Highland and Island Emigration
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"ARAMINTA"
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SHIP " ARAMINTA" WHICH SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL FOR GEELONG ON THE 20TH OF JUNE 1852 ARRIVED GEELONG 4-OCT
The Araminta: 191 Highlanders 35 families (from the Estates of Lord Macdonald, Mcleod, Skeabost, Strathaird, Waternish, Lyndale)
Master: Captain Hutchison IN 1849
Rigging: Sail Ship; parts sheathed in felt and yellow metal in 1849.
Tonnage: 511 tons using old measurements, 616 tons using new measurements.
Construction: 1842 in Quebec; some repairs in 1849
Owner: Fitzsimmons, Port of registry: Belfast
Surnames - BEATON, BUCHANAN, CAMPBELL, GRAHAM, GRANT, NICHOLSON, MacASKILL,MARTIN, MATHESON, McDONALD, McKENZIE, McKINNON, McLEAN, McLEOD, McINNIS, McPHEE, ROBERTSON, ROSS.
NICHOLSON Samuel 47 Gearriemore McDonald
5 Isabella 40 (Wife)
Donald 16
Alexander 14
Flora 12
Patrick 9
Christina 6
P/N £24-1-6McDONALD Donald 40 Feall McDonald
6 Flora 33 (Wife)
Margaret 17
Catherine 15
Myles 9
Angus 4
Sarah 1 died 10th Aug. 1852
P/N £22-3-6GRANT Lachlan 34 Sconser
7 Flora 32 (Wife)
Donald 2 died 26th Aug. 1852
Margaret 2 months died 24th Aug 1852
P/N £17-5-6MATHESON John 45 Sconser McDonald
8 Rachael 44 (Wife)
Flora 12
Donald 10
Alexander 7
Christy 4
Mary 20
Jane 18
Marion 15
P/N £32-14-1McPHEE Archibald 30 Feall McDonald
9 Anne 35 (Wife)
Anne 8
Catherine 4
William 2
P/N £14-10-4BEATON Peter 33 Feall McDonald
10 Anne 30 (Wife)
Anne 3
P/N £9-5-5
(Name Bethune same as Beaton. Beaton is more common now.)BUCHANAN Angus 24 Scorr McDonald
11 Christy 28 (Wife)
Margaret 1 Died 7th Sept.1852
P/N £7-5-8ROSS Charles 35 Scullamus McDonald
12 Catherine 31 (Wife)
Mary 4
John 1 died 10th July 1852
P/N £9-12-3GRAHAM John 33 Harrapool McDonald
13 Flora 30 (Wife)
Neil 1
P/N £8-8-6McINNES John 24 Scullamus McDonald
14 Margaret 47 (Mother)
Anne 12
Margaret 10
Mary 28
Lachlan 18
Catherine 14
Marion 21
P/N £26-11-8
Margaret's husbands name was Duncan.McINNES Neil 40 Boreraig McDonald
15 Barbara 38 (Wife)
Anne 12
Mary 4
Anne 1
Flora 13
Margaret 16
P/N £19-18-6
Barbara, nee McAlister. Sister of Keith no 91, Alexander 143 & John no 144.ROSS Lachlan 38 Swordale McDonald
16 Margaret 35 (Wife) (nee McRae)
Lachlan 17
William 15
Helen 12
Anne 9
Flora 5
Marion 1
P/N £22-13-10
Lachlan said to be a brother of Charles No 12.
Margaret said to be sister of Charles No 389MARTIN John 47 Lonfearn McDonald
17 Arabella 46 (wife)
Mary 22
Marion 20
Jessie 18
Margaret 15
Abigail 13
Charles 10
John 8
Allan 3
P/N £38-6-11McDONALD Donald 45 Portree McDonald
18 Marion 43 (Wife)
Mary 23
Archibald 19
Christy 17
Flora 14
Helen 12
John 10
Donald 8
William 6
P/N £35-0-0
(Son named Norman born to Mary, 11th Aug. On Mary's death certificate, said to be child of first marriage to Abel Foote.)McKENZIE Donald 35 Earlish McDonald
19 Effy 36 (Wife)
Kenneth 3
Norman 9 months
P/N £10-17-6McLEOD Alexander 40 Culnacnock McDonald
20 Mary 35
Donald 15
Norman 13
William 13
James 11
John 7
Roderick 4
Hugh 1 Died 7-10-1852
P/N £23-7-6
(Mary's maiden name McLeod)McKINNON Archibald 37 Camuscross McDonald
21 Mary 36 (Wife)
Neil 16
Christy 13
John 11
Catherine 7
Godfrey 5
Mary 34 (sister) Died 16th July 1852
P/N £23-16-0ROBERTSON John 32 Breakish McDonald
22 Rachael 30 (Wife)
Flora 3
P/N £7-10-6
(Rachel nee McInnes, died 28-10-1852, twin sons still born 16-10 1852)ROBERTSON Angus 53 Elgol Strathaird
23 Flora 53 (Wife)
Alexander 27
Angus 18
Charles 14
P/N £37-4-0ROBERTSON Ronald 29
23A Margaret 26 (Wife)
Lachlan 2 Died 20th Sept, 1852
P/N £8-12-9
Daughter born 27th July 1852ROBERTSON Ewen 25
23B Anne 25 (Wife)
Catherine 3 Died 19th Sept 1852
P/N £8-6-6ROBERTSON Alexander 47 Elgol Strathaird
24 Marion 47
Betsy 20
Charles 18
Catherine 13
Lachlan 11
William 8
P/N £31-19-2McKINNON John 32 Elgol Strathaird
25 Catherine 22
Anne 20
P/N £9-4-5
(John brother of Lachlan No 93.)MacASKILL Donald 45 Borline McLeod
26 Marion 40 (Wife)
Duncan 18
John 15
Kenneth 14
Peter 11
John 10
Ewen 7
Donald 3
P/N £26-7-7
(Marion's maiden name was MacAskill)CAMPBELL Donald 50 Borline McLeod
27 Catherine 44
John 22
Mary 19
Anne 17
Christy 15
Ronald 13
Marion 5
Janet 3
P/N £29-16-6McINNES Alexander 40 Trumpan Waternish
28 Sarah 38
Christy 20
William 18
Catherine 16
Anne 14
Donald 10
Neil 8
Samuel 6
Alexander 3 Died 13th Sept. 1852
P/N £26-7-1McLEOD Malcolm 41 Breabost Lyndale
29 Sarah 43
Mary 13
Kenneth 11
Malcolm 7
Janet 4
P/N £14-3-2(No's 30 and 31 used for emigrants on Medina) McLEOD Hector 50 Stein * Skeabost
32 Anne 41 (Wife)
Murdo 20
Effy 16
Alexander 9
Mary 7
P/N £30-19-0McLEAN Norman 45 Stein * Skeabost
33 Marion 44
Peter 9
Mary 7
P/N £15-5-11McLEAN Angus 40 Stein * Skeabost
34 Effy 41 (Wife)
Mary 18
Donald 15
Janet 12
John 9
Angus 2
P/N £21-7-9McLEAN Alexander 48 Stein * Skeabost
35 Anne 34 (Wife)
John 13
Anne 8
John 6
Donald 3
Mary 1
P/N £23-14-6* To be precise the above families were all from "Brae Stein" on the road leading from the "Main Road" to the village of Stein.