HELENSLEE - SAILING FROM GLASGOW TO AUCKLAND From the New Zealand Herald, 23 Dec 1864 ======================================== Copyright (c) Mrs Judy Thompson Whose Great-grandmother, Janet BOWES, was among the passengers, along with other WRIGHT relations. --------------------------------------------------------------------- HELENSLEE, 798 tons, sailed from Clyde, 10th September 1864; arrived at Auckland (Queens Wharf), on 23rd December 1864 (101 days) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Captain Brown; Medical Superintendent : Dr. John Wilmhurst. Agent: Mr Walter Grahame The 334 passengers, were selected by the agent for the Auckland Government in Glasgow and landed on the Queen Street wharf by means of cargo boats. During the voyage there were 9 births and 14 deaths, Mr Pitkethley, aged 21, from continued sea sickness and debility; and, Mrs Mary Latta, aged 23 years from diarrhoea: the remainder were infants. A list of the passengers who arrived on the ship "HELENSLEE" to Auckland on 23 Dec 1864 PASSENGERS:- ALLEN Alexander, Mary, Ellen & Alexander AULD Agnes BARRETT John, Anna & Agnes BATHGATE Charles, Barbara & Charles BEITH James, D, Margaret, William, Thomas & Mary Ann BLAIR Joseph, Agnes, Barbara, Margaret, Agnes, Jane, Thomas & Robert BOWES Janet BUCHANAN Thomas BUCHANAN Alexander, Margaret, Archibald, Euphemia & Alexander BURNS Andrew CAMACHAN Daniel, Elizabeth, Foxmaule, Landerdale & Catherine CAMERON Mary CAMPBELL Alexander, Hannah, John, Ann & Alexander CAMPBELL Hugh & Elizabeth CAMPBELL Arthur, Ellen, John & Francis CASSIDY James CHISHOLM John, Susan & John CLARK John, Margaret & Margaret COCHRANE James & Charlotte CRAIG Alexander, Isabella, John, Samuel & Alexander CRICKET Samuel & John CRICKETT Samuel, Mary, Mary, Margaret, Robert, Agnes, Marion & Helen CUNNINGHA David, James, William, Mary, Robert & Margaret DEAN William, Catherine, William & Jane DEAN John, Margaret, Margaret, William, Matthew, Margaret & Mary DEWAN Ann DOUGLAS William & Rachel DOUGLAS Alexander DUNLOP Thomas FERGUSON Ivy FERGUSSO Jean, Hugh, Margaret & John FRIARS Ann GALL John, Euphemia, James, Janet, Grace & Adam GORDON Thomas, Jane, Robert, Douglas, Thomas, Samuel & Jane GOVAN Joseph GRAHAM James, Janet & Mary HENDERSON Thomas HUGHIE James, Janet, Esther, Stewart & Janet HUNTER William, Mary & Andrew IMRIA Mary JACKSON Campbell, Jane & Hugh JAMIESON Boyd KELLEY James, Elizabeth & James KING John LAKE William & Jane LATLA Thomas & Sophia LAW Alexander, Janet, Janet & Alexander LITTLE Robert, Margaret & John LIVINGSTON William & Sillias LOCKIE Alexander, James Alexander, Ellen & Joseph LOW John, Jane & Margaret MAXWELL John MAXWELL David Mary, Mary Ann, David, Jane, Eliza, Alexander, Sarah &John McCONNELL James, Mary, William & Margaret McCOWETT George McCULLAM John McDONALD Angus McEWAN Joseph McFARLANE Robert, Sarah & Sarah McGILL John, Sillias, John, Archibald, David, Angus, Gilbert, Thomas, Allan & Duncan McGLYNE William, Ellen, Margaret, Ellen, Elizabeth, Jane, Arthur & Joseph McGREGOR Stewart McGUIRE Peter McINTYRE Peter & Elizabeth McKENZIE David McKENZIE Peter McLEAN Donald McLEAN N., Rachel, Flora, Isabella, Mary, Alexander, Marion & John McLEOD Norman, Ann & Christian McNEISH John & Esther McNEISH Elizabeth McPHEE Neill McPHERSON Peter, Ellen, Isabella & Thomas McPHERSON William, Mary, James, William, George & Mary Jane MILLS Alexander, Madeline, William & Alexander MITCHELL Thomas & William MUIR Hugh, Isabella, John & William MURRAY Thos. J, & Isabella MURRAY Thos., Susan & Anthony NAPIER John, Catherine, William & John PATTERSON William, Jean & Ellen PAUL Matthew, Isabella & Matthew PEAT George, Elizabeth, Elizabeth & Mary PEAT John & Margaret PENDERGAST Robert, Mary, Robert, John, Catherine & William PERRITT George, Isabella, Isabella, William, John, James, Christena & George PHILLIPS James PITKETHLEY George, Lawrence, Margaret, George, John, George, Jane, Mary, Agnes, John, David, James, Robert & William SAMSON James, Marion, David, Janet, James & William SCOTT Alexander, Mary & Agnes SHANKS Robert & Jane SIMPSON William SLOAN William & Mary STEWART Charles, Margaret, Robert & John WALKER James, Isabella, James, Isabella & Margaret WARN John, Bridget & Richard WELSH Isabella WILL William, Francis & William WILLIAMSON Thomas, Agnes, Agnes & Thomas WRIGHT John, Ellen, William, Peter, Jane & Thomas WRIGHT David WRIGHT John & Alexander - W. GRAHAME, Agent ------------------------------------------------------------ Auckland, New ZealandGenWeb ----------- http://www.rootsweb.com/~nzlauckl/ -----------