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ARRIVAL OF THE LADY BRUCE Natal Witness May 17 1850

The engraving on this page depicts the 538 ton three-master Lady Bruce at anchor in Portsmouth, where she made a stop after sailing from London docks on 16 February 1850 and picked up emigrants from the Beaulieu estate in Hampshire before heading for Natal on 25 February. (Her tonnage is given incorrectly as 800 in the Witness and her captain's name was BURNS not BURN.)

There were 19 Wesleyans on board, as well as the Duke of Buccleuch's tenants (who came armed with tents and seeds) and other Byrne settlers. Well-known names on the list include CROUCH, GODDEN and FOSS. BARAGWANATH evidently proved a challenge for the Witness, as the name is given as BARRAYWANAGH.

Moreland commented in correspondence that "the Captain and Doctor have acted injudiciously" on this vessel and that "one of the female passengers had been taken into the Cabin and slept in the state cabin of the Captain."

LIST OF EMIGRANTS
Per Barque Lady Bruce,, 800 tons, Captain John Burn.

Crouch, John, labourer, Frances, Priscilla, George, Stephen, Eliza
Crouch, William, labourer, Sarah Jane, Ann, William, John
Gregory, Charles, labourer
Godden, John, labourer, Ann, John, George
Godden, Isaac, Sarah, Jane, William, Emma, Mary
Burgess, William
Stott, James
Voss, Ambrose, Mary, Ann, Wyatt, Elias, Richard, Elizabeth
Warn, John
Bound, B
Willis, William
House, Charles
Westbrook, James, baker, Henry
Coombs, Thomas, blacksmith
Loadis, Edward, carpenter etc., Jane
Bride, William, carpenter
Harris, Joseph, boot-closer, Hannah, boot-binder
Watkin, John, tailor
Harrison, Timotheus, agricultural labourer
Stone, John Nicholas, agriculturist
Green, John, agricultural labourer
Grant, Nelson, boot and shoe maker, Sarah, Sarah Ann, Nelson, Francis
Stenhouse, James, farmer and brewer
Brown, Robert, butcher, Cecilia, infant
Duthan, John, ironmonger, Martha, Margaret, Janet
Smith, Jessie, stone mason, Agnes, Julia
Johnstone, Robert, Jane, Mary, Robert W
Granger, John, Sarah, Joshua, Emma
Gilmore, William, mason
Ponsford, William, gardener
Walker, Dennis, farmer, Emma, Dennis A
Carter, Jane, domestic servant
Vinson, Alexander, tobacco manufacturer
Dagget, Edward B, agriculturist
White, Andrew, do.
Robinson, Frederick, do.
Sykes, George, agriculturist
Clark, John, wheel wright, Margaret, Leonard, William, Mary, Ann, John
Mason, Robert, farmer, Elizabeth, Robert, Elizabeth, Sarah, Emma, Charles, W.H.
Scholes, Jabez, mason
Nurse, Robert, Elizabeth, William, John, Ann, Elizabeth
Castor, Richard, agricultural labourer, Elizabeth, Richard, Mary Ann
Gale, Henry John, yeoman, Mary
Wilson, George, Elizabeth
Walton, Samuel, farm labourer, Harriet, Thomas, Edward, Theodore, Clara Jane
Huntly, Joseph, Catherine, Betsey, Stephen
Petty, William Thomas, carpenter, Elizabeth A, Elizabeth A, William Thomas
Carman, Charles W, painter
Plaint, Robert, Isabella, Ann, Henry
King, Michael, farmer
Armston, James, Margaret
Cliff, Thomas, farmer
Morton, William Thomas
Lloyd, Elizabeth, dairy woman
Nicholson, Thomas
Ottobourne, Richard, farmer
Woolstan, Dickon, carpenter, Rosanna
Abbott, Alfred, Ellen, Sarah
Govan, James, carpenter
Hunter, Moses, cabinet maker
Pain, Philip, farmer, Mary Ann, Selina
Shaw, Alexander, builder, Janet, Alexander, James
Hart, William, farmer, Ruth
Hunt, George, carpenter, George
Barraywanagh, Jno, farmer, Wilcox Elizabeth, John A, Orlando, Emma E
Ashmer, George, farmer, Elizabeth
Ashmer, Joseph G, grazier and butcher
Reynolds, Esther, dressmaker, John
Broachman, William, gardener, Catherine, Fanny, Louisa, Henry W
Carruthers, Robert, agriculturist
Carruthers, Joseph H, carpenter, Ellen, Hugh, Joseph
Jones, William shoemaker, Ann
Metters, James, mason, Susan, Charles, Louisa

The following is a List of the Wesleyan Emigrants
Waller, John, plumber and glazier
Parker, Elizabeth, Martha
Parker, George
Waller, John P
Waller, Francis P
Weatherall, John, working brewer
Cornwall, William, agricultural labourer
Noel, John, farmer, Mary G, John G, Anna Mary, Hugh
Hendy, James, gardener, Charlotte, Charles
Hanscombe, Alfred, ironfounder
Harrison, John, gardener, Ann, Ellen, Harriett
Bassingwhite, John, farmer.