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The Lady Egidia

SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1861. The "Lady Egidia" anchored outside the Heads at 8.30 p.m.

MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1861. The "Lady Egidia", 1236 tons, Captain Curry, from Greenock, with immigrants and general cargo, was towed up to Port Chalmers by the "Geelong", and anchored at 5 a.m.

UNASSISTED PASSENGERS:

Cabins:

Pringle F. Stoddart
William E. Heriot
Andrew Bald
Duncan McCallum
Miss McCallum
Margaret King
Donald MacAndrew
Miss C. Smith
Christina Grigor

Intermediate:

Jas. and Alex. Dundas
Caroline Thompson
Margaret Dick
John Garratt, wife, two sons , one daughter
Jas. Jeffrey
Robert Gunion
Thos. McLean
Angus Cameron
Kenneth Rose

Steerage:

J. McNaughton and wife
Jane McNaughton
Henrietta and Florence Dent
John D. Johnstone
David Wright, wife, two sons, three daughters
George Dalgleish, wife and daughter
Jas. H Bissett
John Stewart
Jane McColl
Jas. Clark
John Henderson
George Turner
John E. and Jane McGillveray
Helen Affleck
Alice Bain or Melrose
Wm. Barron
Jas. MacRae
Charles Mc Lachlan
Alex and Elizabeth Airken
George H. Paterson
Jas. France
Jas. Burke
Jas. T. Donaldson
Alex Grant
Mary and Thomas Reid
Elizabeth Harvey
William Tosh
Jas. Geddes
Jas. Porteous
John Auld
Thomas and Walter Brown
Jas. Don
Murdo McKenzie
William and Jane Coupar
Mrs. and Margaret Smeaton
Jas. McColl
John Campbell
John and Jessie McFarlane
Jas. Campbell

ASSISTED PASSENGERS:

Thos. Cullen
John Duff
Jas. Lester and wife
Alex. Fraser
Alex. McDonald
Alex. and Betsy McGregor
John and Mary Ross
Kenneth McKenzie
Rhoderick Finlayson
Mary Ann and Oliver Robinson
Lachlan Grant
Elsie Grant
Jean Paul or Gardiner
Margaret, Robert, William, Andrew and Mary Paul
Ann Shaw
Samuel Campbell, wife, son and two daughters
Alex. McLeod
Daniel Roxburgh
John Caldwell
John and Janet Sinclair
Roderick McRae
Goerge McKay
John Murdock, wife , 5 sons , 3 daughters
Alex. Jamieson
Daniel Campbell
William Wilson, wife, 4 sons, 4 daughters
Andrew Patton
William Clark and wife
John Adamson
William and Isabella Thomson
Malcolm Smith
Thomas McLennan
Ken. McLean
Donald Campbell, wife, 2 sons, 1 daughter
John Thomson
Robt. McKinlay, wife and daughter
Hugh Barclay
Jane Harvey
Alex Gardner, wife, son and daughter
David Pinkerton and wife
Janet, Helen, Thos. and John Fairley
Ann McKenzie
Isabella McPherson
William Stewart
Jas. Ross
Ebenezer Gibb
Chas. Smith
Jas. Milne, wife, 2 sons and daughter
Ewen McColl and wife
Geo. C. Tait
Wm. Gunn
John Drummond
Daniel Walker and wife
David Auld, wife and daughter
Malcolm McNicoll, wife son and daughter
Robt. Easton and wife
Allan Galt
Jane, Allan and Jas. Galt
Jas. Brown , wife, son and 2 daughters
John William
Jane and Ann Knox
Thos. Brownlie
John Story
John Wilson
Jas. Pettigrew and wife
Jas. Russell, wife and 2 daughters
John Young
A.  McLennan and wife
John Cameron, wife and 2 sons
Alex. Stewart, wife and son
Robt. Cowan, wife, son and 4 daughters
Henry Aitken
Duncan McRae, wife 4 sons 3 daughters
James, David, Margaret and William McNaughton
Donald Robertson
John Aitken and wife
Jas. Imrie, wife, son and 2 daughters
Charles Cloaston and wife
Jas. Kelly
Alex. Riach, wife  and daughter
George and Catherine Walker
John Grant
Nicol Booth and wife
David Ross
George Dutch wife and son
Mary Grant or Justice and 2 daughters
Alex Justice and wife
Hugh, Martha, Mary, Catherine, James and Isabella McGregor
Jas. Hewett and wife
Helen and Marion Dillon
Thomas Russell
Mary Linson
Mary Ann Diston
Thos. McKerras
William Meldrum
Andrew Melville
Sybella Lothian
Mary Brown
Peter Arthur
Mary Arthur
James, Margaret and Elizabeth Dawson
Elizabeth Currie
J. McLaren
William McInnes and wife
P. Manderson, wife and 4 sons
K. McKenzie and wife
B. Williamson
Dan. McCorkindale, wife, son and 2 daughters
F. E. Mitchell, wife, son and 3 daughters
Catherine Fitzgerald
J. McAuley
Dan. McLeod
Jane Reid
Angus Shaw, wife, 3 sons
Alex. Grant, wife  and son
Hugh McLennan
Jane and Ronald McColl
Mary McLeod
John McLean and wife
Daniel Cameron, wife and two sons
Louisa Edwards
William Turner
Euphemia Douglas
John Tinnock, wife, 2 sons , 3 daughters
John  **ister
David Gardiner, wife , 2 sons , 3 daughters
Thos. Kilkelly
Eliza Muir
Mrs S. N. Brown, son , 2 daughters
John Baxter, wife 2 sons and daughter
John Gray, wife and son
John McLew
George Murray, wife and son
John Strachan, wife and son
Jas. Melrose
Fergus Shrimpton
George Halliday
Jemima Grant
Hugh Reid and wife
Robt. Reid
Wm. Taylor
John Gair
H. Richardson, wife and daughter
Wm. Mckay, wife and 2 sons
Catherine Murray
Charles and Bridget Ford
C. H. and Sarah Paterson
Isaac and Agnes Johnston
Alex. Ross
H. Allan
Jas. Duncan, wife and son
Robina c. Meyer
William and Lilias Mckay
William Cameron
Donald Clark, son and daughter
Thomas Tussel
Mrs. Alex. Cameron
John Hewett
Thomas Young
John Stow

