Wild Deer
Ship : 1060 tons
Captain : Cowan
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed Glasgow December 6th 1873 - arrived Otago March 9th 1874
Launched at Connell's shipyard in
December of 1863, Wild Deer began life as a china tea clipper. In this capacity she made
some very speedy voyages and was once in a race back to England with Douglas Castle and
Peter Denny. Wild Deer beat both ships in this thrilling race, ably described by Basil
Lubbock in his book "The Colonial Clippers". Wild Deer was applied to the New
Zealand run in 1871 and this comfortable immigrant ship was to make 10 successful voyages
to New Zealand. At the commencement of her 11th voyage in 1883 she ran aground on the
coast of Ireland and was lost. Thankfully, no passengers or crew were lost and the
immigrants completed their voyage on board the Caroline.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Name | Occupation | ||
Assisted | |||
Austin | Robert H | Painter | |
Bell | Dugald | Saddler | |
Mrs Elizabeth | |||
Thomas | |||
Henry | |||
John | |||
Jane | |||
Elizabeth | |||
Daniel | |||
George | |||
Black | Andrew | Carter | |
Briggs | William | Painer | |
Brown | John H | Gardener | |
Borthwick | Mrs Elizabeth | House cleaner | |
Ann | Domestic servant | ||
Janet | |||
Robert | |||
Charleson | James | Fisherman | |
Mrs M | |||
Mary | |||
James | |||
Alexander | |||
Clark | Alexander | Painter | |
Mrs Elender | |||
Margaret | |||
John | |||
Andrew | |||
Elender | |||
Clark | William | Dyer | |
Mrs Margaret | |||
Duncan John | |||
Jessie | |||
William | |||
Walter | |||
Thomas | |||
Cogle | Christina | Domestic servant | |
Draper | Mary | Domestic servant | |
Dyson | Joseph | Mason | |
Mrs Elizabeth | |||
Herbert B | |||
Foster | Peter | Mason | |
Mrs Maria | |||
James | |||
Margaret | |||
Fraser | Donald | Shepherd | |
Mrs Elizabeth | |||
Henderson | Robert | Farmer | |
Mrs Margaret | |||
Jane | |||
Jessie | |||
John | |||
James | |||
Margaret | |||
Barbara | |||
Robert | |||
Alexander | |||
Annie | |||
Mary | |||
Irvine | Thomas | Painter | |
Mrs Sarah Ann | |||
David James | |||
Thomas Richard | |||
William Frederick | |||
Edmund George | |||
Johnston | Allen | Farm labourer | |
Johnston | John | Painter | |
Johnston | William | Labourer | |
Mrs Helen | |||
Keay | John | Plumber | |
Kennedy | Ellen | Domestic servant | |
Kilgour | Thomas | Weaver | |
Lawrenson | Christina | Domestic servant | |
Malcolm | James | ||
Mrs Elizabeth | |||
James | |||
Finlay | |||
Marron | Sarah | Domestic servant | |
Marron | Margaret | Domestic servant | |
Martin | Mitchell | Cooper | |
Jane | |||
McArthur | Elizabeth | Domestic servant | |
McDonald | Alexander | Mason | |
McGregor | Hector | Shoemaker | |
McKay | Jas R | Shoemaker | |
Mrs Margaret | |||
Peter | |||
Mary | |||
Anne | |||
McLachlan | Robert | Gardener | |
McLean | Murdo | Shepherd | |
Mrs Ann | |||
Roderick | |||
Alexander | |||
Kenneth | |||
John | |||
Mary | |||
Christopher | |||
McLeod | John | Labourer | |
McLeod | Roderick | Shepherd | |
Mrs Mary | |||
McMullen | Margaret | Domestic servant | |
