Nelson
Ship: 1247 tons
Captain: Fullerton
Sailed from Clyde 4th June 1879 - arrived Otago 28th August 1879
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 | ||||
| Baccus | Daniel | 22 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
| Mrs | 20 | |||
| Ballantyne | James | 40 | Rosshire | Shepherd |
| Barbara | 42 | |||
| James | 11 | |||
| Dodds | Andrew | 37 | Haddington | Farm Labourer |
| Marion | 35 | |||
| Thomas | 6 | |||
| Gillie | John | 24 | Haddington | Shepherd |
| Jessie | 24 | |||
| Hall | William | 31 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
| Mary | 29 | |||
| Peter | 9 | |||
| McVie | Gavin | 23 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
| Janet | 20 | |||
| Gavin | 1 month | |||
| Newlands | Henry | 30 | Linlithgow | Farm Labourer |
| Christina | 28 | |||
| Niven | Robert | 21 | Fife | Ploughman |
| Mary Ann | 22 | |||
| Somerville | James | 26 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
| Sarah | 22 | |||
| Daniel | 2 | |||
| Somerville | William | 42 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
| Agnes | 41 | |||
| Mary | 19 | T/F to single women | Farm Servant | |
| Robert | 17 | T/F to single men | Farm Labourer | |
| Barbara | 15 | T/F to single women | Housemaid | |
| David | 13 | T/F to single men | ||
| Agnes | 11 | |||
| Elizabeth | 9 | |||
| Janie | 7 | |||
| Margaret | 4 | |||
| Christina | 21 months | |||
| Thomson | William | 25 | Ayr | Farm labourer |
| Elizabeth | 21 | |||
| Susannah | 1 | |||
| Walker | William | 35 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
| Mrs | 35 | |||
| Woodrow | Robert | 23 | Dumbarton | Ploughman |
| Jane | 23 | |||
| Reid | James | 24 | Inverness | Ploughman |
| Christina | ||||
| Families & Children - Colonial Nominated Cases | ||||
| Callon | Richard | 36 | Surrey | Labourer |
| Emily | 30 | |||
| Richard | 17 | T/F to single men | Labourer | |
| Samuel | 10 | |||
| Thomas | 7 | |||
| Emily | 4 | |||
| John | 1 | |||
| Clempson | Edward | 36 | Staffordshire | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 32 | |||
| Mary A | 14 | T/F to single men | ||
| Esther | 4 | |||
| George | 10 months | |||
| Cosgriffe | John | 20 | Tipperary | Ploughman |
| Margaret | 21 | |||
| Douglas | John | 35 | Lanark | House Carpenter |
| Sarah | 35 | |||
| Foster | James | 27 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
| Mrs | 26 | |||
| Annie | 4 | |||
| Elizabeth | 1 | |||
| Heslop | Alexander | 52 | Midlothian | Labourer |
| Catherine | 50 | |||
| William | 23 | T/F to single men | Labourer | |
| Euphemia | 20 | T/F to single women | Carter | |
| Robert | 17 | T/F to single men | Domestic Servant | |
| Hogg | George | 40 | Fife | Coal Contractor |
| Agnes | 39 | |||
| William | 22 | T/F to single men | Labourer | |
| George | 20 | T/F to single men | Labourer | |
| Alexander | 18 | T/F to single men | Labourer | |
| Robert | 16 | T/F to single men | Miner | |
| Andrew | 14 | T/F to single men | ||
| Mary | 12 | T/F to single women | ||
| Thomas | 10 | |||
| Adam | 9 | |||
| Mitchell | Jane | 30 | T/F to single women | Came with Hogg family |
| Moncrieff | John | 28 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
| Mrs | 28 | |||
| John | 6 | |||
| Alexandra | 2 | |||
| James | 6 months | |||
| O'Connell | John | 38 | Stirling | Farm Labourer |
| Agnes | 38 | |||
| John | 14 | T/F to single men | ||
| Thomas | 10 | |||
| Margaret | 7 | |||
| Patterson | Joseph | 30 | Northumberland | Brickmaker |
| Ann | 28 | |||
| Catherine | 3 | |||
| Elizabeth | 1 month | |||
| Scott | Antony | 42 | Durham | Miner |
| Margaret | 38 | |||
| William | 7 | |||
| Margaret | 5 | |||
| Bertha | 9 months | |||