STATISTICAL DATA

The occupations of the assisted immigrants are:

17 shepherds
31 ploughmen
41 labourers
22 carpenters
2 blacksmiths
3 tailors
2 slaters
13 masons
6 quarrymen
3 shoemakers
1 plumber
1 flesher
1 plasterer
1 millwright
1 draper
2 sawyers
1 miller
1 printer
1 gardener
50 domestic servants

DEATHS ON THE VOYAGE OCCURRED AS FOLLOWS:

November:
10th :  Duncan McColl, 15months , of diarrhoea
16th :  William Campbell, 20 months, of diarrhoea
17th :  Jas. Gibson, 3 1/2 yrs, of acute bronchitis
17th :  Mary Ann Dutch, 21 months, of rubeola
21st :  Mary Harvey, 10 months, of diarrhoea
21st :  Adam MacKay, 12 months, of diarrhoea
21st :  Christina Campbell, 12 months, of diarrhoea
24th :  Elizabeth Aitken, 21 months, of diarrhoea
26th :  Elizabeth Justice, 21 months, of diarrhoea

December:
10th :  Margaret Mc Lean, 2years, of diarrhoea
13th :  Janet Easton, 15 months, of diarrhoea
13th :  John Leicester, 12 months, of diarrhoea
13th :  Celia McColl, 2 1/2 yrs, of diarrhoea
15th :  Robert McGregor, 3yrs, of diarrhoea
17th :  George Turner, 30 yrs, of chronic liver disease
18th :  James Muir, 5 months, of pneumonia
21st :  James Dutch, 4 1/4 months of pneumonia
22nd :  Jane Muir, 21 months, of diarrhoea
27th :  Mary Ann Hughes 2 1/4 years of diarrhoea
28th :  Jessie Grant, 6 years, of  cyanche trachealis
29th :  James Brown, 24 years, of  **hthis palmonalis
30th :  Jane Pettigrew, 2 1/4 years, of diarrhoea
31st :  Peter Grant, 1 1/2 years, of cyanche trachealis

1861: January:
1st :  James Auld, 2 years, of diarrhoea
1st :  Margaret Pettigrew, 6 months, of  pneumonia
3rd :  Jn. McNicol, 2 1/2 years of cyanche trachealis
4th :  Alex. Grant, 4 years, of abcess of neck
12th:  Mrs Easton's infant, 1 month, of bronchitis
14th :  John Clark, 1 1/2 years, of diarrhoea
14th :  Robert McGregor, 10 years, of debility after rubeola
19th :  Helen Strachan, 3 years, of diarrhoea
20th :  John Strachan, 1 year, of bronchitis

Births During Voyage:

November:
9th : Mrs Gray, a son

December:
5th :  Mrs McLean, a son
11th :  Mrs Auld, a daughter
24th :  Mrs Justice, a son
27th :  Mrs Easton, a daughter

1861 January:
10th :  Mrs Cowan, a daughter
20th :  Mrs Dutch, a daughter.

Correspondence 05/12/02 passenger Murdock
John Murdock, wife , 5 sons , 3 daughters 

John MURDOCH (1821-1893), his wife Martha (nee FISHER, 1823-1902), and 
their children all hailed from Wigtownshire Scotland. The children listed 
were Alexander (1843-1926); Catherine (1845-1929); Thomas (1848-?); 
John (1850-1921); Jane Neilson (1952-1915); Martha (1855-1925); 
Robert (1857-1930); and James Robert (1860-1938). John and Martha 
had a further two male children after settling in Otago. While the 
rest of the family settled in Otago, James Robert moved to Kumara, 
Westland, and married Minnie Jane Healey, daughter of Frederick Joseph 
Michael Healey and Elizabeth nee Sturton. They had 9 children.
For further information contact; Tor Riley 

Correspondence 03/23/2003 passengers Cowan
My Greatgrandmother Janet Cowan was born on the Lady Egidia bound for 
New Zealand in 1861.  She grew up in Dunedin and married Michael Davis 
8th June 1877 in Dunedin.  They lived on the Otago Peninsular at 
Sandymount and had twelve children.  Janet Cowan Davis was still alive 
in 1936. Paula Barnes
15 Manuka Road
Titirangi, Waitakere City
New Zealand

Page 2 Newspaper account of launching

Page 3 Poem and diary written aboard the Lady Egidia

Page 4 Letter by Margaret King of voyage

Page 5 Newspaper account of arrival

For further information, please contact the contributor Barbara Armstrong

Formatted by G.P. Schill, III for Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
10 March 1999

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