F Cowling. Passenger. S S Rimutaka. 1887

[brentor boy]

According to a press report, F Cowling was a passenger on S S Rotarua when she sailed from Onehunga, Auckland, on 8 Feb 1887, to connect with S S Rimutaka, scheduled to sail from Wellington on 10 February, bound for London.

Is there a passenger list for either vessel that gives additional information that might help to identify the passenger - full name; age; occupation; residence: or destination?

I am interested in Frederick Cowling, miner, of Thames. In 1886 he was living in Owen Street, Thames. The next reference I can find for him is his marriage in 1892. Did he make a visit to England in the interim?

 

[brentor boy]

In a newspaper report, dated 11February 1887, Frederick Cowling is named as a passenger on the departed S S Rimutaka.
Is it possible that he was a miner from Thames, aged 34, bound for Plymouth?

 

[DaveHam9]

All UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists 1887 results for Cowling = only Collingwood.

I've not seen any passenger lists for vessels travelling between NZ ports.

 

[brentor boy]

Thanks, Dave.

I have been unable to find any record of a F Cowling arriving or returning to N Z before 1892 when my man married, from which I conclude he never left.

 

[DaveHam9]

NZ shipping records are such that you almost need to know the name of the vessel and the date of arrival and arrival port. A starting point as you have found is a mention in a newspaper.

I'm a bit surprised there seems to be no matching Cowling on the UK arrivals.

It would take many hours but an arrival in say Auckand for a F Cowling between 1887 and 1892 might be found if existing passenger lists for that period were searched.

I checked some and not all the links are working so no way of knowing for sure.

 

[juliejtp]

There’s this F Cowling.

Event date1924
Event place New Zealand
Age 49
M
British
Occupation mining engineer
Where from. Whither bound. Sydney
Port of Wellington
Ship name UliMaroa

 

[brentor boy]

Thanks, Julie, but not my man. He died in 1912. Nor have I come across anything that suggests that this chap might be connected in a later generation. Sorry.