Mermaid
Ship: 1326 tons
Captain: Rose
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London 15th September 1866 - arrived Lyttelton January 5th 1867
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
Commissioners
Report
Arrival of the Mermaid
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Cabin Passengers | ||||
Buck | Miss | |||
Campbell | Mrs and child | |||
Deamer | Misses C. M. F. and A | |||
Dearden | Miss | |||
Gee | Mr | |||
Malcombe | Miss | |||
Sherlock | Mr | |||
Young | Mrs | |||
Second Cabin Passengers | ||||
Bell | Mr | |||
Brocklerby | Mr | |||
Dudding | Mr | |||
Lloyd | Miss | |||
Pole | Mr and family (8) | |||
Pope | Mr | |||
Wardender | Miss | |||
Families and Children | ||||
Barnett | Edward | 46 | Glostershire | Farm Labourer |
Charlotte | 47 | |||
William E | 20 | T/F to single men | ||
Joseph | 18 | T/F to single men | ||
Ruth | 11 | |||
Barnett | Henry | 25 | Glostershire | Farm Labourer |
Elizabeth | 22 | |||
Elijah | 7 | |||
Brandon | Andrew | 37 | Dublin | Farm Labourer |
Ellen | 36 | |||
Mary Jane | 1 | |||
Brandon | Mary | 50 | T/F to single women | Travelled with Brandon |
Brown | John | 40 | Glostershire | Farm Labourer |
Ellen J | 34 | |||
Sophia | 14 | T/F to single women | ||
Rose | 10 | |||
Harry | 8 | |||
Kezia | 7 | |||
Ada | 4 | |||
Jane | 2 | |||
Frederick | Infant | |||
Dalwood | Mary Ann | 33 | Wiltshire | |
Mary Ann | 2 | |||
Dodd | Harriet | 26 | ||
Harriet | 7 | |||
William Henry | 6 | |||
Emily | 8 months | |||
Foden | Henry | 41 | Staffordshire | Carpenter |
Lucy | 39 | |||
Sarah H | 20 | |||
Betsy E | 18 | T/F to single women | ||
Thomas | 16 | T/F to single men | ||
Mary | 13 | T/F to single women | ||
William Henry | 10 | |||
Goldsmith | Edwin | 34 | Surrey | Cooper |
Mary Ann | 37 | |||
Edwin I | 9 | |||
Harriette | 7 | |||
James W | Infant | |||
Hawkins | Samuel | 45 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
Elizabeth | 45 | |||
Fanny | 18 | T/F to single women | ||
Elizabeth | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
Mary | 14 | T/F to single women | ||
Samuel | 11 | |||
Ann | 8 | |||
Chatiry | 5 | |||
Jones | John Alfred | 36 | Kent | Engineer |
Emma E | 30 | |||
Laura H | 5 | |||
Alfred I | 3 | |||
Fanny C | Infant | |||
Lake | John | 33 | ||
Elizabeth | 35 | Devonshire | Sawyer | |
Sarah G | 9 | |||
Mary E | 7 | |||
Alice J | 2 | |||
William H | Infant | |||
Chapman | Mary A. | 49 | T/F to single women | Travelled with Lake |
McFadden | Thomas | 19 | Cavan | Labourer |
Martha | 19 | |||
Reese | Thomas | 49 | Staffordshire | Carpenter |
Jane | 47 | |||
Marion | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
Mary | 15 | T/F to single women | ||
Simpson | William | 28 | Fireshire | Ploughman |
Elizabeth | 30 | |||
William | 4 | |||
Ann | 2 | |||
Thomas | Infant | |||
Storey | Charles | 36 | Hants | Labourer |
Ann | 27 | |||
Single Men | ||||
Anderson | David | 26 | Orkney | Farm Labourer |
Barnett | William E. | 20 | Glostershire | Farm Labourer |
Joseph | 18 | Glostershire | Farm Labourer | |
Coll | John | 17 | Donegal | Labourer |
Patrick | 20 | Donegal | Labourer | |
Damerell | John | 27 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
Foden | Thomas | 16 | Staffordshir | Labourer |
Gordon | Alexander | 15 | Morayshire | Labourer |
Gudex | Michael | 20 | Barvaria | Farm Labourer |
Barbara | 18 | T/F to single women | ||
Hay | John | 23 | Orkney | Farm Labourer |
Hooper | John | 18 | Dorsetshire | Hairdresser |
Hughes | Arthur | 19 | Kent | Painter |
Hyde | George | 19 | Hants | Shoemaker |
Rachael | 20 | T/F to single women | ||
Irwin | William | 22 | Tyrone | Labourer |
Jane | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
