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'David G. Fleming'
The David G. Fleming arrived Lyttelton December 9 1863, 1467
tons, Cruickshank, from London
Passengers- Rev. W. Hogg, Mrs. Hogg and seven children, Miss M. Marron,
Miss F. Ellis, and Mr. R. J. Tucker; 300 Government immigrants in steerage. (See list
below.) The passenger list appeared in The Lyttelton Times Thursday
December 10, 1863.
The ship David G. Fleming arrived in harbor on Tuesday evening, after a passage of 100 days from London. She brings an addition to our population of 12 passengers in the cabin and equal to 300 statue adults on account of the Provincial Government. Every department on board appears in a very efficient and cleanly state. A numerously signed address was presented to the captain by the passengers. Three births and three deaths occurred on board, two under one year, and the other eight years old. A seaman, named James Duey, a native of Stoke, lost his life by a fall from the topsail yard to the deck; he was all but dead when carried to the forecastle. The David G. Fleming brings a large cargo consigned to Mr. D. Davis, Norwich Quay. Columns represent name, spouse present, number of children, occupation and origin
Arthur Henry A. Y 6 Carpenter Somersetshire Banton John Farm Laborer Cheshire Bates Mary Worcestershire Baxter Andrew Ploughman Lanarkshire Baxter John Ploughman Lanarkshire Bethune John Y 3 Shepherd Rosshire Bishop Walter Farm Laborer Sussex Boyce E. A. Domestic Servant Lancashire Boyce William Y 4 Carpenter Cheshire Brightmore Arthur Bricklayer Middlesex Brown James Farm Laborer Ayrshire Burgess Charlotte Cook Northamptonshire Burnett John Y 2 Farm Laborer Cornwall Butler W.H. Y 3 Bricklayer Notts Calder George Y Carpenter Caithness Calder Margaret Domestic Servant Aberdeenshire Campbell Catherine Dairymaid Rosshire Carlisle Watson Domestic Servant Carlisle Carter John Y Farm Laborer Cornwall Christison Joseph Shepherd Aberdeenshire Connell Thomas Farm Laborer Galway Connoe Hannah Domestic Servant Cork Cowan Andrew Shepherd Rosshire Croy Wm. Ploughman Orkney Dixon Thomas Y Farm Laborer Renfrewshire Donaldson George Cabinet Maker & Joiner Forfarshire Donnelly John Farm Laborer Dublin Duffey Alex. Farm Laborer Carlisle Duffey Elizabeth Domestic Servant Carlisle Duffey Gregory Y Farm Laborer Carlisle Eastwood Bridget Domestic Servant Lancashire Eastwood Mary Domestic Servant Lancashire Farrell Patrick Farm Laborer Lanarkshire Ferriter Ellen Domestic Servant Kerry Finlayson Catherine Domestic Servant Rosshire Franks John Y Farm Laborer Yorkshire Fuller Agnes Neddlewoman Middlesex Gamblin Mary Domestic Servant Hants Gawen Chas. A. Tailor Wiltshire Gollidge Margaret Dairymaid Somersetshire Gourlay Thomas Farm Laborer Down Gunn John Farm Laborer Sutherlandshire Handling Catherine Domestic Servant Limerick Handling Mary Domestic Servant Carlisle Hanna Robert Limeburner Down Hatherton Mary Ann Domestic Servant Cambridge Hatton Elizabeth Weaver Lancashire Haughey Arthur Farm Laborer Down Haughey Edward Farm Laborer Down Haughey Mrgt. Domestic Servant Down Heard James Y 2 Bricklayer Hogan Judy Domestic Servant Tipperary Hogg Robert Farm Laborer Down Hogg Susannah Domestic Servant Down Hulden John Y 2 Farm Laborer Carlisle Innes Peter Farm Laborer Aberdeenshire Irving Joseph Y 1 Farm Laborer Carlisle Jones George Y Plasterer Gloucestershire Kennedy E.A. Domestic Servant Down Langhorn Thomas Y 1 Tailor Surrey Lusk David Y 4 Carpenter Buteshire Madden James Farm Laborer Lanarkshire Madden Margaret Domestic Servant Tipperary Maitland Isabella Domestic Servant Aberdeen Maitland Thomas Farm Laborer Aberdeenshire Marshall Mary Laundress Middlesex Martin Peter Farm Laborer Kent McCann James Y Farm Laborer Lanarkshire McCartney Ellen Domestic Servant Antrim McCartney Mary Domestic Servant Antrim McColl Paul Y Shepherd Argyleshire wife Amelia McCormick Neil Y 2 Farm Laborer Argyleshire McDonald John A. Y Carpenter Kircudbrightshire McDonald Maria Domestic Servant Carlisle McHarvey Jane Neddlewoman Somersetshire McLachlan John Farm Laborer Argyleshire McLaughlan