Duchess of Argyle
Ship: 667 tons
Captain: D Livingston
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr Thompson
Sailed Greenock, Scotland 9th June 1842 - arrived Auckland 9th Oct 1842
Voyage
of the Duchess of Argyle
Surgeons Report of the voyage
Name | Age | Comments | |
Adamson | John | 25 | |
Isabella | 27 | ||
Thomas | 7 | ||
Robert | 6 months | Died on Board (August 25th 1842) | |
Alexander | Agnes | 22 | |
Allison | James | 30 | |
Margaret | 30 | ||
Margaret | 10 | ||
Janet | 7 | ||
Elizabeth | 5 | ||
Andrew | Robert | 32 | |
Mary | 30 | ||
James | 15 | ||
Robert | 10 | ||
Margaret | 9 | ||
William | 5 | ||
Armour | James | 36 | Stonemason |
Ellen | 35 | ||
Margaret | 8 | ||
Ellen | 6 | ||
Barr | John | 39 | |
Jean | 37 | ||
John | 19 | ||
Arabella | 16 | ||
Elizabeth | 14 | ||
Janet | 11 | ||
Jean | 7 | ||
Mary | Infant | ||
Barr | Isabella | 22 | |
Barr | William | 37 | |
Jean | 33 | ||
Janet | 18 | ||
William | 16 | ||
Jean | 13 | ||
Mary | 12 | ||
Isabella | 10 | ||
Margaret | 6 | ||
Alexander | 3 | ||
Bell | John | 32 | |
Sarah | 27 | ||
Margaret | 4 | Died on Board (October 5th 1842) | |
Richard | 18 months | ||
Blackie | Mary Ann | 29 | |
Bradley | John | 28 | |
Margaret | 25 | ||
Brown | Peter | 29 | |
Catherine | 24 | ||
Busby | James | 28 | |
Mary | 24 | ||
James | 2 | Died on Board (August 8th 1842) | |
Colwell | John | 30 | |
Ann | 27 | ||
Cameron | Richard | 35 | |
Margaret | 32 | ||
Janet | 13 | ||
Matthew | 8 | ||
Ann | 2 | Died on Board (July 26th 1842) | |
Campbell | Daniel | 31 | |
Mary | 32 | ||
Archibald | 10 | ||
Daniel | 4 | ||
Caradus | James | 18 | |
Carson | Charles | 32 | |
Elizabeth | 22 | ||
Carson | John | 21 | |
Chalmers | John | 31 | |
Isabella | 29 | ||
Alexander | 9 | ||
Janet | 2 | ||
Elizabeth | 1 | ||
Clare | Samuel | 33 | |
Comfort | 31 | ||
Maria Ann | 16 | ||
George | 13 | ||
Mary Ann | 11 | ||
Samuel | 8 | ||
Edward | 4 | ||
James | 1 | ||
Collins | David | 21 | |
Cox | James | 38 | |
Ann | 38 | ||
Robert | 10 | ||
James | 8 | ||
Mary Ann | 4 | ||
Crawford | Robert | 40 | |
Mary | 39 | ||
Catherine | 20 | ||
William | 18 | ||
John | 11 | ||
James | 1 | ||
Fergusson | Peter | 33 | |
Mary | 32 | ||
Finlay | Thomas | 26 | |
Catherine | 22 | ||
Fraser | Alexander | 28 | |
Grace | 24 | ||
Gentle | Alexander | 22 | |
Gollan | James | 33 | |
Abigail | 32 | ||
Mary | 12 | ||
Robert | 9 | ||
Ellen | 8 | ||
Janet | 5 | ||
Henry | 2 | ||
Elizabeth Haxton | Born on Board (July 28th 1842) | ||
Gollan | Mary | 30 | |
Irvine | Edward | 32 | |
Jamieson | Barr | 36 | |
Ann | 34 | ||
William | 15 | ||
Jean | 13 | ||
Ann | 11 | ||
Gavin | 9 | ||
Thomas | 7 | ||
John | 1 | ||
Lang | Hugh | 11 | |
Laurie | Jane | 23 | |
Laurie | Mary | 42 | |
Matthew | 25 | ||
William | 20 | ||
Robert | 13 | ||
Leslie | Robert | 22 | |
Agnes | 21 | ||
Levine | Edward | 32 | |
Lochead | James | 36 | |
Elizabeth | 22 | ||
Isabella | 16 | ||
Catherine | 13 | ||
Robert | 10 | ||
Mary | 2 | ||
James | 1 | ||
McAllister | Thomas | 23 | |
McCann | Henry | 27 | |
Jean | 25 | ||
Sarah | 3 | ||
Jean | ? | ||
McConochie | John | 31 | |
Jean | 30 | ||
John | 15 | ||
Janet | 13 | ||
James | 10 | ||
David | 6 | ||
Agnes | 3 | Died on Board (July 16th 1842) | |
Robert Smith | Born on Board (July 9th 1842) | ||
McCulloch | Thomas | 23 | |
McDermaid | James | 22 | |
Ellen | 21 | ||
James | Born & Died on Board (July 22th 1842) | ||
McDermaid | Mary Ann | 24 | |
McDivat | Catherine | 19 | |
McEwing | Isaac | 23 | |
Janet | 20 | ||
Margaret | 8 months | ||
McIntosh | William | 31 | |
Elisabeth | 29 | ||
William | 1 | Died on Board (September 11th 1842) | |
McIntosh | James Snr | 35 | |
Mary | 22 | ||
John | 5 | ||
McIntosh | James Jnr | 35 | |
Christina | 22 | ||
Elisabeth | 13 | ||
John | 2� | ||
MacKay | Thomas | 28 | |
Margaret | 25 | ||
