LIST OF
NEW ZEALAND'S
IRISH MIGRANTS

NAME

DATE/PLACE OF BIRTH

DATE/PLACE OF DEATH

ARRIVED

CONTACT

BALDWIN, William

c. 1809, Waterford

1883, Napier

1852, Inchinnan

David Stevens

BALLAGH, Elizabeth

c.1849, Greyabbey, Co. Down

1937, Dunsandel, Canterbury

1871, Charlotte Gladstone

Rose Gibbs

BALLAGH, Henry

1837, Greyabbey, Co. Down

1911, Hororata, Canterbury

1862, Mystery

Rose Gibbs

BALLAGH, Hugh

c.1848, Greyabbey, Co. Down

1921, Dunsandel, Canterbury

1868, Matauka and 1871, Charlotte Gladstone

Rose Gibbs

BALLAGH, Jane

c. 1830, Greyabbey, Co. Down

1914, Leeston, Canterbury

1869, Matauka

Rose Gibbs

BALLAGH, Samuel

1831, Greyabbey, Co. Down

1905, Leeston, Canterbury

1862, Mystery

Rose Gibbs

BANNAN, Elisabeth

? Co. Cavan

?

?

Lyn Matthiesen

BANNAN, Mary Jane

1853

1932

1871

See MacKAY

BANNAN, William

1866 Co. Cavan

?

?

Lyn Matthiesen

BARNARD, Elizabeth Anne (nee Holland)

1852, Londonderry

?

1906, Christchurch

Stephen Nichols

 BARNES, John

 1880

1953, Invercargill

 ?

Betty Barnes

BARNES, Sarah (nee Southell/all)

c.1818 Dublin

1880 Brightwater

c.1840

Yvonne Whiting

BARNES, William Warner

c.1809 Co. Monaghan

1909 Nelson

c.1845

Yvonne Whiting

BARRINGTON, Bridget

c.1856 Co. Clare

1936, Mangaiti

1874, Militades

Anne McLellan

BARRY, Robert Snowden

1838, Belfast

1907, Palmerston North

1879, Jessie Readman

David Barry

BATEMAN, Margaret Charlotte

1844, Limerick

1926, Wanganui

c.1860, Pladda

See PENNEFATHER

BAXTER, Samuel

1802, Carnmoney, Co. Antrim

1873, Naseby, Otago

1863, Rialto

Greg Aspinall

BEACHEN, Johanna (nee Fleming)

1878, Galbally, Co. Tipperary

After 1895, Hawkes Bay

1895

Russell Thorne

BEAN, Margaret (nee Holland)

c. 1846, Londonderry

?

1867, Lincoln

Stephen Nichols

BEATTIE, Mary Eliza

1895, Drumhaggart, Co. Donegal

1990, Levin

c. 1914

Maggie Verry

BEATTIE, Mary Jane

1838, Co. Tyrone

1877, Auckland

1865, The Empress

See HAMILTON

BECK, Charles

1850 Richhill, Co. Armagh

1901 Naseby, Central Otago

?

Dave Griffiths

BECK, James

1845 Richhill, Co. Armagh

1902 Naseby, Central Otago

1876 Jessie Osbourne

Dave Griffiths

BECK, Eliza (nee Nisabitt)

1847 Richhill, Co. Armagh

1885 Naseby, Central Otago

1876 Jessie Osbourne

Dave Griffiths

BEGLEY, Johanna

c. 1833, Co. Kerry

1907, Okato, Taranaki

1876

See KAVANAGH

BEGLEY, Michael

1833, Castleisland, Co. Kerry

1871, New Plymouth

Before 1866

Russell Thorne

BEHANE, Ellen

1844, Co. Kerry

1909, Auckland

1865

See FURLONG

BEKER, Catherine

c.1858, Co. Limerick

1942, Christchurch

Unknown

See GULLIVER

BELL, Robert John

1880, Coolhill, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone

1959, Invercargill

? 1903, Oceanic

Dawn Pocock

BELL, William Henry

c.1868, ?Ireland

1934, Christchurch

?

Sharon Toogood

BENNETT, James

Dublin

1905, Tahiti

?

Mélinda Bodin

BERRY, Catherine

1851, Kilkeel, Co. Down

1926, Oamaru, Otago

1874, Dunfillian

Kathleen Stringer

BIGGS, Margaret

1823, Cavan

?

1847, Minerva

See LOVETT

BINDON, John Connell Vereker

1813

1875 Surrey, England

1850

Geoff Holloway

BLACK, Eliza

1841 Moycraig, Co. Antrim

1895 Doyleston

1862 Mermaid

See ROTHERY

BLACK, Ellen

c. 1857, Co. Armagh

? Milton, Otago

c. 1875-77

See McDONALD

BLACK, Jeremiah

c. 1849, Balylepatrick, Co. Antrim

1947, Oamaru

1874, Nelson

Annette Green

BLACK, John

1857, Markethill, Co. Armagh

1929, Stratford

1875, Dunedin

Jennie Rossiter

BLACK, Lily Ann (nee Black)

c.1860 Lisnagunage, Co. Antrim

1933 Dunedin

c.1883

Richard Herbert

BLACK, Robert

1820, Tyrone

1887, Christchurch

1865

Sarah Hewitt

BLACK, Robert

1843, Ballymena, Co. Antrim

1898, Napier

?

