Hi Bruce My gt gt grandfather was on The "Duchess" too- James McIntosh from Blacklands, Paisley (he was a calico printer) and Christina (nee Munro) There is a great rootsweb page on the history of the Duchess and the Jane Gifford's voyages and the fact that they were sponsored by the Presbyterian Church to get some of their members out of the terrible poverty of Glasgow in those times http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff/VoyageofDuchess.htm It makes interesting reading even if your haven't a family that emigrated from Scotland Donna Kiwi in Vancouver, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "bruce" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 12:55 AM Subject: Re: [Renfrew] Emailing: PASSENGER LISTS TO NEW ZEALAND > My wifes G.G grandparents were from Paisley area and emigrated to > Auckland, New Zealand on the "Duchess of Argyle" in 1842 and another > vessel was the "Jane Gifford." Robert ANDREW was a Weaver but became a > farmer in New Zealand. I think these were about the first vessels to bring > about 500 Scots to New Zealand from the Paisley area. > Ships sailed from Greenock. > Regards > Bruce, > New Zealand. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 7:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Renfrew] Emailing: PASSENGER LISTS TO NEW ZEALAND > > >> When I was on holiday in Wellington earlier this year I visited the Te >> Papa >> museum, which had an exhibition about NZ immigration. One of the panels >> talked >> about a bunch of people coming from Paisley in the early 1840s. Anyone >> know >> anything more about this? >> >> Irene >> >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/407 - Release Date: 3/08/2006 >> >> > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/407 - Release Date: 3/08/2006 >

Also on board the "Duchess" were my gr.gr.grandfather's sister, Jean (Calder) Barr, her husband John, a stone mason, and their five children. Jean was born in Kilbarchan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Aitken" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 10:17 AM Subject: [Renfrew] Duchess of Argyle > Hi Bruce > My gt gt grandfather was on The "Duchess" too- James McIntosh from > Blacklands, Paisley (he was a calico printer) and Christina (nee Munro) > There is a great rootsweb page on the history of the Duchess and the Jane > Gifford's voyages and the fact that they were sponsored by the Presbyterian > Church to get some of their members out of the terrible poverty of Glasgow > in those times > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff/VoyageofDuchess.htm > It makes interesting reading even if your haven't a family that emigrated > from Scotland > > Donna > Kiwi in Vancouver, Canada > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bruce" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 12:55 AM > Subject: Re: [Renfrew] Emailing: PASSENGER LISTS TO NEW ZEALAND > > > > My wifes G.G grandparents were from Paisley area and emigrated to > > Auckland, New Zealand on the "Duchess of Argyle" in 1842 and another > > vessel was the "Jane Gifford." Robert ANDREW was a Weaver but became a > > farmer in New Zealand. I think these were about the first vessels to bring > > about 500 Scots to New Zealand from the Paisley area. > > Ships sailed from Greenock. > > Regards > > Bruce, > > New Zealand. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 7:28 PM > > Subject: Re: [Renfrew] Emailing: PASSENGER LISTS TO NEW ZEALAND > > > > > >> When I was on holiday in Wellington earlier this year I visited the Te > >> Papa > >> museum, which had an exhibition about NZ immigration. One of the panels > >> talked > >> about a bunch of people coming from Paisley in the early 1840s. Anyone > >> know > >> anything more about this? > >> > >> Irene

Just reposting my surname interests: BRODIE, CHRISTIE & DAWSON all from Paisley Also interested in reasons weavers might get involved in droving and move south to Norwich during the 1840s.