William | 4 | ||
Thomas | 2 | ||
McKinlay | George | 36 | |
Fanny | 35 | ||
Rosanna | 17 | ||
Mary | 16 | ||
Rodger | 14 | ||
Fanny | 11 | ||
Esther | 8 | ||
James | 4 | ||
McLiver | Elizabeth | 42 | |
Agnes | 24 | ||
Lochlan | 22 | ||
Elisabeth | 18 | ||
Duncan | 16 | ||
McNair | Peter | 27 | |
Jane | 28 | ||
Archibald | 4 | ||
Margaret | 2 | Died on Board (August 26th 1842) | |
McPherson | Archibald | 28 | |
Ann | 29 | ||
Isabella | 8 | ||
Alexander | Infant | Died on Board (October 11th 1842) | |
Miller | James | 28 | |
Janet | 22 | ||
Miller | William | 28 | |
Margaret | 28 | ||
William | 3 | ||
Jane | 1 | Died on Board (July 12th 1842) | |
Moore | James | 28 | |
Margaret | 27 | ||
Mary | 3 | Died on Board (July 31st 1842) | |
Muir | Alexander | 31 | |
Mary | 31 | ||
Isabella | 11 | ||
Alexander | 9 | ||
Robert | 7 | ||
Mary | 3 | ||
John | Infant | ||
Muirhead | John | 25 | |
Margaret | 24 | ||
Christina | 4 | ||
David | 2 | Died on Board (July 18th 1842) | |
Munro | Daniel | 37 | |
Elisabeth | 35 | ||
Ellen | 13 | ||
Margaret | 7 | ||
Daniel | 3� | ||
Catherine | 2� | ||
Naysmith | Henry | 34 | |
Mary | 25 | ||
Alexander | 1 | ||
Mary Argyle | Infant | Born on Board (July 13th 1842) | |
Patterson (one) (two) | John | 24 | |
Mary | 24 | ||
Sarah | 6� | ||
Patterson | W. | 18 | |
Pollock | Alexander | 31 | |
Christina | 29 | ||
James | 1 | Died on Board (July 25th 1842) | |
Pollock | James | 29 | |
Ellen | 26 | ||
Robert | |||
Elisabeth | 6 months | Died on Board (August 6th 1842) | |
Rippey | Thomas | 37 | |
Janet | 37 | ||
Janet | 17 | ||
James | 14 | ||
John | 8 | ||
Robert | 1 | ||
Robertson | James | 32 | |
Elizabeth | 32 | ||
James | 10 | ||
Ellen | 8 | ||
David | 4 | ||
Jane | 2 | ||
Robertson | John | 29 | |
Isabella | 28 | ||
John | 12 | ||
Robert | 11 | ||
Elisabeth | 9 | ||
James | 2 | ||
Male child | Born on Board (July 30th 1842) | ||
Scott | John | 35 | |
Janet | 36 | ||
Elizabeth | 14 | ||
Margaret | 12 | Died on Board (August 24th 1842) | |
William | 10 | ||
John | 3 | ||
Sharp | William | 21 | |
Jane | 28 | ||
Sims | James | 39 | |
Margaret | 36 | ||
James | 17 | ||
Margaret | 14 | ||
John | 11 | ||
Alexander | 8 | ||
Matthew | 3� | ||
Mary | 3� | ||
Smith | Ann | 38 | |
Ellen | 18 | ||
William | 16 | ||
Mary Ann | 14 | ||
Martha | 12 | ||
Edward | 7 | ||
Smith | William | 26 | |
Mary | 25 | ||
Margaret | 3 | Died on Board (July 16th 1842) | |
William | Infant | ||
Somervell | Henry | 22 | |
Somervell | Susan | 18 | |
Stafford | Nathaniel | 29 | |
Jane | 29 | ||
Elisabeth | 8 | ||
Stewart | Eliza | 17 | |
Stewart | George | 19 | |
Stewart | John | 24 | |
Taylor | Dougald | 36 | |
Mary | 29 | ||
Thomas | 10 | ||
James | 5 | ||
Dougald | 2 | Died on Board (September 26th 1842) | |
Catherine | 1 | Died on Board (July 19th 1842) | |
Thompson | James B. | Surgeon | |
Thorburn | William | 23 | |
Mary | 21 | ||
Elisabeth | 6 | ||
Ann | 2 | Died on Board (August 17th 1842) | |
Tudehope | Robert | 27 | |
Agnes | 25 | ||
Jean | 2 | ||
Thomas | 6 months | ||
Wallace | Archibald | 36 | |
Janet | 39 | ||
John | 15 | ||
James | 12 | ||
Agnes | 10 | ||
Margaret | 5 | ||
Archibald | 1 | ||
E. | Born on Board (July 28th 1842) | ||
Watt | James | 15 | |
Watt | Janet | 17 | |
Wilson | William | 35 | |
Isabella | 35 | ||
Nathaniel | 6 | ||
William | 1 | Died on Board (August 1st 1842) | |
James Thompson | Born on Board (July 12th 1842) | ||
Young | David | 24 | |
Agnes | 24 | ||
Agnes | 4 | ||
Isabella | 2 | Died on Board (September 6th 1842) | |
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MOORE family: James and Margaret MOORE came from the North of Ireland and together with their daughter, Mary, emigrated to |