John Ploughman Renfrewshire McLean John Shepherd Rosshire McLennan Hugh Ploughman Rosshire McLennan Murdo Ploughman Rosshire McLeod Arch. Farm Laborer Inverness Meckin Charles Y 3 Farm Laborer Lanarkshire Menzies Robert Shepherd Perthshire Milne Henry Ploughman Aberdeenshire Milne James Shepherd Aberdeenshire Munro Donald Y Schoolmaster Sutherlandshire Nelson William Y 4 Carpenter Ayrshire Nullington William Y 1 Painter Middlesex O'Mara Maria Domestic Servant Tipperary Olson Donald Ploughman Rosshire Pate J.W. Cabinet Maker & Joiner Suffolk Pearson Sarah Domestic Servant Armagh Pearson Wm. Farm Laborer Armagh Philp Edwin Y Mason Cornwall Phillips E.P. Domestic Servant Surrey Pickard M.A. Domestic Servant Leicestershire Pleasance William Y 2 Farm Laborer Durham Poole John Y 3 Farm Laborer Cornwall Pope Ellen Domestic Servant Lanarkshire Potts Emma Cook Derbyshire Pratt David Y 1 Carpenter Aberdeenshire Price M.A. Domestic Servant Cheshire Ray Neil Ploughman Argyleshire Rearg Matthew Y 2 Farm Laborer Carlisle Robertson John Shepherd Rosshire Roskruge Samuel Farm Laborer Cornwall Rowe John Farm Laborer Dorestshire Rowe Peter Farm Laborer Dorestshire Rusbatch Moses Y Farm Laborer Gloucestershire Rusbatch Samuel Y 3 Farm Laborer Gloucestershire Rutherford Robert Shepherd Inverness Ryan Michael Farm Laborer Tipperary Santar John Gardener Isle of Man Sarah Carlisle Domestic Servant Carlisle Sartar David Farm Laborer Isle of Man Sartar James Farm Laborer Isle of Man Scott David Y 4 Carpenter Lanarkshire wife Lilly, David 6yrs, John 4, Andrew 2, Lillias infant Smith Elizabeth Cook Pembrokeshire Smith S.J. Domestic Servant Somersetshire Sontar Jane Domestic Servant Isle of Man Sutherland James Farm Laborer Sutherlandshire Sutherland James Ploughman Cathness Sutherland Margaret Dairymaid Sutherlandshire Sutherland Mary Domestic Servant Sutherlandshire Tegg William Y 3 Carpenter Middlesex Thompson Harriett Domestic Servant Yorkshire Thompson Wm. Cabinet Maker & Joiner Yorkshire Todd George Y 3 Ploughman Lanarkshire Treganowen Emily Domestic Servant Cornwall Treganowen Mary Domestic Servant Cornwall Triggs James Y Farm Laborer Cornwall Tucker James Y 3 Smith Kent Walker Wm. Farm Laborer Banffshire Walsh Michael Tailor Clare Welsh Patrick Farm Laborer Clare Whitten Geo. Farm Laborer Armagh Wilson Elizabeth Domestic Servant Carlisle Wilson Sarah Domestic Servant Carlisle Wilson William Y 1 Farm Laborer Carlisle Woolterton Eleanor Domestic Servant Norfolk Woolterton Mary Domestic Servant Norfolk Woolterton Robert Y 5 Farm Laborer Norfolk Woolterton Sarah Domestic Servant Norfolk
The passenger list can also be found in The Press ( microfilm) held in the Aoatearoa New Zealand Centre's (ANZC) Family History Centre at the Christchurch City Libraries, and on the microfilm "Immigrant Ships to Canterbury 1853-1885"
CARTER: John, 22 year and his wife Elizabeth Julian (26) left Cornwall for NZ one month after their marriage. In 1867 they bought a farm and settled in Moutoa, near Shannon, Manawatu County. They had 10 children; the 4th was Francis John Carter (Frank, FJ) b. 13 Dec. 1869 who became the founder of timber company Carter Holt Harvey.
COWAN: Andrew
Cowan (1839-1911) worked as a shepherd and fencer in the Mackenzie. He purchased Tekapo Station in
1876 and sold it in 1900 to Emil Schlapher. Mr Cowan was a member of the Mount Cook
Road Board and Mackenzie County Council. He was married, in 1871 to Miss
Andrews and they have eleven children.. His son George was a shearer. A
grandson to Andrew, Andy (Andrew Alexander) Cowan died 1989, owned "Glensheil" Sherwood
Downs, Fairlie 1972-1974.
Timaru Herald June 1871 - Married - On the 9th instant, by the Revd. Geo
Barclay, Mr Andrew Cowan to Miss Florence Andrews
Timaru Herald 25 Sept. 1874 Death: COWAN - On the 15th September, at his
brother's residence, Timaru, Alexander COWAN, aged 25.
Timaru Herald May 1878 COWAN - On April 29th at Burke's Pass, the wife of Mr A.
Cowan, of Tekapo Station, of a daughter.
Timaru Herald 1881 COWAN - On the 16 Nov., at Burke's Pass, Mrs Andrew Cowan, of
Tekapo Station of a daughter.
