Nelson
Ship: 1247 tons
Captain: Leslie
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed Glasgow September 30th 1875 - arrived Otago December 26th 1875
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 | |
Families & Children | ||||
Arthur | James | 47 | Renfrew | Tailor |
Mrs J | 45 | |||
Helen | 17 | Renfrew | Mill Worker | |
James | 14 | Renfrew | Tailor | |
Mary | 12 | |||
Jessie | 9 | |||
Frederick | 3 | |||
Ann | 1 | |||
Arthur | John | 23 | Renfrew | Tailor |
Ann | 25 | |||
Mary | 8 months | |||
Baird | David | 29 | Lanark | Labourer |
Mrs Isa | 29 | |||
Catherine | 6 months | |||
Blaney | James | 42 | Lanark | Surfaceman |
Jane | 39 | |||
Jane | 17 | |||
Catherine | 15 | |||
Anne | 12 | |||
Elizabeth | 10 | |||
Bella | 8 | |||
Bradley | William | 24 | Lanark | Gardener |
Mrs | 25 | |||
Elizabeth | 6 months | |||
Campbell | William | 31 | Lanark | Quarryman |
Janet | 30 | |||
Campbell | Andrew | 31 | Lanark | Carpet Weaver |
Mrs | 25 | |||
Campbell | George | 21 | Lanark | Cabinet Maker |
Mary | 25 | |||
Carlin | John | 24 | Lanark | Navvy |
Sarah | 23 | |||
Carruthers | Andrew | 25 | ||
Isabella | 23 | Linlithgow | Farmer | |
Janet | 1 | |||
Cook | Robert | 24 | Ayr | Iron Moulder |
Janet | 22 | |||
William | 1� | |||
Craies | William | 28 | Lanark | House Carpenter |
Mary | 27 | |||
Mary | 5 | |||
Janet | 3 | |||
Davidson | William | 34 | Serwick | Ag Labourer/Fisherman |
Margaret | 32 | |||
Grace | 6 | |||
Margaret | 4 | |||
Andrina | 2 | |||
Eccles | William | 32 | Lancashire | Farm Labourer |
Catherine | 32 | |||
Robert | 11 | |||
Samuel | 9 | |||
Finnie | John | 29 | Lanark | Gasfitter |
Isa | 30 | |||
John | 4 | |||
Archibald | 1� | |||
Fleming | William | 35 | Lanark | Labourer |
Mrs | 33 | |||
Margaret | 5 | |||
Jane | 3 | |||
Bella | 1 | |||
Garren | William | 21 | Ayr | Iron Turner |
Rebecca | 22 | |||
Gilmour | Alexander | 24 | Lanark | Blacksmith |
Rachel | 20 | |||
Goodlet | George | 26 | Forfar | Engine Fitter |
Mrs | 26 | |||
Marjory | 2 | |||
Margaret | 2 months | |||
Gordon | Robert | 25 | Linlithgow | Blacksmith |
Mrs | 25 | |||
Granger | Henry | 30 | Northumberland | Gas Fitter & Tinsmith |
Eleanor | 30 | |||
John | 5 | |||
Mary Elizabeth | 8 months | Aberdeen | Blacksmith | |
Hall | David | 32 | Lanark | Miner |
Agnes | 25 | |||
William | 1 | |||
Hill | John | 22 | Lanark | Baker |
Marion | 19 | |||
Hollinger | Joseph | 27 | Forfar | General Labourer |
Mrs A | 26 | |||
Hunter | James | 21 | Ayr | Labourer |
Mrs M | 19 | |||
Margaret | 8 months | |||
Hutchenson | Thomas | 25 | ||
Barbara | 23 | |||
John | 2 | |||
Willimena | 9 months | |||
Hylands | Morris | 31 | Lanark | Labourer |
Mrs E | 26 | |||
John | 5 | |||
Mary | 3 | |||
Inglis | William | 33 | Lanark | Joiner |
Janet | 26 | |||
Janet | 3 | |||
Richard | 11 months | |||
Johnstone | John | 28 | Lancashire | Joiner |
Agnes | 24 | |||
John | 1 | |||
Johnstone | Joseph | 28 | Forfar | Farm Servant |
Jane | 28 | |||
Kennedy | Barkley | 24 | Northumberland | Coal Miner |
Euphemia | 25 | |||
John | 3 | |||
Jane | 1 | |||
Laurie | James | 37 | Durham | Rivetter |
Elizabeth | 32 | |||
Jane | 11 | |||
Margaret | 10 | |||
John William | 8 | |||
Alexander | 3 | |||
James | Infant | |||
Lawrence | Mrs | 44 | Laundrymaid | |
Elizabeth | 22 | Dressmaker | ||
