Nelson
Ship: 1247 tons
Captain: Anderson
Surgeon Superintendent: John
Harkness Macaffer
Sailed Glasgow October 1st 1874 - arrived Otago (via Southampton) December 31st 1874
The Nelson was one of six clipper
ships built in 1874 by Robert Duncan for Patrick Henderson. She was specially built to
carry passengers, and her accomodation was all that could be desired. At first she ran in
opposition to the Shaw-Savill Company, but later, when the amalgamation took place, sailed
under their flag. The nelson was a vessel of 1247 tons, and traded to the colony from 1874
until 1902. She was still afloat in 1917, sailing as a barque under the Chilean flag, and
owned by Oelckers, of Valparaiso. As late as 1916 she was in Sydney Harbour.
White Wings Vol One - Sir Henry Brett
NB - Nelson made 23 voyages carrying immigrants
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Cabin Passengers | ||||
Tolmie | Mr | |||
Mrs | ||||
Ritchie | Mrs | |||
Two Children | ||||
Brown-Hill | Miss | |||
McGregor | Miss | |||
Mills | Mr | |||
Scott | Mr | |||
Allan | Mr | |||
Allan | Mr | |||
McLellan | Mr | |||
Gordon | Mr | |||
Neville | Mr | |||
Jack | Mr | |||
Nominated Immigrants | ||||
Barbour | James | 26 | Ayr | Farm Servant |
Mrs | 27 | |||
David | 1 | |||
Bisset | William | 32 | Aberdeen | Farm Labourer |
Mrs | 31 | |||
Margaret | 3 | |||
Agnes | 5 months | |||
Burgess | Charles | 34 | Aberdeen | |
Mrs Mary | 30 | |||
Elsie | 4 | |||
Mary | 2 | |||
James | 5 months | |||
Burns | Alexander | 31 | Lanark | Labourer |
Mrs Elizabeth | 29 | |||
Elizabeth | 9 | |||
Margaret | 7 | |||
John | 6 | |||
Burns | John | 25 | Lanark | Labourer |
Mrs Jane | 24 | |||
Margaret | 2 | |||
Agnes | 3 months | Died on Board 5 Nov 1874 chronic diarrhoea | ||
Cardno | William | 46 | Aberdeen | Rope Spinner |
Joseph | 9 | |||
Cheyne | Mrs Barbara | 44 | Shetland | |
Margaret | 21 | Domestic Servant | ||
James | 19 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
Cooke | Robert | 28 | Derry | Farm Labourer |
Mrs Elizabeth | 18 | |||
Robert | 3 months | |||
Cooley | William | 28 | Lanark | Painter |
Mrs Margaret | 26 | |||
James | 5 | |||
John | 1 | |||
Cowan | Robert | 24 | Lanark | Joiner |
Mrs Sarah | 22 | |||
Davisson | Robert | 25 | Antrim | Labourer |
Mrs Hannah | 24 | |||
Robert | 3 | |||
Alexander | 1 | |||
Susanna | 43 | |||
Franklin | John | 27 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
Maria | 28 | |||
Isabella | 6 | |||
Helen | 3 | |||
John | 1 | |||
A daughter | Born on board 16 Dec 1874 | |||
Fraser | Angus | 29 | Sutherland | Farmer |
Mrs Helen | 28 | |||
Angus | 5 | |||
Jessie | 3 | |||
Donald | 1 | |||
Fraser | James | 29 | Shetland | Agricultural Labourer |
Mrs Lilias | 28 | |||
James William | 1 | |||
Gillies | Archibald | 26 | Lanark | Joiner |
Mrs Elizabeth | 21 | |||
Gray | George | 44 | Sutherland | Railway Contractor |
Mrs Elizabeth | 35 | |||
Margaret | 12 | |||
George | 3 | |||
Harcus | Robert | 34 | Orkney | Farm Labourer |
Mrs Margaret | 29 | |||
Jane | 6 | |||
Ann | 4 | |||
William | 2 | |||
Robert | 5 months | |||
Hay | James | 47 | Shetland | Fisherman |
Mrs Harriet | 47 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
Barbara | 23 | Domestic Servant | ||
Jerry | 20 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
John | 16 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
Harriet | 14 | |||
