NELSON 1247 ton vessel especially built for passenger conveyance Built in 18-- by Robert Duncan for Patrick Henderson
London (15 May 1842) to Wellington (24 Sep 1842) Under Captain McLaren Tyser Mr T.B. Earl Mr Percy Loxley Mr W.S. Birch Mr E.N. Rutherford Mr Ronald Mr Sully Mr Source: The New Zealand Colonist, 27 Sep 1842 The New Zealand Gazette, 24 Sep 1842 London? (1 Oct 1874) to Port Chalmers (31 Dec 1874) Under Captain Anderson CABIN Tolmie Mr Tolmie Mrs Ritchie Mrs Ritchie Children (2) Brownhill Miss McGregor Miss Mills Mr Scott Mr Allan Messrs (2) McLellan Mr Gordon Mr Neville Mr Jack Mr STEERAGE Michie John 30 Michie Ann 28 Brown Robert 40 Brown Sarah 38 Brown Horatio 13 Gray John 40 Gray Catherine 30 Gray Roderick James 4 Gray William 3 [Incomplete list, researching] 367 nominated and free immigrants in total Source: National Archives Microfilm The Otago Witness, 9 Jan 1875 Passengers who disembarked for Invercargill 28 Aug 1879 Wilcox John 44 Wilcox Emma 40 Wilcox Elizabeth 13 Wilcox John 10 Wilcox Charlotte 8 Wilcox William 6 Wilcox Grace 5 Wilcox Edwin 4 Callon Richard 36 Callon Emily 30 Callon Richard 17 Callon Samuel 10 Callon Thomas 7 Callon Emily 4 Callon John 1 Williams William Bulling Max Swall Patrick 27 Swall Johanna 29 Swall Kate 23 Howatson Andrew 16 Howatson Elizabeth 46 Howatson Marion 22 Howatson Jeanie 20 Howatson Jessie 18 Howatson Lizzie 9 Howatson David 7 Howatson Isabella 3 Passengers who disembarked for Invercargill 20 Oct 1883 Hobday Richard 37 (with the Buddle party) Hobday Mary 39 (with the Buddle party) Buddle Mary 18 Buddle James 17 Buddle Rosa 15 Buddle Sarah 14 Buddle Barbara 12 Buddle Leonard 10 Buddle Emily C 8 Buddle William M 4 Burgess Cornelius 37 Burgess Margaret 35 Diack George 37 Diack Eliza 28 Diack James 13 McCallum Duncan 26 McCallum May 23 McLeod Frank 30 McLeod Annabella 29 McLeod Helen 5 McLeod Annabella 3 McLeod Dora 1 Wallace Walter J 26 Wallace Eliza 33 Wallace Walter J 4 Wallace Charles W 3 Wallace John H 2 Colter Patrick 19 Colter Ellen 17 Dillon Patrick 23 MacKay William 24 Meschka Gustav 24 McKenzie John 22 Ruburn George 15 Swap John 24 Appleby Ann 21 Appleby Catherine 19 Carbine Bridgett 19 Kewan Margaret 18 Lyons Margaret 18 Lyons Mary 16 Lyons Kate 15 McNickel Eliza 26 McNickel Alice 13 Munro Margaret 36 Richardson Mary A 18 Richardson William 16 Richardson Nellie 11 Richardson Frederick 8 Ross Betsy 34 Thomas Charlotte 14 Transcribed by Corey Woodw@rd unless otherwise noted