Invercargill
Ship: 1265 Tons
Captain: Tilly
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed Glasgow 16th July 1874 - arrived Otago 14th October 1874
During the year 1874 the celebrated
builder Robert Duncan built six remarkably fine ships - the Invercargill, Auckland,
Wellington, Canterbury, Nelson and Dunedin - to the order of Patrick Henderson, for the
New Zealand trade. They were all launched within six months, and the tonnage (1265),
length, beam and depth were about the same. These ships were fitted with every modern
convenience and comfort for first-class passengers and immigrants.....and they were some
of the fastest sailors afloat. This is the maiden voyage of the Invercargill and she went
on to make 26 voyages to the Colony. She was sold to Norway in 1905, renamed Verg and
dissapeared while on route to Christiania. It is believed she did not carry sufficient
ballast and capsized.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
NB: An 8 month old Ann Porteous is shown in the Surgeons report as having died on boad of Convulsions from Measels on August 8th 1874. She does not appear on the passenger list.
Credit for providing this passenger list goes to Dinah Dunavan whose ancestors were on the Invercargill. |
Name | Age | Country | Occupation | |
Families and Children | ||||
Aitken | William | 29 | Lanark | Tailor |
Rebecca | 27 | |||
Thomas | 10 | |||
Peter | 6 | |||
Aitken | Mrs Helen | 45 | Stirlingshire | |
Helen | 23 | Domestic Servant | ||
Andrew | 11 | |||
Catherine | 8 | |||
Anderson | William | 34 | Lanark | Labourer |
Agnes | 27 | |||
James | 5 | |||
William | 4 | |||
Andrew | 1 | |||
Armit | John | 34 | Fifeshire | Ploughman |
Ann | 35 | |||
Annie | 16 | |||
Andrew | 11 | |||
Elizabeth | 7 | |||
Robert | 4 | |||
Alexander | 2 | |||
Ballantyne | Rob | 36 | Roxburgh | Mason |
Jane | 42 | |||
Agnes | 14 | |||
Walter | 12 | |||
Margaret | 9 | |||
Jane | 6 | |||
Mary | 4 | |||
Beaton | Alex | 24 | Rosshire | Fisherman |
Jane | 24 | |||
Beck | John | 43 | Perthshire | Farmer |
Elizabeth | 39 | |||
Jane | 17 | |||
Joseph | 15 | |||
John | 13 | |||
James | 7 | |||
Thomas | 5 | |||
Berry | James | 36 | Yorkshire | Labourer |
Elizabeth | 33 | |||
Susannah | 9 | |||
Annie | 3 | |||
Fred | 1 | |||
Caskey | John | 29 | Edinburgh | Farm Servant |
Agnes | 31 | |||
James | 2 | |||
John | 1 | Died on board - 17/08/1874 Tubercular menengitis |
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Crawford | Robert | 28 | Ayr | Labourer |
Margaret | 28 | |||
John | 6 | |||
William | 3 | |||
Annie | 6 months | |||
Crosbie | William | 30 | Roxburgh | Agricultural Labourer |
Margaret | 32 | |||
George | 10 | |||
Jane | 8 | |||
Agnes | 5 | |||
Jessie | 3 | |||
William | 1 | |||
Currie | George | 29 | Lanark | Labourer |
Sarah | 28 | |||
Jeanie | 11 | |||
Hugh | 5 | |||
Day | Alex | 27 | Lanark | Joiner |
Helen | 21 | |||
Donald | Archibald | 36 | Lanark | Farm Servant |
Jane | 39 | |||
Archibald | 14 | |||
Ann | 12 | |||
Margaret | 10 | |||
Dow | John | 22 | Renfrewshire | Farm Servant |
Mrs | 20 | |||
Duff | Mrs Ann | 36 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Peter | 9 | |||
Angus | 5 | |||
Duiguid | Johnston | 35 | Aberdeen | Labourer |
Jane | 36 | |||
William | 2 | |||
Dully | Mrs Jane | 40 | Lanark | Tailoress |
John William | 13 | |||
James Alex | 12 | |||
Earl | Mary | 30 | Ayr | Farm Servant |
James | 10 | |||
Elizabeth | 5 | |||
