Mairi Bhan
Ship: 1315 tons
Captain J. Massen
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London 5th May 1874 - arrived Otago 25th July 1974
One of the handsomest ships sent out to New Zealand by the Patrick Henderson
Company, an iron clipper built by Barclay and Curle of Glasgow for Captain P. J. McIntyre
of London. She was a well-appointed, full-rigged ship, with the usual double topsail yards
and unusual double top-gallant yards at the fore and main, and carried an immense spread
of canvas. The "Otago Daily Times" referring to her arrival at Port Chalmers,
stated: Her performances during this her maiden trip entitled her to take rank amongst
high-class clippers, she made the run out in between 75 and 76 days from Glasgow. She was
off Otago Heads three days previous to entering port, and the captain obtained bearings of
what he considered was the enterance to Otago Harbour. The ship was then nearly due south
of the Heads, and a distant about 20 miles. That placed the time of the run out at 73 to
74 days from Glasgow. The ship, however, did not leave the Tail of the Bank until late on
May 7th, so that the passage was made between 71 and 72 days, and the Snares on 70 days.
The passage from Glasgow to port really occupied 80 days. The voyage which commenced on
May 5th, was destitute of incidents.The name of the Mairi Bhan is Gaelic for "Bonny
Mary"
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Families and Children | ||||
Adam | Robert | 29 | Renfrewshire | Labourer |
Mrs | 27 | |||
Hugh | 7 | |||
Robert | 5 | |||
William | 3 | |||
Forsyth | 1 | |||
Arthur | Robert | 26 | Lanark | Carpenter |
Catherine | 28 | |||
Alice | 7 | |||
Bain | Thomas | 39 | Lanark | Joiner |
Margaret | 34 | |||
Thomas | 14 | |||
Harry | 12 | |||
Margaret | 10 | |||
Agnes | 5 | |||
James | 3 | |||
Annie | 4 mths | |||
Bell | James | 35 | Lanark | Wright |
Agnes | 35 | |||
Annabella | 12 | |||
James | 10 | |||
Marion | 8 | |||
Alexander | 4 | |||
David | 2 | |||
Bickerstaff | William | 26 | Lanark | Labourer |
Sarah | 26 | |||
Isabella | 5 | |||
Letitia | 3 | |||
Mary | 1 | |||
Blair | David | 24 | Lanark | Vanman |
Mary | 23 | |||
Margaret R. | 10 mths | |||
Borthwick | Thomas | 44 | Renfrewshire | Joiner |
Mrs | 42 | |||
Brow | John | 36 | Lanark | Farm Servant and Labourer |
Margaret | 31 | |||
Grace | 13 | |||
John | 10 | |||
Janet | 7 | |||
Margaret | 5 | |||
Brown | John | 30 | Ayrshire | Mechanic |
Agnes | 28 | |||
Brown | William | 28 | Ayrshire | Mechanic |
Euphima | 27 | |||
William | 3 | |||
John | 5 mths | |||
Bruce | James | 34 | Shetland | Ag Labourer |
Thomasina | 28 | |||
Buchanan | Thomas | 24 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
Annie | 24 | |||
Clark | Alexander | 35 | Stirlingshire | Labourer |
Margaret | 35 | |||
Elizabeth | 14 | |||
John | 12 | |||
Janet | 9 | |||
James | 3 | |||
Mary | 1 | |||
Craig | Jane | 38 | Ayrshire | |
James | 18 | Tailor | ||
Maggie | 16 | |||
Andrew | 7 | |||
David | 3 | |||
Martha | 10 | |||
Colvin | William | 31 | Renfrewshire | Boiler Maker |
Margaret | 31 | |||
Coulter | James | 23 | Lanark | Labourer |
Margaret | 21 | |||
William | 3 | |||
Robert | 1 | |||
Darling | Robert | 33 | Edinburgh | Saw Miller |