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LAURIE family: The LAURIE family on the Duchess of Argyle were from Paisley, Scotland. Mary LAURIE (also her maiden name) had married William LAURIE and was a widow when she left for New Zealand. She had five children on board - Matthew (1816-1868), Janet (1818-1902, wife of James MILLER), William (1820-1880), James (1825-1867) and Robert (1829-1899). The name James LAURIE does not appear on the passenger list but the Jane LAURIE, single, 23 separately on the list might be his name in error. The sons were brickmakers. In 1846 Mary purchased the land on the south side of Karangahape Road between the Cemetery and France Street. The Laurie brick making factory was established where George Courts building was later built. Most of the land was sold in 1863 and the brickworks establishment was moved to the Whau River at Glendene (then called Waikomiti). Matthew married Mary Ann WILSON, James married Jane CROMWELL and Robert married Elizabeth ALLISON who was also on the Duchess of Argyle, aged 5. There are many hundred descendants. If you have a connection with this family or are interested to learn more please contact Ray Turner |
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ALLISON family: The ALLISON family on the Duchess of Argyle were from Paisley, Scotland. James ALLISON (1810-1878) had married Margaret FAULDS in 1831 and they had three daughters with them on the ship. Four more children were born in Auckland. James had a blacksmith shop near Queen Street at first and later moved to Newmarket. The gravestone in Symonds Street Cemetery mentions the ship. The grave is near the Karangahape Road Queen Street corner. The daughters on board all married in Auckland, Margaret (1832-1884) married Joseph SENIOR, Janet (1834-1908) married William HUME and Elizabeth (1836-1911) married Robert LAURIE who was also aboard as a 13 year old. There are many hundred descendants. If you have a connection with this family or are interested to learn more please contact Ray Turner |
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ARMOUR FAMILY: James Armour was born in Glasgow, Scotland in c1810. On November 5th 1824 he married Ellen Patrick at High Church, Paisley. In 1842 James, Ellen (christened Helen) and their two daughters Margaret aged 8 and Ellen aged 6 emigrated to Auckland on board the Duchess of Argyle. For James it would be a journey ending in tragedy as his life in his new home lasted a scant 10 years. James died of consumption in 1852. Ellen Senior remarried William Francis 1855. Ellen Junior married John Turner. We have no information on Margaret. If you have a connection with this family or are interested to learn more please contact Denise |
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NAYSMITH FAMILY: James Naysmith, a weaver, married Isabella Steel in Scotland c 1816. A son, Henry, born in Glasgow in 1818 was to become one of the group who were the first organised immigrants to Auckland. Henry married Mary McLean, the daughter of Alexander McLean and Christina Ferguson, on April 12th 1840. Their first child Alexander was born that same year and, with Mary 8 months pregnant with their second child, they sailed for New Zealand on this voyage of the Duchess of Argyll. Their second child Mary Argyle was born at sea on July 7th 1842. Other children born to Henry and Mary were Christina (1845), Elizabeth (1847), James Henry Alexander (1849), Janet (1852), Alfred Henry (1854), David Alfred (1857) and Frederick (1859). If you have a connection to this family please contact Col Dundon at [email protected] |