| Sharp | Thomas | 24 | Lanark | Miner |
| Mary | 21 | |||
| James | 18 months | |||
| Templeton | William | 33 | Antrim | Porter |
| Isabella | 41 | |||
| Wilcox | John | 44 | Surrey | Carpenter |
| Emma | 40 | |||
| Elizabeth | 13 | T/F to single women | ||
| John | 10 | |||
| Charlotte | 8 | |||
| William | 6 | |||
| Grace | 5 | |||
| Edwin | 4 | |||
| Williams | William | T/F to single men | Travelled with Callon's | |
| Single Men | ||||
| Allan | John | 25 | Linlithgow | Joiner |
| Anderson | Andrew | 24 | Lanark | Agricultural Labourer |
| Angus | William | 25 | Aberdeen | Farm Labourer |
| Beaton | John | 24 | Perth | Ploughman |
| Callon | Richard | 17 | Surrey | Labourer |
| Connelly | James | 21 | Galway | Farm Labourer |
| Devlin | Joseph | 20 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
| Dingwall | George | 27 | Banff | Farm Labourer |
| Donald | Thomas | 23 | Ayre | Farm Labourer |
| Dow | Edward | 21 | Dumbarton | Farm Labourer |
| Fortune | Robert | 24 | Berwick | Ploughman |
| Fortune | William | 22 | Midlothian | Ploughman |
| Fortune | Betsy | 20 | T/F to s/w | Outdoor Worker |
| Foster | Thomas | 25 | Glamorgan | Farm Servant |
| Graham | Peter | 21 | Stirling | Farm Servant |
| Jamieson | William | 19 | Wigtownshire | Ploughman |
| Johnstone | William | 22 | Rossburgh | Ploughman |
| Lawrie | Matthew | 30 | Ayr | Farm Labourer |
| Lind | George | 22 | Linlithgow | Shepherd |
| Lloyd | James | 29 | Glamorgan | Farm Labourer |
| Malley | William | 21 | Galway | Farm Labourer |
| McFarlane | Aud | 20 | Perth | Farm Labourer |
| Moor | Simon | 19 | Orkney | Farm Labourer |
| Prentice | James | 28 | Ayr | Shepherd |
| Riddle | William | 25 | Midlothian | Ploughman |
| Riley | Peter | 20 | Mayo | Farm Labourer |
| Patrick | 15 | Mayo | Farm Labourer | |
| Roy | Robert | 21 | Banff | Ploughman |
| Shanks | John | 21 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
| Somerville | Robert | 17 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
| David | 13 | Lanark | ||
| Walker | Peter | 26 | Linlithgow | Farm Labourer |
| Williams | William | Surrey | Labourer | |
| Wilson | Aud | 23 | Berwick | Farm Labourer |
| Single Men - Colonial Nominated Cases | ||||
| Beaton | John | 21 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
| Archibald | 15 | Lanark | Farm Labourer | |
| James | 13 | Lanark | ||
| Black | William | 26 | Aberdeen | Farm Labourer |
| Bulling | Max | Sweden | Farm Labourer | |
| Donn | Alexander | 67 | Caithness | Farmer |
| John | 17 | Caithness | Farm Servant | |
| Doyle | Patrick | 20 | Roscommon | Farm Servant |
| Dunne | James | 19 | Waterford | Farm Servant |
| Fallon | John | 18 | Roscommon | Farm Servant |
| Heslop | William | 23 | Midlothian | Labourer |
| Robert | 17 | Midlothian | Carter | |
| Hogg | 22 | Fife | Labourer - His name crossed out |
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| George | 20 | Fife | Labourer | |
| Alexander | 18 | Fife | Labourer | |
| Robert | 16 | Fife | Labourer | |
| Andrew | 14 | Fife | Labourer | |
| Holland | Martin | 21 | Galway | General Labourer |
| Horue | Edward | 20 | County Down | General Labourer |
| Howatson | Andrew | 16 | Ayr | Farm Labourer |
| Lawless | Kate | 53 | T/F to s/w | Dairymaid |
| Stephen | 29 | Galway | Farm Labourer | |
| James | 27 | Galway | Farm Labourer | |
| Thomas | 25 | Galway | Farm Labourer | |
| Moncrieff | Thomas | 16 | Lanark | Farm Labourer |
| O'Connell | John | 14 | Stirlingshire | Farm Labourer |
| O'Driscoll | Daniel | 21 | Cork | Farm Labourer - Travelled with Shea |
| Roach | James | 17 | Cornwall | Confectioner |
| Thomas | 14 | |||
| Shea | John | 20 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