Eliza | 26 | |||
Darling | John | 21 | Edinburgh | Saw Miller |
Jane | 20 | |||
Day | John | 29 | Lanark | Saddler |
Mary | 20 | |||
Jane | 4 mths | |||
Devine | James | 35 | Lanark | Labourer |
Ann | 32 | |||
Mary | 11 | |||
Alexander | 9 | |||
Rebecca | 7 | |||
Matilda | 5 | |||
Child | Infant | |||
Dobbie | James | 38 | Stirlingshire | Labourer |
Eliza | 39 | |||
Jane | 13 | |||
Margaret | 10 | |||
James | 7 | |||
Elizabeth | 5 | |||
Janet | 2 | |||
Dunn | John | 38 | Lanark | Blacksmith |
Matilda | 38 | |||
Robert | 12 | |||
John | 10 | |||
William | 8 | |||
Margaret | 6 | |||
Agnes | 4 | |||
Jane | 1 | |||
Elgin | David | 36 | Mayo | Shoemaker |
Mary | 33 | |||
Walter | 3 | |||
Robert | 6 mths | |||
Fraser | John | 37 | Lanark | Ag Labourer |
Margaret | 38 | |||
Margaret | 17 | |||
Helen | 15 | |||
Elizabeth | 14 | |||
John | 13 | |||
David | 7 | |||
James | 5 | |||
Alexander | 3 | |||
Foley | John | 19 | Lanark | Vanman |
Ann | 24 | |||
Fulton | Robert | 26 | Renfrewshire | Labourer |
Isabella | 26 | |||
Robert | 6 | |||
Alice | 3 | |||
Helen | 1 | |||
Gondie | Robert | 23 | Lanark | Blacksmith |
Jane | 24 | |||
Grace | 1 | |||
Gorman | William | 26 | Antrim | Labourer |
Mary J. | 25 | |||
Thomas | 3 | |||
Hall | Aaron | 36 | Lanark | Labourer |
Martha | 33 | |||
Isabella | 9 | |||
Mary | 6 | |||
Jeannie | 3 | |||
Sarah | 1 | |||
Harrigan | Charles | 33 | Lanark | Sawyer |
Mary | 32 | |||
Jessie | 14 | |||
William | 7 | |||
Margaret | 5 | |||
James | 2 mths | |||
Holmes | Samuel | 42 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
Jane | 40 | |||
John | 20 | |||
Mary | 18 | |||
Jane | 15 | |||
Margaret | 13 | |||
Ellen | 12 | |||
Samuel | 9 | |||
Robert | 7 | |||
Ann | 4 | |||
Fanny | 2 | |||
Hood | John | 34 | Lanark | Shoemaker |
Jane | 31 | |||
Jane | 7 | |||
Mary Ann | 6 | |||
Hunter | James | 33 | Selkirkshire | Labourer |
Ann | 29 | |||
Ann | 8 | |||
David | 6 | |||
James | 4 | |||
Imrie | Walter | 32 | Edinburgh | Joiner |
Jane A. | 32 | |||
Jack | Alexander | 27 | Edinburgh | Cabinet Maker |
Maria | 27 | |||
Elizabeth | 2 | |||
Alexander | 3 mths | |||
Jackson | Hugh | 35 | Lanark | Shoemaker |
Ann | 25 | |||
John | 11 | |||
Elizabeth | 8 | |||
James | 6 | |||
Ann | 3 | |||
Jamieson | John | 43 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
Margaret | 41 | |||
Rebecca | 21 | |||
Margaret | 19 | |||
William | 17 | |||
Sarah A. | 14 | |||
Mary | 12 | |||
Jeffrey | Robert | 29 | Lanark | Labourer |
Agnes | 28 | |||
Mary | 7 | |||
Margaret | 5 | |||
George | 3 | |||
Robert | 1 | |||
Johnson | Alexander | 26 | Lanark | Labourer |
Winifred | 20 | |||
John | 1 mth | |||
Johnstone | James C. | 10 | ||
Jane A. | 2 | |||
William S. | 5 mths | |||
Johnston | Andrew | 23 | Selkirkshire | Labourer |
Helen | 26 | |||
Robert | 8 mths | |||
Leith | Margaret | 46 | Perthshire | |
Jemima | 17 | |||
Henry | 16 | |||
Elizabeth | 14 | |||
Maitland | 10 | |||
Margaret | 7 | |||
Helen | 5 | |||
Jessie | 3 | |||
Matthewson | William | 28 | Lanark | Cabinet Maker |
Isa | 29 | |||
George | 9 mths | |||
McCallion | Patrick | 26 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
Mrs J. E. | 24 | |||
Sarah | 3 | |||