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CARADUS FAMILY: James Caradus came to New Zealand from Scotland as a young man of 18 (19 by the time he reashed New Zealand) on the Duchess of Argyle. His future wife, Elizabeth Russell, was a girl of 10 on the Jane Gifford with her parents and two younger brothers. The two vessels had sailed from Greenock in mid-June 1842, several days apart, and arrived together in Auckland on 10th October 1842 after a long arduous voyage of 3� months. They were the first two immigrant vessels to reach there from Great Britain. The Duchess of Argyle was only 40 meters long and a mere 680 tonnes (in modern measurement). There were 305 men, women and children on board, in cramped conditions. The Jane Gifford was even smaller with 280 persons aboard. James and Elizabeth were married on 10th October, 1848 (the 6th anniversary of their arrival in Auckland), when he was 25 and she only 16. The couple had 15 children, of whom seven died in infancy, as was not uncommon in those days. However, they both lived long rewarding lives, he to the age of 83 and she to 80, which was remarkable for that period. Their grave is in the Old Grafton Cemetery, Auckland, near the Grafton Bridge. James became an expert ropemaker and in 1850 started his own business, making a wide variety of twines and ropes from dressed New Zealand flax. He exhibited several specimens of his work at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 and received a medal and an honourable mention. His name appears in the Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa) at the top of a glass panel featuring enlargements of pages from the catalogue. The item lists the six specimens of twine he exhibited. Eventually, it became so difficult to obtain supplies of dressed flax from the Maoris, that he gave up the ropemaking trade. After unsuccessfully seeking work as a carpenter, he went to the goldfields in Otago, Ballarat in Australia and Thames, without luck. While he was away, Elizabeth ran a small shop he had built on the front of their house in Freemans bay, Auckland. In later years, James and Elizabeth achieved a more settled existence renting out small cottages built in the Freemans Bay area. The shop stayed in the family until 1910. When Elizabeth was in her 50's or 60's she was a prominent member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Auckland. This group took an active part in working for women's suffrage and, one hundred years later in 1993, Elizabeth Caradus was recognised nationally as one of the 21 Suffragists - The Women who worked for the Vote. During the celebrations, and for some time afterwards, her photo hungs with others in the entrance hall of the Beehive in Wellington. Numerous descendants are spread throughout New Zealand, with a number in Australia and Canada. - James CARADUS b 12.02.1823 d 23.12.1906 - Elizabeth CARADUS b 26.04.1832 d 05.11.1912. This story has been kindly provided by Neil Caradus, Great Grandson to James. Should you wish to know more or if you have a conection with this family please e-mail David Caradus. |
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CATHERINE COWAN (nee
LOCHEAD): Catherine "Kitty" Lochead was born in Scotland on November 14th 1830. While she was still a child her mother died after which her father, James, married Elizabeth Hamilton. In 1842 Catherine emigrated to Auckland on board the Duchess of Argyle. She was accompanied by her father and stepmother, sisters Isabella and Mary and brothers Robert and James. Listed as a "calico-printer", James Lochead became, as did most of the male immigrants on board the Duchess of Argyle and Jane Gifford, a labourer in the fledgling township. Catherine's father, step-mother and an infant bay sister named Marion all died of tuberculosis in 1853 and are buried in Grafton Cemetery. Catherine married Henry Cowan, a military batchelor, in 1848 and she died on February 16th 1907. Her husband died on August 12th 1873 his mental stability having been affected by a skull fracture some years earlier. Thanks to Bruce Shanks for this interesting story. A more detailed version written by Bruce may be found at Catherine Cowan (nee Lochead). |
