Eliza Aston (nee Whittington) (General)

by Dee , Sunday, March 27, 2011, 00:46 (5063 days ago) @ stevedows

Hello

Are you still looking for James & Mary Ann WHITTINGTON and family? I beleive that I have found them whilst I was searching for my own James WHITTINGTON.

This link http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlists/mermaid.html shows the passenger list for the Clipper Ship MERMAID which sailed from London on 15th November 1863 to Lyttelton, in New Zealand.

WHITTINGTON INFANT Inf
WHITTINGTON LUCY Inf
WHITTINGTON JAMES 40 FARM LABOURER
WHITTINGTON MARY ANNE 38
WHITTINGTON JAMES(Jnr.) 23 FARM LABOURER
WHITTINGTON FANNY 21
WHITTINGTON ALICE 20 DOM SERVANT
WHITTINGTON THOMAS 16 --
WHITTINGTON EDWARD 14 --
WHITTINGTON SAMUEL 12 --
WHITTINGTON LOUISA 10
WHITTINGTON MARIA 8
WHITTINGTON ANNA 6
WHITTINGTON JOHN 4
WHITTINGTON EMMA 2

This link http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Digitised/Emigration/EmbarkationLists/Mer...
will enable you to download a digitised copy of the passenger list which shows that they were government assisted immigrants. Hope this helps.

Dee