Margaret Galbraith
Ship: 841 tons
Captain: Peebles
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr Batchelor
Sailed London 1st October 1874 - arrived Otago 9th January 1875
The Margaret Galbraith ( or the old
"Maggie"as she was familiarly called ) one of Duncan's ships, sailed under the
Shaw, Savill flag, and made 21 voyages to the several ports of New Zealand between 1873
and 1900, bringing a very large number of immigrants from London and Glasgow. She was a
comparatively small iron vessel of 841 tons. The Margaret Galbraith came to grief in 1905.
She sailed from the River Plate for England with a cargo of grain, and on leaving port she
stranded and became a total loss on March 27.
Source White Wings by Sir Henry Brett
Arrival of the Margaret
Galbraith
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Cabin | ||||
Batchelor | Mrs | |||
Gardener | Mr | |||
Stacey | Mr | |||
Families and Children | ||||
Davis | William | 33 | Gloucester | Farm Labourer |
Elizabeth | 33 | |||
Mary A. | 6 | |||
Emily J. | 1 | |||
Dunning | Henry | 35 | Hants | Gardener |
Agnes | 37 | |||
Helen | 20 | Trans to s/w | ||
Anne | 9 | |||
Emma | 7 | |||
Hayes | James | 24 | Limerick | Ploughman |
Johanna | 27 | |||
James | 2 | |||
Matthew | 6 mths | |||
Lawrens | George H. | 34 | Jersey | Farm Labourer |
Elizabeth C. | 28 | |||
Simmons | Charles | 40 | Middlesex | Plasterer |
Ann | 35 | |||
Walter | 15 | Trans to s/m | ||
Charles H. | 7 | |||
Alfred W. | 5 | |||
Laura A. | 2 | |||
Colonial Nominated | ||||
Benfell | Augusta | 42 | Surrey | Brickmaker |
Jane | 38 | |||
Walter W | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
Frederick | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
Grigg | Ann A | 27 | Trans to s/w | Travelling with Roe |
Frederic | 1 | " |
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Hadfield | John | 38 | Derbyshire | Mechanic |
Annie | 37 | |||
Harriet | 18 | Trans to s/w | ||
George William | 16 | Trans to s/m | ||
William | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
John S. | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
Elizabeth | 8 | |||
Albert E. | 3 mths | |||
Keisnanen | Johan W. | 39 | Finland | Sailor |
Maria G. | 31 | |||
Johan A. | 6 | |||
Lainchbury | William | 33 | Oxon | Porter |
Hannah E. | 33 | |||
Elizabeth J. | 9 | |||
Hannah | 7 | |||
Alice | 3 | |||
William P. | 3 mths | |||
Lienchbury | John | 45 | Oxon | Farm Labourer |
Elizabeth | 43 | |||
Lomas | William | 28 | Cheshire | Carman |
Emma | 27 | |||
Harriet E. | 5 | |||
Ellen S. | 3 | |||
McNeight | James | 27 | Derry | Carpenter |
Mary J. | 22 | |||
Perry | George | 45 | Essex | Carman |
Jemima | 45 | |||
Jemima A. | 19 | Trans to s/w | ||
George A. | 15 | Trans to s/m | ||
Frederick H. | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
Charles A. | 4 | |||
Roe | Edward H. | 55 | Surrey | Plumber |
Ann | 50 | |||
William | 15 | Trans to s/m | ||
Emily | 11 | |||
Thomas | William | 25 | Glamorgan | Labourer |
Clara | 22 | |||
Ann T. | 1 | |||
Edmonds | Thomas D. | 22 | Trans to s/m | Travelling with Thomas's |
Yorke | James | 24 | Cambridge | Porter |
Mary A. | 35 | |||
Arthur | 2 mths | |||
Hutchinson | Joseph | 13 | Travelling with Yorke family | |
Single Men | ||||
Brown | Peter | 27 | Glasgow | Shepherd ** |
Campbell | Myles | 28 | Inverness | Shepherd * |
Clark | W. B. | 26 | Glasgow | Shepherd ** |
McNeil | James | 21 | Perthshire | Mason |
Mullan | Bernard | 20 | Londonderry | Farm Labourer |
Patrick | 18 | Londonderry | Farm Labourer | |
O'Kane | Neil | 18 | Londonderry | Farm Labourer |
Sharp | John | 25 | Perthshire | Mason |
Simmons | Walter | 15 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Smith | William | 20 | Middlesex | Saddler |
