper reports date the sailing of the Rhea Sylvia from 15 January 1861 to 6 May 1861.
Related information
Articles from contemporary newspapers
Title: Shipping News
Source: Lyttelton Times, 8 May 1861, p. 4
Summary: Cabin, second cabin and third cabin passengers listed. Description of the ship. Account of the voyage of the Rhea Sylvia. Provincial government immigrants listed. Analysis of their trades and a testimonial for Captain Charles Evans from the passengers.
Websites
Passenger list 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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