Patrick | 2 | |||
Margaret Jane | 1 | |||
McClintock | Peter | 28 | Lanark | Labourer |
Jane | 26 | |||
Thomas | 10 | |||
McColl | Duncan | 42 | Lanark | Joiner |
Agnes | 35 | |||
Dugald | 13 | |||
Christina | 11 | |||
McConnell | Hugh | 39 | Lanark | Tailor |
Catherine | 27 | |||
Catherine | 9 | |||
Helena | 7 | |||
Hugh | 5 | |||
Mary | 2 | |||
McCullough | William | 30 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Elizabeth | 31 | |||
Alexander | 9 | |||
Hugh | 5 | |||
William | 2 | |||
McFarlane | John | 26 | Lanark | Shepherd |
Margaret | 22 | |||
McKendrick | William | 33 | Lanark | Bricklayer |
Mrs | 32 | |||
John | 13 | |||
McLaren | Peter | 30 | Stirlingshire | Miner & Ag Labourer |
Jean | 26 | |||
Mary | 3 mths | |||
McNutt | William | 43 | Tyrone | Ploughman |
Margaret | 39 | |||
Mary | 17 | |||
Elizabeth | 16 | |||
Margaret | 14 | |||
John | 12 | |||
Fanny | 8 | |||
David | 7 | |||
Joseph | 3 | |||
McPartlon | Charles | 23 | Lanark | Hammerman |
Elizabeth | 24 | |||
Jane | 9 mths | |||
McPherson | Fryse | 22 | Lanark | Labourer |
Mary | 20 | |||
McQueen | William | 39 | Edinburgh | Slater |
Elizabeth | 38 | |||
Robina | 18 | Domestic Servant | ||
James | 16 | |||
Elizabeth | 12 | |||
Agnes | 10 | |||
Silias | 8 | |||
Isaac | 4 | |||
Margaret | 5 mths | |||
Merrick | Robert | 30 | Lanark | Carter |
Jane | 24 | |||
Moore | William | 22 | Tyrone | Ploughman |
Margaret Jane | 21 | |||
Mulvey | John | 32 | Stirling | Labourer |
Rebecca | 33 | |||
Noel | William | 34 | Lanark | Painter |
Jane | 30 | |||
Kate | 11 | |||
William | 10 | |||
Norbury | George | 24 | Edinburgh | Chimney Can Maker |
Margaret | 26 | |||
O'Neil | James | 34 | Lanark | Labourer |
Mary | 32 | |||
William | 10 | |||
Charlotte | 8 | |||
Mary | 4 | |||
Pattison | James | 22 | Selkirkshire | Joiner |
Mary | 26 | |||
Elspeth | 2 | |||
James | 3 mths | |||
Rankin | John | 35 | Ayrshire | Labourer |
Mrs | 34 | |||
Elizabeth | 8 | |||
Marion | 6 | |||
Jessie | 4 | |||
John | 1 | |||
Reid | John | 22 | Derry | Ag Labourer |
Elizabeth | 20 | |||
Henry | 6 mths | |||
Rollo | Margaret | 36 | Shetland | Nurse |
Charles | 16 | Shetland | Plumber | |
Rush | Daniel | 27 | Tyrone | Ploughman |
Margaret | 30 | |||
Charles | 18 mths | |||
Scott | Jessie | 36 | Ayrshire | Engineer |
William | 17 | |||
Margaret | 16 | |||
James | 14 | |||
John | 11 | |||
Robert | 10 | |||
Thomas | 8 | |||
Simpson | William | 20 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
Ann | 25 | |||
Smith | George | 28 | Renfrewshire | Mason |
Mrs | 24 | |||
George | 8 | |||
Thomas | 6 | |||
Sparrow | John | 47 | Renfrewshire | Engine Driver |
Ann | 45 | |||
John | 18 | |||
Robert | 16 | |||
Annie | 13 | |||
Agnes | 12 | |||
Mary | 9 | |||
Jeanie | 3 | |||
Stark | Peter | 31 | Edinburgh | Joiner |
Mrs | 33 | |||
Mary Ann | 3 | |||
Stark | Frank | 26 | Edinburgh | Gardener |
Helen | 24 | |||
Steel | Robert | 30 | Tyrone | Shoemaker |
Mary | 28 | |||
William J. | 3 | |||
Alexander | 1 | |||
Stewart | George | 25 | Selkirkshire | Ploughman |
Mrs | 21 | |||
Thomson | William | 31 | Renfrewshire | Butcher and Flesher |
Marion | 28 | |||
Boyd | 9 | |||
Thomas | 8 | |||
Jane | 6 | |||
