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MISSION STATEMENT: The Dunedin Family History Group’s purpose is to

promote interest in the field of family history through educational programs, to

collect and disseminate genealogical knowledge and information, and to

provide support and guidance to those trying to research all aspects of their

family history.

Issue 37 January 2011

PROGRAMME FOR 2011 Unless otherwise stated meetings start at 7.30 pm St Peter’s

Church Hall, Hillside Road, Dunedin.

Wednesday 9 February 2011

MESSAGES FROM OUR VICTORIAN CEMETERIES Guest presenter: Fiona Hyland Further details in our next newsletter

ALSO Stewart Harvey from the Historical Cemetery Trust will speak for ten minutes at the start of the meeting. He is currently in discussions with the DCC over the uploading of the photos of graves at the Southern Cemetery onto the DCC website. During these discussion it was agreed that the time was right for the DCC to incorporate any

improvements wanted by persons accessing the website. Do you have a list of improvements you would like to see happen to the website? If so come to the February meeting to let Stewart know or

email him directly at stewarth@orcon.net.nz

Wednesday 9 March 2011

PRESERVING OUR PAST FOR THE FUTURE The recent Christchurch earthquake has brought to our

attention the need to store and preserve all of our research. We will be looking at all methods from the shoebox to the computer. Any members who feel they have unique storage ideas are welcome to share these at the meeting. Please let us know at dfhg@xtra.co.nz or phone 4876558 if you would

like some time to do a presentation at this meeting.

Wednesday 13 April 2011

HOW DO YOU LOCATE LIVING RELATIVES. We tend to spend a lot of time looking into the lives of our ancestors but forget that there are living relatives - second, third, fourth or fifth cousins we may not know about. How do

we locate them and make the initial contact. Lots of tips and ideas.

ONE DAY FAMILY HISTORY SEMINAR Celebrating our Gold and Celtic Heritage

The discovery of gold at Gabriel's Gully by Gabriel Read on 23 May 1861 led to the Central Otago gold rush.

To celebrate the event the Dunedin Family History Group will be holding a One Day Family History Seminar on

Saturday, 21 May 2011 at the Otago University Guest Presenter: Brian Miller

Watch this space for further information

HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED

I bet you will never see an ad like the following in 2011

CONTACT DETAILS FOR GROUP

Dunedin Family History Group, C/- 28 Milburn Street, Corstorphine, Dunedin 9012

Email: dfhg@xtra.co.nz Website: http://www.dunedinfamilyhistory.co.nz/dfhg/moodle/

This newsletter is copyrighted to the Dunedin Family History Group. No part may be reproduced without the permission of the copyright holders.

MEMBERSHIP OF OUR GROUP IS FREE

There is a monthly door charge of $2 to cover the rental of the hall and the supper provided after the meeting.

The Dunedin Family History Group cannot vouch for the accuracy of goods and services that are advertised in this newsletter or be responsible for the outcome of any contract which may be entered into by a reader with an advertiser.

Opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the group.

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The word cemetery comes from the Greek word

“koimetrion” which means dormitory.

During historic civil wars, when troops returned without any casualties, a notice was put up to record how many soldiers were killed. If there were no deceased then it

read “0 Killed”. This is where the expression “O.K.” came into use and it means “all is good”.

CHILDREN HAVE AN AMAZING KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY

OR DO THEY??????? The following are reportedly actual answers by British children

in examinations in 2009.

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~*~*~*~*~*~ QUEENSTOWN AND LAKE DISTRICTS BURIAL

RECORDS GO ON-LINE http://www.qldc.govt.nz/cemeteries_database_search

The burial records and photographs for the following

cemeteries are now on-line - Albert Town Cemetery Arrowtown Cemetery Cardrona Cemetery Frankton Cemetery Glenorchy Cemetery Kingston Cemetery Makarora Cemetery Queenstown Cemetery Skippers Point Cemetery Wanaka Cemetery

~*~*~*~*~*~ DUNEDIN CITY COUNCIL ON-LINE WEBSITE http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/

cemeteries_search According to the Dunedin City Council “City Talk” magazine, December 2010, the online burial database for Dunedin City will need to expand next year with the addition of a new cemetery. As eight of the existing cemeteries in the Greater Dunedin area - West and East Taieri, Green Island, Northern, old Port Chalmers, Southern, Andersons Bay (for burials) and Arthur Street - are closed, and the others are filling up, a new site is needed and the new Dunedin cemetery, on Emerson Street, Concord, with 10,000 plots, will open in late 2011.