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PATTERSON family: John and Mary Patterson's son John (born in 1855) was a wheelwright and coachbuilder, also an Auckland City Councillor. He married Catherine "Kitty" Clarke (daughter of Sgt. James Clarke) in 1880. They had thirteen children: Desmond, Hilda, Florence, Eileen, Leo, Kathleen, James, Olive, Dolores, Raymond, Thomas, Claude, and Wilfred (who died as a baby). Desmond, my ancestor (1881-1964) married Mabel Evers in 1909. They had five children, Alfreda, Elizabeth, Patricia, Percy (who was killed in World War II), and John (1915-1941). John moved to Northland and became a farmer. He married Ruth Patterson in 1940 and died of meningitis less than a year later, shortly before his daughter Veronica (my mother) was born. If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact Elizabeth Anderson |
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PATTERSON family: John (1809-1894) and Mary Patterson (1817-1876) (nee Carlane) were married in 1840 at Paisley, Scotland. They arrived in New Zealand on board the Duchess of Agyle with their daughter Sarah and had a further 8 children: William, Francis, Samuel, Cecilia, Mary-Anne, John, Catherine and James. Sarah Patterson first married Timothy Bertrand Myers and they had Edwin, Mary, Francis, Sylvester and Catherine however only Edwin and Mary survived childhood. Sarah then married Robert Darling. Edwin Myers married Hannah Campbell, and one of their 9 children was William Myers. William Myers married Marjorie Parsons, and my father William was born in 1926. If you have any connection with this family or would like to know more, please contact Cathy Dale. |
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RIPPEY family: Thomas Gordon Rippey married Janet (b 1799 d October 23rd 1875) at High Church, Renfrew, Paisley in Scotland. Their children were Janet 17, James 14, John 8 and Robert 1. Their daughter Janet married a William Porter (c. 1842-44), one of their daughters was my paternal Grandmother, Agnes (Porter) Reid. My grandparents died long before I was born and unfortunately I have yet to trace any information on the Rippey family. If you have a connection with this family or can offer more information please contact Jenny Breese. |
STAFFORD family: Nathaniel Stafford was christened on 1st August 1802 at St.Mary's, Oldham, Lancashire, England. On 20th February 1831 he married Martha Mills, daughter of John Mills and Martha (--?--), at Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Following this John & Martha had a daughter, Mary Jane, born circa 1832. Due to probably Martha's death (unconfirmed), he married Jane Smith, daughter of David Smith and Sarah (--?--), on 4th July 1841 at Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England. On 9th June 1842 he emigrated from Greenock, Scotland, sailing on board the Duchess of Argyle. Travelling with his wife Mary Jane, & daughter, Elizabeth aged 8, they arrived in Auckland on the 9th October 1842. On the 1844 Auckland police census he was reported to be living in Raupo House, St.Georges Bay, Auckland. He is listed as an Agricultural worker with wife Jane & two daughters, (Elizabeth & Georgina).Following their arrival Nathaniel & Jane also gave birth to, William David Stafford, Auckland, 29th May 1845, & Nathaniel Stafford, Auckland, 29th May 1847. If you have a connection with this family or can offer more information please contact Keith Emery and/or Maureen Little. |
Copyright Denise & Peter 1999 - 2008
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IA 1/46 - 45/2092
- these are the original documents -