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Arrival of “The Lady Nugent.”
Arrival of “The Lady Nugent.”
The “Lady Nugent,” 600 tons, commanded by Captain Martin, sailed from Gravesend October, 1840, and arrived in March, 1841, with 41 married couples, 29 single men, 16 single women, 49 children under fourteen, 5 under seven. 6 births and 21 deaths occurred on board.
The Passenger List is as follows:—
Name | Age | Wife's Age | No. of Children |
Baker, Geo. and Susan | 24 | 25 | 2 |
Beachen, George and Fanny | 24 | 22 | 1 |
Bevan, Thos. and Mary | 39 | 39 | 5 |
Bevan, Geo., 17; Ed. | 15 | — | — |
*Bluett, Thos. and Mary | 21 | 25 | 2 |
Bolton, Frdk. and Eliz. | 33 | 30 | 4 |
Bowman, David and Janet | 31 | 28 | 3 |
Bruce, Peter and Helen | 23 | 22 | 1 |
* Bruce, Barbara | 22 | — | — |
Brungar, Jas. and Soph. | 27 | 24 | 3 |
Campbell, John and Jane | 37 | 32 | 5 |
Campbell, Sarah | 19 | — | — |
Chipperfield, Wm. Rich. | 34 | — | 3 |
Chipperfield, Susannah | — | 37 | — |
Cockram, Thomas and Maria | 26 | 26 | — |
Collier, Geo. and Eliza | 34 | 30 | — |
Cross, Henry | 27 | — | — |
Cruikshank, Mary | 30 | — | 1 |
Dodds, John | — | — | 1 |
Dodds, Wm, 14; Mary A., 16; James | 20 | — | — |
Duncan, Robt. and Ann | 33 | 28 | 3 |
Duthie, Alexander | 25 | — | — |
Evans, Thos. and Ann | 27 | 23 | 1 |
*Fairweather, D. and C. | 25 | 26 | — |
Fairweather, Robert and Barbara | 32 | 25 | 3 |
Finnamore, Wm. and Anna | 39 | 24 | 1 |
Futter, Jas. and Frances | 40 | 32 | 6 |
Futter, Susan | 16 | — | — |
*Gentle, G. E. and Car. S. | 23 | 22 | — |
*Giddend, Thos. | 20 | — | |
* Giddend, Hannah | 25 | — | — |
Gillard, Jos | 17 | — | — |
*Gray, Mary | 21 | — | — |
Gunn, John and Mary | 31 | 28 | — |
*Harvey, Thomas and Mary A. | 29 | 26 | — |
Jefferson, Ben and Sarah | 45 | 37 | 4 |
Johnston, D. and Amelia | 23 | 21 | 1 |
Jones, Edward John | 21 | — | — |
Kennedy, Thomas and Mary | 25 | 25 | — |
Kieller, Jas. and Mary | 31 | 21 | 1 |
Kilminster, J. & Frances | 32 | 30 | 4 |
*Lewis, Michael and Elizabeth C. | 43 | 28 | 1 |
Martin, Edward | 20 | — | 4 |
Martin, Jan, 25; John | 18 | — | — |
Martin, Martin Thos. 16; Sarah | 14 | — | — |
Martin, Robt. (widower) | 29 | — | 3 |
*McDonald, Alex and Mary | 30 | 30 | 5 |
McHardie, David and Elizabeth | 38 | 39 | 2 |
McHardie, David (Junr.) | 15 | — | — |
*McHardie, Alex and Marg. | 26 | 24 | 2 |
Milne, William | 16 | — | — |
Morton, David and Grace | 32 | 34 | 3 |
Mummery, Chas. and Mary | 39 | 38 | — |
Oliver, James | — | — | 1 |
Paul, Elizabeth | 19 | — | — |
*Phelps, Jas. and Mary Ann | 35 | 23 | 2 |
Pimble, J. and Ann | 31 | 29 | — |
*Preston, Henry and Sarah | 32 | 36 | 2 |
Prince, Ed. and Mary | 35 | 35 | 5 |
Prince, John (died 12th December.) | |||
Rhodes, Richard | 29 | — | — |
Robertson, Alf. and Emma | 23 | 20 | — |
Robertson, George | 23 | — | — |
Robinson, Robert and Ann | 40 | 29 | 4 |
Robinson, John | 18 | — | — |
Robinson, Richard | 16 | — | — |
*Savage, Elizabeth | 50 | — | — |
Seear, W. James and Susan | 25 | 25 | — |
Sellar, Jas. and Sophia | 30 | 37 | 3 |
Sellar, John | 17 | — | — |
Seymour, Frances | 40 | — | — |
Shepherd, George | 25 | — | — |
Shillton, William | 31 | — | — |
Southee, John and Sophia | 40 | 37 | 6 |
Stewart, Alex. | 19 | — | — |
Stewart, Jessie | 19 | — | —page 81 |
Stoodley, John and Eliza | 34 | 34 | 4 |
Stratton, Thomas and Eliza | 45 | 35 | 2 |
Sturgeon, Rob | 30 | — | — |
Smith, David and Agnes | 31 | 33 | 4 |
Smith, Jas. and Amy | 40 | 32 | 5 |
Smith, James (Junr.) | 14 | — | — |
*Tanner, Mary | 23 | — | — |
Thorby, Ezekiel and M. Ann | 30 | 27 | 4 |
Turnell, Martha | 17 | — | — |
*Walker, Geo. and Sarah | 30 | 31 | 2 |
Watt, Ann, 17; Peter | 16 | — | — |
Watterson, John and Mary | 36 | 36 | 4 |
Watterson, Mary | 14 | — | — |
* Webb, Thomas | 35 | — | — |
Wilkie, Mrs. | 60 | — | — |
*Wilkie, George and Ann | 36 | 36 | — |
* Wilkie, Elizabeth | 14 | — | — |
* Wilkie, James | 22 | — | — |
Wood, Eliza | 22 | — | — |
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Deaths recorded on the New Zealand copy of the Register:—
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Two children of Mr. and Mrs. Bevan.
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One child of Mr. and Mrs. Bolton.
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One child of Mr. and Mrs. Bowman.
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One child of Mr. and Mrs. Brungar.
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Jane Campbell died of Typhus fever on Christmas Eve.
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Maria Cockram died of Typhus fever, 25th November.
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Eliza Collier died of Marasmus, 9th December.
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Mary Gray died 14th January, 1841.
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One child of Mr. and Mrs. Keiller.
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One child of Mr. and Mrs. D. McHardie.
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One child of Mr. and Mrs. Alex McHardie.
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John Prince, 12th December, 1840.
Amongst the passengers was Mr. Edmund Storr Halswell, who had been appointed by the Company's Commissioner to the management of the Native Reserves and Protector of Aborigines.
* Did not embark.