Passenger Arrivals at Natal 1845: the Rosebud, George H Harrison

December 3 1845 - Arrival of Rosebud from Table Bay, bound for Port Natal
Passengers
His Honour the Lieut Governor and 3 Miss Wests
Mrs Murison and child
Mr and Mrs Poetter and 5 children
Mr Gregor and child
Miss Thorne and 5 servants

December 3 1845 - Arrival of George H Harrison from Table Bay, bound for Port Natal
Passengers
The Recorder, Mrs, 2 Miss, Mr Henry Cloete and 4 children
Messrs Van Der Byl, Joubert and Chrappirie [? Chiappini]
11 in the Steerage

December 28 1845 - Arrival of Pilot from Table Bay, bound for Port Natal
Passengers
The Secretary and Mrs Moodie and six children
2 Mr Hardings
Col Piper RE
Lieut Jervois RE
Lieut Gregory RA
Mr Johns
Mr Melville
11 servants and 2 Steerage (Kinghurst and Williamson)

Passenger Arrivals Natal per Douglas 1949 plus William Ireland

 Natal Witness 2 March 1849

The following passenger lists include well-known coastal vessels which made regular voyages between Table Bay and Natal: the Gem, commanded by W. GLENDINING, Douglas with her captain, SMERDON, and Rosebud, under A MURISON. At 100 tons and less, these schooners were small - the mere thought of the choppy passage from the Cape makes one feel queasy. (Incidentally, it was the Rosebud which brought J C BYRNE to Natal from Table Bay in July 1851 to attend the proceedings of his bankruptcy case.)

Of particular note is the arrival of Rev Wm IRELAND, the American missionary and his first wife, Jane. They had called briefly at the Cape, leaving for Natal on January 14th and reaching that port just under a month later. It's possible that the Douglas had made a stop at Algoa Bay, as this ship usually made the journey in about 8 - 11 days, weather permitting.

Rev IRELAND was destined to take over from J C BRYANT (see letter from him in article on the Aliwal) who was retiring due to ill-health from the mission at Ifume where he had laboured for two years. This mission station was 35 miles south of Durban and 6 miles inland from the sea. The first Mrs Ireland died on January 25 1862, and the widower went home to America, bringing back with him to Natal a second wife, in 1865 - he chose well: she was Oriana GROUT, daughter of the veteran missionary, Rev Aldin GROUT. [See Pictures at end of Page.] Between 1865 and 1881, IRELAND was the principal of the now famous Adams College, and 5 children of the 7 born to him and Oriana survived.

In 1885 Wm Ireland read his historical paper on the occasion of the Jubilee of the American Mission; the basis for this paper was his original "Sketch of the Zulu Mission" written some time earlier. He died in 1888, and his widow was put in charge of the girls on the Mission. She returned to America in 1897, dying there in 1902, but their daughter Lilla Lacon IRELAND is recorded as being at Adams Mission in 1900. She too returned briefly to America, but came back to Natal, remaining until the 1930s and teaching at Inanda Seminary.

Rev IRELAND's rooms are still preserved at Adams College Museum, and his name and work are remembered with gratitude and esteem to the present day. Recently two of his descendants, Isabel JACKSON and Jane McINNES, visited Natal from Michigan and were welcomed by Adams College. It was a most auspicious moment for their pilgrimage, since Adams were celebrating the anniversary of the founding of the mission.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

ARRIVALS

Feb 8th - Gem, schooner, 102 tons, W Glendining, from Table Bay, 12th January, from Algoa Bay, 29th January. About 90 tons general cargo.

PASSENGERS

From Cape Town 
Capt Griffith 
Lieut Rollins, 45th Regiment 
Mr A Patrick 
Mrs Edwards 
Jos Helman

From Algoa Bay 
Messrs 
Kuhr 
Caldecott and son 
Mrs Webb and child 
Four Labourers in the Steerage. 
H Jargal, Agent.

Feb 15th - Douglas, schooner, 99 tons, W Smerdon, from Table Bay, January 14th. Cargo sundries. 
PASSENGERS 
Mrs Capt Shaw, 3 children, and 3 servants 
Mr and the Rev Mr Ireland, American Missionary 
Rev J Green, Rector of Pietermaritzburg 
Mr Green, Surveyor, and Mrs Green, 1 child 
and servant, Mr Whitta 
Two Steerage passengers 
GC Cato, Agent.


Feb 16th - Rosebud, schooner, 83 tons, A Murison, from Cape Town, Jan 21st. 120 tons general cargo. 
PASSENGERS Miss Simpson 
Mrs Short and family 
Mrs Brown and family 
Messrs 

Fordham 
Cannon 
Herbert 
JA Ross, Agent.

