Arrived in Lyttelton aboard the ship 'Cardigan Castle' in 1877 with her mother Mrs Elizabeth Stephens (née Morgan) and siblings. Passenger lists has her as a nurse, aged 16 years.
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Stephens, Sarah Elizabeth, 1851-1920 : Diary
Date: 26 Sep 1876-23 Jan 1877
By: Stephens, Sarah Elizabeth, 1851-1920
Reference: MS-Papers-10633
Description: Written in the form of a letter to relatives at home, the diary gives details of shipboard life including the dislike of the matron assigned to the single women, cooking difficulties, storms, deaths, Christmas drunkenness and mutiny. Sarah Stephens travelled with her family on the Cardigan Castle from Gravesend, London to Lyttelton. The ship was effected by fever and quarantined for nearly 3 weeks on arrival in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (19 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the Mersyside Maritme Museum, Liverpool, England