Mermaid
Ship: 1233 tons
Captain: J White
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr Thomas Aickin
Sailed Liverpool July 11th 1859 - arrived Auckland October 19th 1859
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 the 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
Voyage of the Mermaid - the diary of James Qualtrough
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Cabin Passengers | ||||
Aickin | Dr Thomas | |||
Agnes | ||||
John | ||||
William | ||||
Casement | ||||
Agnes | ||||
Ellen | ||||
Thomas | ||||
Somerville | ||||
George | ||||
Bell | Alexander | |||
Cope | M A | |||
Gologhy | Miss | |||
Muir | Mr | |||
Mrs | ||||
Margaret | ||||
David | ||||
A | ||||
McMath | David | |||
Miss | ||||
Nesbitt | Anne | |||
Mary | ||||
Susan | ||||
Jane | ||||
Sanger | Mr | |||
Mrs | ||||
Steerage Passengers | ||||
Anderson | Isabella | |||
Anderson | Robert | |||
Charles | ||||
Robert | ||||
Emma | ||||
Esther | ||||
Alexander | Andrew | |||
Atkinson | Thomas | |||
John K A | ||||
Atkinson | George | |||
Flora | ||||
Mary Louisa | ||||
Frederick William | ||||
James Henry | ||||
Alfred | ||||
Austin | Sarah | |||
Sarah Jane | ||||
Baker | Despard | |||
Binns | Joseph | |||
Hannah | ||||
Martha | ||||
Ernest | ||||
Sarah | ||||
Binning | Emma | |||
Blackburn | George | |||
Blake | William | |||
Jane | ||||
William | ||||
Bowden | Michael | |||
Bradney | Joseph | |||
Emily | ||||
James Henry | ||||
William Thomas | ||||
Isabella | ||||
Braithwaite | John | |||
Bridson | William | |||
Thomas | ||||
Brown | David C | |||
Bruce | Robert | |||
Burke | Charles | |||
Margaret | ||||
Charlotte | ||||
Francis | ||||
Bury | Mark | |||
Butterworth | Isaac | |||
Emma | ||||
Cain | John | |||
Calder | Arthur | |||
Miss Margaret | ||||
Cantwell | Joseph | |||
Elizabeth | ||||
Eliza | ||||
Joseph | ||||
Chadwyck | Hiram | |||
Chapman | Henry | |||
Chisholm | Alexander | |||
Crichton | Robert | |||
Crichton | John | |||
Mrs | ||||
Christian | John | |||
Robert | ||||
Clifford | robert | |||
Jane | ||||
Robert | ||||
Mary | ||||
Richardson | ||||
Clifford | Sarah | |||
Jane | ||||
Robert Henry | ||||
Clinton | John | |||
Collins | Zachariah | |||
Corbett | Mr | |||
Mrs | ||||
Corkell | William | |||
Cowley | Robert | |||
Mrs | ||||
Robert H | ||||
George | ||||
Walter | ||||
Jane | ||||
William | ||||
John | ||||
Cousans | Hannah | |||
Mary | ||||
Johannah | ||||
Deane | Alfred | |||
Desigwater | John | |||
Dickinson | Robert | |||
Ditty | Cambel | |||
Donovan | Simon | |||
Dunford | Robert | |||
English | Mr J | |||
Eyre | Charles | |||
Mrs | ||||
Anne | ||||
Arthur | ||||
George | ||||
Thomas | ||||
Charles | ||||
Lucy | ||||
Maria | ||||
Falls | Henry | |||
Fell | James | |||
Mrs | ||||
John | ||||
Catherine | ||||
Jane | ||||
Robert | ||||
Eliza | ||||
Joseph | ||||
Thomas | ||||
Fewtrail | William | |||
Field | William | |||
Fisher | Alexander | |||
Miss Margaret | ||||
Fitzpatrick | James | |||
Gale | Edward | |||
Mrs | ||||
Edward | ||||
Ellen | ||||
Margaret | ||||
Garrows | Andrew | |||
George | William | |||
Gill | Evan | |||
Gladhill | George | |||
Grant | David | |||
Mrs | ||||
Agnes | ||||
Anne | ||||
margaret | ||||
Jane | ||||
Peter | ||||