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JUBILEE DREDGE, ROXBURGH Group member, Eileen Binns, shared the following photographs of the wreck of the Jubilee Dredge at Roxburgh with the group. Eileen wrote - The Jubilee Dredge sank behind

part of our orchard and when they were filling Lake

Roxburgh we went down to look at it and do a bit of gold

panning (with success). There is now a walk called Ladysmith

which starts across the road from the Cemetery and goes to

the edge of the Clutha where you can look across at the

remains of the dredge. The Dredge is often visible from the

Alexandra side of the town looking back towards Roxburgh. In 1900 the Ladysmith Gold Dredging Company commenced deep head hydraulic elevating gold sluicing. This sluicing followed the ancient Clutha River bed to a depth of about 90 meters below the then ground surface level. This Company's claim joined the Amalgamated Company elevated workings at the East end of Ladysmith Road. These two Companies held water rights to 70% of the Teviot River; they made use of a storage dam at Lake Onslow. Both companies prospered and then ceased their activities about 1915. Their water supply and power generator were sold to the Teviot Electric Power Board. Young's Pond, by Caithness Orchard, was the Amalgated Company's last working site. The Ladysmith Gold Dredging Company owned the Jubilee Dredge which sank in 1906. It was normally moored and tied to the riverbank overnight. One night the starboard pontoon took on water and the dredge sank onto its side. At the time of the sinking the dredge was providing very good returns so it was promptly replaced by the "Roxburgh Jubilee" dredge in 1906. Word has it that the new dredge was taking 17ounces of gold per week but only worked this site for 19 weeks at the end of 1906.

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ROXBURGH VALLEY

Before European settlement the Roxburgh Valley was used by Maoris as a route between coastal Otago and the West Coast for greenstone collecting expeditions. Evidence of these excursions include excavations that revealed Maori campsites, ovens and moa remains particularly in the Millers Flat and Moa Flat districts. In 1853 Nathaniel Chalmers became the first recorded European to travel through the Roxburgh Valley. Along with several Maori guides he set out from Mataura heading overland to Lake Wakatipu. On the return journey they came by raft down the Clutha River and passed through the Roxburgh Valley. By 1857 the first settlers arrived and Walter Miller and John Cargill made claim to the first pastoral leases. Miners ventured in from the overcrowded Tuapeka fields in the 1860's and discovered gold by panning and pick and shovel. By the 1880's many large dredging operations were in progress on the Clutha river.

The township of Teviot was situated between the east end of Ladysmith Road and the ferry site. The ferry operated across the Clutha River from where the present day Ferry Road, Roxburgh, comes down to the river bank. When the mining and sluicing encroached into Teviot Town the township was relocated to the West bank of the river, the present site of the township of Roxburgh. The township had six hotels, coaching stables, police station and courthouse. Most of the dwellings were of stone, mud brick, cob wall construction with tussock thatch or canvas roofing, and, in time, corrugated iron. As time went by and different areas of gold deposits were found, different mining systems were used including panning, sluicing, dredging and the use of cradles. The mining changed the landscape in a major way. Around Roxburgh the land was denuded of its topsoil and was left very stony. Down river got the topsoil from the washings and that land is much more fertile.

Eileen Binns is in the green cardigan and blue trousers beside my sister Dianne in the red

jersey with tartan skirt (for those getting a photocopy of this newsletter they are the last two

children on the right of the picture). Eileen’s mum is in blue coat and my other sister Margaret

(Jarrold) is crouching down on top of the dredge.

The above photograph of the sunken dredge is from the Roxburgh

Museum. Copies of the photograph are also available from

newspapers on the Paperspast website -

<http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast>.

You can see the orchard in the background some of the netting

covering the cherry block.