Watson | John | 24 | Edinburgh | Brush Manufacturer |
Ann | 19 | |||
Watson | William | 27 | Lanark | Labourer |
Margaret | 25 | |||
Whitten | Edward | 38 | Lanark | Sawyer |
Margaret | 26 | |||
Elizabeth | 15 | |||
Jane | 11 | |||
Mary | 9 | |||
Edward | 2 | |||
Wilson | James | 22 | Lanark | Labourer |
Rossina | 22 | |||
Single Men | ||||
Abrams | James | 23 | Lanark | Labourer |
Arthur | Leslie | 20 | Shetland | Mason |
Brow | Joseph | 30 | Mayo | General Farmer |
Buchanan | David | 22 | Tyrone | Ploughman |
Bullick | Thomas | 23 | Lanark | Saddler |
Callaghan | Henry | 26 | Tyrone | Ploughman |
Clark | Robert | 20 | Stirlingshire | Labourer |
Clarkson | Thomas | 21 | Lanark | Miner |
Clyde | John | 18 | Stirlingshire | Miner |
Crawford | John | 24 | Tyrone | Ploughman |
Cochrane | Hugh | 32 | Down | Watchmaker |
Delap | Samuel | 21 | Donegal | Ploughman |
Duncan | Andrew | 35 | Lanark | Miner |
Duncan | Frederick | 23 | Edinburgh | Turner |
Edgecombe | Samuel | 23 | Lanark | Fitter |
Farnan | Lawrence | 23 | Lanark | Plumber |
Finlayson | Duncan | 33 | Rosshire | Labourer |
Fisher | David | 24 | Lanark | Joiner |
Fraser | James | 21 | Lanark | Ploughman |
Fullarton | William | 20 | Lanark | Mason |
Garrlock | Magnus | 19 | Shetland | Ag Labourer |
Gibson | Thomas | 25 | Ayrshire | Labourer |
Greig | Robert | 21 | Edinburgh | Sawyer |
Hamilton | John | 18 | Lanark | Labourer |
Hart | Robert | 20 | Lanark | Plumber |
Henderson | John | 21 | Lanark | Carter |
Hendry | John | 21 | Lanark | Mason |
Hoban | Thomas | 26 | Lanark | Dyer |
Holmes | Thomas | 24 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
Hyndman | William | 22 | Tyrone | Ploughman |
Johnstone | William | 28 | Antrim | Mechanic |
Jones | Thomas | 18 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Mackie | Robert | 23 | Edinburgh | Labourer |
McArthur | Robert | 22 | Fife | Joiner |
Peter | 24 | Fife | Joiner | |
McAuslan | John | 22 | Lanark | Engineer |
McBride | Walter | 21 | Lanark | Plumber |
McEwan | John | 20 | Lanark | Engineer |
McFarlane | Alexander | 22 | Lanark | Jobbing Smith |
McGeehan | Denis | 32 | Donegal | Sawyer |
McKay | Hector | 27 | Rosshire | Farm Servant |
James | 22 | Rosshire | Farm Servant | |
McNicol | John | 20 | Lanark | bricklayer |
McPherson | Donald | 16 | Lanark | Umbrella Maker |
Meek | Thomas | 22 | Edinburgh | Fireman |
Mills | William | 22 | Lanark | Navvy |
Mitchell | William | 22 | Lanark | Miner |
Moore | John | 20 | Tyrone | Ploughman |
Mulloy | Gideon | 19 | Shetland | Ag Labourer |
Murray | John | 25 | Lanark | |
Neil | Hamilton | 19 | Lanark | Labourer |
O'Hara | Samuel | 16 | Dublin | Gardener |
Putney | Matthew | 21 | Lanark | Plumber |
Reid | William | 20 | Shetland | Ag Labourer |
Riddell | Alexander | 19 | Argyle | Ag Labourer |
Robb | James | 20 | Lanark | Joiner |
Sapsley | Andrew | 17 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
Sawson | George | 19 | Shetland | Fisherman |
Simpson | Robert | 21 | Derry | House Painter |
Sinclair | John | 23 | Shetland | Ag Labourer |
Smith | Charles | 23 | Edinburgh | Plumber |
Wallace | Arthur | 19 | Antrim | Ploughman |
Willison | Alexander | 24 | Lanark | Labourer |
