Passengers

Assisted emigrants

The passenger listing that survives for the Mermaid records the passengers who were given assisted passage to New Zealand.  They are listed by family group, and those who were 13 years of age or older were then transferred and listed under Single Men or Single Women, indicating their sleeping quarters for the journey. See Table 1 below.

Cabin passengers

Cabin passengers were named (in part) in an account of the arrival of the Mermaid, published in the Lyttelton Times. See Table 2 below.

Other passengers

Those in steerage who paid their own passage were not listed with the assisted emigrants.  Some of their names can be gleaned from diary mentions, newspaper articles including obituaries, Cyclopedia of New Zealand entries, and family stories shared online.

Key

FamGrp: group of passengers travelling together, usually family
U: Unknown
Age: those under 1 years of age are shown as 0 in the table.  See the passenger listing for recorded age in months.
BirthYear: projected year from age recorded in listing
Section: sleeping quarters

  • FC: Families and children
  • SM: Single men
  • SW: Single women
  • 1C: First cabin
  • 2C: Second cabin

Assisted emigrants

FamGrpLastNameFirstNameMale/FemaleAgeBirthYearCountyRegionOccupationSection
1HayWilliam EdwardM281835YorkshireEnglandCarpenterFC
1HayMaryF291834YorkshireEnglandFC
2BinningGeorge LM291834YorkshireEnglandFarm LabourerFC
2BinningAnnF221841YorkshireEnglandFC
3WatsonGeorgeM241839YorkshireEnglandShepherdFC
3WatsonAnnF201843YorkshireEnglandFC
4BriceCharlesM251838NorthamptonshireEnglandFarm LabourerFC
4BriceCharlotteF211842NorthamptonshireEnglandFC
5BowmanWilliam M401823YorkshireEnglandFarm LabourerFC
5BowmanFaithF391824YorkshireEnglandFC
5BowmanThomasM181845YorkshireEnglandFarm LabourerSM
5BowmanRichardM171846YorkshireEnglandFarm LabourerSM
5BowmanJaneF111852YorkshireEnglandFC
5BowmanRachel AF81855YorkshireEnglandFC
5BowmanMaryF71856YorkshireEnglandFC
6CooperThomasM431820YorkshireEnglandJoinerFC
6CooperMaryF361827YorkshireEnglandFC
6CooperJohn PM111852YorkshireEnglandFC
6CooperJaneF81855YorkshireEnglandFC
6CooperMatthew CM61857YorkshireEnglandFC
6CooperChristopher TM21861YorkshireEnglandFC
6CooperBartholomew EM01863YorkshireEnglandFC
7DavisIsaiahM291834WarwickshireEnglandJoinerFC
7DavisSarahF301833WarwickshireEnglandFC
7DavisRobertM51858WarwickshireEnglandFC
7DavisAnnieF41859WarwickshireEnglandFC
7DavisEllenF21861WarwickshireEnglandFC
7DavisEdwardM01863WarwickshireEnglandFC
8ToplisHenryM281835DerbyshireEnglandJoinerFC
8ToplisSusannaF221841DerbyshireEnglandFC
9SmithJosephM241839DerbyshireEnglandJoinerFC
9SmithMaryF251838DerbyshireEnglandFC
10JonesWilliamM251838MonmouthEnglandMasonFC
10JonesRhodaF261837MonmouthEnglandFC
10PackerJamesM211842GloucestershireEnglandBlacksmithSM
11WhittingtonJamesM401823GloucestershireEnglandFarm LabourerFC
11WhittingtonMary AnneF381825GloucestershireEnglandFC
11WhittingtonJamesM231840GloucestershireEnglandFarm LabourerFC
11WhittingtonFannyF1863GloucestershireEnglandFC