Jane | 19 | Tailoress | ||
Little | Robert | 25 | Wigton | Shepherd |
Mrs M | 23 | |||
Isabella H | 4 | |||
Jane S | 2 | |||
Lou | Charles | 37 | Forfar | Ploughman |
Elizabeth | 34 | |||
David | 10 | |||
William | 6 | |||
Charles | 5 | |||
Jane | 3 | |||
James | 2 | |||
Elizabeth | 6 months | |||
McAuley | William | 36 | Dumbarton | Labourer |
Marion | 31 | |||
Christian (female) | 10 | |||
Jane | 4 | |||
Annie | 2 | |||
McCallum | John | 29 | Lanark | Mechanic |
Mrs E | 26 | |||
Mary | 7 | |||
Margaret | 6 | |||
John | 2 | |||
Robert | 5 months | |||
McConnell | James | 42 | Ayr | Bootmaker |
Martha | 41 | |||
Martha | 21 | |||
Mary | 18 | |||
Robert | 15 | |||
John | 13 | |||
Jane | 12 | |||
Joseph | 9 | |||
Margaret | 7 | |||
Janet | 4 | |||
McCulloch | Archibald | 27 | Ayr | Quarryman |
Mrs | 27 | |||
Margaret | 7 | |||
Jessie | 5 | |||
McEwan | John | 33 | Ayr | Miner |
Mrs | 28 | |||
Jane | 7 | |||
William | 4 | |||
Alexander | 2 | |||
McKenzie | David | 28 | Edinburgh | Farm Servant |
Isa | 30 | |||
Alexander | 5 | |||
David | 3 | |||
Anabella | 9 months | |||
Moffat | John | 33 | Lancashire | Stonemason |
Sarah | 24 | |||
William | 5 | |||
John | 4 | |||
James | 1 | |||
Morrison | Hugh | 28 | Lanark | Labourer |
Mrs | 25 | |||
William | 6 | |||
John | 4 | |||
Ellen | 3 | |||
James | 6 months | |||
Nicholson | Thomas | 36 | Shetland | Carpenter |
Jane | 37 | |||
Nicol | William | 32 | Forfar | Watchmaker |
Jane | 29 | |||
William | 5 | |||
Alexander | 3 | |||
Catherine | 1 | |||
Nicoll | David | 32 | Forfar | Labourer |
Betsy | 33 | |||
Elizabeth | 7 | |||
Adelaide | 5 | |||
Isa | 3 | |||
Jemima | 1 | |||
Norrie | John | 46 | Aberdeen | Blacksmith |
Isabella | 43 | |||
Maggie | 17 | |||
Paton | Thomas | 20 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
Mrs C | 23 | |||
Peterson | John | 24 | Lanark | Painter |
Christine | 22 | |||
John J | 6 months | |||
Porteous | George Robert | 43 | Lanark | Engine Driver |
Barbara | 42 | |||
Janet | 19 | |||
Elizabeth | 17 | |||
George | 13 | |||
Barbara | 11 | |||
Ramsay | William | 31 | Linlithgow | Miner & Farm Servant |
Mrs J | 29 | |||
Thomas | 12 | |||
Elizabeth | 10 | |||
Janet | 8 | |||
James | 6 | |||
Ann | 5 | |||
William | 4 | |||
Helen | 2 | |||
Alexander | 4 months | |||
Wilson | John | 17 | Linlithgow | Farm Servant - Came with Ramsay |
Ravie | George | 35 | Renfrew | Carter |
Mrs J | 25 | |||
Jane G | 3 | |||
George | 1 | |||
Reid | James | 22 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
Agnes | 25 | |||
Margaret | 2 | |||
Riddell | John | 43 | Renfrew | Sawyer |
Jane | 42 | |||
Thomas | 24 | |||
Agnes | 4 | |||
John | 2 | |||
Robinson | JB | 27 | Northumberland | Miner |
Mrs MA | 24 | |||
MA (female) | 3 | |||
John | 1 | |||
Robison | Thomas | 34 | Lanark | Joiner |
Margaret | 28 | |||
Elizabeth | 4 | |||
Jessie | 4 | |||
Russell | Stephen | 28 | Lanark | Labourer |
Jane | 28 | |||
Margaret | 3 | |||
Stephen | 2 | |||
Shaw | John | 39 | Lanark | Labourer |
Jane | 38 | |||
Sim | Alexander | 37 | Lanark | Joiner |
Janet | 37 | |||
Alexander | 15 | Lanark | Apprentice Joiner | |
Robert | 13 | |||
William | 11 | |||
John | 7 | |||
Harold | 3 | |||
Simpson | William | 27 | Fife | Miner |
Janet | 28 | |||
Thomas | 1 | |||
Margaret | Infant | |||
Smith | William | 29 | Forfar | General Labourer |
