Wild Deer
Ship : 1060 tons
Captain : Kerr
Sailed Greenock January 12th 1883 - sank off the coast of Ireland
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 | Age | County | Occupation | |
Families and Children | ||||
Addison | Roderick | 41 | Lanark | |
Mary | 31 | |||
Barker | Thomas | 30 | Lanark | General Servant |
Mary | 28 | |||
Esther | 8 | |||
Jane | 5 | |||
Andrew | 3 | |||
Thomas | 10 months | |||
Bennie | John | 24 | Ayr | Coal Miner |
Janet | 19 | |||
Janet S | 6 months | |||
Bennie | Elizabeth | 22 | Domestic Servant | |
James | 19 | |||
Janet | 17 | Domestic Servant | ||
Suasn | 15 | Domestic Servant | ||
Jane | 13 | Domestic Servant | ||
Margaret | 12 | |||
Agnes | 10 | |||
Daniel | 8 | |||
Chisholm | Donald | 60 | Inverness | Jobbing Mason |
Helen | 58 | |||
Donald | 12 | |||
Cormack | John | 30 | Caithness | General Servant |
Margaret | 27 | |||
Margaret | 8 | |||
Martha | 6 | |||
James | 1 | |||
Dickie | John | 30 | Ayr | Flax Dresser |
Marion | 29 | |||
John | 3 | |||
Dixon | William | 37 | ||
Ann | 36 | |||
Archibald | 10 | |||
Robert | 7 | |||
John | 4 | |||
Ellis | David | 43 | Lanark | Coal Miner |
Barbara | 40 | |||
John | 20 | Carpenter | ||
Gray | Hugh | 30 | Lanark | General Servant |
Mary | 26 | |||
Peter | 6 | |||
John | 2 | |||
Margaret | 4 months | |||
Hood | William | 32 | ||
Isabella | 30 | |||
Laurinson | Laurence | 26 | Shetland | Grocer |
Isa | 39 | |||
Lindsay | Thomas | 30 | ||
Agnes | 27 | |||
Mackie | George | 28 | ||
Isabella | 22 | |||
McInnis | John | 48 | ||
Mary | 48 | |||
Niel | 50 | |||
Malcolm | 20 | |||
Daniel | 16 | |||
McInnes | Chris | 13 | ||
John | 11 | |||
McKenzie | James | 10 | Travelled with Addison's | |
Catherine | 6 | Travelled with Addison's | ||
Rogers | George | 41 | Staffordshire | Cabinet maker |
Esther | 42 | |||
Margaret | 19 | Domestic Servant | ||
George | 18 | French Polisher | ||
Harriett | 16 | Domestic Servant | ||
Mark | 14 | |||
William | 11 | |||
Edward | 8 | |||
John | 2 | |||
Turnbull | Robert | 29 | Kirkcaldy | Blacksmith |
Elizabeth | 23 | |||
Wilson | George | 50 | Stirlingshire | Baker |
Catherine | 37 | |||
Wilson | Mary | 7 | ||
Thomas | 17 | Joiner | ||
Single Men | ||||
All? | Walker | 20 | ||
Allan | Joseph | 22 | Derry | Labourer |
Hugh | 20 | Derry | Labourer | |
Allison | John | 23 | Rosshire | Blacksmith |
Antrine | Peter | 56 | Dumbartonshire | Labourer |
Arnott | William | 14 | Perth | |
Butby | John G | 20 | Longford | Ploughman |
Conser | William | 25 | Armagh | Ploughman |
Cunningham | Pat | 20 | Kerry | |
Diver | James | 19 | Donegal | Farm Servant |
Dixon | William | 16 | ||
Dunham | William | 25 | Lincolnshire | Labourer |
Fletcher | John | 27 | Rosshire | |
Graham | John | 20 | Tyrone | |
William | 16 | |||
Alexander | 12 | |||
Hopkins | James | 17 | Glamorgan | Blacksmith |
Hynes | Partick | 23 | ||