11Whittington.F01863GloucestershireEnglandFC
11WhittingtonAliceF201843GloucestershireEnglandDomestic ServantSW
11WittsJacobM231840GloucestershireEnglandFarm LabourerFC
11WittsMary AnneF221841GloucestershireEnglandFC
11WhittingtonThomasM161847GloucestershireEnglandLabourerSM
11WhittingtonEdwardM141849GloucestershireEnglandLabourerSM
11WhittingtonSamuelM121851GloucestershireEnglandLabourerSM
11WhittingtonLouisaF101853GloucestershireEnglandFC
11WhittingtonAnnaF81855GloucestershireEnglandFC
11WhittingtonMaria F61857GloucestershireEnglandFC
11WhittingtonJohn M41859GloucestershireEnglandFC
11WhittingtonEmmaF21861GloucestershireEnglandFC
11WhittingtonLucyF01863GloucestershireEnglandFC
12RosserJamesM271836GloucestershireEnglandFarm LabourerFC
12RosserElizabethF241839GloucestershireEnglandFC
12RosserMartha JF31860GloucestershireEnglandFC
13DeakinHenryM231840WorcestershireEnglandCarpenterFC
13DeakinSusan F201843WorcestershireEnglandFC
14DalwoodChristopher M301833SomersetEnglandFarm LabourerFC
14DalwoodSarahF251838SomersetEnglandFC
15ColeLukeM271836SomersetEnglandFarm LabourerFC
15ColeHannahF281835SomersetEnglandFC
16PearceWilliamM221841SomersetEnglandFarm LabourerFC
16PearceElizabethF211842SomersetEnglandFC
17EdlinHenryM351828LeicestershireEnglandFarm LabourerFC
17EdlinMaryF331830LeicestershireEnglandFC
17EdlinSarah AnnF101853LeicestershireEnglandFC
17EdlinTom M81855LeicestershireEnglandFC
17EdlinAgnesF41859LeicestershireEnglandFC
17EdlinGeorgeM21861LeicestershireEnglandFC
18TraquairEdwardM341829CambridgeEnglandMasonFC
18TraquairEliza F331830CambridgeEnglandFC
19BoltonThomas EM211842OxfordshireEnglandShoemakerFC
19BoltonEmilyF211842OxfordshireEnglandFC
19BoltonAlbertM01863OxfordshireEnglandFC
20LilleyGeorgeM321831SuffolkEnglandFarm LabourerFC
20LilleyMartha F301833SuffolkEnglandFC
20LilleyAliceF41859SuffolkEnglandFC
20LilleyArthurM21861SuffolkEnglandFC
21SladeJames WilliamM391824MiddlesexEnglandBricklayerFC
21SladeMaryF351828MiddlesexEnglandFC
21SladeJames SM131850MiddlesexEnglandSM
21SladeHenriettaF121851MiddlesexEnglandSW
21SladeMary A F101853MiddlesexEnglandFC
21SladeAmeliaF91854MiddlesexEnglandFC
21SladeEdward M01863MiddlesexEnglandFC
22BastionJohn WM241839MiddlesexEnglandBlacksmithFC
22BastionCharlotteF221841MiddlesexEnglandFC
23AllenAlexanderM291834BanffshireScotlandFarm LabourerFC
23AllenIsabella401823BanffshireScotlandFC
23AllenAlexanderM91854BanffshireScotlandFC
24KeirPeterM481815ForfarshireScotlandFarm LabourerFC
24KeirIsabellaF341829ForfarshireScotlandFC
24KeirThomasM241839ForfarshireScotlandLabourerSM
24KeirPeterM221841ForfarshireScotlandFarm LabourerSM
24KeirAlexanderM191844ForfarshireScotlandFarm LabourerSM
24KeirJessieF161847ForfarshireScotlandDairymaidSW
24KeirJohnM131850ForfarshireScotlandSM
24KeirJamesM61857ForfarshireScotlandFC
24KeirGraceF41859ForfarshireScotlandFC
25LogieJamesM281835ForfarshireScotlandPloughmanFC
25LogieIsabellaF251838ForfarshireScotlandFC
25LogieJamesM41859ForfarshireScotlandFC
25LogieMaryF21861ForfarshireScotlandFC
25CunninghamPeterM231840ForfarshireScotlandPloughmanSM
