Passengers to Natal arriving by Maritzburg and departing by Dane 1863

ARRIVAL OF MARITZBURG Natal Mercury July 7 1863

ARRIVED

July 5 - Maritzburg, barque, 536 tons, WL Eastham, from London, sailed April 4.
General cargo.
PASSENGERS
Chief Cabin
Mr and Mrs E Scott
Messrs
W Denny
AP Watson
JB Whyte
Private Cabin
Messrs
Bailey
Bamber
Crosley
Devillers
Foster
Morrill
Markham
Mason
Methley
Mr and Mrs Mumford
Mr and Mrs Hiscock
Mr A Pearson
Mr and Mrs W Pepworth
Misses Jane and Eliza Pepworth
Masters, Wm, and John Pepworth
Mr F Tenneil
Mr and Mrs R Wadham
Misses Mary and Jane Wadham
Mr R Wadham jun
Government Passengers
Matilda, TB, John and George Archer
William and Sophia Austin
Harriett Bailey
Hannah Barker
William Baxter
James, Charlotte, Arthur and Jane Beckett
Joseph Bliss
Joh, Mary, Duncan, Mary, John N and Jas Brown
Joseph, Rose Anne, Eleanor and Samuel Brown
David and Elizabeth H Calder
Wm T Cooper
Thos C Cruikshank
Alexander Grieve
W Griffiths
Mary, Sarah, Charles, Henry and Ellen Grix
Mary, John and David Hind
John Horrigan
AR Judd
FW Johnson
John Kane
Thomas and William Lunn
Joseph, Elizabeth, Emma, Charles and Alice Lumley
Agnes McGibben
D McKenzie
Henry B Ogden
William and Robert Ogram
Sophia Pullen
Ellen Rowlands
James Ridsdale
William and Mary Roberts
Jno, Mary, John T and WD Sparks
D Studd
George and Elizabeth Woods
Joseph F, Sarah A, James T Herbert T, Henry T, and Joseph FF Wood
Gillespie and Co, agents.

SAILED

July 3 - Natal Star, ship, 366 tons, Forbes, for Port Elizabeth and London.
PASSENGERS
Cabin
Mr and Mrs Mello, infant and servant
Miss Spencer
Mr and Mrs Mayne and son
Miss Henderson
Captain Lucas
Mr GF Dixon
Steerage
Mr R Archer

SAILED

DEPARTURE OF RMS DANE Natal Mercury July 3 1863

July 1 -RMS Dane, 530 tons, W Ladds, for Cape Town and intermediate ports.
PASSENGERS
For East London
Cabin
Mr R Walker and 1 officer
Third Class
2 non-commissioned officers and six soldiers
For Port Elizabeth Cabin
Mr Vanhees
For Cape Town
Cabin
Messrs
JD Barry
JJ Barry
J Beck
P Girault
HJ Hofstedt
JS Colborne
Burton
Greetham
Second Class
Messrs
RJ Smyth
TJ Smyth
T Page
GR Lillington
Mrs Lloyd
Cargo, colonial produce, value £620.

VESSELS EXPECTED
Maritzburg, Earthian, from London; sailed from the Downs 31st March.
Gillespie and Co, agents.

Passengers to Natal per Natal Star 1864 and 1868

Natal Star: two Passenger Lists

This barque, departing London in November 1863, was reported in the Natal Government Gazette January 1864, listing as passengers: 

ANDREW William
ANDREW Anne C
ANDREW Alice
ANDREW Margaret
ANDREW Mary
ANDREW William B
ANDREW Louisa A
BRYANT Phoebe
BRADLEY Sarah
BRADLEY Sarah (mother & dau?)
BRAITHWAITE Agnes
HODGKINS John
HODGKINS Arabella
HODGKINS Alfred
HODGKINS Lancelot
HODGKINS Clement
IRVINE David
MAXTED William
MAXTED Jane E
MAXTED Eva C
MAXTED Wm J
MCGREAT Bridget
SPENCER John
SPENCER Sarah
TOLLINGTON Thomas
TOLLINGTON Elizabeth
WOODHOUSE George
YOUNG Samuel

A Notice indicated that 'Friends of the above Emigrants, who are desirous of communicating with them as soon as possible after arrival, may forward their letters under cover to the Secretary to the Immigration Board who will transmit them to the Port Captain for delivery on board the vessel.
Jas CRAW, Secretary, Immigration Board, Pietermaritzburg, January 29th 1864.'

All the passengers listed above travelled 3rd class. Agents were Muirhead Findlay & Co. (Natal Mercury 19.9.1868)

'The A1 Magnificent Clipper Ship 'Natal Star' F. AIRTH Commander will immediately on discharge of Inward Cargo load for London (with liberty to call) and having portion of her Cargo engaged, will have despatch. Her Passenger Accommodation is known to be unequalled. For Freight or Passage apply to Muirhead, Findlay & Co. Agents'.
(Natal Mercury 22.9.1868). After leaving Natal on September 26 the vessel was bound for Algoa Bay with 4 passengers.