Timaru Herald Friday 9 Oct. 1891 Birth COWAN - On September 30th, at Tekapo
Station, the wife of A. Cowan, of a son.
ELLIS: The ship’s doctor was G.H. Acheson, LFPS 1851, LM Dub & Glasgow, FFPS, 1854 and Miss Ellis ??? ran away together family saying or met on board the David G. Fleming. Frances Ellis came from London as a cabin passenger and Dr. George Henry Acheson from County Down, Ireland, as the ship’s doctor. They were in Havelock in 1864, George Henry being the Mine Doctor. In 1865 they were in Greymouth, Dr Acheson was a medical practitioner. Registered under NMO in Hokitika 28 Feb 1867; under 1869 Act 28 Jan 1871: Hokitika / Greymouth. Born in Co Down, Ireland. Regd in UK 1 Jan 1859: Gilford, Co Down. He died in Grey River Hospital from chronic bronchitis 28 Aug 1899 aged 67 and is buried at Hokitika. Frances, Church of England, died 26-May 1918 at the age of 81 in Nelson and she and Louis are in an unmarked grave in the historic Wakapuaka Cemetery, Nelson, block 05 plot #1, 023. They had four children - John (1865), Joshua (1868), Jane (1866) and Louis E. (3 Oct. 1870) who died aged a few days old. They finally married in Hokitika in 1875. NZSGI – NZSG cemetery fiche P03.06 + P03.07
INNES - Peter INNES b. March 1834 d. Fielding 1922. Ploughman Fyvie, Aberdeenshire. Purchased farm at Whakanui near Ashburton. Moved to farm Normanby near Hawera, then to Whenakura near Waverley. Travelled to NZ with Thomas Maitland. Innes biography "Canterbury Times" 11 July 1887. Family NZ and Scotland researched.
MAITLAND - Thomas
MAITLAND believed to be son of Thomas Maitland and Barbara { Pirie }, born Fyvie,
Aberdeenshire 1827. Descendants not researched. Information on the Innes
and Maitland family courtesy of Adrian
Verry. Posted 12 Feb. 2002.
PHILP - Edwin Philp, together with wife Jane and son Francis (not shown on this transcript) arrived together.
They settled in Dunedin and were joined later by two of Edwin's brothers. Edwin was a mason, and Francis became a plasterer but died in 1883 aged 22.
The May Queen arrived Port Chalmers Oct 1872. Mary Ann Philp (a 44) with her children, William (shown as single man), Elizabeth, Mary Ann and Grace were coming to join Samuel Philp, Mary Ann's husband. He may have come earlier as a seaman, but worked in Dunedin as a plasterer.
Grace Philp (a 46) was coming to join her husband, John Philp, who had arrived several years earlier. John was also a plasterer.
Many of the descendants and ancestors of the Philp brothers are known.
Reports in the Carlisle Patriot of 1863, about the families sent out
by the Carlisle Emigration Committee.
July 11th 1863 (from a letter to the Times from the Dean of Carlisle on behalf
of the Committee)
"We are promised 150 UKP by one gentleman provided we can expend 300 UKP on
emigrants for Canterbury in New Zealand in September next".
August 22nd 1863
Another batch of emigrants numbering 28 left yesterday (Thursday) morning by the
8 o'clock train to London where they would join the ship David G Fleming
bound to Canterbury New Zealand. The railway authorities very kindly provided a
carriage especially for the emigrants and allowed it to be attached to the fast
instead of the slow train. The names of the emigrants are
William WILSON, wife and four children
Gregory DUFFEY, wife and six children
Mary DUFFEY and daughter
Matthew REAY, wife and two children
Joseph IRVING, wife and one child
John HULDEN, wife and three children.
Twelve more looms have been destroyed!
October 10th 1863
Another batch of emigrants for "Canterbury" to New Zealand,
Thomas MAIN and family of 8 children
Thomas HUGHES and family of 6 children
John WALKER and family of 8 children
were sent under the auspices of the Carlisle Emigration Committee for Auckland,
New Zealand. The Committee have made great havoc amongst those distress breeding
implements, the handlooms, having since the last party went out broken into
splinters 44, so as most effectively to prevent the possibility of any desperate
individual stepping into the departed weavers shoes.
The David G Fleming was built at Saint John, New Brunswick in 1853. She
sailed on North Atlantic routes for some years. When this trade was taken over
by steamships, she moved to the Australian routes. She was finally wrecked at
Cuba in 1877.
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
PASSENGER CONTRACT TICKET
Record Title : Gofton, T G, fl 1863, 1894-1895 Papers
Ref. No. : MS-Papers-2112 : 1 folder(s) (71 leaves)
Gofton lived at Baberton in the Transvaal, South African Republic, during the
1890's. Contains passenger contract ticket for Charlotte Burgess b 1833? on
voyage of the `David G Fleming' from London to Lyttelton in 1863.
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