Winton | William | 20 | Lanark | Labourer |
Single Women | ||||
Ballantyne | Jane | 30 | Tyrone | Cook |
Bery | Jane | 32 | Edinburgh | Domestic Servant |
Boyle | Bridget | 22 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
Brown | Margaret A | 20 | Tyrone | Dairymaid |
Burns | Jane | 20 | Renfrew | Domestic Servant |
Callaghan | Bridget | 30 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
Callaghan | Mary | 20 | Londonderry | Domestic Servant |
Campbell | Mary | 22 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
Carr | Ann | 31 | Aberdeen | Farm Servant |
Clark | Margaret | 20 | Tyrone | Cook |
Colvin | Ann | 19 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Colvin | Helen | 21 | Ayr | Domestic Servant |
Crosson | Catherine | 25 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Duncan | Sophia | 35 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Fraser | Margaret | 38 | Aberdeen | Farm Servant |
Loughrey | Mary A | 30 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
Malcolm | Jane | 20 | Renfrew | Domestic Servant |
McArthur | Catherine | 25 | Fifeshire | Domestic Servant |
McCartney | Jane | 23 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
McClure | Mary A | 26 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
McConnell | Isabella | 21 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
McCullough | Jane | 19 | Antrim | Domestic Servant |
McDonald | Dolina | 18 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
McIntyre | Janet | 43 | Edinburgh | Nurse |
McKay | Alexandrina | 29 | Ross | Housemaid |
Nicol | Martha | 19 | Stirlingshire | Domestic Servant |
Paterson | Mary | 18 | Edinburgh | Domestic Servant |
Paterson | Helen | 27 | Edinburgh | Domestic Servant |
Sapsley | Margaret J. | 21 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
Simpson | Margaret | 32 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Simpson | Eliza S | 26 | Derry | Domestic Servant |
Spalding | Margaret | 20 | Lanark | Tailoress |
Thompson | Bridget | 21 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
Mary | 23 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant | |
Waldie | Clara | 17 | Lanark | Nurse |
Watson | Isabella H. | 20 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
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MOORE Family: William Moore [aged 22], occupation - ploughman, miner. First wife Margaret Jane, nee STEVENSON [aged 21], married in Co Donegal, Ireland they came over in the Mairi Bhan together and settled in Roxburgh, Central Otago where their first child Mary Ann Moore was born in 1875. Williams wife Margaret died in 1876 of osteomalacia (softening of the bones/vitamin D deficiency). In 1881 William married for the second time to Amelia Mary STRINGER from Surrey, England. Their (seven) children were named William Samuel, John, Robert, Lily Ethel, Amelia, Emma, and Gladys MOORE. William died at the age of 60 in Dunedin. He is buried in the Roxburgh Cemetary. If you have a connection with this family or wish to know more, please contact Margaret Moore - [email protected] |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 1999, 2000
National Archives Reference IM15/137