26BoydJohnM641799AyrshireScotlandFarm LabourerFC
26BoydJeanF511812AyrshireScotlandFC
26BoydAnneF301833AyrshireScotlandDairymaidSW
26BoydHughM201843AyrshireScotlandJoiner SM
26BoydThomasM151848AyrshireScotlandFarm LabourerSM
26BoydWilliamM121851AyrshireScotlandSM
26BoydAnneF21861AyrshireScotlandFC
27MansonJohnM271836DunbartonScotlandFarm LabourerFC
27MansonJaneF271836DunbartonScotlandFC
27PageJohnM321831FifeshireScotlandFarm LabourerFC
27PageMary F291834FifeshireScotlandFC
27AlisonElizabethF231840RenfrewshireScotlandDairywomanSW
28McFarlaneRobertM481815DunbartonScotlandPloughmanFC
28McFarlaneMary Ann F451818DunbartonScotlandFC
28McFarlaneJanetF241839DunbartonScotlandDomestic ServantSW
28GostonMary F221841DunbartonScotlandSW
28McFarlaneJohnM191844DunbartonScotlandShepherdSM
28McFarlaneJosephM171846DunbartonScotlandShepherdSM
28McFarlaneArchibaldM111852DunbartonScotlandFC
28McFarlaneDanielM111852DunbartonScotlandFC
28McFarlaneMary F01863DunbartonScotlandFC
29MansonDavidM301833DunbartonScotlandFarm LabourerFC
29MansonElizabethF291834DunbartonScotlandFC
29MansonArchibaldM61857DunbartonScotlandFC
29MansonJamesM41859DunbartonScotlandFC
29MansonElizabethF11862DunbartonScotlandFC
29BellMalcolmM221841DunbartonScotlandFarm LabourerSM
30StevensonJohnM431820StirlingshireScotlandFarm LabourerFC
30StevensonBridgetF391824StirlingshireScotlandFC
30StevensonBisseyF171846StirlingshireScotlandDomestic ServantSW
30StevensonJohnM131850StirlingshireScotlandSM
30StevensonAnnF111852StirlingshireScotlandFC
30StevensonThomasM71856StirlingshireScotlandFC
31FordJosephM311832StirlingshireScotlandFarm LabourerFC
31FordCatherineF261837StirlingshireScotlandFC
31FordWilliamM31860StirlingshireScotlandFC
32GoldenJamesM321831StirlingshireScotlandFarm LabourerFC
32GoldenEllenF321831StirlingshireScotlandFC
32GoldenJohnM71856StirlingshireScotlandFC
32GoldenMaryF41859StirlingshireScotlandFC
32GoldenRichardM01863StirlingshireScotlandFC
33TorranceWilliamM311832LanarkshireScotlandBricklayerFC
33TorranceAnnabellaF311832LanarkshireScotlandFC
33TorranceJane LF71856LanarkshireScotlandFC
33TorranceAnnabellaF21861LanarkshireScotlandFC
33TorranceRobertM01863LanarkshireScotlandFC
34ThorntonThomasM371826LinlithgowScotlandCarpenterFC
34ThorntonMaryF331830LinlithgowScotlandFC
34ThorntonMaryF121851LinlithgowScotlandSW
34ThorntonEllenF101853LinlithgowScotlandFC
34ThorntonJamesM91854LinlithgowScotlandFC
34ThorntonCatherineF61857LinlithgowScotlandFC
35TrailGeorge M321831AberdeenScotlandFarm LabourerFC
35TrailElizabethF311832AberdeenScotlandFC
35TrailJaneF91854AberdeenScotlandFC
35TrailGeorgeM41859AberdeenScotlandFC
35TrailAlexanderM31860AberdeenScotlandFC
35TrailElizabethF11862AberdeenScotlandFC
36BuchanWilliamM371826FifeshireScotlandPloughmanFC
36BuchanMargrieF371826FifeshireScotlandFC
36BuchanMarjoryF141849FifeshireScotlandSW
36BuchanHelenF111852FifeshireScotlandFC
36BuchanElizaF41859FifeshireScotlandFC
37BurkeMartinM221841FifeshireScotlandPloughmanFC
37BurkeAnnF211842FifeshireScotlandFC
37BurkeMaryF11863FifeshireScotlandFC
