THE SHIP “EMPRESS OF THE SEAS”
by Fitzroy 1920
The passengers by the Royal Dane had not all left the depot, when the arrival of the Empress of the Seas was announced. The Empress of the Seas was a ship of 1243 tons, Captain D. Davis. The writer does not know the name of the Surgeon Superintendent. The ship left Gravesend on June 18, 1865, and dropped anchor in Keppel bay on September 24, after a good voyage of ninety six days. She brought 491 immigrants, and there were thirty two deaths on the voyage as high mortality considering the smart voyage and that no epidemic appears to have occurred.
This was another ship in which there was a scarcity of nutritious food and medical comforts and many complaints were made without finding any redress.
One of the passengers, Mrs. Lupton had great cause of complaint for she lost her husband and little son during the voyage, and her infant daughter soon after arrival. Mrs. Lupton came from Bishopsteynton, in South Devon. She was a good looking woman with a wonderful head of black curls, and a year or two after her arrival became the wife of Herman Kingel, who had been attracted to Australia some years before by the goldfields and arrived in Rockhampton from Brisbane towards the end of 1863, starting a jewellers’ shop in East street. Mrs. Kingel not only proved an exemplary wife, but a good business woman. She lived to an advanced age. She was the mother of T. W. Kingel, Mayor of Rockhampton, and other sons, as well as two daughters, one of who is Mrs. Ben Long.
Another memorable arrival was George Rutherford and five sons George, James, Andrew, Thomas, and John, all of whom are now dead, unless George is alive. They are well known in Central Queensland in connection with their horse bazaar, an institution that was practically killed by the advent of the motor car. The widows of James and Andrew still survive, the former living, in Brisbane. John Rutherford had a saddlery business, but has been dead many years. Possibly his widow survives.
William M. and Mrs. Bartlem and family, from Nottingham. William soon started a small grocery business, to which he subsequently added baking, which he continued in Fitzroy street till death. The widow lived to be considerably over eighty, and is still living. She was always of an amiable disposition and met the misfortunes of life with Christian fortitude.
Adam Henderson, an admirable colonist, who settled on the land, Bannock burn Mornish. He acquired other properties and by constant and intelligent attention to his possessions became a wealthy man. He died a few years ago.
Joseph and Mrs. Hunt, from Nottingham. The husband will be remembered by amateur fishermen as a maker of splendid fishing rods. Died at the age of ninety two and his widow likewise lived a very old age.
Miss Kate Ferguson, married Frederick Cook, of Sanders Station. Died at an advanced age, leaving several well to do children, including Mrs. T. J. Ryan.
A. E. Waike, an eccentric nephew of the bishop of London. Died many years ago.
Peter M’Donald, owned lime kilns at Glenmore. He was married to a shipmate and had a family.
John Wilson, a tall typical Scotsman, who was employed for a long period by Wilson, Hart and Co. He was one of the foundation members of the Loyal Victoria Lodge, I.O.O.F.M.U.
F. M. Black, so well known in municipal affairs in Mount Morgan and Rockhampton, but now dead.
Mrs. Davis, widow of Rudolph Davis, well known for his philanthropy.
