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Andrew Duncan

M, #8576, b. 1805

Parents

FatherJohn Duncan (b. about 1780)
Pedigree Link

Family 1: Margaret McALPINE (b. about 1815, d. 1872)

SonJohn Duncan (b. 1838, d. 1907)
SonAndrew Duncan (b. 1839)
SonWilliam Macalpine Duncan (b. 26 November 1842)
SonPeter Duncan (b. about 1844)
DaughterJanet Duncan (b. about 1846)

Family 2: Elizabeth Boyd (b. about 1815)

DaughterElizabeth (Lizzie) Jane Duncan (b. 1874)
SonCharles (Charlie) Boyd Duncan (b. 1875)
DaughterIsabella (Bella) Mary Agnes Duncan (b. 1877)
DaughterChristina (Chrissie) Janet Boyd Duncan (b. 1878)

Biography

Andrew Duncan was born in 1805 in Curranshaw, SCT.1,2 He and Margaret McALPINE were married in 1837 in Curranshaw, SCT.2 He and Elizabeth Boyd were married in 1873 in Wanganui.2 He died.2
Class: cabin
travelled from Wellington to Wanganui on the Clydeside 1841 MSAB
1843 Census andrew and Margaret DUNCAN and 3 children farmer CENWAN. Andrew Duncan had person sources.3 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.4 He was a carpenter in 1840.5

Citations

  1. [S982] Paul BARTON, extensive family history on file
  2. [S1233] Marie WHITE, Lakes District of Wanganui
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  4. [S736] NZBDM
  5. [S272] Newspapers Past, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
Family Explorer

Margaret McALPINE

F, #8577, b. about 1815, d. 1872
Pedigree Link

Family: Andrew Duncan (b. 1805)

SonJohn Duncan (b. 1838, d. 1907)
SonAndrew Duncan (b. 1839)
SonWilliam Macalpine Duncan (b. 26 November 1842)
SonPeter Duncan (b. about 1844)
DaughterJanet Duncan (b. about 1846)

Biography

Margaret McALPINE was born about 1815 in SCT.1,2 She and Andrew Duncan were married in 1837 in Curranshaw, SCT.2 She died in 1872, at age ~57, in Wanganui.2
Class: cabin
husband travelled from Wellington to Wanganui on the Clydeside 1841 MSAB
1843 census andrew and Margaret DUNCAN and 3 children. CENWAN. Margaret McALPINE had person sources.3 She immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S1233] Marie WHITE, Lakes District of Wanganui
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

John Duncan

M, #8578, b. 1838, d. 1907

Parents

FatherAndrew Duncan (b. 1805)
MotherMargaret McALPINE (b. about 1815, d. 1872)
Pedigree Link

Biography

John Duncan was born in 1838 in SCT.1 He and Catherine Hammond were married in 1866 in Wanganui.2 He died in 1907, at age ~69.
Class: cabin. John Duncan had person sources.3 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S1233] Marie WHITE, Lakes District of Wanganui
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Andrew Duncan

M, #8579, b. 1839

Parents

FatherAndrew Duncan (b. 1805)
MotherMargaret McALPINE (b. about 1815, d. 1872)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Andrew Duncan was born in 1839.1
Class: cabin. Andrew Duncan had person sources.2 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.1 He was christened in 1893 in Wanganui.3

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  3. [S1233] Marie WHITE, Lakes District of Wanganui

Thomas Eckford

F, #8580, b. about 1816

Biography

Thomas Eckford was born about 1816 age 76 in 1892 JGOC.1,2,3
Class: steerage
settled Auckland? DM. Thomas Eckford had person sources.4 She immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839 JGOC has arrived BOI 1840.3 She was a gardener in 1840.3

Citations

  1. [S194] Darry McCARTHY, The First Fleet of Auckland
  2. [S807] J J CRAIG, Jubilee Gathering of Old Colonists October 10 1892
  3. [S431] various, Shipping Lists
  4. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Ann Forbes

F, #8581, b. about 1817
Pedigree Link

Biography

Ann Forbes was born about 1817. She and Alexander Marjoribanks were married on 25 December 1839 in on board Bengal Merchant.1
Ann Forbes immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 31/10/1839. Class: steerage. She had person sources.2 She was a female servant in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

David Galloway

M, #8582, b. 3 December 1818, d. 10 March 1907

Parents

FatherDavid Galloway (b. about 1790, d. 13 March 1844)
MotherPrivate (b. about 1790, d. 24 February 1856)
Pedigree Link