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BROADBY Samuel 1862 Riverton BROTHERS Alfred Albert 1863 Riverton BROWN Annie 1863 Riverton BROWN Harriet 1867 Riverton BROWN Isabella 1877 Winton BUNTON Jane 1878 Winton BURGESS William Inder 1869 Riverton BURNS James Gaudie 1878 Riverton BURTON Child of A. 1875 Riverton BURTON Henry 1876 Riverton BURTON John O. 1874 Riverton BURTON John Ottan 1866 Riverton CALCOTT Ernest 1880 Riverton CALDER Agnes 1876 Riverton CALDER Child of A. 1877 Riverton CALDER Child of George 1877 Riverton CALDER Donald 1874 Riverton CALDER Walter 1866 Riverton CALLAGHAN Constance Maud 1875 Riverton CALLAGHAN Daisy 1876 Riverton CALLAGHAN Ivy 1879 Riverton CAMERON Angus McDonald 1873 Wallacetown CAMERON Catherine 1880 Winton CAMERON Child of James 1879 Riverton CAMERON Dugald 1876 Cameron CAMERON Duncan 1869 Cameron CAMERON George 1871 Riverton CAMERON Henry George 1861 Riverton CAMERON Johanette 1878 Riverton CAMERON John 1880 Winton CAMLEN William Willis 1862 Riverton CAMPBELL George Steel 1875 Riverton CAMPBELL Helen 1874 Riverton CAMPBELL Jane 1875 Riverton CAMPBELL John M. 1868 Riverton CAMPBELL Margaret 1874 Riverton CARRAN William 1871 Fortrose CASSELS Arnold 1869 Riverton CASSELS Catherine 1878 Riverton CASSELS Lilian Maud 1876 Riverton CASTLE Cecilia Celina 1874 Winton CHRISTIE Jessie 1875 Wallacetown CHRISTIE William 1873 Wallacetown CHURCH Caroline 1877 Riverton CLAPP Carolina Elizabeth 1877 Riverton CLARK Duncan W 1879 Riverton CLIFFORD John 1877 Riverton CLOSKEY Patrick 1880 Riverton COLBY Mark 1867 Fortrose COLLIE Donald 1877 Riverton COLLIE Donald Alexander 1878 Riverton CONNOR James 1867 Riverton CONNOR Percy Aitken Austin 1869 Riverton COUPAR Ellen Kihau 1872 Ruapuke COUPAR William 1874 The Neck COWELL Henry 1863 Riverton CRAGGS Edward 1876 Riverton CRAWFORD William 1879 Riverton CRISP Annie 1876 Riverton CROMLEY Theophilus 1874 Riverton CROSBIE Charles 1875 Winton CROW Elizabeth Burton 1875 Riverton CROW Peter 1875 Riverton CUFF Rosina Mary 1876 Riverton CUMMING Isabella 1869 Riverton CUMMING John 1875 Riverton CUNNINGHAM Mary 1878 Garston CUPPLES Ernest 1877 Riverton CUPPLES Robert 1875 Riverton CURN Michal 1876 Wallacetown CUSHNIE Angus 1877 Wyndham DALLAS William 1873 Riverton DANIEL Alfred 1853 Riverton DANIEL Percival Vincent 1876 Riverton DANIEL William 1875 Riverton DAVIS Charles 1875 Riverton DAVIS Joseph 1873 Fortrose DAVIS Mary Elizabeth 1873 Fortrose DAVIS Thomas 1875 Riverton DAWSON Charlotte 1861 Riverton DAWSON Christina 1874 Orepuki DAWSON John L. 1875 Orepuki DAWSON Mary Ann 1867 Riverton

KNOWN DEATHS IN SOUTHLAND 1841-1880 My name is Cathie Powell and I am currently compiling a list of known deaths in Southland 1841-1880 as part of a statistics project. I cannot afford to purchase death certificates so I have been using burial registers, newspapers, shipping lists and family histories to extract the information I need. I am recording the birthplace of the deceased (or if the birthplace is not unknown then I record separately the country they sailed from), their causes of death (where known) and the length of time they lived in New Zealand. I am happy to provide your group with a copy of the basic list below. If anyone is aware of any relative who died within this time period in Southland and they are not on this list could they provide me with the name of the deceased, their birthplace, the length of time they lived in New Zealand (or if they were born here) and the cause of death. I can be contacted at dfhg@xtra.co.nz by putting Cathie Powell in the subject line. At the present time I have discovered that one of the major causes of death in early Southland was drowning. However without further research my statistics, at this stage, can be a bit misleading as I am unable to afford death certificates and other sources do not always provide causes of death. SURNAME FIRST NAME YEAR OF PLACE OF DEATH DEATH