38MunellyJamesM261837CheshireEnglandFarm LabourerFC
38MunellySarahF251838CheshireEnglandFC
39MullinsThomasM321831LancashireEnglandFarm LabourerFC
39MullinsMary AF301833LancashireEnglandFC
39MullinsThomasM91854LancashireEnglandFC
39MullinsJohnM51858LancashireEnglandFC
40CrommieWilliam M281835DownIrelandBlacksmithFC
40CrommieAnnF271836DownIrelandFC
40CrommieWilliamM61857DownIrelandFC
40CrommieJohn M21861DownIrelandFC
40CrommieAlexanderM01863DownIrelandFC
41GreyHughM421821FermanaghIrelandLand StewardFC
41GreyPrudenceF401823FermanaghIrelandFC
41GreyEllenF211842FermanaghIrelandGovernessSW
41GreyAnneF191844FermanaghIrelandDomestic ServantSW
41GreyMaryF151848FermanaghIrelandDressmakerSW
41GreyMargarettaF131850FermanaghIrelandSW
41GreyAliceF111852FermanaghIrelandFC
41GreyCatherineF91854FermanaghIrelandFC
41GreyElizaF71856FermanaghIrelandFC
41GreyRosinaF51858FermanaghIrelandFC
41GreyHughM41859FermanaghIrelandFC
41GreyEdwardM21861FermanaghIrelandFC
41GreyThomasM01862FermanaghIrelandFC
42GillespieWilliamM361827DownIrelandFarm LabourerFC
42GillespieElizabethF321831DownIrelandFC
42GillespieOliverM81855DownIrelandFC
42GillespieWilliam HenryM61857DownIrelandFC
42GillespieRichardM41859DownIrelandFC
42GillespieJohnM21861DownIrelandFC
42GillespieJosephM01863DownIrelandFC
43KerrDavidM361827AntrimIrelandFarm LabourerFC
43KerrMaryF361827AntrimIrelandFC
43KerrJamesM201843AntrimIrelandFarm LabourerSM
43KerrCharlotteF181845AntrimIrelandDomestic ServantSW
43KerrLizzieF121851AntrimIrelandSW
43KerrRobert JM101853AntrimIrelandFC
44DoranAlexanderM261837ArmaghIrelandFarm LabourerFC
44DoranMary AnnF211842ArmaghIrelandFC
44DoranElizaF31860ArmaghIrelandFC
44DoranMargaret F01862ArmaghIrelandFC
45BirdWilliamM361827FermanaghIrelandFarm LabourerFC
45BirdSarahF261837FermanaghIrelandFC
45BirdMargaretF61857FermanaghIrelandFC
45BirdJohnM41859FermanaghIrelandFC
45BirdWilliam HenryM21861FermanaghIrelandFC
45BirdAlexanderM01863FermanaghIrelandFC
46BoyceRobertM401823DownIrelandFarm LabourerFC
46BoyceSarahF421821DownIrelandFC
46BoyceMaryF231840DownIrelandDomestic ServantSW
46BoyceWilliam JohnM191844DownIrelandFarm LabourerSM
46BoyceJosephM151848DownIrelandFarm LabourerSM
46HughesJosephM401823DownIrelandFarm LabourerSM
47RobinsonGeorgeM301833OffalyIrelandLabourerFC
47RobinsonMary AnnF201843OffalyIrelandFC
48AshworthThomasM181845StaffordshireEnglandLabourerSM
48AshworthGeorgeM101853StaffordshireEnglandSM
49LucasGeorgeM231840GlamorganWalesLabourerSM
50LivettJamesM231840SuffolkEnglandLabourerSM
51SearleOliverM231840HertfordshireEnglandLabourerSM
52ParkerBenjaminM381825YorkshireEnglandFarm LabourerSM
52ParkerRichardM231840YorkshireEnglandFarm LabourerSM
53HadfieldWilliam EdwardM201843DerbyshireEnglandWeaverSM
54BrightWilliamM151848SurreyEnglandLabourerSM
54BrightRichard JM131850SurreyEnglandSM
55McKenzieKennethM251838AberdeenshireScotlandShepherdSM
56MunroJohnM181845RosshireScotlandFarm LabourerSM
57MillerWilliamM201843PerthshireScotlandFarm LabourerSM
57BurghesJamesM171846EdinburghScotlandFarm LabourerSM
