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BALMORAL CASTLE, arrived at Cape Town from England, via Madeira 3 July 1880
3 July 1880 BALMORAL CASTLE, steamer of the Currie Line, Capt. J. Winchester, arrived at Cape Town from England, via Madeira, at about 2 p.m. with mails, cargo and 230 passengers, including about 132 immigrants destined for Natal.*
The following is a complete passenger list of all on board the Balmoral Castle (as given in the Cape Argus, 6 July, 1880):
For Cape Town:
Stephan, Mr & Mrs
Duncan, Mrs
Smidt, Mrs and Miss
Kitch, Mrs & 3 Masters
Messrs:
Rosenblatt
Leddra, T
Sinclair, J
Ried
Peffers
Linderman, A
James, E J
Hunt, C
Tannicliffe
Firmin
Kikillus
Schweizer
Levy
Stewart, J
Rocher, J
Morris
Rudd, H B
Lockhart, S
For Mossel Bay:
Misses:
Miller
Brown
Messrs
Gardiner, J
Batstone
For Port Elizabeth:
Newsome, Mr, Mrs, 3 Misses & Master
Misses:
Warren, R
Macdonald
Paul
Derry
Boyd
McBride
Squire, Dr
Paul, Mr & Mrs
Derry, Mrs & 3 Masters
Gibson, Mrs
Messrs:
Bairnsfather
McKenzie, G
Kerr
Gardiner
Brentnall, S
Fox, J W
Chapman, J
Marshall
Widdrington, W J
For Port Alfred:
Taylor, Mr W A
For East London:
Drury, Miss
Messrs:
Muirhead, E
Mackay
For Natal:
Hawthorn, Colonel & Mrs
Mason, Mr & Miss
Hannay, Mrs & Miss
Chapman, Mrs & Master
Mackay, Mrs & Miss
Locke, Mr, Mrs & Master
Hopkins, Mr, Mrs & Master
Watson, Mr, Mrs & Miss
Gorrie, Mr, Mrs, 2 Misses & Master
McEwen, Mrs & 3 Misses
Sullivan, Mrs, Miss & 3 Masters
Hoskisson, Mrs & Miss
Everest, Mrs & Miss
Pawson, Mrs, Miss & Master
Daniels, Mr, Mrs && Master
Leddra, Mr, Mrs, 2 Misses & Master
Smith, Mr, Mrs & 3 Masters
Craik (or Craibe), Mr, Mrs, 2 Misses & Master
Reid, Mr, Mrs, 2 Misses & 2 Masters
Burton, Mr & Master
Excell, Mr, Mrs, 2 Misses and 5 Masters
Dixon, Mr, Mrs, Miss and 4 Masters
Bellmaine, Mr, Mrs & 6 Masters
Gulson, Mr, Mrs & Miss
Dawson, Mr, Mrs, Miss & & 5 Masters
Smith, Mr & Mrs
Feasham, Mr, Mrs, Miss & 3 Masters
Henderson, Mr, Mrs & Miss
McQuarrie, Mrs
Misses:
Meredith
Ross
Connell
Hardisty, A E
Hunter
Hardy
White
Messrs:
Kehrmann, L
Blomfield
Overhoff, H F
Cooper,
Brayshaw, W
Connell
Pawson
Everest
George
Holland, C
Adamson, G
Wilson, J
Blanderfield (or Blunderfield)
Edgcombe
Beecher
Jeckie, D
Whitelaw
Mackay (2)
Spence
Pattison, J
Hoskison
Hunter
McAlpin, A
McLellan, D
Towers, W
Stone
Schultz
Young, J
Fenwick
O'Hara, D
Earnshaw, R
Shaw
Wright, D
McNamara
Sandfield
Anderson
Clarkson
Peddie, T
Gibson, J
Brown, S
Paterson, W
Puttock, W
Hunter
For Mauritius:
Gemmell, Mrs, 2 Misses and 3 Masters
Fox, Mr & Mrs
* About 100 of the immigrants bound for Natal later arrived at Durban in CRMS Melrose, and the remainder on the Venice. For reports given in The Natal Mercantile Advertiser and The Natal Mercury including a list of passengers on the Melrose see Melrose
The Natal Mercantile Advertiser of 10 July, 1880 offered the following list of passengers on the Melrose (transshipped from the Balmoral Castle), containing more detail than the list of Balmoral Castle passengers provided by the Cape Argus.
Note: it's worth viewing all these lists and comparing the information given; there are some discrepancies between the various versions; the Natal Mercantile Advertiser gives forenames and occupations of the immigrants destined for Natal:
Earnshaw, Richard farm labourer
Leddra, James stonemason & family (4)
Connel, Donald joiner & wife
Reid, Thomas farm labourer & family (5)
Henderson, Patrick printer & family (2)
Anderson, John printer
Clarkson, William printer
Peddie, Thomas machinist
Nesham, William carpenter & family (5)
Young, James printer
Burton, William tailor
Burton, Fred farm labourer
Fenwick, Robert farm labourer
Dixon, John farm labourer & family (7)
Craik (? Craibe), William carpenter & family (4)
White, Clara dressmaker
Excell, William shipwright & family (7)
Smith, Alfred joiner & wife
Shaw, Thomas sawyer
Hunter, Alexander Walker mason
Wright, Duncan plasterer
MacNamara, Henry plasterer
Bellmaine plasterer & family (7)
Southfield, George plasterer
Gulson, Thomas blacksmith & family (2)
O'Hara, David mason
George, William Mounted Police
Puttock, William Mounted Police
Among the passengers on the Venice, also transshipped from the Balmoral Castle, as reported in The Natal Mercantile Advertiser 10 July 1880 were:
Holland, Charles Mounted Police
Watson, Theophilus Watson watchmaker, wife & daughter
Hopkins, Charles jeweller wife & son
Sullivan, Elizabeth & 3 children
Everest, Thomas carpenter and family (2)
Lock, Matthew hardware man & family (2)
McQuarrie, Jane
Adamson, George reader
Gorril, David tailor & family (4)
(The above is not a complete list of passengers on the Venice; there were 32 in all.)