ABEL Charles 1863 Riverton AITKEN Edward Henry 1874 Riverton ALDRED Alfred James 1863 Riverton ALEXANDER Anne Granaway 1871 Woodlands ALEXANDER James Taylor 1874 Woodlands ALEXANDER Jessie 1875 Woodlands ALLAN 1876 Wallacetown ANDERSON Isabella 1880 Riverton ANGLEM William 1846 The Neck ARKLAY Mary Anderson 1867 Riverton ARMSTRONG Catherine 1876 Riverton ARMSTRONG Child 1876 Riverton ARTHUR Courtenay Cayren 1863 Riverton ATKINSON James 1879 Dipton ATTWOOD Elizabeth 1873 Fortrose AYLMER Justine 1861 Riverton BACKLEY James 1879 Otautau BAILEY Francis William 1880 Riverton BARRETT Child of J. 1880 Riverton BARRETT Mary 1875 Riverton BARRON Joseph 1879 Riverton BARRY Mary Caroline 1874 Riverton BARRY William 1872 Riverton BASSTIAN Mary Elisa 1863 Riverton BATEMAN Elizabeth 1880 Riverton BATES Elizabeth Harriet Jane 1879 Riverton BATES John R. 1868 Riverton BATES Joseph 1868 Riverton BATH Thomas 1880 Riverton BEAL E. Mrs 1879 Winton BEAZLEY William 1876 Riverton BECKHAM Child of William 1875 Jamestown BEER William 1869 Riverton BELBIN Emma Rachael 1873 Riverton BELL Child of John 1876 Riverton BELL George Thomson 1876 Riverton BELL Jane Mariah 1871 Riverton BENNETT 1865 Riverton BENNETT Child 1864 Riverton BERNDSTON Ada Josephine 1875 Riverton BISHOP William 1875 Riverton BLACKLEY James 1879 Wyndham BLAKIE Isabella Gray 1877 Wallacetown BLAKIE Isabella Hall 1879 Wallacetown BLUE Jessie 1877 Wallacetown BLUE Samuel 1880 Wallacetown BONE Edward 1867 Riverton BONIFACE Elvina Agnes 1869 Riverton BONIFACE Henry George 1873 Riverton BORLAND Jane Millar 1867 Riverton BORLAND Janet Miller 1879 Riverton BORLAND John 1879 Riverton BORLAND Thomas 1879 Riverton BOYD William 1878 Wallacetown BRAGG John Frederick 1879 Braggs Bay BRAND Sam 1880 Wyndham BRASS James 1878 Wallacetown BRASS Jane 1873 Wallacetown BROADBENT Angella 1863 Riverton

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DAY Mary 1863 Riverton DENSHAW Mary Alice 1869 Riverton DENSHAW Sarah 1869 Riverton DENTON Sarah Ellen 1879 Horseshoe Bay DESPARD Wellesley Patrick 1875 Riverton DODDS James 1873 Riverton DONOVAN Child of Johanina 1879 Riverton DONOVAN Timothy 1880 Riverton DORAN James 1875 Winton DORE Child 1876 Winton DRAKE Charles 1875 Riverton DRIVER Child of Henry 1880 Riverton DUFFY Bridget Elizabeth 1880 Riverton DUNCAN Child 1879 Winton DUNCAN Joseph 1880 Wyndham DYKE Robert 1872 Riverton EGERTON Eliza A. 1879 Winton EGERTON W. H. 1878 Winton ELLIOTT Sophia 1876 Wallacetown EVANS David 1875 Riverton EVANS George 1871 Riverton EVANS William 1874 Riverton EVELEIGH Matilda Ann 1871 Riverton EVELEIGH Matilda Rhoda 1863 Riverton FARAHER William 1879 Riverton FARRELL Martin 1880 Winton FELTHAM James 1880 Riverton FERGUSON Agnes McDonald 1874 Riverton FERGUSON Thomas 1878 Riverton FIFE Janet 1870 Wallacetown FLEMING Andrew 1873 Wallacetown FLETCHER William James 1880 Riverton FRASER Jane 1880 Dipton FRASER John 1873 Wallacetown FRASER William 1875 Riverton FREW Alexander 1869 Riverton FREW Robert 1861 Riverton FREW William 1880 Riverton FRYETT John George 1871 Riverton GAFFIN Captain 1876 The Neck GAITHWAITE Joseph 1865 Riverton GALLOWAY Child of Alex 1879 Riverton GALLOWAY Frederick Reyling 1880 Riverton GARDEN Christina Watson 1869 Riverton GATLEY James 1879 Otautau GAVIN Archibald 1875 Riverton GEORGE Elizabeth 1873 Wallacetown GERRARD George 1880 Winton GERRARD Mary 1876 Winton GIBSON Alfred 1879 Riverton GIBSON Robert 1879 Riverton GILCHRIST Julia Ann 1874 Riverton GILLESPIE Christina 1873 Riverton GILMOUR Child of Thomas 1880 Riverton GOODWILLIE James 1877 Riverton GORDON John Howell 1877 Riverton GORDON William 1875 Winton GORDON William Cushnie 1879 Riverton GORMAN Isabella Carruthers 1871 Wallacetown GRANT John Hugh 1874 Riverton GRAY Annie 1871 Wallacetown GRAY Mary McRae 1878 Wallacetown GREEN Child of J. A. 1875 Riverton GREEN George Thomas 1880 Riverton GREEN Richard William 1880 Riverton GREEN Thomas Edward 1875 Riverton GREENWOOD Thomas 1872 Riverton GRIEVE Margaret 1858 Wallacetown GRIFFIN Mary Ellen 1877 Halfmoon Bay GUISE George Henry 1879 Riverton GUNN Emily 1879 Riverton GUNN John Sanderson 1878 Riverton GUNN William Angus 1874 Riverton HALL Anne Jane Hazlett 1879 Riverton HALL Bridget 1873 Riverton HALL Elizabeth 1871 Riverton HALL Ellen 1873 Riverton HALL John 1875 Riverton HAN Lun Ging 1880 Riverton HANCOCK Mary 1875 Riverton HARDY James 1880 Riverton HARRINGTON Child 1879 Riverton HARRINGTON William 1871 Riverton