Irvine | Lawrence | 23 | Shetland | Shepherd |
Mrs Ursula | 20 | |||
Keil | William | 26 | Fife | Agricultural Labourer |
Mrs Alexina | 23 | |||
Catherine | 4 | |||
Isabella | 2 | |||
Kenny | Thomas | 38 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Mrs Ellen | 26 | |||
James | 3 | |||
Robert | 1 | |||
Mrs Ursula | ||||
Leap | Thompson | 35 | Dumfries | Carver |
Mrs Margaret | 32 | |||
Mary Jane | 7 | |||
Ellen | 5 | |||
Lethen | John | 24 | Fife | Agricultural Labourer |
Mrs Helen | 25 | |||
Law | Alfred | 26 | Lanark | Farm Servant |
Mrs Ellen | 24 | |||
McEwan | John | 27 | Ploughman | |
Mrs Margaret | 24 | |||
Margaret | 7 | |||
Mary | 5 | |||
William | 3 | |||
Ann | 10 months | |||
McFeiters | Robert | 25 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
Mrs Harriet | 23 | |||
Jane | 6 months | |||
McGregor | Alex | 28 | Lanark | Shepherd |
Mrs Elizabeth | 20 | |||
McRae | Mrs Ellen | 23 | Lanark | Housekeeper |
Kitty | 2 | |||
Manson | Mrs Mary | 46 | Shetalnd | Domestic Servant |
Christina | 19 | Domestic Servant | ||
Barbara | 17 | Domestic Servant | ||
Jemima | 14 | Domestic Servant | ||
Miller | William | 35 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
James | 14 | |||
Annie | 13 | |||
Neil | 11 | |||
Alexander | 9 | |||
Esther | 3 | |||
Napier | John | 29 | Forfar | Ploughman |
Mrs M | 23 | |||
Napier | William | 27 | Forfar | Ploughman |
Mrs Charlotte | 26 | |||
W | 6 months | |||
Park | Archibald | 24 | Aryshire | Farm Servant |
Mrs Mary | 24 | |||
Abraham | 6 | |||
Jane | 2 | |||
Pinkerton | James | 36 | Lanark | Joiner |
Mrs Catherine | 38 | |||
Alexandrina | 6 | |||
Price | John | 24 | Edinburgh | Saddler |
Mrs Isabella | 23 | |||
Joseph | 4 | |||
Robina | 2 | |||
Robertson | William | 22 | Edinburgh | Agricultural Labourer |
Mrs Margaret | 22 | Farm Labourer | ||
Robson | William | 38 | Dumfries | Shoemaker |
Mrs Lilias | 39 | |||
William | 10 | |||
James | 8 | |||
Joseph | 4 | |||
Ross | Donald | 25 | Sutherland | Farm Servant |
Mary A | 18 | Londonderry | Domestic Servant | |
Ross | William | 27 | Lanark | Painter |
Mrs Mary | 27 | |||
Rowan | John | 49 | Powerloom Manager | |
Mrs Agnes | 47 | |||
Jane | 27 | Seamstress | ||
Ann | 25 | Weaver | ||
Betsy | 21 | Weaver | ||
William | 18 | Warper | ||
John | 12 | |||
Alexander | 9 | |||
Susan | 7 | |||
Russel | John | 29 | Lanark | Shepherd |
Mrs Margaret | 28 | |||
John | 8 | |||
Sinclair | David | 57 | Caithness | Joiner |
Mrs Agnes | 53 | |||
Mary | 24 | Domestic Servant | ||
David | 20 | Joiner | ||
Henry | 17 | Joiner | ||
James | 13 | |||
Mary A | 6 | |||
Thomson | George | 42 | Aberdeen | Out Door Labourer |
Mrs Ann | 32 | |||
Agnes | 20 | Domestic Servant | ||
Jane | 18 | Dressmaker | ||
Margaret | 15 | Servant | ||
Edward | 11 | |||
Thomas | 8 | |||
Ann | 5 | |||
Eliza | 9 months | |||
Weir | David | 44 | Lanark | Tanner |
Mrs Flora | 26 | |||
John H | 5 | |||
David L | 4 months | |||
Williamson | Gideon | 43 | Roxburgh | Agricultural Labourer |
Mrs G | 43 | |||
William | 21 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
George | 18 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
Jessie | 16 | Domestic Servant | ||
Robina | 14 | |||
Gideon | 9 | |||
Jane | 5 | |||
Archibald | 3 | |||
Elizabeth | 2 | |||
A daughter | Born on board 29 Nov 1874 | |||
Williamson | James | 41 | .Shetland | Agricultural Labourer |