Susan | 27 | |||
Margaret | 5 | |||
Isabella | 3 | |||
Joseph | 1 | |||
Smith | Oliver | 49 | Shetland | Fisherman |
Janet | 54 | |||
Jane | 19 | |||
Smith | Thomas | 32 | Ayr | Ploughman |
Janet | 30 | |||
Elizabeth | 9 | |||
Margaret | 7 | |||
James | 3 | |||
Sneddon | Samuel | 27 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
Mary | 27 | |||
Catherine | 6 | |||
David | 4 | |||
Isabella | 11 months | |||
Sneddon | James | 24 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
Mrs C | 25 | |||
David | 11 months | |||
Suter | David | 36 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
Ann | 37 | |||
Sutherland | Robert | 34 | Shetland | Agricultural Labourer |
Grace | 34 | |||
Lawrence | 2 | |||
Swanson | Sinclair | 38 | Sutherland | Blacksmith |
Margaret | 34 | |||
St Clair | 11 | |||
Alexander | 11 | |||
George | 9 | |||
Alexandrina | 7 | |||
John | 6 | |||
Helen | 5 | |||
James | 3 | |||
Daniel | 4 months | |||
Thomson | Samuel | 32 | Serwick | Agricultural Labourer |
Agnes | 43 | |||
Samuel | 5 | |||
Mary | 2 months | |||
Watson | William | 33 | Linlithgow | Farmer |
Mrs H | 29 | |||
David H | 6 | |||
Hellen | 3 | |||
Marion | 1 | |||
Wight | William | 44 | Lancashire | Miner |
Elizabeth | 21 | |||
James | 1� | |||
Will | Lewis | 44 | Aberdeen | Agricultural Labourer |
Mrs | 44 | |||
Isabella | 18 | |||
Alexander | 11 | |||
Alexandra Jane | 9 | |||
James | 7 | |||
Will | John | 21 | Aberdeen | Shoemaker |
Elizabeth | 24 | |||
Wilson | Thomas | 25 | Edinburgh | Labourer |
Isa | 25 | |||
Joan R | 4 | |||
Yarr | William | 24 | Ayr | Farm Servant |
Margaret | 21 | |||
Single Men | ||||
Andersen | William | 29 | Edinburgh | Baker |
Bell | Robert | 24 | Lanark | Brass Finisher |
Bellaney | Charles | 21 | Edinburgh | Gardener |
Brown | Thomas | 22 | Dumfries | Draper |
John | 21 | Dumfries | Saddler | |
Robert | 20 | Dumfries | Draper | |
Cameron | Donald | 25 | Inverness | Farm Labourer |
Colquhoun | John | 23 | Inverness | Shepherd |
Cook | Finlay | 24 | Lanark | Joiner |
Cowe | William | 28 | Berwick | Cooper |
Craig | John | 25 | Lanark | Joiner |
Crichton | Lawson | 21 | Lanark | Labourer |
Cumnock | Allan | 24 | Renfrew | Iron Ship Builder |
Davidson | Thomas | 22 | Edinburgh | Labourer |
Dick | John | 20 | Kirkudbright | General Labourer |
Dougherty | Thomas | 22 | Northumberland | Ploughman |
Drummond | Peter | 21 | Fife | Labourer |
Edwards | William | 15 | Forfar | Grocer |
Fleming | Thomas | 20 | Forfar | General Black Smith |
Fowler | William | 23 | Northumberland | Joiner |
Gillies | Murdock | 25 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
Gordon | Robert | 21 | Sutherland | Boot & Shoemaker |
Hargreaves | Alanson | 30 | Yorkshire | Weaver |
Hodge | Peter | 20 | Fife | Sawyer |
Holmes | James | 27 | Yorkshire | Gardener |
Inkster | Andrew | 40 | Shetland | Labourer |
Isbister | James | 22 | Shetland | Farm Servant |
Robert | 21 | Shetland | Farm Servant | |
Jenkins | John | 22 | Limerick | Ploughman |
Kilpatrick | Robert | 22 | Rebfrew | Carpenter |
Knox | Thomas | 19 | Lanark | Tinsmith |
Lauder | David | 25 | Lanark | Flour Miller |
Loftus | John | 23 | Lanark | Quarryman |
Lunn | William | 17 | Linlithgow | Joiner |
Lawson | Alex | 23 | Clackmannon | Painter |
Madill | William | 18 | Lanark | Labourer |