HART Arthur 1876 Riverton HAWKES Mary Ann 1874 Wallacetown HAWKES William 1874 Wallacetown HAY Child of John 1879 Riverton HAY Mary 1868 Riverton HAYBITTLE Child 1880 Riverton HAYES John 1875 Riverton HAYES John Saint John Lawlor 1868 Riverton HAYES Judith 1880 Riverton HAYES Thomas 1879 Riverton HENDERSON Charles 1877 Riverton HENDERSON Fanny Wilson 1871 Riverton HENDERSON Walter 1878 Winton HEWETT Edmund 1880 Riverton HIGGINS William 1875 Riverton HIRST Charles Turner 1874 Riverton HISHON Daniel William 1879 Winton HITCHCOCK Isaac 1878 Riverton HITCHCOCK Sarah 1864 Riverton HODGKINSON Hannah 1876 Winton HOGG Albert Joseph 1870 Riverton HOGG Clarence 1876 Riverton HOGG Isabella Agnes 1867 Riverton HOGG James 1875 Wallacetown HOOD James 1877 Riverton HOOD John 1877 Riverton HOPCROFT Elizabeth 1879 Riverton HOPCROFT Thomas Bath 1877 Riverton HOPGOOD Albert Henry 1875 Riverton HOPGOOD Annie Beatrice 1874 Riverton HOWE James William 1874 Wyndham HOWELL Anna Maria 1869 Riverton HOWELL Charles 1863 Riverton HOWELL Harriet Beatrice 1864 Riverton HOWELL John 1874 Riverton HOWELL Mary Elizabeth 1870 Riverton HUMPHRIES Elizabeth 1863 Riverton HUNTER Charles 1874 Riverton HUNTER Child of J. B. 1879 Riverton HUNTER John Senior 1875 Riverton HUNTER William 1871 Old Chinese HURUHURU William 1877 Riverton HUTTON James Lynch 1880 Waikaia INSTONE Araline 1879 Riverton JACK Elizabeth 1877 Winton JACKSON Thomas 1861 Riverton JAMIESON Child 1877 Winton JOHNSTON Adam 1877 Wreys Bush JOHNSTON Ann 1876 Riverton JOHNSTON Isabella 1862 Riverton JOHNSTON Isabella 1876 Riverton JONES Enoch 1880 Wyndham JONES Philip 1880 Wyndham JORDAN Walter Bazel 1878 Horseshoe Bay KELLY Elisabeth 1870 Riverton KERR Henry 1868 Riverton KIHAU John 1867 Ruapuke KIHAU Teone 1875 Ruapuke KING Obed 1875 Wallacetown KIRK George 1879 Wyndham KNOX Ellen 1880 Riverton LAING Annie 1861 Wallacetown LAING James 1868 Wallacetown LAING James 1879 Wallacetown LAING William 1864 Wallacetown LAWRIE Euphemia Moffat 1875 Wallacetown LEADER James Francis 1879 Riverton LEE Henry 1861 Riverton LEE Mary Ann 1861 Riverton LEE William 1863 Riverton LIDIARD John Clark 1877 Riverton LIND Herbert 1874 Wallacetown LINDSAY David 1876 Fortrose LINDSAY Mary Caldwell 1875 Wallacetown LIVINGSTON Ronald 1863 Riverton LIVINGSTONE Charles 1872 Winton LYE Fong 1878 Riverton LYNCH Esther 1878 Riverton LYON Allan 1877 Riverton LYON Charles 1872 Riverton LYON Charles A. 1875 Riverton LYON Child of W. A. 1866 Riverton LYON Henry 1878 Riverton