| Patrick | 21 | Cork | Farm Labourer | |
| Ellen | 22 | T/F to s/w | Domestic Servant | |
| Margaret | 21 | T/F to s/w | Domestic Servant | |
| Small | Patrick | 27 | Limerick | Farm Servant |
| Johanna | 29 | T/F to s/w | General Servant | |
| Kate | 23 | T/F to s/w | General Servant | |
| Taylor | John | 20 | Orkney | Farm Servant |
| Thompson | David | 23 | Edinburgh | Farm Servant |
| Single Women | ||||
| Berry | Jane | 19 | Lanark | General Servant |
| Black | Selina | 17 | Lanark | General Servant |
| Cairus | 19 | Lanark | General Servant | |
| Corcoran | Anne | 21 | Dumbarton | General Servant |
| Jane | 18 | Dunfries | General Servant | |
| Creaton | Mary | 23 | Midlothian | General Servant |
| Dalziel | C | 22 | Shetland | Domestic Servant |
| Davidson | Helen | 32 | Forfar | Housekeeper |
| Devlin | Jane | 19 | Ayr | House Maid |
| Devlin | Elizabeth | 17 | Durham | Dairymaid |
| Dyer | Mary | 18 | Sligo | Dairymaid |
| Early | Bridget | 20 | Sligo | Cook |
| Ferguson | Agnes | 19 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
| Ferry | Hannah | 20 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
| Fitzimmons | Mary | 25 | Ayr | Domestic Servant |
| Fortune | Betsy | 20 | Midlothian | Outdoor Worker |
| Gibson | Abigail | 18 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
| Gillespie | Elizabeth | 18 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
| Greig | Agnes | 20 | Lanark | Housemaid |
| Henderson | Batsy | 42 | Forfar | Professional Nurse - MATRON on board |
| Hillhouse | Martha | 20 | Ayr | Dairy maid |
| Kirkwood | Rachael | 21 | Lanark | Housemaid |
| Knox | Maggie H | 23 | Lanark | General Servant |
| Lincond | Jane M | 23 | Ayr | Housemaid |
| Mahon | Kate | 18 | Leitrim | Housemaid |
| Macinahou | Mary J | 18 | Edinburgh | Nurse |
| Mackenzie | Christina | 20 | Ross | Housemaid |
| Matheson | Christina | 25 | Ross | Housemaid |
| McBride | Esther | 22 | Lanark | General Servant |
| McDuff | Helen | 24 | Orkney | General Servant |
| McGill | Jessie | 21 | Renfrew | General Servant |
| McKean | Mary | 20 | Donegal | Domestic Servant |
| McLaughlan | Fanny | 18 | Lanark | General Servant |
| McLay | Alexina | 19 | Edinburgh | General Servant |
| McSourly | Mary | 21 | Lanark | General Servant |
| McWhirter | Jane | 28 | Ayr | General Servant |
| Miller | Amelia R | 19 | Wicklow | General Servant |
| Morrison | Jane | 21 | Fermanagh | Domestic Servant |
| Munro | Ann | 25 | Ross | Housemaid |
| Neil | Eliza A | 21 | Ayr | Domestic Servant |
| Nelson | Annie | 28 | Roxburgh | General Servant |
| Nichol | Mary | 23 | Wigtonshire | Domestic Servant |
| Oliver | Maria | 24 | Edinburgh | Domestic Servant |
| Patterson | Eliza J | 25 | Tyrone | Cook |
| Peers | Alice S | 24 | Edinburgh | Cook |
| Pruice | Eliza | 21 | Jersey | Cook |
| Louisa | 20 | Jersey | Housemaid | |
| Rae | Annie | 25 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
| Rankin | Jane | 24 | Quinbarton | Nurse |
| Riley | Bridget | 45 | Mayo |
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Kate | 16 | Mayo | Domestic Servant |
| Ross | Mary J | 27 | Wigtonshire | Domestic Servant |
| Scanlan | Mary | 20 | Sligo | General Servant |
| Sharp | Mary H | 20 | Leicestershire | Nurse |
| Shea | Johanna | 19 | Kerry | General Servant |
| Somerville | Mary | 19 | Lanark | House Maid |
| Barbara | 15 | Lanark | House Maid | |
| Sorbie | Jane | 22 | Midlothian | Dairymaid |
| Starford | Jane | 24 | Warwickshire | Nurse |
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Annie | 22 | Warwickshire | General Servant |
| Stevenson | Mary A | 22 | Lanark | General Servant |
| Stewart | Elizabeth | 19 | Lanark | General Servant |
