Category: Blenheim, sailed 25 August 1840
Categories: 1840s Sailings | The New Zealand Company | Shipping to New Zealand Ports | Ships arriving prior to 1880 Port Nicholson (Wellington) (NZWLG), Wellington | Blenheim (1834)
The voyage of the barque Blenheim to Port Nicholson, New Zealand in 1840
The Blenheim, under the command of Captain John Grey, left Greenock in Scotland on 25 August 1840, and arrived in Port Nicholson, New Zealand, on 27 December 1840. Aboard were Scottish emigrants to the new colony, seeking opportunities for a new life on the other side of the world.
On departure there were 21 cabin passengers and 178 steerage passengers, totalling 199, with births and deaths on the voyage making a total of 203 on arrival.
There were 26 family groups, totalling 177 passengers, with 65 children under 14.
The largest families were those of Ewen Cameron, totalling 13, and his brother Donald Cameron, ‘the cooper’, who had 12 in his party, as well as a married daughter, Jane McLachlan, also on board. Closely following them were Duncan Fraser with 11, which increased to 12 during the voyage, and John ‘Mor’ Cameron also with 11.
There were eight sets of Camerons, some related to each other, totalling 61 or nearly a third of all passengers.
- Wordpress Blog. Blenheim175 programme.[1]
- A Passenger List external
- Another Passenger List external
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