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LYON John 1876 Riverton LYON Louisa 1878 Riverton LYON Martha 1866 Riverton MABIN John 1880 Wallacetown MacDONALD Catherine 1880 Riverton MacDONALD Henrietta 1880 Wallacetown MacDONALD Ronald 1877 Riverton MacKENZIE Andrew 1874 Riverton MACKIE Andrew 1877 Winton MacKINTOSH William 1877 Riverton MADDEN William 1873 Riverton MALONEY Honorah 1880 Riverton MANSON Barbara Annie 1874 Riverton MANSON John 1878 Horseshoe Bay MAPEPE Sarah Tipio 1875 Ruapuke MARTIN James Henry 1867 Riverton MASON Captain 1864 Riverton MAVORA Child 1868 Riverton McARTHUR Donald W. 1880 Riverton McCALLUM Ellen 1878 Winton McCLURE Alexander Gordon 1865 Ryal Bush McCLURE Arthur Frank Le Messurier 1871 Ryal Bush McCLURE James Moreland 1875 Ryal Bush McCOY John 1880 Riverton McDONALD Alex 1871 Riverton McDONALD James 1865 Riverton McDONALD James 1875 Riverton McDONALD Mary Ann 1879 Riverton McDONALD Sarah 1877 Riverton McDONALD William Frances 1876 Halfmoon Bay McFARLANE Charles 1878 Riverton McFARLANE Margaret 1880 Riverton McGILLIVRAY John Lachlan 1864 Riverton McGRATH John 1879 Winton McILWRIcK Jane 1862 Wallacetown McILWRIcK John 1866 Wallacetown McINTOSH Janet Nicholson 1867 Riverton McINTOSH John 1875 Wyndham McKAY Angus 1871 Wyndham McKAY Bessie 1867 Wyndham McKAY Charles 1871 Wyndham McKAY John 1880 Wyndham McKAY Neil 1869 Wyndham McKENZIE Duncan Alexander 1867 Riverton McKENZIE James Williamson 1874 Riverton McKENZIE Mary A. 1878 Waikaia McKERCHAR Annie 1879 Winton McKERCHAR Donald 1867 Woodlands McKERCHAR Isabella 1874 Woodlands McLAREN Child of John 1880 Wyndham McLEAN Andrew M. 1877 Winton McLEAN Bella 1877 Winton McLEAN Charles 1877 Riverton McLEAN Charles 1878 Riverton McLEAN Eleanor Lydia 1876 Wakapatu McLEAN Mary 1877 Winton McLEOD Mrs 1880 Wyndham McLEOD Stephen 1879 Winton McLEOD Thomas 1880 Riverton McNAUGHTON James 1876 Riverton McNAY John 1880 Riverton McNAY Mary Allison 1870 Riverton McRAE Child 1878 Winton McWILLIAM Jessie 1875 Winton MEE Mrs 1877 Riverton MEMPES Florence Caroline 1874 Riverton MEMPES Frederick Mortimer 1869 Riverton MEMPES James H. 1875 Riverton MENZIES J. H. 1874 Riverton MENZIES James Duff 1874 Riverton MENZIES William Earl 1867 Wyndham MILDENHALL Rose 1874 Riverton MILLER William Reid 1870 Riverton MILLS Louisa Jane 1867 Riverton MITCHELL Child 1874 Riverton MITCHELL Frederick Ellis 1878 Riverton MITCHELL John 1880 Wallacetown MOFFATT George 1866 Wallacetown MOFFITT George 1879 Old Chinese MOLLOY Margaret 1880 Riverton MONTEATH Ellen 1880 Wyndham MORISON Elizabeth Ewart 1880 Dipton MORRIS Wilfred Henry 1875 Riverton