Family: Ann McEWEN (b. about 1821, d. 2 November 1901)

DaughterAgnes Galloway (b. 27 June 1840, d. 15 January 1873)
DaughterMary (Polly) (Judy) Galloway (b. 17 September 1842, d. 27 February 1904)
DaughterMargaret Galloway (b. 28 September 1844)
SonJohn Galloway (b. 1846)
SonDavid Galloway (b. 1848, d. 1911)
SonJames Galloway (b. 1850, d. 1857)
DaughterAnnie Galloway (b. 2 October 1852, d. 1932)
DaughterCatherine Galloway (b. 1855, d. 1931)
SonWilliam Galloway (b. 27 December 1856, d. 1920)
SonGeorge Galloway (b. 1 December 1858, d. 1920)
SonHenry Galloway (b. 10 May 1861, d. 1947)
SonDaniel Galloway (b. 23 December 1864, d. 1943)

Biography

David Galloway was born on 3 December 1818 in Forgandenny, Perthshire, SCT.1,2,3 He and Ann McEWEN were married on 13 October 1839 in Abbotshall, Fifeshire, SCT.1 He died on 10 March 1907, at age 88, in Pauatahunui, Wellington, NZ.1
Class: steerage
note a David GALLOWAY wife and three children listed as living in the Hutt Valley and having lost possessions during fighting 1846. PPA The New Zealander 2 may 1846 "The Affairs of the Hutt" Listed as having possessions taken in fighting in the Hutt Valley 1846

"On the Bengal Merchant there was only David Galloway and his pregnant wife Ann nee McEWEN. Their first child was Agnes born in Wellington 1840.
Their son, John, was born abt. 1846 and the story that he was born on the Bengal Merchant started about 1940 at some centenary. It keeps cropping up, which is annoying. There is no birth cert. for John, as the NZ BDM was struggling at the time. But other certificates point to 1846.
Mary Galloway was born 1842 and Margaret Galloway was born 1844" CHDU. David Galloway had person sources.4 He was baptized on 3 January 1819 in Forgandenny, Perthshire, SCT.5 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.6 He was a tailor in 1840.6

Citations

  1. [S704] PECK of TAITA, web site extensive trees
  2. [S736] NZBDM
  3. [S272] Newspapers Past, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  4. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  5. [S596] ancestry.com
  6. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
Family Explorer

Ann McEWEN

F, #8583, b. about 1821, d. 2 November 1901

Parents

FatherAndrew McEWEN (b. 27 August 1793)
MotherAgnes Henderson (b. 28 February 1794, d. 19 January 1871)
Pedigree Link

Family: David Galloway (b. 3 December 1818, d. 10 March 1907)

DaughterAgnes Galloway (b. 27 June 1840, d. 15 January 1873)
DaughterMary (Polly) (Judy) Galloway (b. 17 September 1842, d. 27 February 1904)
DaughterMargaret Galloway (b. 28 September 1844)
SonJohn Galloway (b. 1846)
SonDavid Galloway (b. 1848, d. 1911)
SonJames Galloway (b. 1850, d. 1857)
DaughterAnnie Galloway (b. 2 October 1852, d. 1932)
DaughterCatherine Galloway (b. 1855, d. 1931)
SonWilliam Galloway (b. 27 December 1856, d. 1920)
SonGeorge Galloway (b. 1 December 1858, d. 1920)
SonHenry Galloway (b. 10 May 1861, d. 1947)
SonDaniel Galloway (b. 23 December 1864, d. 1943)

Biography

Ann McEWEN was born about 1821 in Newbiggen, Fifeshire, SCT.1,2 She and David Galloway were married on 13 October 1839 in Abbotshall, Fifeshire, SCT.1 She died on 2 November 1901, at age ~80, in Pauatahunui, Wellington, NZ.1
Class: steerage
Ann married David 17 days before boarding the BENGAL MERCHANT and emigrating to New Zealand.
Also on board with her was her brother David and his wife Mary and infant son and her parents Andrew and Agnes (nee Henderson) McEwen.
Her other brother James emigrated to New Zealand with his wife Barbara (nee Couper) in 1842 on the PHOEBE. Barbara gave birth to a daughter during the voyage and they named her Phoebe
Ann was married at 18 and David was 21.
They had 12 children.
She died 6 years before David ... PECK. Ann McEWEN had person sources.3 She immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.4 She was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S704] PECK of TAITA, web site extensive trees
  2. [S1001] Cheryl DUGGAN
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  4. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
Family Explorer