Passenger List:
A John ADAMS 20
Betsy AINSLIE 23
Alfred ALLEN 27
Joseph ALLEN 29
Mary ALLEN 7
Mary ALLEN 28
Rose ALLEN 1
Telina ALLEN 4
Alfred AMBROSE 4
George AMBROSE 29
Maria AMBROSE 28
Mathew AMBROSE 6
William ANDREW 20
John ARMITAGE
Elizabeth ASHFORD 29
George ASHFORD 25
John ASHFORD 1
Edwin ATTENBOROUGH 6
Eliza ATTENBOROUGH 29
Eliza ATTENBOROUGH 9
John ATTENBOROUGH 33
Walter ATTENBOROUGH 3
Henry BAMFIELD 25
Honor BAMFIELD 1
John BAMFIELD 39
Mary BAMFIELD 18
William BANKS 38
Eldon BARKER 21
Briget BARRET 27
Alice BARTLEM 1
Joseph BARTLEM 6
Mary BARTLEM 3
Sarah BARTLEM 27
William BARTLEM 26
Agnes BATES 30
Mathew BATES 35
Albert BEARD 4
Elizabeth BEARD 26
James BEARD 47
James BEARD 25
Lacon BEARD 2
Mary BEARD 42
Bridget BEHAN 18
Thomas BOOTHBY 25
Charles BOYER Inf
Louis J BOYER 23
Mary BOYER 25
Alfred BOYLE 7
Annie BOYLE 27
Eliza BOYLE 3
Robert BOYLE 27
Francis BRADY 29
Elizabeth BRICKLEY 21
William BRICKLEY 27
Henry BRIDGWATER 35
Alexander BRODIE 22
Catherine BRODIE 17
Eliza BRODIE 19
Mary BRODIE 25
Mathew BRODIE 20
Henry BROOKS 24
George CALDER 30
Ann CONNOR 20
William COOK 26
Maria COONEY 22
John R COOPER 18
Charles CORNE 29
Dinah CORNE 28
Cornelius DALEY 21
Daniel DALEY 26
Harriet DALTON 22
Henry DALTON 2
John DALTON 33
John DALTON 4
Ann DAVIDSON 47
John DAVIDSON 49
David (Captain) DAVIES
John DAVIS 23
Mary A DAVIS 22
Thomas DAVIS Inf
Thomas DAY 23
Annie DICK 10
Annie DICK 35
Jessie DICK Inf
William DICK 38
Janet EASTON 22
Emma EASTWOOD 28
Herbert EASTWOOD
Herbert EASTWOOD 29
Catherine FAIR 23
Robert FARRELL 22
Catherine FERGUSON 20
Ellen FERGUSON 18
Neil FERGUSON 32
Honoria FITZGERALD 29
James FITZGERALD 5
James FITZGERALD 30
John FITZGERALD 4
James FLINN 21
George FOURACRES 21
Eliza FOXFORD 25
Edmund FREESTON 18
Janet FRIER 26
- (Mr) (MD) GAGE
Joseph GARDENER 20
Peter GELLIES 25
Bessie GLEN 3
John GLEN 35
Margaret GLEN 25
Robert GLEN 1
Ann GOOD 28
James GOOD 1
Joseph GOOD 9
Mary GOOD 3
William GOOD 7
R HALDANE 21
Eliza HALL 29
Emma HALL 2
James HALL 25
Joseph HALL 8
Mary J HALL 4
Richard HAMBROW 30
Gerard HAMILTON 19
Edwin HANING 37
Elizabeth HANING Inf
Louisa HANING 36
Lucy HARRIS 23
Thomas HARRIS 21
William HARRISS 23
Caroline HART 36
Ellen HART 23
James HART 33
Mathew HART 24
Adam HENDERSON 26
Agnes HENDERSON 23
Eliza HENDERSON 1
Helen HENDERSON 20
Mary HENDERSON 2
Lizzie HENESSEY 25
Edwin HENNMAN 33
Robert HERRING 20
William R HILLIER 27
John HOGAN 25
Margaret HOGG 31
John HOLGOOD 28
Arthur INNWOOD 12
Robert INWOOD 16
Eliza IRONSIDE 23
George IRONSIDE 22
Agnes JACKSON 2
Helen JACKSON 27
James JACKSON 31
Jane JACKSON Inf
William J JACKSON 4
Daniel JAQUES 28
Joseph JAQUES 32
Mary KAGGAN 20
William KEEFE 28
William KELLAWAY 18
John KELSON 26
