Mermaid
Ship: 1326 tons
Captain: Rose
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London 5th October 1867 - arrived Lyttelton 3rd January 1868
Built in Nova Scotia in 1853, Mermaid
was originally chartered by the White Star Line to run to Australian ports as a mail
packet. During this trade she had a remarkable race with Red Jacket which eventually
managed to beat her by 5 days. In 1859 she was applied to the New Zealand trade, making 10
voyages. Three of these were to Auckland and the balance to Lyttelton. She never managed
to make any "cracking" voyages. On this voyage in 1868, apart from having some
hair-raising experiences avoiding thirty icebergs off Cape Leeuwin and weathering gales in
the Southern Ocean, she brought out Blackbirds, Goldfinches, Starlings and Larks for the
Acclimatisation Society.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Families & Children | ||||
Forbes | Samuel | 25 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Maggie | 26 | |||
Grieve | Robert | 31 | Rosshire | Shepherd |
Euphemia | 33 | |||
Christopher | 24 | Rosshire | Shepherd | |
Agnes | 24 | |||
Kessen | Clements | 62 | Germany | |
Lucy M | 63 | |||
Pearl | Walter J | 30 | Cambridgeshire | Coachmaker |
Ellen | 29 | |||
Walter | 4 | |||
Frederick | 3 | |||
Blanche | 10 months | |||
Phillips | William | 54 | Glostershire | Wheelwright |
Sophia | 47 | |||
Sommer | John Henry | 26 | Germany | |
Mina | 22 | |||
Joseph | 3 | |||
Single Men | ||||
Barnes | Henry | 22 | Westmorland | Ploughman |
Forbes | Charles | 20 | Aberdeen | Ploughman |
Kammann | Henry | 25 | Hanover | Farmer Labourer |
Matheson | Duncan | 23 | Rosshire | Labourer |
McCloy | Patrick | 21 | Antrim | Labourer |
McLeod | Robert M | 22 | Sutherland | Farmer |
Mehrtens | Borchert | 25 | Germany | Labourer |
Ross | Malcolm | 35 | Rosshire | Shepherd |
Schuppmann | Diedrich | 25 | Prussia | Bricklayer |
Shepherd | John | 28 | Westmorland | Ploughman |
Smith | Thomas | 25 | Ayrshire | Farm Labourer |
James | 22 | Ayrshire | Farm Labourer | |
Single Women | ||||
Armstrong | Martha | 24 | Down | Domestic Servant |
Aschen | Mitta | Germany | Domestic Servant | |
Bennett | Frances | 48 | Lancashire | |
Hannah | 19 | Derbyshire | (Winding) | |
Henry | 11 | Derbyshire | ||
Blackmore | Mary A | 22 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Bowers | Fanny | 47 | Glostershire | |
Eliza | 14 | Glostershire | ||
Louisa | 11 | Glostershire | ||
Clara | 9 | Glostershire | ||
Albert | 5 | Glostershire | ||
Bradshaw | Mary A | 22 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Brady | Sarah | 19 | Roscommon | Domestic Servant |
Brocklebank | Julia | 10 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Capstock | Ellen | 24 | America | Domestic Servant |
Carroll | Ann | 24 | Wexford | Domestic Servant |
Catrill | Mary | 22 | Tipperary | Domestic Servant |
Chapman | Jane | 20 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant |
Connell | Delia | 27 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
Sarah | 25 | Galway | Domestic Servant | |
Margaret | 23 | Galway | Domestic Servant | |
Cowles | E | 31 | Dressmaker - Matron of the Ship | |
Creery | Eliza | 24 | Down | Domestic Servant |
Cunning | Margaret | 25 | Londonderry | Domestic Servant |
Davidson | Agnes | 60 | Renfrewshire | |
Dorrell | Elizabeth | 31 | Worcestershire | Cook |
Fitzgerald | Bridget | 19 | Tipperary | Domestic Servant |
Hann | Maria | 18 | Devonshire | Domestic Servant |
Keefe | Mary | 21 | Kildare | Domestic Servant |
Kennelly | Catherine | 30 | Galway | Dressmaker |
Kennett | Sarah | 25 | Kent | Cook |
Kessen | Gertrude | 26 | Germany | Domestic Servant |
Catherine | 28 | Germany | Domestic Servant | |
Logan | Agnes | 26 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Sarah | 22 | Donegal | Domestic Servant | |
Mackay | Wilhelmina | 26 | Caithness | Domestic Servant |
Marchell | Ellen | 23 | Kent | Domestic Servant |
Martel | Margaret | 23 | Limerick | Domestic Servant |
Matheson | Ann | 52 | Rosshire | |
Mary | 30 | Rosshire | Domestic Servant | |
Catherine | 20 | Rosshire | Domestic Servant | |
Mehrtens | Anna | Germany | Domestic Servant | |
McCann | Ellen | 22 | Londonderry | Domestic Servant |
McCloy | Mary Ann | 24 | Antrim | Domestic Servant |
Catherine | 19 | Antrim | Domestic Servant | |
Neawell | Eliza | 21 | Londonderry | Domestic Servant |
Margaret Ann | 18 | Londonderry | Domestic Servant | |
Nickolls | Eliza | 26 | Wiltshire | Domestic Servant |
Mary A | 17 | Wiltshire | Domestic Servant | |
Noble | Elizabeth | 37 | Middlesex | Cook |
Oaks | Catherine | 28 | Warwickshire | Domestic Servant |
O'Mara | Mary | 25 | Tipperary | Domestic Servant |
Sarah | 21 | Tipperary | Domestic Servant | |
Anastatia | 18 | Tipperary | Domestic Servant | |
Palmer | Bridget | 21 | Sligo | Domestic Servant |
Palmer | Henrietta | 21 | Somerset | Domestic Servant |
Phillips | Hannah | 22 | Glostershire | Domestic Servant |
Proctor | Margaret | 23 | Armagh | Domestic Servant |
Rachel J | 21 | Armagh | Domestic Servant | |
Russell | Louisa | 28 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant or Needlewoman |
Sadd | Naomi | 29 | Kent | Domestic Servant |
Smith | Hannah | 30 | Essex | Cook |
Snook | Ellen M | 29 | Hants | Nurse |
Stavely | Ann | 28 | Cork | Cook |
Thompson | Amelia | 30 | Kent | Dressmaker |
Waterfield | Sarah A | 30 | Staffordshire | Domestic Servant |
Watkins | Emma | 18 | Monmouthshire | Domestic Servant |
Copyright Denise & Peter 1999, 2000, 2001
Reference
National Archives IMCH4/81