Mrs Amelia | 35 | |||
Alexander | 11 | |||
Jemima | 9 | |||
Charles | 7 | |||
Christina | 5 | |||
Grace | 1 | Died on Board 20 Dec 1874 diarrhoea | ||
Wilson | Robert | 28 | Dumfries | Joiner |
Mrs Mary | 27 | |||
Jane | 3 | |||
Robert | 3 months | |||
Wright | James | 44 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
Mrs Sarah | 38 | |||
Deborah | 18 | Servant | ||
James | 16 | Farm Labourer | ||
Ruth | 14 | |||
David | 13 | |||
Young | James | 29 | Lanark | Farm Servant |
Mrs Annie | 29 | |||
Mary | 5 | |||
Ann | 3 | |||
James | 5 months | |||
Nominated Immigrants | ||||
Baxter (Baxxon or Baxton) | John | 25 | Lanark | Brass finisher |
Mrs Margaret | 23 | |||
Mary C | 3 months | |||
Brown | Robert | 40 | Aberdeen | Carpenter |
Mrs Sarah | 38 | |||
Horatio | 13 | |||
Crozier | Ross | 38 | Down | Ploughman |
Mrs Jane | 36 | |||
Charlotte | 10 | |||
Eleanor | 8 | |||
Jemima | 6 | |||
Alexandrina | 4 | |||
Thomas John | 3� | Died on Board 30 Nov 1874 mesenteric disease | ||
Jane Eliza | 1 | |||
Devlin | Andrew | 33 | Lanark | Brass moulder |
Mrs Elizabeth | 32 | |||
Thomas | 11 | |||
Mary | 7 | |||
Andrew | 5 | |||
William | 3 | |||
Elizabeth | 1 | |||
Gibson | Mrs William | 49 | Lanark | Servant |
Annie | 26 | Servant | ||
Mary | 22 | Servant | ||
Janet | 17 | Servant | ||
James | 20 | Labourer | ||
Gray | John | 40 | Inverness | Farm servant |
Mrs Catherine | 30 | |||
Roderick James | 4 | |||
William | 3 | |||
Mathison | Gordon | 33 | Sutherland | Labourer |
Mrs Dorothy | 27 | |||
John | 9 | |||
Gilbert | 7 | |||
Gordon | 5 | |||
Thomas | 4 months | Died on Board 26 Oct 1874 mesenteric disease. | ||
McAlister | Duncan | 28 | Lanark | Blacksmith |
Mrs Margaret | 28 | |||
Archibald | 6 | |||
Margaret | 2 | |||
Wilson | John L | 35 | Edinburgh | Labourer |
Mrs Jane | 40 | |||
Agnes | 13 | |||
John | 11 | |||
Wright | William | 28 | Dumfries | Joiner |
Mrs Mary | 27 | |||
Christina | 4 | |||
Agnes | 3 | |||
Walter | 2 | |||
John | 1 month | |||
Single Men | ||||
Allison | James | 34 | Lanark | Joiner |
Beck | Charles | 24 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
Bisset | John D | 20 | Aberdeen | Farm Servant |
Black | Jeremiah | 20 | Antrim | Farm Servant |
Boreland | Hugh | 23 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Brackenridge | James | 20 | Lanark | Baker |
Brown | David | 19 | Lanark | Shoemaker |
Cheyne | John | 23 | Shetland | Agricultural Labourer |
Crawford | Robert | 22 | Edinburgh | Warehouse man |
Crichton | William | 32 | Perth | Shepherd |
Davidson | Alexander | 18 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Fleming | John | 26 | Forfar | Farm Labourer |
Gibb | Seton | 18 | Aberdeen | Painter |
Gill | Stewart | 24 | Banff | Farm Labourer |
Gunn | William | 20 | Sutherland | Bootmaker |
Harcus | Robert | 30 | Orkney | Farm Labourer |
Hepburn | John | 22 | Lanark | Mason |
Hill | John | 30 | Antrim | Blacksmith |
Hutchison | David | 21 | Forfar | Ploughman |
McCully | John | 21 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
McDonald | Kenneth | 30 | Rosshire | Ploughman |
McDonald | Patrick | 20 | Antrim | Ploughman |
McKeown | Francis | 19 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
McLean | John | 31 | Lanark | Shepherd |
McMaster | Robert | 20 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
