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Emigration to Canterbury : Shipping Lists 1856-1874

imageMermaid

Sailed 30th September 1862
Arrived 26th December 1862 at Lyttelton

View Mermaid passenger list as PDF [9.2 MB]

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

Related information

Articles from contemporary newspapers

Title: Shipping Intelligence
Source: The Lyttelton Times, 27 December 1862, p. 4
Summary: Arrival and account of voyage of the Mermaid with some cabin passengers mentioned and a testimonial for the captain from the passengers. Provincial immigrants listed.

Title: Shipping Intelligence
Source: The Lyttelton Times, 31 December 1862, p. 4
Summary: Cabin passengers on the Mermaid listed.

Websites

Passenger list from New Zealand Yesteryears

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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