John Galloway

M, #8584, b. 1846

Parents

FatherDavid Galloway (b. 3 December 1818, d. 10 March 1907)
MotherAnn McEWEN (b. about 1821, d. 2 November 1901)
Pedigree Link

Biography

John Galloway was born in 1846 in Wellington.1,2
Previously had "born at sea" class: steerage from passenger lists but Agnes born 27 jun 1840 so John couldn't have been born on the journey at sea. assume passenger list wrong. John Galloway had person sources.3

Citations

  1. [S431] various, Shipping Lists
  2. [S1001] Cheryl DUGGAN
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

James Gilbert

M, #8587, b. 1818, d. about 1850
Pedigree Link

Family: Unknown (b. 1816)

DaughterIsabella Gilbert (b. 1835)
DaughterChristina Gilbert (b. 1837, d. 1898)
DaughterGilbert (b. 1839)
SonMary Ann Gilbert (b. 31 July 1845, d. 16 November 1817)

Biography

James Gilbert was born in 1818.1 He and Unknown were married. He died about 1850, at age ~32, in Wairoa River.2
Class: steerage age 22. James Gilbert had person sources.3 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.1 He was a tailor in 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S272] Newspapers Past, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Unknown

F, #8588, b. 1816
Pedigree Link

Family: James Gilbert (b. 1818, d. about 1850)

DaughterIsabella Gilbert (b. 1835)
DaughterChristina Gilbert (b. 1837, d. 1898)
DaughterGilbert (b. 1839)
SonMary Ann Gilbert (b. 31 July 1845, d. 16 November 1817)

Biography

Unknown was born in 1816.1 She and James Gilbert were married.
Class: steerage age 24
possibly Jane (or Jean.) Unknown had person sources.2 She immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Isabella Gilbert

F, #8589, b. 1835

Parents

FatherJames Gilbert (b. 1818, d. about 1850)
MotherUnknown (b. 1816)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Isabella Gilbert was born in 1835.1
Class: steerage. Isabella Gilbert had person sources.2 She immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Christina Gilbert

F, #8590, b. 1837, d. 1898

Parents

FatherJames Gilbert (b. 1818, d. about 1850)
MotherUnknown (b. 1816)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Christina Gilbert was born in 1837.1 She and Dixon were married. She and Isaac Howell were married on 25 May 1882 in Napier, NZ.2 She died in 1898, at age ~61.2
Class: steerage. Christina Gilbert had person sources.3 She immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S1123] Alison HOWELL, descendant email exchange jan 2023
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Gilbert

F, #8591, b. 1839

Parents

FatherJames Gilbert (b. 1818, d. about 1850)
MotherUnknown (b. 1816)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Gilbert was born in 1839.1
Class: steerage. Gilbert had person sources.2 She immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

William Golder

M, #8592, b. 1811
Pedigree Link

Family: Mary (b. 1814)

DaughterMargaret Golder (b. 1838, d. 8 May 1840)
DaughterGolder (b. 1839)
SonJames Golder (b. about 1841)

Biography

William Golder was born in 1811.1 He and Mary were married.
Class: steerage
late of Newton near Dalkieth, SCT PP1840. William Golder had person sources.2 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.1 He was a shepherd in 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Mary

F, #8593, b. 1814
Pedigree Link

Family: William Golder (b. 1811)

DaughterMargaret Golder (b. 1838, d. 8 May 1840)
DaughterGolder (b. 1839)
SonJames Golder (b. about 1841)

Biography

Mary was born in 1814.1 She and William Golder were married.
Class: steerage. Mary had person sources.2 She immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.3

Citations

  1. [S736] NZBDM
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  3. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
Family Explorer

Margaret Golder

F, #8594, b. 1838, d. 8 May 1840

Parents

FatherWilliam Golder (b. 1811)
MotherMary (b. 1814)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Margaret Golder was born in 1838.1 She died on 8 May 1840, at age ~2, in Wellington, NZ, 7 jun LEW.2
Class: steerage. Margaret Golder had person sources.3 She immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S570] Papers Past 1840, N Z Gazette & Wellington Spectator
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Golder

F, #8595, b. 1839

Parents

FatherWilliam Golder (b. 1811)
MotherMary (b. 1814)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Golder was born in 1839.1
Class: steerage. Golder had person sources.2 She immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Ebenezer Hay