| Stewart | Margaret | 22 | Renfrew | General Servant |
| Stewart | Agnes | 19 | Renfrew | House Maid |
| Sturrit | Agnes | 22 | Ayr | General Servant |
| Elizabeth | 17 | Ayr | General Servant | |
| Templeton | Lizzie | 18 | Antrim | General Servant |
| Turley | Rose Ann | 23 | Dumbartonshire | General Servant |
| Watson | Elizabeth | 24 | Lanark | House Maid |
| Single Women - Colonial Nominated Cases | ||||
| Arundel | Betsy | 24 | Yorkshire | Housemaid |
| Beaton | Mary | 40 | Lanark | |
| John | 21 | T/F to s/m | ||
| Archibald | 15 | T/F to s/m | ||
| James | 13 | T/F to s/m | ||
| Climpson | Mary A | 14 | Staffordshire | |
| Comber | Thomas | 4 | Travelled with Coyne | |
| Coyne | Margaret | 25 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
| Doherty | Mary | 23 | Lanark | Domestic Servant |
| Harris | Alice | 26 | Surrey | Lady's Maid |
| Heslop | Euphemia | 20 | Midlothian | General Servant |
| Hogg | Mary | 12 | Fife | General Servant |
| Horue | Mary E | 22 | Down | General Servant |
| Howatson | Elizabeth | 46 | ||
| Marion | 22 | |||
| Jeanie | 20 | |||
| Jessie | 18 | |||
| Andrew | 16 | T/F to s/m | ||
| Lizzie | 9 | |||
| David | 7 | |||
| Isabella | 3 | |||
| Johnston | Susan | 20 | Kings County | General Servant |
| Maria | 17 | Kings County | General Servant | |
| Lawless | Kate | 53 | Galway | |
| McDonough | Hanna | 19 | Limerick | General Servant |
| Mitchell | Jane | 30 | Fife | General Servant |
| Moncrieff | Ann | 44 | Lanark | |
| Ann | 22 | Lanark | Domestic Servant | |
| Maggie | 19 | Lanark | Domestic Servant | |
| Thomas | 16 | T/F to s/m | Farm Labourer | |
| Pitcairn | Ann | 33 | Fife | Domestic Servant |
| Eliza | 31 | Fife | Domestic Servant | |
| Quinn | Catherine | 20 | Limerick | Domestic Servant |
| Roach | Alice | 46 | Cornwall | |
| James F | 17 | T/F to s/m | Confectioner | |
| Thomas H | 14 | T/F to s/m | ||
| Alice | 4 | |||
| Shea | Helen | 22 | Cork | Domestic Servant |
| Margaret | 21 | Cork | Domestic Servant | |
| Small | Johanna | 29 | Limerick | Domestic Servant |
| Kate | 23 | Limerick | Domestic Servant | |
| Sullivan | Eliza | 19 | Kerry | General Servant |
| Wilcox | Elizabeth | 13 | Surrey | |
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| CLEMPSON family: Edward Clempson and his wife Sarah Potts left Glasgow in April 1878 and arrived in Otago in August the same year. They had previously lived at Bilston, in Staffordshire, England. Edward worked as an ironfoundry man and then set up as a herbalist after arriving in New Zealand. Out of 16 children they succeeded in raising 6, Edward died in 1902 and Sarah in 1904. Their children's, children are all in New Zealand except my husbands grandfather George, who came to Australia and settled in Donald Vic. in 1921. If you have a connection to this family or are interested in knowing more please contact Lizanne Clempson. |
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| THOMSON family: William Thomson and his wife Elizabeth found times hard on their small farm at Closeburn, Dumfrieshire and decided to emigrate. With their daughter Susannah they sailed on the Nelson on June 4th 1897. The Thomson family settled in Oamaru where William was employed by the Railways. Their son James was born in 1880 in Oamaru. Both children married and had families. They also cared for the Hunter children after the Brunner mine disaster,and brought up Willie Hiddleston and Maggie Moore. William died in 1929 and Elizabeth in 1947. If you have a connection to this family or are interested in knowing more please contact Kirsty Bell |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 1999, 2000
National Archives Reference IM15/356