The following is extracted from the Register of Births and Deaths of Emigrants at Sea for the years 1861 to 1869. (Ref: CO386/172 National Archives, Kew). Register includes those ships bound for New Zealand, Australia and Falkland Islands, but only those bound for the Cape and Natal have been extracted.
Ship:
RAJASTHAN
Bound for: Algoa Bay
Departed: 27 March 1861
Date of arrival: 29 Jun 1861
No deaths
5 births – 3 males, 2 females – 1 male death
Ship:
LEDGEMOOR
Bound for: Table Bay
Departed: 18 May 1861
Date of arrival: 23 Jul 1861
Deaths:
Charles MILES of 1 year old on 6 Jun of Gastriointation? from teething
James DONALDSON under 1 year old on 19 Jul of general debility consequent of effects of diarrhoea & caterrah
No births
Ship:
COLDSTREAM
Bound for: Algoa Bay
Departed: 15 Jul 1861
Date of arrival: 27 Sep 1861
No deaths
1 female birth
Ship:
MATILDA ATHELING
Bound for: Algoa Bay
Departed: 24 Nov 1861
Date of arrival: 5 Feb 1862
Deaths:
Walter FRASER of less than 1 year old on 23 Dec of convulsions
Mary STORATT of 1 year old on 30 Dec of Diarrhoea & teething
No births
Ship:
JOHN VANNER
Bound for: Table Bay
Departed: 4 Jan 1862
Date of arrival: 10 Mar 1862
Deaths:
Thomas FARRELL of less than 1 year old of croup
No births
Ship:
ADELAIDE
Bound for: Algoa Bay
Departed: 1 Mar 1862
Date of arrival: 9 Jun 1862
Deaths:
Charlotte WHEELAN of 24 years old unmarried on 19 Mar
Terence GLEESON of 45 years old unmarried on 28 Apr
2 births: 1 female & 1 male
Ship:
RELIEF
Bound for: Table Bay
Departed: 25 Apr 1864
Date of arrival: 14 Jul 1864
No deaths
No births
Ship:
BARBADOES
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 26 Feb 1861
Date of arrival: 17 Jun 1861
No deaths
Ship:
ARIES
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 20 Apr 1861
Date of arrival: Jul 1861
No deaths
Ship:
CATARAQUI
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 4 Aug 1861
Date of arrival: 3 Nov 1861
No deaths
No births
Ship:
D’URBAN
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 29 Oct 1861
Date of arrival: 9 Jan 1862
Deaths:
Emanuel NORTON age 27 years old, married, on 1 Dec of Effusion on the Brain
Births:
2 males births – 1 male death
Ship:
CATHERINE
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 1 Nov 1861
Date of arrival: 7 Mar 1862
No deaths
Births:
1 male birth
Ship:
NEPISIQUIT
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 25 Jan 1862
Date of arrival: 1 Jun 1862
Deaths:
Anna Louisa HARPER of less than 1 year old on 26 Jan of Inflammation of the lungs
Chas. H CONROY of less than 1 year old on 16 May of teething
Births:
1 male birth and 2 female births
Ship:
DUDBROOK
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 28 Mar 1862
Date of arrival: 20 Jun 1862
No deaths
3 Births – 1 death
Ship:
GENERAL HAVELOCK
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 1 Jul 1862
Date of arrival: 24 Sep 1862
No deaths
No births
Ship:
PHARAMOND
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 1 Nov 1862
Date of arrival: 10 Jan 1863
No deaths
No births
Ship:
NATAL STAR
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 25 Feb 1863
Date of arrival: 5 May 1863
No deaths
No births
Ship:
MARITZBURG
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 28 Mar 1863
Date of arrival: 5 Jul 1863
No deaths
Births – 1 female
Ship:
SEBASTIAN
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 27 Jun 1863
Date of arrival: 21 Sep 1863
No deaths
3 births
Ship:
NATAL STAR
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 25 Nov 1863
Date of arrival: 6 Feb 1864
No deaths
No births
Ship:
DAUNETTA
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 15 Oct 1863
Date of arrival: 30 Dec 1863
No deaths
No births
Ship:
LADY OF THE LAKE
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 20 Feb 1864
Date of arrival: 8 Jun 1864
No deaths
No births
Ship:
RUBENS
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 25 May 1864
Date of arrival: 8 Aug 1864
No deaths
No births
Ship:
EUDORA
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 30 Jun 1864
Date of arrival: 17 Sep 1864
No deaths
No births
Ship:
TUGELA
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 2 Dec 1864
Date of arrival: Mar 1865
No deaths
No births
Ship:
LADY OF THE LAKE
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 6 Mar 1865
Date of arrival: 30 May 1865
No deaths
No births
Ship:
UMGENI
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 29 Nov 1865
Date of arrival: 19 Feb 1866
No deaths
No births
Ship:
TUGELA
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 28 Mar 1866
Date of arrival: 8 Jun 1866
No deaths
No births
Ship:
UMGENI
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 6 Sep 1866
Date of arrival: 24 Nov 1866
No deaths
No births
Ship:
NATAL STAR
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 10 Nov 1866
Date of arrival: 25 Feb 1867
No deaths
No births
Ship:
TUGELA
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 24 Jan 1867
Date of arrival: May 1867
No deaths
No births
Ship:
UMGENI
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 15 Jun 1867
Date of arrival: 14 Aug 1867
No deaths
No births
Ship:
TUGELA
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 2 Nov 1867
Date of arrival: Jan 1868
No deaths
No births
Ship:
EARL OF SOUTH ERK
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 11 Dec 1867
Date of arrival: Apr 1868
Deaths:
William EARLY of 37 years old, married.
No births
Ship:
ILLOVO
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 12 Feb 1868
Date of arrival: 23 Apr 1868
No deaths
No births
Ship:
UMGENI
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 28 Mar 1868
Date of arrival: 8 Jul 1868
No deaths
No births
Ship:
EARL OF SO PRK
Bound for: Natal
Departed:
Date of arrival: 17 Dec 1868
No deaths
No births
Ship:
NATAL STAR
Bound for: Natal
Departed: 20 Jun 1868
Date of arrival: 17 Sep 1868
No deaths
No births