M, #8596, b. 1814

Parents

FatherHay (b. about 1780, d. about 1844)
Pedigree Link

Family: Agnes Orr (b. 1814)

SonJames Hay (b. 12 June 1841)
ChildHay (b. September 1842)
ChildHay (b. 1844)
ChildHay (b. about 1846)
SonTom Hay (b. about 1848)
ChildHay (b. about 1850)
SonHay (b. about 1852)
ChildHay (b. about 1854)
DaughterMary Hay (b. about 1856)

Biography

Ebenezer Hay was born in 1814 in Annadale, AYR, SCT.1,2,3,4,5 He and Agnes Orr were married in October 1839 in AYR, SCT.5
Class: cabin
settled Pigeon Bay, Banks Peninsula 1843 JD
in 1843 had a part share in the 30 t schooner Richmond with Captain Francis SINCLAIR DNZB
"A few months before the hoisting of the flag at Akaroa there arrived in New Zealand a party of colonists destined to play an important part in the early history of Canterbury. In February, 1840, the Bengal Merchant reached Wellington, carrying a Scotch family named Hay, who had come to take up land there. In 1841 the Blenheim brought out Captain Sinclair, who soon built a schooner, in which Mr. Hay became part owner. Being dissatisfied with their prospects of obtaining the land they wanted, Messrs Hay and Sinclair got their land orders transferred by the New Zealand Company to the South Island, and started in their little beat to explore it. They landed at Port Cooper (Lyttelton Harbour), and worked their way up the end of the bay by Gebbie's Valley; but they seem to have overlooked the possibilities of the site later chosen for Christchurch. They went down the coast as far as Otago, but saw nothing to equal Banks' Peninsula in fertility and general convenience, and so they returned to Wellington, having decided to fix their home at Pigeon Bay." NZETC The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

for fuller details of the family there is a book by Brenda Guthrie Northcroft called New Zealand Memories printed abt 1930 She was a grandaughter of Ebenezer Hay . Ebenezer Hay had person sources.6 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.7 He was in 1840. He was farming Porirua in 1841.8,2 He was farming Pigeon Bay, Banks Peninsula in 1843.5

Citations

  1. [S243] ed John DEANS, Pioneers of Canterbury DEANS family letters 1840 -1854
  2. [S314] Wellington Burgesses Roll 1842
  3. [S308] A H CARMAN, The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  4. [S400] Donald KERR, The Smell of Powder - duelling in NZ
  5. [S933] Brenda Guthrie NORTHCROFT, NZ Memoies
  6. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  7. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  8. [S245] H S Chapman, The New Zealand Portfolio
Family Explorer

Agnes Orr

F, #8597, b. 1814
Pedigree Link

Family: Ebenezer Hay (b. 1814)

SonJames Hay (b. 12 June 1841)
ChildHay (b. September 1842)
ChildHay (b. 1844)
ChildHay (b. about 1846)
SonTom Hay (b. about 1848)
ChildHay (b. about 1850)
SonHay (b. about 1852)
ChildHay (b. about 1854)
DaughterMary Hay (b. about 1856)

Biography

Agnes Orr was born in 1814 in AYR, SCT.1 She and Ebenezer Hay were married in October 1839 in AYR, SCT.1
Class: cabin. Agnes Orr had person sources.2 She immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.3 She was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S933] Brenda Guthrie NORTHCROFT, NZ Memoies
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  3. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
Family Explorer

David Johnson

M, #8598, b. about 1810

Parents

FatherJohnson
Pedigree Link

Biography

David Johnson was born about 1810.1,2
Class: cabin. David Johnson had person sources.3 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.1 He was a clerk, Wellington in 1843.2

Citations

  1. [S431] various, Shipping Lists
  2. [S325] Wellington Burgess Roll 1843
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

James H Johnson

M, #8599, b. about 1810

Parents

FatherJohnson
Pedigree Link

Biography

James H Johnson was born about 1810.1,2
Class: cabin
possibly farming Porirua aug 1841? ACHT. James H Johnson had person sources.3 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839. He was a surveyor Te Aro in 1842.1

Citations

  1. [S314] Wellington Burgesses Roll 1842
  2. [S308] A H CARMAN, The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

James Londsdale

M, #8600, b. 1809
Pedigree Link

Family: Mary (b. 1820)

DaughterMary Jane Clarke Londsdale+ (b. about 1838)

Biography

James Londsdale was born in 1809. He and Mary were married.
James Londsdale immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 31/10/1839. Class: steerage. He had person sources.1 He was a gardener in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
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