Alexander | ||||
Gimrod | Alexander | |||
Grummeland | Deidrick | |||
Hampton | Robert | |||
Hart | M H | |||
Heldt | John | |||
Ann | ||||
Elizabeth | ||||
Jane | ||||
Amelia | ||||
Augustus | ||||
Frederick | ||||
Eva | ||||
Christina | ||||
Rudolph | Died on board | |||
Henderson | Robert | |||
Herd | George | |||
Hop | Thomas | |||
Joughin | Robert | |||
Ann | ||||
Robert | ||||
William | ||||
Andrew | ||||
Anne | ||||
Thomas | ||||
Eliza | ||||
Joyce | Mr W G | |||
Kakerty | Caley | |||
Mrs | ||||
Kavangh | Joseph | |||
Kelly | Miss Julia | |||
James | ||||
Kelly | Thomas | |||
Kershaw | Alfred | |||
Kingsley | Mr | |||
Mrs | ||||
Infant | ||||
Laver | Samuel | |||
Levin | Robert | |||
Marriott | Thomas | |||
Charlotte | ||||
Charlotte | ||||
Matchett | Charlotte | |||
Martin | Miss Ellen | |||
Martin | Robert | |||
Mrs | ||||
John | ||||
William | ||||
Thomas | ||||
James | ||||
Milne | Alexander | |||
Moss | Mr | |||
Mrs | ||||
Miss | ||||
Thomas | ||||
Robert | ||||
Mowatt | James | |||
Murray | Jane | |||
Mary | ||||
Isabella | ||||
Mylechrist | John | |||
Ellen | ||||
Frederick | ||||
McCartney | William | |||
McGaw | George | |||
Miss Wilhelmina | ||||
McKay | Charles | |||
Miss | ||||
McMuir | Edward | |||
McMullan | James | |||
McNab | Alexander | |||
Christian | ||||
Nesbitt | William | |||
Mary | ||||
William | ||||
John | ||||
George | ||||
Nesbitt | George | |||
William | ||||
Oldham | Alfred | |||
Elizabeth | ||||
Frank | ||||
William | ||||
Herbert | ||||
Ormond | John | |||
Pakmere | Ralph | |||
Palmer | Alfred | |||
Mr | ||||
Henry | ||||
Anna | ||||
Dora | ||||
Pemberton | Arthur W | |||
Power | Edward | |||
Preston | John | |||
Qualtrough | James | |||
Mrs | ||||
Eliza | ||||
William | ||||
Richard | ||||
Anne | ||||
Thomas | ||||
Sarah | ||||
Emily | ||||
Quayle | William | |||
Rabbitt | Patrick J | |||
Radcliffe | James | |||
Rankin | Deidrick | |||
Reed | James | |||
Mrs | ||||
Eliza | ||||
Reid | Richard | |||
Rhodes | William | |||
Anna | ||||
John A | ||||
Roberts | John | |||
Richard | ||||
Robertson | David | |||
Sanderson | Mr | |||
Seale | Henry | |||
Seddon | Latham | |||
Selean | William | |||
Shanon | Ephraim | |||
Shaw | Frederick | |||
Mrs | ||||
Frederick | ||||
Percy | ||||
Charles James | ||||
Sherwood | John | |||
Sloan | James | |||
Miss Mary | ||||
Smith | Robert | |||
Smith | Mr | |||
Mrs | ||||
Spencer | Miss Anne | |||
Springhall | John | |||
Mrs | ||||
Sidney | ||||
Starkey | James | |||
Stracken | Charles | |||
Swift | John | |||
Taylor | John | |||
Miss Mary | ||||
Taylor | Richard | |||
Rose Anne | ||||
Mary | ||||
Anne | ||||
Thompson | Miss Margaret | |||
Viellop | William | |||
Walpole | Edward | |||
Walpole | Miss jane | |||
Wells | William | |||
Whitmore | Samuel T | |||
Williams | George | |||
Williams | James | |||
Eliza | ||||
William | ||||
Williamson | John | |||
Wilkie | Mr G | |||
Wilson | William | |||
Wood | Mr P H | |||
Wood | George | |||
Wright | Edward | |||
Frederick | ||||
BRADNEY family: |
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Dr Thomas
AICKIN: |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 2002 - 2009
Reference:
Archives New Zealand MSL 22 (Miscellaneous Shipping Lists)