John | 1 | |||
Fraser | John | 40 | Lanark | Labourer |
Catherine | 46 | |||
Charles | 15 | |||
Janet | 13 | |||
Margaret | 9 | |||
Duncan | 6 | |||
Forsyth | George | 32 | Linlithgow | Farm Servant |
Mrs | 30 | |||
Samuel | 9 | |||
Robert | 8 | |||
Jane | 4 | |||
Lavinia | 2 | |||
Gallagher | Charles | 25 | Lanark | Blacksmith |
Ellen | 25 | |||
Mary | 5 | |||
Ellen | 3 | |||
Charles | 2 | |||
Infant | ||||
Graham | Mrs Helen | 54 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Mary | 23 | Domestic Servant | ||
Helen | 21 | Domestic Servant | ||
Jane | 18 | Domestic Servant | ||
Annie | 15 | Domestic Servant | ||
Gibb | Mrs Helen | 25 | Lanark | Mason |
Agnes | 3 | |||
Edward | 1 | |||
Gilliand | Charles | 40 | ||
Helen | 35 | |||
John | 14 | |||
Agnes | 12 | |||
Maria | 7 | |||
Charles | 5 | |||
Robert | 2 | |||
Hennessy | Michael | 32 | Ayr | Labourer |
Ann | 30 | |||
Elizabeth | 5 | |||
Sarah | 2 | |||
Female child | Born on board - 01/09/1874 | |||
Hunter | James | 13 | Travelled with Caskey | |
William | 8 | Travelled with Caskey | ||
Inglis | Robert | 33 | Lanark | Gardener |
Agnes | 31 | |||
Mary | 7 | |||
Jessie | 5 | |||
Ann | 1 | |||
Irving | George | 28 | Lanark | Mason |
Janet | 28 | |||
George | 1 | |||
Johnstone | David | 40 | Wigtown | Blacksmith |
Elizabeth | 33 | |||
Kirkwood | Thomas | 38 | Lanark | Farmer |
Mrs | 35 | |||
Mungo | 14 | |||
Robert | 9 | |||
Janet | 9 months | |||
Lumsden | James | 28 | Berwick | Joiner |
Maggie | 25 | |||
William | 19 | Ploughman | ||
Andrew | 17 | |||
Alexander | 11 | |||
Mathieson | Kenneth | 32 | Rosshire | Shepherd |
Isabella | 28 | |||
Ann | 6 | |||
Angus | 4 | |||
Donald | 1 | |||
Female child | Born on board - 16/09/1874 | |||
Meldrum | Andrew | 31 | Aberdeen | Baker |
Helen | 29 | |||
William | 7 | |||
Norman | 5 | |||
Margaret | 4 | |||
Helen | 2 | |||
McAulay | Aulay | 34 | Lanark | Farmer |
Catherine | 30 | |||
Donald | 3 | |||
McCombie | Mrs Marion | 24 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Marion | 2 | |||
McGillivary | Neil | 23 | Lanark | Ploughman |
Janet | 25 | |||
McIver | George | 36 | Rosshire | Agricultural Labourer |
Janet | 36 | |||
John | 14 | |||
Margaret | 8 | |||
Ann | 6 | |||
Donald | 1 | |||
McKain | Daniel | 43 | Ayr | Ploughman |
Janet | 39 | |||
Margaret | 16 | |||
Alexander | 15 | |||
Andrew | 13 | |||
James | 10 | |||
William | 7 | |||
Grace | 5 | |||
Janet | 2 | |||
Agnes | 2 months | |||
McKenzie | Duncan | 38 | Lanark | Joiner |
Elizabeth | 30 | |||
Duncan | 19 | |||
McLean | Robert | 23 | Lanark | Miller |
Mary | 21 | |||
Catherine | 18 months | |||
Male child | Born on board - 24/08/1874 | |||
McPherson | John | 60 | Labourer | |
Elspeth | 53 | |||
George | 20 | Farm Servant | ||
Robert | 18 | Farm Servant | ||
Elspeth | 18 | Domestic Servant | ||
John | 9 | |||
Jessie | 6 | |||
McPherson | William | 36 | Lanark | Farm Servant |
Elizabeth | 26 | |||
Moir | George | 24 | Aberdeen | Warehouse |
Moir | Helen | 22 | Dressmaker | |
Moir | Isaac | 20 | Carpenter | |
Moir | James | 12 | ||
Moir | Henry | 10 | ||
Moir | Rodney | 8 | ||
Morrison | Arthur | 27 | Lanark | Farm Servant |
Margaret | 25 | |||
Catherine | 3 | |||
Mouat | Magnus | 29 | Shetland | Joiner |
Mrs C | 25 | |||
Napier | Mrs Mary | 39 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Sarah | 20 | Domestic Servant | ||
Paterson | Adam | 29 | Aberdeen | Farm Servant |