DEPARTURES

Feb 23rd - Douglas, in ballast. 
PASSENGERS 
Major and Mrs Seagram and child 
Messrs 
Marquard 
Hursthouse 
Vos 
Smuts 
Martin 
GC Cato, Agent

The Rosebud is supposed 
to have sailed yesterday.

VESSELS EXPECTED

The Norfolk, from Algoa Bay.
GC Cato, Agent. 
Workington, from Table Bay.
GC Cato, Agent. 
The Romp and the Elizabeth Jane were advertised in London to leave on the 10th or 15th November, and about 40 passengers had taken their passage for Natal. 
GC Cato, Agent.

Rev William and Oriana Ireland of
Adams Mission

Passenger arrivals Natal 1847

February 24 1847 - Arrival of Nancy from Table Bay, bound for Port Natal
Passengers
Mr and Mrs Steytler
Mr and Mrs Davis
Miss McRae
1 Steerage

March 4 1847 - Arrival of Elizabeth from London, bound for Port Natal
Passengers
Messrs
Hunt
Davidson
Royal

March 11 1847 - Arrival of Flora from Algoa Bay, bound for Port Natal
Passengers
Kuhr
Ham
Miss Cooper

April 5 1847 - Arrival of Sarah Bell from Algoa Bay, bound for Port Natal
Passengers
Mr Taylor 45th Regt
Mrs Taylor
Mr Graham Taylor
Dr Sparrow
Asst Surgeon 45th Regt
Messrs
Board
White
Davis
Proudfoot
(See 'Witness' April 9th)

April 7 1847 - Arrival of Rosebud from Table Bay, bound for Port Natal
Passengers
Bergthiel
Suffert
Manual
Lawton
Woodley
Herbert
Mrs Lawton
Murison
T Milner
Mr Anderson
5 Steerage Passengers

May 22 1847 - Arrival of Mazeppa from Port Elizabeth, bound for Port Natal
Passengers
Cabin
Revd and Mrs Holdron and family
Miss Campbell
Steerage
Mr and Mrs Donoghue and 6 children
Miss Hawkins

June 6 1847 - Arrival of Le Packet from Isle of Bourbon, bound for Port Natal
June 10 1847 - Arrival of Nimrod from Simon's Bay, bound for Port Natal, and from Algoa Bay, bound for Mauritius
Passengers
Lieut Cameron
45th Regt Landed per mail and proceeded immediately.

June 18 1847 - Arrival of Rosebud from Cape Town, bound for Port Natal
Passengers
Messrs
Ross
Cobin
Taylor
Watermeyer
Miss Watermeyer
Captain Lachlan
Mr ?Hood
Mr Sikkerling [sic]
Mrs Mandy
Mrs Brewer and child
Mrs Forbes and child
Steerage
Mr McDonald
Mr Miller

Passengers to Natal 1846 per Sarah Bell, Mazeppa etc

ARRIVALS AT NATAL

February 18 1846 - Arrival of Sarah Bell from London, bound for Port Natal
Passengers
Messrs
Milner
Pasno
one servant

February 19 1846 - Arrival of Mazeppa from Port Elizabeth, bound for Port Natal
Passengers
Mr and Mrs Caldecott and four children
Mr Lamont
14 Steerage

February 22 1846 - Arrival of Rosebud from Table Bay, bound for Port Natal
Passengers
Mrs and Miss Scott
Mrs Smuts
Mrs Scholk
Messrs
Ogle
Ewing
McDonald
Smuts
2 children
1 servant
4 Steerage

March 1 1846 - Arrival of Margaret from Bourbon, bound for Port Natal

March 12 1846 - Arrival of Louisa from Table Bay, bound for Port Natal
Passenger
Mr Parker

March 28 1846 - Arrival of Sarah Bell from De La Eva Bay, bound for Port Natal
Passenger
Mr P Milner

April 10 1846 - Arrival of Mazeppa from Port Elizabeth, bound for Port Natal and Maseppa Bay
Passengers 
Rev IN Davis and family
Rev I Richards and family
Miss Lord
9 Steerage Passengers
(19 in all)

April 13 1846 - Arrival of Kate from Table Bay, bound for Port Natal
Passengers 
Messrs
O'Brien
Reed

April 15 1846 - Arrival of Lady Leith from Mauritius, bound for Algoa Bay

April 30 1846 - Arrival of Rosebud from Table Bay, bound for Port Natal
Passengers
Mrs Schoonberg
Miss Schoonberg
Mr Schoonberg
Messrs
Leederberg
Hasselman
Trhagner
Chesser
4 Steerage Passengers

Note: steerage passengers are frequently not named in these passenger lists.