Yvette Adams

BLAIR, William James

Co. Antrim

1926

pre 1926

Ruth Westerhuis

BOGUE, Catherine (nee McGarry)

c.1857 Co Cork

c.1925

?

L Brunskill

BOGUE, John William

1851, Aughnasellagh, Caledon, Co. Tyrone

1920, Auckland

1877, ship unknown

Ian Bogue

BOGUE, Patrick

c.1854 Co Cork

c.1917

?

L Brunskill

BOLAND, Bridget Rose

1859, Limerick

1922, Napier

?

Robyn O'Kane

BOLAND, Margaret

1832, Bruff, Co. Limerick

1909, Christchurch

1877

See HAYES

BOLD, Mary Ann

1814, Belfast

?

1843, Phoebe

See HARVEY

BOLE, Eliza

1814, Co. Longford

1892, Auckland

1861, Mersey

See MORROW

BOLGER, George Edward

1835, Co. Kilkenny

1894, Christchurch

?

Glenys Cooney

BOLTON, John

c.1813 Dromcliffe, Clare

1868, Auckland

1852 Inchinnan

M Cornford

BOMFORD, Elizabeth Mary

c.1860

1917

c.1878

See ALLAN

BOND, Edward

? near Belfast

?

1875

Martha Simons

BOOTH, Joseph

1835

?

1851

Rombough

BORKIN, Julia

Glenorish, Co. Tipperary

?

1869

Patrick Costelloe

BORLAND, Samuel

1858 Tamney, Co. Donegal

1939 Millers Flat, Otago

?

Bill Borland

BOURKE, Catherine

1862 Monaleen, Co. Limerick

1880s Timaru

1945 Greymouth

See McCARTHY

BOURKE, Ellen

1837, Limerick

1906, Otago

1871, Agnes Muir

See PRENDERGAST

BOURKE, James

1843, Shronell, Co. Tipperary

1928, Manaia, Taranaki

1872-1876

Russell Thorne

BOURKE, Johanna

c.1831, Shronell, Co. Tipperary

1906, Kaupokonui, Taranaki

1874

See JOHNSON

BOURKE, Johanna Bridget (nee Bourke)

1861, Galbally, Co. Tipperary

1940, Patea, Taranaki

1883

Russell Thorne

BOURKE, Mary (nee Crotty)

c. 1850, Clonpet, Co. Tipperary

1915, Manaia, Taranaki

1872-1876

Russell Thorne

BOURKE, Mary

c. 1836, Bansha, Co. Tipperary

?

c.1858/9

See McCARTHY

BOURKE, Patrick

1822, Shronell, Co. Tipperary

1907, Patea, Taranaki

1873

Russell Thorne

BOYD, John

Co. Antrim

? Dunedin

1896, Warrior Queen

Joan Boyd

BOYLE, Benjamin

1853, Co. Cavan

1945, Gisborne

c.1874-9

Jenny Boyle

BOYLE, Bridget (nee Rabbit)

Co. Antrim

1929 Huntly

1875 Christian Macausland

Chris Foote

BOYLE, Catherine

Strabane, Co. Tyrone

c.1876

1866 Mermaid

Susan Timmins

BOYLE, Hugh

Co. Clare

1929 Huntly

?

Chris Foote

BOYLE, Sabina (Sarah)

1830s, Annaghdown, Co. Galway

1911, Milton, Otago

1861, Melbourne

David L Cavanagh

BOYLE, Sarah

c.1858, Co. Down

1915, Lumsden

c. 1871

See SHIPMAN

BOYLE, Sarah Ann (nee Lavery)

c.1845, Ireland

? Thames

?

Audrey Boyle

BOYLE, Thomas

c.1840/45, Ireland

? Thames

?

Audrey Boyle

BOYLE, Thomas

1905, Moneenroe, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny

1958, Oamaru

?

C W Boyle

BRACKEN, William

1930, Co. Offaly

1995

1950

Jaidan Bracken

BRADLEY, Annie

c. 1860/61, Co. Derry

1955, Ashburton

By 1881

See VIGERS

BRADLEY, Bridget (nee O'Kane)

c. 1860, Kilrea, Co. Derry

1945

?

Catherine Anderson

BRADLEY, James

? Co. Derry

Unknown

By 1881

Suzanne Doig

BRADLEY, Matthew

1832, Co. Tyrone

1920, Rotorua

c. 1863

Carmen Cameron

BRADLEY, Neil Thomas

c. 1833, Moneydig, Co. Derry

1909

?