Mrs | 28 | |||
Robert | 3 | |||
Rae | Thomas | 57 | Caithness | Shepherd |
Isabella | 57 | |||
Jane | 24 | Domestic Servant | ||
Martha | 23 | Domestic Servant | ||
Thomas | 21 | Shepherd | ||
William | 20 | Shepherd | ||
Elizabeth | 18 | Domestic Servant | ||
Ellen | 15 | |||
Mary | 12 | |||
Rankin | William | 24 | Lanark | Farm Servant |
Margaret | 24 | |||
Sarah | 2 | |||
William | 9 months | |||
Rendall | William | 20 | Orkney | Farm Servant |
Margaret | 20 | |||
Ritchie | Mrs | 38 | Lanark | Cloth Finisher |
George | 18 | Labourer | ||
Elizabeth | 16 | |||
Janet | 14 | |||
Thomasina | 11 | |||
Robertson | Lawrence | 52 | Shetland | Blacksmith |
Georgina | 47 | |||
Catherine | 24 | |||
George | 14 | |||
Mary Ann | 11 | |||
Sinclair | 9 | |||
Hugh | ||||
Robertson | Daniel | 55 | Rosshire | Forester |
Alex D | 26 | Assistant Forester | ||
Jemima | 15 | Nurse | ||
William | 14 | |||
Robinson | Joseph | 36 | Berwick | Agricultural Labourer |
Mrs | 36 | |||
George | 16 | |||
Joseph | 10 | |||
Agnes | 7 | |||
Catherine | 4 | |||
Margaret | 3 | |||
Rodger | Norman | 21 | Lanark | Labourer |
Ellen | 18 | |||
Ross | Robert | 25 | Banff | Farm Servant |
Helen | 23 | |||
Helen | 1 | |||
Shand | Robert | 28 | Banff | Farm Servant |
Helen | 26 | |||
Helen | 6 | |||
Robert | 2 | |||
Female child | Born on board - 03/10/1874 | |||
Sherrard | Robert | 38 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Ann | 36 | |||
Ann | 9 | |||
Maggie | 11 | |||
Robert | 7 | |||
Smart | Michael | 44 | Linlithgow | Farm Labourer |
Helen | 40 | |||
Janet | 15 | |||
Margaret | 10 | |||
Mary | 8 | |||
Helen | 6 | |||
Jemima | 3 | |||
John | Infant | Died on board - 17/08/1874 Convulsions |
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Sprightly | Francis | 44 | Berwick | Shoemaker |
Mrs | 36 | |||
Peter | 17 | |||
Agnes | 15 | |||
Stewart | Robert | 30 | Lanark | Joiner |
Catherine | 28 | Died on board - 05/09/1874 Hysterical mania |
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Bertha | 9 | |||
Annie | 4 | |||
Margaret | 2 | |||
Stewart | Robert W. | 29 | Lanark | Labourer |
Amelia | 25 | |||
Mina | 5 | |||
Thomson | David | 49 | Edinburgh | Horse Shoer |
Mrs | 45 | |||
James | 17 | |||
David | 14 | |||
Henry | 8 | |||
John | 5 | |||
Walker | Robert | 42 | Lanark | Labourer |
Mrs | 42 | |||
John | 17 | |||
Daniel | 12 | |||
David | 10 | |||
James | 1 | Died on board - 10/08/1874 Tubercular menengitis |
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Young | Anthony | 26 | ||
Elizabeth | 26 | |||
Single Men | ||||
Adam | William | 21 | Forfarshire | Painter |
Allan | M.G. | 21 | Perthshire | Farm Labourer |
Andrew | Joseph | 19 | Antrim | Labourer |
Arthur | George J | 18 | Aberdeen | Miller |
Bennett | Alex | 23 | Forfarshire | Joiner |
Brown | Robert | 18 | Lanark | Mason |
Calder | George | 19 | Stirlingshire | Carpenter |
Calder | Joseph | 23 | Lanark | Tailor |
Callum | Robert | 24 | Banff | Ploughman |
Charters | William | 21 | Northumberland | Ploughman |
Cranston | James | 22 | Linlithgow | Agricultural Labourer |
Connolly | James | 32 | Antrim | Farm Servant |
Dalgarns | George | 27 | Forfarshire | Farm Servant |
Dewar | James | 18 | Linlithgow | Farm Labourer |
Dixon | Samuel | 20 | Donegal | Farm Labourer |
Duncan | Alex | 24 | Aberdeen | Farm servant |
Durning | Owen | 24 | Lanark | Shoemaker |
Edwards | David | 23 | Perthshire | Gardener |