MORTON Child 1865 Wallacetown MORTON Helen 1871 Wallacetown MORTON James 1880 Riverton MORTON Janet Vallance 1865 Wallacetown MOSS John 1879 The Neck MUIR Elizabeth 1878 Wallacetown MUIR Jessie 1875 Wallacetown MURCHIE David 1879 Riverton MURDOCH John Frederick 1876 Riverton NASH Child of George 1876 Riverton NE Chung 1880 Riverton NEVIN William 1875 Riverton NEWTON Richard 1880 Riverton NEWTON William John 1880 The Neck NOBLE Hellen 1879 Wallacetown OLDHAM Percival McLean 1867 Riverton O'SHANNESSY Mary 1878 Winton OWEN Robert 1872 The Neck PALMER Sarah 1863 Riverton PANKHURST Herbert 1877 Riverton PANKHURST Mary Elizabeth 1870 Riverton PARKER Robert Ernest 1880 Wyndham PARSON James 1875 Riverton PATON Joseph 1867 Riverton PATON Margaret 1867 Riverton PATTISON Elizabeth Jane 1868 Riverton PAULIN Ann 1853 Riverton PAULIN Charlotte 1853 Riverton PAULIN Elizabeth Agnes 1850 Riverton PAULIN John 1860 Riverton PAULIN Thomas Edward 1849 Riverton PAXTON Margaret 1869 Riverton PAYNE W. 1879 Dipton PEARCE Sarah A. 1879 Winton PELLETT Thomas 1861 Riverton PERRY Edward John 1875 Riverton PERTH David 1863 Riverton PETCHELL Cecilia 1880 Riverton PETCHELL Child of John 1880 Riverton PETCHELL Maria Martha 1877 Riverton PETERSON Annie 1878 Wyndham PHILLIPS Samuel 1879 Riverton PIHARE Mary Te Awhi 1875 Ruapuke PIRIE Sarah 1880 Winton POLLARD Edward John 1874 Riverton POOLE Annie Caroline 1876 Riverton POOLE Emily 1880 Riverton POPHAM Clement 1879 Orepuki PORT Charles 1877 Riverton POTTS Mary Elizabeth 1874 Riverton POWELL Henry 1875 Wallacetown PRESTON John 1880 Riverton PRINTZ Mary 1876 Riverton QUIN Charles 1874 Riverton QUIN James 1866 Riverton RAE Alexander 1880 Wyndham RAE Elizabeth 1876 Wyndham RAWIRI 1870 Oraka REICHEL Terence 1868 Riverton REID Child of James 1874 Riverton REID Child of James 1877 Riverton REID George Senior 1878 Riverton REID Isabella 1877 Riverton REID Jane 1879 Riverton REID Jessie 1868 Riverton REYHIND John 1873 Riverton RHIND Ann 1873 Wallacetown RHIND Elspet 1880 Wallacetown ROBERTS Jane 1879 Winton ROBERTS William 1863 Riverton ROBERTSON Isabella 1876 Riverton ROBINSON Child of Joseph 1879 Riverton ROCKE Richard 1875 Riverton RODERIQUE Anne 1874 Riverton RODERIQUE Harriet 1867 Riverton RODERIQUE Mark 1875 Riverton RODGERS Peter 1880 Winton ROGERS Louisa 1877 Riverton ROGERSON Janet Blacklock 1872 Wyndham RONALD Andrew John 1874 Wallacetown SAUNDERS James 1879 Riverton SCHMIDT William Joseph 1876 Riverton SCHOLFIELD Gertrude 1875 Riverton