Catherine Anderson

BRADSHAW, Sarah (nee Holland)

1861, Belfast

?

?

Stephen Nichols

BRADY, William

c. 1839

1931, Wellington

1876, Wakatipu

Nick Brady

BRENNAN, Margaret

1840?, Boyle

1890, Waimate

1862, Sarah M

Sue Goodin

BRENNAN, Michael

c. 1804, Co. Tipperary

1861, Auckland

1848, Clifton

Alison Brooks

BRENNAN, Michael

Co. Westmeath

?Auckland

1849, Berhampore

Martin O’Sullivan

BRIMBLE, Margaret (nee Sterling)

1862, Co. Down

1941, Christchurch

?

Brian Dasler

BRISLANE, William

Tipperary

Greymouth

?

Janet Smith

BRISLIN, Owen

c.1833 Dublin

1911 Auckland

1860 City of Hobart

Denise Abbott

BROGAN, Sophia

c.1825 Letterkenny

1940, Lyttelton

Before 1880

See SPOOR

BROPHY, Kyran

c.1838, Bawnaughra, Co. Laois

1906, Geraldine

?

Margaret Moore

BROUGHAN, William

1834

1917, Kaikoura

1854, Constantine

Robyn Cook

BROWN, Bridget (nee Heaton)

c.1817, Birr, Co. Offaly

1887, Temuka

?

Margaret Moore

BROWN, James

c1802

1876, Auckland

1847

Monica Stanway

BROWN, Jane

1836, Bleary, Co. Down

1896, Ashley, North Canterbury

1859, Victory

See WILSON

BROWN, John

c.1833 Birr, Offaly

1881 Cambridge

1854 Egmont

M Cornford

BROWN, Martha

1828, Bloody Foreland, Co. Donegal

1899, Motueka

c.1870

See CASSIDY

BROWN, Sophia

c. 1844 Kings County (Offaly)

1916 Auckland

1847

Monica Stanway

BROWN, Thomas

c.1836, Ballykane, Co. Offaly

1876

1849, Louis & Miriam

M Cornford

BROWNE, Alice

1869, Antrim

NZ

?

Christine Mitchell

BROWNE, Margaret

1868, Antrim

NZ

?

Christine Mitchell

BROWNE, Mary

1835, Knocknagoshel, Co. Kerry

1924, Ashburton

1879, Lady Jocelyn

See COLLINS

BRYANT, Bridget (nee South)

c.1837, Co. Cavan

1875, Thames

1853, Calliope

Garry Hooker

BUCKLEY, Alice (nee Daly)

Fermoy, Co. Cork

New Zealand

1887

Irene Morris

BUNTING, Thomas

1860, Crewcat, Co. Armagh

1944, Rotorua

1879, Lady Jocelyn

Dianne Kaye

BURKE, Ann (nee Slavin, formerly Quinton)

Charlemont, Co. Armagh

?

1848, Ann

See QUINTON

BURKE, Catherine

c.1831 Portumna, Co. Galway

1885 Waiuku

1864 Steinwarder

See HICKEY

BURKE, Eliza

c.1827 Dublin

1903 Barrys Bay

1850

See LE COMTE

BURKE, Eliza Rutherford

c.1851, Newbliss, Co. Monaghan

1918, Auckland

1874, Oxford

See McLEIGH

BURKE, Elizabeth

1843, Tipperary Town, Co. Tipperary

1909, Athol, Southland

1863

See HARRIS

BURKE, Thomas

1841, Ballindooly, Galway

1906, Milton, Otago

?

Wendy Morris

BURLING, Mary (nee Gaffney)

Armagh

Masterton

?

Trevor Burling

BURNS, Bridgit

1833, Ireland

1902, Wellington

c. 1860

Patricia Homan

BURRELL, Alice

c.1842

before 1878

?

See WILSON

BUTLER, John

c.1844, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim

1910, Bald Hill Flat, Otago

c.1863/4

Shona Young

BUTLER, Mary (nee McHenry)

c.1842, Co. Antrim

1895, Bald Hill Flat, Otago

c.1863/4

Shona Young

BUTLER, Michael

1840 Co. Limerick

1923 Anderson's Bay, Dunedin

before 1872

Jenny Hardiman

BYRNE, Edward

1865, Ballylusky, Tipperary

1933, Wellington

1885 (with sisters Margaret, Mary, Alice)

Phil White

BYRNE, Henry

1841, Jenkinstown, Co. Wicklow

Golden Bay, Nelson

1860

Clare

BYRNE, John

c. 1840, Ballyphillip, Tipperary

c. 1910, New Zealand

c. 1870

Phil White

 BYRNES, Margaret (Peggy) Ellen

1856, Dublin

1920, Petone

1898

See MYERS