Falconer | James | 22 | Lanark | Tinsmith |
Farns | Andrew | 20 | Lanark | Fitter |
Ferrier | Robert | 23 | Edinburgh | Farm Labourer |
Fraser | William | 21 | Lanark | Joiner |
Fraser | William | 22 | Banff | Farm Servant |
Grahame | Bernard | 21 | Armagh | Farm Servant |
Grant | James | 26 | Aberdeen | Farm Servant |
Grant | Alexander | 23 | Aberdeen | Farm Servant |
Grant | James | 20 | Inverness | Farm Servant |
Harman | John | 24 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
Harrison | Thomas | 19 | Berwick | Shepherd |
Henderson | Thomas | 23 | Linlithgow | Agricultural Labourer |
Hunter | William | 23 | Armagh | Farm Servant |
Hutchinson | James | 20 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
Innes | James | 22 | Banff | Shepherd |
Mawhinny | W. C. | 20 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
McAteer | Charles | 42 | Donegal | Ploughman Died on board - 01/10/1874 Bronchitis & pulmonary collapse |
John | 28 | Donegal | Ploughman | |
Michael | 21 | Donegal | Ploughman | |
McCallum | Peter | 36 | Lanark | Labourer |
McKenzie | William | 20 | Aberdeen | Mason |
McNair | Archibald | 21 | Lanark | Farm Servant |
McVey | william | 22 | Lanark | Labourer |
McVey | John | 20 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
Middlemass | Andrew | 25 | Berwick | Ploughman |
Mills | John | 27 | Linlithgow | Farm Labourer |
Mudie | David | 18 | Lanark | Labourer |
Murray | Henry | 21 | Shetland | Quarryman |
Patson | Duncan | 21 | Renfrewshire | Farm Servant |
Pedlow | Henry G. | 25 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
Rendall | William | 21 | Orkney | Farm Servant |
Robb | James | 29 | Kirkudbright | Farm Servant |
Robertson | William | 23 | Ayr | Carter |
Robertson | Magnus | 20 | Shetland | Farm Labourer |
Robertson | Thomas | 20 | Shetland | Ploughman |
Ross | Robert | 20 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
Seatter | Robert | 21 | Orkney | Farm Servant |
Shaw | Archibald | 25 | Lanark | Joiner |
Shivas | James | 21 | Aberdeen | Farm Labourer |
Steed | William | 19 | Banff | Ploughman |
Stewart | John | 22 | Lanark | Tailor |
Sutherland | David | 24 | Lanark | Ploughman |
Thomson | Alex | 21 | Lanark | Bricklayer |
Thomson | John | 20 | Orkney | Farm Servant |
Traill | Peter | 22 | Orkney | Mill Wright |
Virtue | George | 26 | Berwick | Mason |
Watt | Alex | 27 | Inverness | Blacksmith |
Whyte | James | 33 | Aberdeen | Farmer |
Wilson | Andrew | 19 | Stirlingshire | Painter |
Young | David | 20 | Lanark | Farm Servant |
Single Women | ||||
Adams | Ellen | 18 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Black | Jean | 23 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Campbell | Bridget | 25 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Clacher | Ann | 19 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Clavey | Eliza | 22 | Derry | Domestic Servant |
Donald | Margaret | 28 | Aberdeen | Domestic Servant |
Dougal | Mary | 21 | Derry | Domestic Servant |
Fraser | Catherine | 17 | Inverness | Domestic Servant |
Gaston | Martha | 18 | Armagh | Domestic Servant |
Gerighty | Sarah | 28 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Herron | Margaret | 25 | Ayr | Domestic Servant |
Keith | Elsie | 29 | Kirkudbright | Domestic Servant |
Keith | Mary | 23 | Kirkudbright | Domestic Servant |
Keith | Isabella | 20 | Kirkudbright | Domestic Servant |
