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New Zealand Settler Ships - Blenheim 1840

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Cameron, Gillies, McLEAN, Morison and 2 others
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  • Duncan Cameron (1832 - 1915)
    Duncan Cameron Duncan Cameron was born in Ockle, Ardnamurchan, Scotland around 1832, and was 8 years old in 1840 when he sailed for New Zealand on the Blenheim with his parents. Duncan married Mary Gil...
  • Wellington Independent (20 May 1865, p. 3).
    Isabella Gillies (1810 - 1865)
    Death Notice: Gillies – On Thursday morning, 18th inst, at the residence of Mr David Smith. Silver Stream, Isabella beloved wife of Mr Archibald Gillies, late of Wairarapa. Source: The Wellington Indep...
  • Christina Cameron (1791 - 1872)
    Death Notice: “On the 18th inst, at the residence of Mr. David Smith, Mulgrave-street, Mrs Donald Cameron, relict of Mr Donald Cameron, of Kaiwarra, aged 81 years. (Canterbury papers please copy.) Sour...
  • Donald Cameron, Weaver (1784 - 1860)
    Donald CAMERON and Christian McLEAN and family, from Ormasaigmore • Donald Cameron, 46, weaver • Christian McLean, his wife, 40 • Dugald Cameron, his son, 18, labourer • Alexander Cameron, his son, 17,...
  • Hugh Morison (1782 - 1872)
    Following their arrival in Wellington, the Morrisons lived initially at Kaiwarra, then moved to Evans Bay, where Hugh worked on J C Crawford’s property on Watts Peninsular, which was managed by Archiba...

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.

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