Mackay | John A | 18 | Sutherland | Fitter & Turner |
McArthur | James | 24 | Lanark | Engineer |
McColl | Donald | 23 | Lanark | Ploughman |
McConnachie | John | 26 | Lanark | Railway Porter |
McCreedy | Robert | 21 | Lanark | Ploughman |
McFie | Archibald | 18 | Lanark | Tinsmith |
McKay | Thomas | 24 | Edinburgh | Ploughman |
McKenzie | Alexander | 20 | Fife | Sawyer |
McKenzie | John C | 24 | Inverness | Agricultural Labourer |
McLaren | James | 16 | Lanark | Mechanic |
Miller | Thomas | 24 | Edinburgh | Turner & Fitter |
Mullin | John | 22 | Durham | Ploughman |
Munro | Thomas | 28 | Lanark | Pointsman |
Murray | Samuel | 18 | Forfar | Moulder |
Neil | James | 31 | Lanark | Labourer |
Nicol | Alexander | 35 | Aberdeen | Agricultural Labourer |
Priestly | Joseph | 30 | Lanark | Mechanic |
Ramsay | James | 56 | Linlithgow | Farm Servant |
Reid | James | 23 | Moray | Blacksmith |
Rock | Thomas | 21 | Galway | Labourer |
Robertson | Angus | 20 | Edinburgh | Miller |
Ross | Kenneth | 22 | Lanark | Painter |
Scott | Adam | 21 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Shand | John | 23 | Fife | Farm Labourer |
Simpson | John | 18 | Fife | Miner |
Smith | Hugh | 25 | Lanark | Telegraph Line Man |
Splitt | John | 20 | Fife | Labourer |
Stewart | Thomas | 32 | Renfrew | Carpenter |
Stewart | Charles | 18 | Forfar | Farm Servant |
Stirling | Robert | 20 | Renfrew | Engineer |
Tait | John | 27 | Lanark | Stableman |
Taylor | Jacob | 26 | Renfrew | Carpenter |
Wood | Michael | 31 | Ayr | Labourer |
Single Women | ||||
Anderson | Emily | 26 | Perth | Dressmaker |
Anderson | Sally | 21 | Sutherland | Domestic Servant |
Brodie | Agnes | 19 | Lanark | Machinist |
Cameron | Johanna | 29 | Inverness | Farm Servant |
Clark | Margaret | 16 | Edinburgh | House Servant |
Corrie | Jane | 28 | Lancashire | Housemaid |
Cumming | Jean M | 16 | Clackmannon | General Servant |
Cunningham | Elizabeth | 17 | Lanark | Domestic Worker |
Davidson | Grace | 63 | Shetland | |
Elspeth | 34 | Shetland | Domestic Servant | |
Edwards | Jane | 36 | Forfar | Dressmaker |
Forbes | Isabella | 30 | Edinburgh | Domestic Servant |
Fraser | Louisa | 40 | Sutherland | Seamstress |
Gordon | Isabella | 22 | Sutherland | Domestic Servant |
Harper | Mary | 23 | Edinburgh | Domestic Servant |
Inkster | Barbara | 29 | Shetland | General Servant |
Agnes | 8 | Shetland | Domestic Servant | |
Johnson | Margaret | 21 | Shetland | Domestic Worker |
Johnson | Harriet | 16 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Johnstone | Margaret | 20 | Shetland | Shetland |
Knox | Ann | 18 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
Lachlan | Jane | 23 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
McAnergny | Ruth | 22 | Antrim | House Servant |
McNaught | Agnes | 23 | Lanark | Hat Trimmer |
Jane | 20 | Lanark | Machinist | |
Morine | Amelia | 19 | Moray | General Servant |
Petrie | Janet | 19 | Fife | Domestic Servant |
Reid | Helen | 22 | Moray | Domestic Servant |
Rosk | Bridget | 18 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
Stott | Mary | 40 | Lanark | Nurse |
Thomson | Margaret | 23 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
West | Mary | 18 | Lanark | Servant |
George Robert PORTEOUS: |
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