George LANGRIDGE 21
William D LEGG 21
Dora LEHANE 48
John LEHANE 8
Lizzie LEHANE 14
Margaret LEHANE 11
Thomas LEHANE 21
Catherine LENEHAN 20
John LENEHAN 30
Peter MACDONALD 25
John E MALTBY 24
Fanny MANNERS 32
Ann MARSH 6
Jane MARSH 33
Mary MARSH 10
William MARSH 35
William MARSH 1
Elizabeth MARSHALL Inf
Henry MARSHALL 5
Susan MARSHALL 26
William MARSHALL 3
William MARSHALL 36
Jessie MARTIN 18
Ann MAY 6
Mary MAY 35
Mathew MAY 40
Mathew MAY 3
Walter MAY Inf
William MAYBERRY 24
Archibald McARTHUR? 22
Ebenezer McNASH? 15
Peter McQUADE? 18
Torence McQUADE? 20
John McTARISH? 22
Robert MEESHAM 40
Elizabeth MEIKLEJOHN 21
Mary MILES ? 21
John MILLAR 24
William MILLAR 21
Mary MILLS 21
Samuel MIRES 24
Emma ODGERS 22
John ODGERS 25
Benjamin OGEN 26
Alex OGILVIE 24
Catherine OLEARY 20
Henry PARISH 23
Arthur PARKER 2
Hugh PARKER 39
Jeannie PARKER 10
Mary PARKER 29
Thomas PARKER 11
John PECK 2
John PECK 32
Mary PECK 30
William PELCHER 19
James QUIN 19
Janet RAE 28
Walter RAE 25
Patrick REDMOND 24
Richard W REED 21
Thomas REEVES 23
Leonard REYNOLDS 22
Maria REYNOLDS 25
Mary Ann REYNOLDS Inf
Thomas REYNOLDS 28
William REYNOLDS 1
George M RICE 23
Andrew RINGLAND
Thomas RITCHIE 19
Alexr SCOTT 2
Andrew SCOTT 28
Jane SCOTT 28
Jane SCOTT 4
William SCREECH 23
Cornelius SMITH 28
Edward SMITH 21
Eliza SMITH 20
George SMITH 20
Harriet SMITH 34
Hugh H SMITH 33
I Thomas SMITH 21
James SMITH 27
Lea SMITH 5
William SMITH 36
George SONTAR
Edmond SPARKS 26
Edwin SPARKS 5
Florence SPARKS 1
Lucy SPARKS 26
Elizabeth SPEFFORD 21
Allan SPEIR 27
Eliza STANLEY 19
Jane STANLEY 21
Charles STAPP 18
Elizabeth STAPP 14
Henry STAPP 43
Jane STAPP 38
Mary STAPP 11
Thomas STAPP 9
Adam STARK 37
Cyrus TIMBRELL 23
William TIMBRELL 33
Fanny TINCHAM 14
Samuel TINCHAM 38
Samuel TINCHAM 12
William TOUGH 28
George TUTTON 4
James TUTTON 11
Louisa TUTTON 6
Mary TUTTON 36
Sarah TUTTON 9
William TUTTON 32
James VEITCH 20
William VIRTUE 25
Eliza WADE 22
George WADE 1
John WADE 3
John WADE 25
Charles WAIN 24
- (Mr) WAKE
J W WALKER
Elizabeth WALLS 38
George WATSON 40
J WATSON 30
E J WEBSTER 30
Harriet WEDLAKE 21
John WEDLAKE 33
Alice WELBOURNE 22
Edwin WELLER 15
Edwin WELLER 36
Ellen WELLER 35
Ellen WELLER 5
Esther WELLER 22
Frank WELLER 8
Julia WELLER 13
Juliana WELLER 31
Louisa WELLER 6
Louise WELLER 7
Samuel WELLER 11
Thomas WELLER 5
Thomas WELLER 3
James WHIBROW 24
Sarah WHITEHOUSE 35
Thomas WHITEHOUSE 39
Thomas WHITEHOUSE 7
Thomas WHITEHOUSE 39
George WIGGINS 21
Alice WILLIAMSON 5
Ann WILLIAMSON 28
Benjamin WILLIAMSON 46
Catherine WILLIAMSON 3
Isabella WILLIAMSON 7
William WILLIAMSON Inf
Daniel WILLIS 22
George WILSON 42
John WILSON 23
Julia WILSON 34
William WINTERBOTTOM 17
Thomas WOLLETT 38
Martin WOOD 22