Kirkwood | Robert C | 17 | Lanark | Miner |
Mackenzie | John | 22 | ||
McClure | John | 22 | Roscommon | Farm Labourer |
Martin | John | 15 | Perth | |
Pollock | Alexander William | 15 | Ayrshire | |
James | 9 | Ayrshire | ||
Race | Walter | 20 | Norfolk | Joiner |
Robertson | W A | 9 | ||
Herbert | 19 | Cornwall | ||
Frederick | 17 | Cornwall | ||
Sexton | Patrick | 19 | Clare | |
Stewart | Charles | 41 | ||
Watson | William | 21 | Lanark | |
Single Women | ||||
Armstrong | Catherine | 22 | Fermanagh | |
Arnott | Helen | 39 | Perth | |
Janie | 11 | |||
Black | Hannah J | 17 | ||
C | Ellen | 22 | Tipperary | |
Ca? | Annie | 19 | Armagh | |
Connelly | Mary | 19 | Galway | |
Bridget | 17 | Galway | ||
D? | Mary | 13 | ||
Denison | Margaret | 23 | ||
Diver | Margaret | 20 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Donnell | Sarah | 22 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Flemming | E M | 24 | Yorkshire | |
Fraser | Margaret | 45 | Perth | |
Fraser | Margaret | 33 | Ayr | |
Geraghty | Alice | 18 | Leith | |
Gilmer | Mary S | 28 | Fermanagh | |
Granger | Mary | 26 | Lanark | |
Handley | Agnes E | 12 | Yorkshire | |
Harrison | Elizabeth | 24 | Renfrew | |
Hastry | Hannah | 16 | ||
K? | Margaret | 27 | Galway | |
Keally | Euphemia | 17 | ||
Kelly | Marjory | 23 | Inverness | |
Kilby | Ellen | 24 | Tipperary | |
Kirk | Isabella | 22 | Lanark | |
Mary | 20 | Lanark | ||
Lar? | Agnes | 38 | MATRON to single women | |
Laurinson | Grace | 56 | Shetland | |
Mary | 28 | Shetland | ||
Leary | Ellen | 19 | Middlesex | |
Kate | 46 | Dublin | ||
Loff | Cordelia | 21 | Cornwall | |
Logan | Jane | 19 | Renfrew | |
Magee | Susan | 18 | Donegal | |
Marsh? | Christine | 42 | Perth | |
Martin | Janet | 19 | Perth | |
Maggie | 17 | Perth | ||
McCain | Sarah | 18 | Tyrone | |
McGarrett | Ellen | 18 | Monaghan | |
Mackenzie | Catherine | 28 | ||
Jessie | 17 | |||
McLean | Catherine | 26 | Greenock | |
McMillan | Christine | 24 | Inverness | |
McNally | Bridget | 18 | Longford | |
Michie | Agnes | 24 | Scotch | |
Ann | 21 | Scotch | ||
Mitchell | Isabella | 56 | Kinross | |
Isabella | 28 | Kinross | ||
Murphy | Mary | 20 | Galway | |
N? | Maggie | 20 | ||
Newnham | Amy | 18 | Sussex | |
Obrien | Ellen | 12 | Waterford | |
Ormond | Annie | 17 | Forfar | |
Pollock | Margaret | 37 | Ayrshire | |
Elizabeth | 13 | |||
Margaret S | 11 | |||
Mary | 4 | |||
Roger | Mary | 20 | Forfar | |
Skenett | Ellen | 19 | Galway | |
Spear | Laura | 22 | Cornwall | |
Spence | Georgina | 18 | ||
Sunderland | Elizabeth | 29 | ||
Arthur | 11 | |||
Edwin | 8 | |||
Margaret | 6 | |||
Edith | 3 | |||
T? | Jane | 27 | Lanark | |
Vinetto? | Maria | 21 | ||
W? | Jane | 52 | Glamorgan | |
Walsh | Mary | 22 | Galway | |
Watt | Isabella | 23 | Banff | |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 2000
National Archives Reference IM5/4/37 No497