McVeagh | James | 23 | Antrim | Farm Servant |
Mackay | James | 24 | Aberdeen | Cabinet maker |
Mackie | John | 21 | Aberdeen | Farm Labourer |
Magill | John | 19 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Moffat | John Thomas | 23 | Shetland | Farm Labourer |
Mooney | John | 22 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
New | John | 20 | Down | Farm Labourer |
Nicol | John | 26 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
Rice | William | 42 | Lancashire | Labourer |
Olson | John | 18 | Caithness | General Servant |
Shanahan | John | 30 | Limerick | Ploughman |
Shaw | John | 19 | Aberdeen | Cabinet maker |
Stewart | Thomas | 21 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Wasson | William | 18 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Watson | John J | 21 | Dumfries | Joiner |
Youngson | George | 24 | Aberdeen | Domestic Servant |
Nominated Immigrants | ||||
Carrick | Henry | 16 | Lanark | Clerk |
McCulloch | Archibald | 28 | Lanark | Brass finisher |
Michie | John | 30 | Edinburgh | Joiner |
Munro | Hugh | 25 | Inverness | Agricultural Labourer |
Richardson | W | 20 | Edinburgh | Compositor |
Wright | Matthew | 21 | Dumfries | Tailor |
Single Women | ||||
Allison | Barbara | 25 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Allen | Agnes | 36 | Stirling | Nursery Maid |
Black | Elizabeth | 25 | Forfar | Domestic Servant |
Burke | Ann J | 20 | Derry | Domestic Servant |
Campbell | Agnes | 19 | Lanark | Dressmaker |
Cargan | Susan | 23 | Antrim | Domestic Servant |
Ferguson | Lily | 26 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Greer | Margaret | 28 | Armagh | Domestic Servant |
Henderson | Elizabeth | 21 | Caithness | Domestic Servant |
Kernan | Ann | 23 | Roscommon | Domestic Servant |
Law | Mary | 22 | Shetland | Domestic Servant |
Littlejohn | Rachel | 19 | Aberdeen | Domestic Servant |
McDonald | Christina | 26 | Rosshire | DairyMaid |
Mackenzie | Christina | 27 | Edinburgh | Cook |
Miller | Ann | 38 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Moffat | Jane | 30 | Shetland | Domestic Servant |
Neish | Esther | 25 | Forfar | Domestic Servant |
Olson | Christina | 15 | Caithness | Farm Worker |
Thompson | Margaret | 18 | Edinburgh | Machinist |
Tiernan | Ann | Domestic Servant | ||
Watson | Jessie | 19 | Dumfries | Domestic Servant |
Nominated Immigrants | ||||
Campbell | Agnes | 19 | Lanark | Dressmaker |
McLean | Mary | 24 | Inverness | Domestic servant |
Robertson | Mary | 48 | Perth | Washerwoman |
John Harkness Macaffer the Surgeon Superintendent was born in Bowmore, Islay, Argyll, Scotland in 1851. He qualified MB CM at Glasgow University in 1874 and emigrated to New Zealand in the same year as ship's surgeon, on the first voyage of the "Nelson". He began his Medical Practice in Mataura, but later settled in Gore where he was the first doctor of that town. He married Margaret Thomson in 1878 in Gore who was the daughter of Surgeon Major Arthur Saunders Thomson of the 58th Regiment, station in New Zealand from 1847 to 1858. John Macaffer died in Gore in October, 1885, six months before the birth of his fourth child. His eldest child, Mary Harkness Macaffer was my grandmother. For connections with this family please contact Verity Baylis at [email protected] |
Copyright Denise & Peter 1999, 2000
National Archives Reference IM15/172