Watson | John | 21 | Lanark | Mason |
* Passenger in ship "Sophia Jochim" in charge of sheep. | ||||
** Emigrants per"Lennox Castle" in charge of sheep. | ||||
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Colonial Nominated | ||||
Benfell | Walter W. | 14 | Surrey | |
Frederick | 12 | Surrey | ||
Black | Anthony | 18 | Aberdeen | Labourer |
Gordon | 11 | |||
Edmonds | Thomas D. | 22 | Hants | Labourer |
Ennis | John | 16 | Dublin | Tailor |
Micheal | 12 | |||
Ellen | 20 | Trans to s/w | ||
Fany | Edmund | 22 | Galway | Labourer |
John | 24 | Galway Labourer | ||
Margaret | 20 | Trans to s/w | ||
Firman | Alfred | 24 | Dorset | Tailor |
Foley | Maurice | 22 | Kerry | Labourer |
Kennedy | William | 24 | Cavan | Farm Labourer |
Hadfield | George William | 16 | Derbyshire | Labourer |
William | 13 | Derbyshire | ||
John S. | 12 | Derbyshire | ||
Harrington | Charles | 16 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Hilliker | George | 20 | Wiltshire | Porter |
Hutchinson | Joseph | 13 | Cambridge | |
Lentern | Edward | 37 | Somerset | Farm Labourer |
McClivre | John | 22 | Donegal | Labourer |
McGuiness | Francis | 24 | Leitrim | Labourer |
McMerney | Patrick | 22 | ||
Noble | Gustavus | 20 | Cavan | Farm Labourer |
Fanny | 22 | Trans to s/w | ||
O'Donnell | James | 22 | Limerick | Labourer |
Edmond | 20 | Limerick | Labourer | |
Palmer | Philip | 23 | Berkshire | Tailor |
Perry | George A | 15 | Essex | |
Frederick H | 12 | |||
Roe | William | 15 | Surrey | Carpenter |
Rowe | Alfred | 20 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Sims | John James | 18 | Cornwall | Labourer |
Stiles | William John | 22 | Middlesex | Painter |
Smith | Adam | 31 | Lancashire | Engineer |
William | 28 | Lancashire | Draper | |
Annie | 26 | Trans to s/w | ||
Tregurtha | Thomas | 41 | Cornwall | Labourer |
John | 36 | |||
Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
Bardon | Honora | 20 | Kerry | Servant |
Black | Mary | 38 | Aberdeen | General Servant |
Anthony | 18 | Trans to s/m | ||
Gordon | 11 | Trans to s/m | ||
Robena | 6 | |||
Brown | Bridget | 22 | Galway | Housemaid |
Burgess | Elizabeth | 27 | Kerry | Housemaid |
Mary E. | 2 | |||
Michael John | 5 | |||
Christopher | Elizabeth | 20 | Cornwall | Servant |
Clark | Mary A. | 21 | Oxon | Servant |
Conroy | Johanna | 18 | Queens | Servant |
Duggan | Mary | 17 | Galway | Labourer |
Dunning | Helen | 20 | Hants | Cook |
Ennis | Ellen | 20 | Dublin | Servant |
Fahy | Margaret | 20 | Galway | Servant |
Fanall | Mary | 18 | Galway | Servant |
Gillander | Margaret | 30 | Rosshire | General Servant |
Johanna | 26 | Rosshire | General Servant | |
Grigg | Ann A. | 27 | Surrey | Housekeeper |
Frederick | 1 | |||
Hadfield | Harriet | 18 | Derbyshire | Servant |
Harrington | Mary A. | 44 | Middlesex | Laundress |
Mary A. | 20 | Middlesex | General Servant | |
Hannah | 18 | Middlesex | General Servant | |
Elizabeth | 12 | |||
Ellen | 10 | |||
Joseph | 4 | |||
Charles | 16 | Trans to s/m | ||
Kennedy | Catherine | 18 | Cavan | Housemaid |
Mary A. | 20 | Cavan | Housemaid | |
Kelly | Honora | 20 | Galway | Servant |
Kelly | Margaret | 18 | Clare | Servant |
McGrath | Julia | 18 | Galway | Servant |
Noble | Fanny | 22 | Cavan | Cook |
Noble | Margaret | 17 | Cavan | Housemaid |
Perry | Jemima A. | 19 | Essex | Servant |
Rane | Margaret | 18 | Galway | Servant |
Smith | Annie | 26 | Lancashire | Housekeeper |
Tewk | Mary | 28 | Galway | Servant |
Tregurtha | Jane | 67 | Cornwall | Housekeeper |
Thomas | 41 | Trans to s/m | ||
John | 36 | Trans to s/m | ||
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Copyright Densie & Peter 1999, 2000
National Archives Reference IM15/171