58ThompsonRobertM201843DunbartonScotlandShepherdSM
59McLeodWilliam Mc FM271836StirlingshireScotlandBlacksmithSM
59McLeodHelenF221841StirlingshireScotlandDomestic ServantSW
60RobertsonJamesM191844PerthshireScotlandFarm LabourerSM
60RobertsonIsabellaF191844PerthshireScotlandDomestic ServantSW
60RobertsonAgnesF171846PerthshireScotlandDomestic ServantSW
60RobertsonMarjoryF111852PerthshireScotlandSW
60RobertsonMaryF91854PerthshireScotlandSW
61SlatteryEdmondM231840TipperaryIrelandCarpenterSM
61MurphyJohnM251838TipperaryIrelandCarpenterSM
61MurphyJohnM261837TipperaryIrelandShoemakerSM
62HughesRichardM251838DownIrelandFarm LabourerSM
63BarrettJohnM201843SuffolkEnglandFarm LabourerSM
64BurrillJamesM201843YorkshireEnglandFarm LabourerSM
54BrightSarahF341829SurreyEnglandNeedlewomanSW
54BrightGraceF71856SurreyEnglandSW
62HughesJaneF561807DownIrelandSW
62HughesCharlotteF221841DownIrelandDomestic ServantSW
65CrawleyJuliaF271836MiddlesexEnglandDomestic ServantSW
66CanavanMary AF211842MiddlesexEnglandDomestic ServantSW
67PalmerElizaF291834MiddlesexEnglandGovernessSW
67PalmerEdmundM91854MiddlesexEnglandSW
68AppletonMary JF191844HampshireEnglandDomestic ServantSW
69BusineSarah A F261837HampshireEnglandSW
69BusineVincelo E BusineM31860HampshireEnglandSW
70TurnerAliceF491814NorfolkEnglandNurseSW
71GlanvilleCarolineF241839GuernseyChannel IslandsDomestic ServantSW
72SelwoodElizaF271836LanarkshireScotlandNurseSW
73BorthwickMargaretF301833LanarkshireScotlandDomestic ServantSW
74WebsterBetsyF221841ForfarshireScotlandDomestic ServantSW
75CurrieFloraF221841DunbartonScotlandDairymaidSW
76CrommieMary F201843DownIrelandDomestic ServantSW
77CondonMary F191844TipperaryIrelandDomestic ServantSW
78DonolanBridgetF181845GalwayIrelandDomestic ServantSW
78DunnHonorF191844GalwayIrelandDomestic ServantSW
79DardisElizaF201843WestmeathIrelandNurseSW
79DugganCatherineF191844GalwayIrelandDomestic ServantSW
80FullertonAnn JaneF241839DownIrelandDairywomanSW
80FullertonMargaretF181845DownIrelandDairywomanSW
81NapierAnnF241839CumberlandEnglandSW
81NapierMaryF21861CumberlandEnglandSW
Table 1. List of passengers who were assisted emigrants aboard the Mermaid on 15 November 1863, compiled from a digital copy of the original passenger listing [Christchurch City Libraries]

Cabin passengers

FamGrpLastNameFirstNameTitleMale/FemaleSection
1MilneJohnMrM1C
1MilneMrsF1C
1MilneChildU1C
1MilneChildU1C
1MilneChildU1C
1UnknownServantU1C
2HoskinsEMissF1C
3HollandCaptainM1C
3HollandMrsF1C
4ClarkeMrM1C
4ClarkeMrsF1C
5JenkinsMrM1C
5JenkinsMrsF1C
5JenkinsChildU1C
5JenkinsChildU1C
5JenkinsChildU1C
6KennedyMrsF2C
6KennedyMrsF2C
7KennedyMissF2C
7KennedyMissF2C
8RobinsonMrM2C
8RobinsonMrsF2C
8RobinsonChildU2C
9MoodyMrM2C
10RobinsonMrM2C
11StewardMrM2C
12RossMrM2C
13ClarkeMrM2C
14McLeodMrM
Table 2. List of cabin passengers aboard the Mermaid, compiled from an account on the ship's arrival in Lyttelton, published in the Lyttelton Times, 18 February 1864. [Papers Past]
Note: Family groupings have been guessed from the newspaper listing and may not be accurate.