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Emigration to Canterbury : Shipping Lists 1856-1874

imageMermaid

Sailed 5th October 1868
Arrived 8th January 1869 at Lyttelton

View Mermaid passenger list as PDF [3.9 MB]

All blank ledger pages have not been filmed - page numbers may jump accordingly.

Related information

Articles from contemporary newspapers

Title: Shipping
Source: The Star, Saturday, 9 January 1869, p. 2
Summary: Brief passenger list of the Mermaid.
Available from Papers Past

Title: Arrival of the ship Mermaid
Source: The Star, Saturday, 9 January 1869, p. 2
Summary: Report of voyage by Captain Rose, testimonial presented by passengers and report of the Commissioners.
Available from Papers Past

Title: Shipping
Source: The Lyttelton Times, 9 January 1869, p. 4
Summary: Cabin passengers listed. Account of arrival, the captain’s report, testimonials presented to the captain by the passengers. Government immigrants listed.

Websites

Passenger list from New Zealand Yesteryears
Passenger list from RootsWeb

More information about finding passenger lists can be found in the Family History guide.

Microfilm copies of newspapers including The Press, The Lyttelton Times and The Star are available in the Family History area, Tuakiri | Identity, Level 2, Tūranga.

Note about image quality

The embarkation lists were microfilmed, and digital images created from the film.
The originals were faint so black pages were inserted to help contrast of text, and the filming was manipulated to help increase contrast as much as possible.
Blank ledger pages were not filmed.
The limitations of the originals mean some pages may appear faint, and some pages may have text from the reverse showing through.
The text within the PDF documents is not searchable.

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