McAteer | Unity | 26 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
McCue | Sarah | 16 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
McKenzie | Margaret | 22 | Aberdeen | Domestic Servant |
McKenzie | Margaret | 19 | Inverness | Domestic Servant |
McLachlan | My. | 29 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
McLaren | Robina | 18 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
McVey | Helen | 17 | Lanark | Bookbinder |
Mills | Isabella | 19 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Millbank | Mary | 23 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Miller | Agnes | 21 | Glasgow | Domestic Servant |
Milton | James | 18 | Banff | Domestic Servant |
Montague | Esther | 22 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Montague | Bridget | 29 | Don | Domestic Servant |
Munro | Hughina | 17 | Lanark | Nurse |
Reid | Georgiana | 29 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Richie | Agnes | 30 | Forfarshire | Domestic Servant |
Ross | Helen | 25 | Banff | Domestic Servant |
Simpson | Isabella | 22 | Fifeshire | Milliner |
Stewart | Margaret | 24 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Strawbridge | Sarah | 21 | Derry | Domestic Servant |
Walker | Margaret | 28 | Ayr | Domestic Servant |
West | Caroline | 22 | Armagh | Domestic Servant |
AITKEN family: |
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George CALDER: Nineteen year old George Calder arrived in Otago on October 14th 1874 from Glasgow on board the ship Invercargill. Little is known of his early life in New Zealand until he married Elizabeth Melody (born 1862 in Co Clare, Ireland) in Invercargill on June 29th 1881. Elizabeth's parents were Michael Melliday and Elizabeth McMahon. (Elizabeth's maiden name is shown as Melody in her husbands papers and her fathers name, her maiden name, is shown as Melliday on her death certificate). Both George and Elizabeth moved to Australia shortly after as their four children were all born there. These children were; Alexander Graham, born in Armidale, NSW on April 8th 1882 Isabella Graham, born in Glenn Innes, NSW on January 21st 1884 Thomas, born in Sydney on November 6th 1885 Elizabeth, born On September 14th 1887- died May 9th 1889, aged 19 months. Elizabeth snr died shortly after the death of her daughter Elizabeth on December 20th 1889. Her husband George survived until 1930 and married again in 1899. Their first son, Alexander, married his cousin Isabella Graham Calder in Scotland at the cessation of World War One in September 1918, and returned to Australia where they had three children. These children were; George born February 18th 1920 - died November 1943 (killed in action in PNG) Stillborn child born and died April 1921 Archibald born September 27th 1922 Archibald's mother, Isabella, died shortly after his birth on October 2nd 1922. Archibald is my father. I am unable to find records of George and Elizabeth's journey from NZ to Australia, as well as any trace of Elizabeth and her parents arriving in NZ from Ireland, or whether they had any other children, stayed in NZ or even came to Australia following their daughter. If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact Brian Calder. |
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ROBERTSON FAMILY: If you have any connection with this family please contact Dinah Dunavan. |
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