McQueen | William | Gardener | |
Nixon | William | Porter | |
Mrs Annie | |||
Robert | |||
O'Kane | J | Farm servant | |
Mrs Bridget | |||
Susan | |||
O'Kane | Nathaniel | Farm labourer | |
Mrs M | |||
Grace | |||
Rankin | George | Blacksmith | |
Mrs J | |||
George | |||
Mary | |||
Robertson | David | Farm servant | |
Sangster | William Beaton | Blacksmith | |
Simpson | Hunter | Slater or Shoemaker | |
Simpson | William | Slater or Shoemaker | |
Mrs Andrina | |||
Sinclair | Robert | Carpenter | |
Mrs Margaret | |||
Smith | James | Farm labourer | |
Mrs Martha | |||
Robert | |||
Elizabeth | |||
Joseph Alexander | |||
Spence | James | Labourer | |
Mrs Ann | |||
John | |||
Andrew | |||
Elizabeth | |||
Spence | Martha J | ||
Stewart | James | Farm labourer | |
Strong | Mary | Domestic servant | |
Stuart | Rebecca | Domestic servant | |
Sutherland | George | Boat carpenter | |
Mrs Margaret | |||
Charles | |||
Robert | |||
Christina | |||
Catherine | |||
Sutherland | Henry | Fisherman & c | |
Sutherland | James | Farmer | |
Mrs Jane | |||
Tait | James William | Farm labourer | |
Thompson | Agnes | Domestic servant | |
Thompson | Lawrence | Fisherman & carpenter | |
James | " " | ||
Tierney | Thomas | Labourer | |
Mrs Elizabeth | |||
Patrick | |||
Elizabeth | |||
Jane Ann | |||
Alice | |||
Weir | James | Labourer | |
Mrs Elizabeth | |||
George | |||
Infant | |||
Wilson | Alexander | Joiner | |
Williamson | Mrs B | ||
Margaret | |||
Wood | Alexander | ||
Mrs | |||
Guaranteed | |||
Barrie | George | Labourer | |
Bowman | Mrs Catherine | ||
Mary | Machine worker | ||
Elizabeth | Domestic servant | ||
Terecca | |||
Agnes | |||
Margaret | |||
Craig | James | Machine printer | |
Mrs Mary | |||
Robert | |||
Janet | |||
Anna | |||
Mary | |||
William | |||
Duff | David | Cooper | |
Gillies | Alexander | Joiner | |
Hannah | Hugh | Plumber | |
John | Watchmaker | ||
Alexander | Tailor | ||
James | |||
Jane | Domestic Servant | ||
Henderson | James | Smith | |
Mrs | |||
John | Smith | ||
Amelia | Domestic servant | ||
Janet | |||
Isabella | |||
Agnes | |||
Kemp | John | Boiler-maker | |
Martin | William | Blacksmith | |
Mrs Martha | |||
William | |||
Matilda | |||
McCaffrey | James | File cutter | |
McClymont | Elizabeth | Domestic servant | |
McClymont | Hugh | Tailor | |
Mrs Mary | |||
McKeig | Margaret | Domestic servant | |
Munro | Mrs Isabella | Weaver | |
Margaret | |||
Isabella | |||
Ellen | |||
Jessie | |||
Catherine | |||
Pollack | Margaret | Domestic servant | |
Rodger | David | Joiner | |
Mrs Elizabeth | |||
Mary | |||
Agnes | |||
Peter | |||
Elizabeth | |||
Snow | James | Labourer | |
Taylor | Isaac | Labourer | |
Mrs Elizabeth | |||
Duncan | |||
Walker | James | Ag labourer | |
Mrs Mary | |||
Daniel | |||
Andrew | |||
John | |||
James | |||
Robert | |||
Charles | |||
Catherine | |||
Widderspoon | Andrew | Joiner | |
Mrs Janet | |||
Andrew | Blacksmith | ||
William | Engineer | ||
Peter | |||
Elizabeth | |||
Margaret | |||
John | |||
Ann | |||
Robert | |||
Copyright Denise & Peter 1999 - 2007
Source: Otago Gazette