Irvine | John | 45 | Edinburgh | Printer |
Macdonald | George | 20 | Cathness | Labourer |
McCaw | William | 20 | Down | Farm Labourer |
McConnell | William | 12 | Down | Labourer |
McLeod | Kenneth | 34 | Sutherland | Farm Labourer |
Donald | 24 | Sutherland | Farm Labourer | |
Mary | 29 | T/F to single women | ||
Quinlan | James | 14 | Surrey | Labourer |
Richards | John | 22 | Cornwall | Mason |
Russell | George | 18 | Orkney | Laboourer |
Sadler | William | 47 | Gloucestershire | Carman |
Sadler | Joseph | 19 | Middlesex | Carman |
Schwartz | Simon | 14 | Germany | Labourer |
Smith | Thomas | 26 | Ayrshire | Ploughman |
Smith | Joseph | 26 | Middlesex | Blacksmith |
Smith | James | 17 | Middlesex | Clerk |
Smith | George | 15 | Middlesex | Clerk |
Stewart | Robert | 18 | Orkneys | Farmer |
Yongenson | Carl T. | Denmark | Labourer | |
Worth | William H. | 24 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
Single Woman | ||||
Armit | Mary | 25 | Fifeshire | Domestic Servant |
Aston | Eliza | 23 | Gloucestershire | |
Eliza | 3 | |||
Alice | Infant | |||
Lucy | Infant | |||
Barlow | Emily A. | 19 | Herefordshire | Domestic Servant |
Barr | Isabella | 25 | Londonderry | Domestic Servant |
Benham | Ellen | 28 | Sussex | Domestic Servant |
Brandon | Mary | 50 | Louth | Nurse |
Bristoe | Emma | 15 | Surrey | Domestic Servant |
Bristow | Caroline | 17 | Surrey | Domestic Servant |
Brown | Alberta | 15 | Gloucestershire | Domestic Servant |
Sophia | 14 | Gloucestershire | ||
Chapman | Mary A. | 49 | Lincolnshire | Laundress |
Church | Anna | 15 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Corkery | Bridget | 22 | Kerry | Dairywoman |
Corkery | Bridget | 20 | Kerry | Dairywoman |
Deyell | Margaret | 19 | Cavan | Dairywoman |
Ann J. | 17 | Cavan | Dairywoman | |
Doherty | Rose | 18 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Everest | Emma | 19 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Fee | Mary Ann | 23 | Down | Dairywoman |
Jane | 24 | Down | Dressmaker | |
Maria | 17 | Down | Dressmaker | |
Francis | Sarah | 24 | Monmouthshire | Domestic Servant |
Foden | Sarah A. | 20 | Staffordshire | Domestic Servant |
Betsy E. | 18 | Staffordshire | Domestic Servant | |
Mary | 13 | Staffordshire | Domestic Servant | |
Foden | Ellen | 16 | Cheshire | Dairywoman |
Gamman | Emma | 23 | Middlesex | Nurse |
Gudex | Barbara | 18 | Bavaria | Domestic Servant |
Harding | Jane | 21 | Lincolnshire | Domestic Servant |
Hawkins | Fanny | 18 | Alderney | Domestic Servant |
Hawkins | Elizabeth | 16 | Alderney | Domestic Servant |
Hawkins | Mary | 14 | Alderney | Domestic Servant |
Hooper | Elizabeth | 30 | Dorsetshire | Domestic Servant |
Horrigan | Margaret | 26 | Tipperary | Cook |
Hyde | Rachel | 20 | Hants | Domestic Servant |
Irwin | Jane | 16 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
Jacobs | Elizabeth | 34 | Middlesex | Cook |
Jacobs | Sarah | 32 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Johnson | Elizabeth | 20 | Gloucestershire | Domestic Servant |
Jones | Emma | 29 | Kent | Domestic Servant |
Jones | Martha | 22 | Kent | Domestic Servant |
Jones | Emily | 20 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Kellard | Margaret | 20 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Kirwin | Mary A. | 30 | Limerick | Domestic Servant |
Kirwin | Kate | 24 | Limerick | Needlewoman |
Kirwin | Fanny | 22 | Limerick | Needlewoman |
Kirwin | Fanny | 60 | Limerick | |
Lennard | Mary | 21 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
Long | Catherine | 17 | Somerset | Domestic Servant |
Long | Mary A. | 15 | Somerset | Domestic Servant |