A later voyage of the same vessel, arriving Durban 17 September 1868, brought:

ALEXANDER Mr
AMOS David
BALLANTYNE Bertram (Mastr
BALLANTYNE Elizabeth (Miss)
BALLANTYNE James,
BALLANTYNE James (Mastr)
BALLANTYNE Jennie (Miss)
BALLANTYNE Jessie (Miss)
BALLANTYNE Jessie (or Janet) (Mrs)
BALLANTYNE John (Mastr)
BALLANTYNE Margaret (Miss)
BALLANTYNE Peter (Mastr)
BALLANTYNE Walter (Mastr)
BALLANTYNE William (Mastr
BLAKE (Misses) (2)
CAPEL Agnes (Miss)
CAPEL Edward (Mastr)
CAPEL Elizabeth (Miss)
CAPEL Ellen (Miss)
CAPEL John
CAPEL John (Mastr)
CAPEL Lincoln (Mastr)
CAPEL Mary (Miss)
CAPEL Mary (Mrs)
CAPEL Rosa (or Rose?) (Miss)
CAPEL Samuel (Mastr)
CAPEL William (Mastr)
COOLIE (COOLEY?) James
CRAIG Miss Margaret
DAVIS Norris Edward
DAY H
DICKSON Elspeth (Mrs)
DICKSON J R
DONALDSON Annie (Miss)
GAVIN John
HALL William
INGRAM John
KIEMAN Sophie (Mrs)
KIEMAN William
KING Andrew Dow
LLOYD Ann Maria Grimes (Mrs)
LLOYD Annie Stacey (Miss)
LLOYD Bill (sic) George (Mastr)
LLOYD Charles Bannister (Mastr)
LLOYD Charlotte Frances (Miss)
LLOYD Ellen Priest Cantherley (Miss)
LLOYD Hugh Wroughton (Mastr)
LLOYD Llewellen (sic) Henry (Mastr)
LLOYD Margaret Jane (Miss)
LLOYD Mary Elizabeth (Miss)
MILLER Alexander C (Mastr)
MILLER Mary C (Mrs)
MILLER Mary Jane (Miss)
MILLER W C
RITCHIE G
RITCHIE Helen (Mrs)
RITCHIE Isabella H (Miss)
ROOKE Henry A F
SHEPHERD Margaret (Miss)
SHEPHERD W A
SIMPSON E (Mrs)
SIMPSON James P
SOMERVILLE Andrew
STONE John Blackwood
STONE Mrs
WATTS James William
WILSON Annie Isabella (Miss)
WILSON Archibald (Mastr)
WILSON George Walter (Mastr)
WILSON Maggie (Miss)
WILSON Mrs
YOUNG Charles de Laventz/Laurentz

Natal Star (sailing vessel) 366 t Capt STEWART: one of the clipper packets of John T Rennie's Aberdeen Direct Line. Others of this line (which competed with the Bullard King line for many years) included Natal, Transvaal, Tugela, Prince Alfred, Maritzburg, Umgeni, L'Imperatrice Eugenie etc; most of these were under 500 tons. The Aberdeen Line vessels made the passage from London direct to Durban in 49 to 95 days (the record sailing of 49 days being that of Prince Alfred).

On this particular voyage, Natal Star departed London 20.6.1868, arriving at Natal 17.9.1868. She was carrying 70 passengers and a general cargo. Though her Captain was Stewart, the Mate, for reasons unknown, was in command on this run. All the passengers listed above travelled 3rd class. Agents were Muirhead Findlay & Co. (Natal Mercury 19.9.1868)

Note the unusual detail of forenames given - valuable information for family historians.

The Natal Star was wrecked in a gale at East London on 19 July 1874, without loss of life.
[Cape Archives CC 3/7/2/2]

Robert Brown, Sunny South, Natal Star to Natal 1867

ROBERT BROWN, SUNNY SOUTH AND NATAL STAR Natal Mercury April 9 1867 with mention of the loss of the schooner Wasp at Table Bay with all hands

ARRIVED
April 5, Robert Brown, sch., 33 tons, Mitchell, from Algoa Bay March 25. Cargo rice, etc.
PASSENGER
Capt Chapman
Reports the sch. Wasp having capsized in Table Bay, all hands lost.
Goodliffe, Smart, and Ballance, agents. 
April 6, Sunny South, barque, 309 tons, Mitchell, from Port Elizabeth March 25, and East London.
Cargo, general.
Goodliffe, Smart, and Ballance, agents.

SAILED
April 5, Natal Star, ship, 366 tons, Hodge, for London, via Algoa Bay.
PASSENGERS
For London
1st Class
Mr and Mrs Calder
Mr and Mrs Dickens
Messrs

Anderton
Hill

2nd Class
Mr and Miss Summerhayes
Mrs Stabler and child
Messrs
Beale
Corkrill
Donaldson
Wilson

For Algoa Bay
1st Class
Mr Owen
Cargo, sundries
Muirhead, Findlay, and Co., agents.