Lloyd | Helen | 27 | Yorkshire | Needlewoman |
Lynskey | Honor | 23 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
Mann | Pricilla | 21 | Gloucester | Laundress |
Mathews | Eliza J. | 22 | Tyrone | Dairywoman |
Matthews | Mary L. | 20 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
McCleery | Catherine | 23 | Armagh | Domestic Servant |
McConnell | Margaret | 42 | Down | |
Sarah J | 14 | |||
McConnell | William | 12 | T/F to single men | |
Adam | 11 | |||
Martha | 10 | |||
Eliza | 9 | |||
Hugh | 7 | |||
Margaret | 4 | |||
McLaughlan | Ann | 23 | Renfrewshire | Bleacher |
McLaughlan | Bridget | 48 | Renfrewshire | |
McLeod | Mary | 29 | Sutherland | Dairywoman |
O'Brein | Ellen | 25 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
Page | Maria | 24 | Glostershire | Domestic Servant |
Powell | Sarah | 18 | Glostershire | Cook |
Procter | Eleanor | 29 | Lancashire | Domestic Servant |
Pyke | Mary A. | 18 | Glostershire | Domestic Servant |
Quinlan | Johanna | 35 | Kerry | Domestic Servant |
James | 14 | T/F to single men | ||
Redmond | Bridget | 20 | Tipperary | Domestic Servant |
Reese | Marion | 16 | Lancashire | Domestic Servant |
Reese | Mary | 15 | Lancashire | Domestic Servant |
Richy | Mary A. | 18 | Londonderry | Domestic Servant |
Robinson | Jane | 30 | Wiltshire | Domestic Servant |
Rouse | May | 18 | Devonshire | Domestic Servant |
Ryan | Honora | 20 | Tipperary | Domestic Servant |
Ryley | Ellen | 28 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
Saddler | Anne | 25 | Middlesex | |
Mary A. | 4 | Middlesex | ||
Annie | 2 | Middlesex | ||
Scanlan | Barbara | 35 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Scanlan | Mary | 16 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Scanlan | Anne | 17 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
Schwartz | Henrietta | 38 | Germany | |
Helena | 18 | Germany | Domestic Servant | |
Caroline | 16 | Germany | Domestic Servant | |
Elizabeth | 12 | Germany | ||
Smith | Catherine | 48 | Middlesex | Cook MATRON |
Smith | Catherine | 23 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Smith | Sarah | 22 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Smith | Elizabeth | 20 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Smith | Mary J | 14 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Smith | Emily | 18 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Steele | Ellen | 16 | Londonderry | Milliner |
Strickland | Mary A. | 26 | Devonshire | Milliner |
Triggs | Hannah | 20 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Whitten | Elizabeth | 40 | Armagh | Domestic Servant |
Whittington | Alice | Glostershire | Domestic Servant | |
Single Men listed with the Mermaid but travelling by the Glenmark - employees of Mr Robinson | ||||
Burridge | Mark | 19 | Dorsetshire | Labourer |
Cook | Joseph | 21 | Somersetshire | Labourer |
Freehauf | Moses | 20 | Austria | Turner |
Hutchings | Isaac | 20 | Somersetshire | Labourer |
James | George | 20 | Somersetshire | Labourer |
Pearce | Graham | 20 | Surrey | Shepherd |
Wetherall | Hanry | 20 | Somersetshire | Labourer |
Single Women listed with the Mermaid but travelling by the Glenmark | ||||
Haddrill | Elizabeth | 14 | Middlesex | |
Families & Children listed with the Mermaid but travelling by the Leichardt | ||||
Maull | Alexander | 22 | Stirlingshire | Labourer |
Ellen | 21 | |||
Agnes | 2 | |||
Margaret | 1 month | |||
Single Women listed with the Mermaid but travelling by the Leichardt | ||||
Colquitt | Jane | 18 | Isle of Man | Domestic Servant |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 1999, 2000, 2001
Reference
Archives New Zealand IMCH4/74