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SEMETRE Samuel 1863 Riverton SHANKS James Steuart 1872 Wyndham SHELDRICK William Pierce 1870 Riverton SHERMAN William 1863 Riverton SHILDRICK Anne Florence Pearce 1872 Riverton SHIRLEY Mary Ann 1877 Riverton SHIRLEY Walter McArthur 1875 Riverton SIMON George De Paravicini 1873 Riverton SIMPSON Agnes 1875 Riverton SIMPSON Charles Herbert 1877 Riverton SIMPSON Child of Edward 1879 Riverton SIMPSON Child of James 1880 Riverton SIMPSON Edward Senior 1877 Riverton SIMPSON Frederick Allan 1876 Riverton SIMPSON John 1879 Riverton SIMPSON Mary Helen 1873 Riverton SIMS James Casper 1861 Riverton SMALL Charles Edward 1875 Riverton SMALL Henrietta Louisa 1867 Riverton SMALL Thomas 1871 Riverton SMITH Charles 1875 Riverton SMITH Fanny Elizabeth 1880 Riverton SMITH John de Gordon 1878 Riverton SMITH Thomas 1861 Riverton SOPER Thomas 1880 Athol STALKER Donald 1874 Wyndham STALKER John 1878 Wyndham STEEL Alexander 1869 Wallacetown STENHOUSE Alexander 1877 Riverton STENHOUSE Richard 1879 Riverton STEVENS Charlotte Elizabeth 1868 Riverton STEVENS Child of George 1874 Riverton STEVENS Elizabeth 1864 Riverton STEVENS Ellen 1863 Riverton STEVENS Frances 1862 Riverton STEVENS Fredric 1868 Riverton STEVENS George Junior 1876 Riverton STEVENS George Senior 1853 Riverton STEVENS Georgianna 1877 Riverton STEVENS John Thomas 1874 Riverton STEVENS Mary 1841 Riverton STEVENS Mary Ann 1867 Riverton STEVENS Richard 1853 Riverton STEVENS Sarah 1877 Riverton STEVENS Sarah Australia 1865 Riverton STEVENS Thomas 1875 Riverton STEVENS Thomas Richard 1866 Riverton STEWART Alexander 1871 Wallacetown STEWART Angus 1879 Dipton STEWART Jane 1880 Winton STEWART John 1880 Wallacetown STEWART Wilhelmina Jane 1879 Winton STIRLING Catherine 1875 Riverton STOCKER John 1878 Fortrose STUCK Edmund Cook 1865 Riverton SUTTON Alice 1867 Ryal Bush SUTTON Child of Thomas 1878 Riverton SUTTON Margaret Wilson Morton1877 Ryal Bush SUTTON Thomas George 1878 Riverton TAYLOR Child 1878 Winton TAYLOR Ismene 1878 Riverton TAYLOR James Corie 1879 Riverton TAYLOR John Parkin 1875 Riverton TE AKAU Elizabeth 1874 Colac Bay TEESDALE Ethel Blanche 1879 Riverton TEESDALE Frank Warrington 1876 Riverton TEVIOTDALE John 1872 Riverton THOMPSON John 1875 Riverton THOMSON Janet 1875 Riverton THOMSON John 1875 Riverton THOMSON Mrs 1875 Riverton THOMSON William Thomas 1864 Winton TOPI Keita 1876 Ruapuke TOPI Walter 1870 Ruapuke TRAIL Andrew P. 1878 Riverton TRAYNOR John 1878 Wyndham TREVETHICK J. 1879 Winton VAUGHAN Caroline Harding 1875 Riverton VAUGHAN Catherine 1864 Riverton VAUGHAN Ellen 1879 Riverton WAKEFIELD Ernest Walter 1875 Eastern Bush WAKEFIELD William Peter Thomas 1872 Riverton WALKER Ben 1871 Riverton

WALKER John James 1871 Riverton WALKER Lily 1871 Riverton WALKER Thomas Henry 1874 Riverton WALSCHLÄGER Dinah 1880 Lonnekers WALSH Louisa Richardson 1878 Fortrose WARD John 1877 Riverton WARD Robert 1879 Riverton WARDROP Child 1873 Riverton WARDROP John Bonar 1873 Riverton WATSON James 1878 Orepuki WATSON Richard 1869 Riverton WATTS Child of James 1880 Winton WEBB Fanny Caroline 1864 Riverton WEBB Mary 1864 Riverton WEBBER Annie Francis Eleanor 1876 Riverton WEIR James 1880 Riverton WEST Hannah 1876 Halfmoon Bay WHAITIRI Isabella 1872 Ruapuke WHELAN Timothy 1877 Riverton WILKINSON William 1879 Riverton WILLETT Child of E. 1879 Riverton WILLETT William 1871 Riverton WILLIAMS Charles 1876 Riverton WILLIAMS Henry 1880 Wallacetown WILSON Child 1879 Winton WILSON Mary 1879 Riverton WIXON Sarah 1875 Riverton WOOD John 1870 Riverton WOOD William Charles 1870 Riverton WOODS Emma 1875 Riverton WYBROW James 1878 Fortrose YOUNG Child 1880 Winton YOUNG Fanny 1877 Riverton YOUNG Francis Charles 1869 Riverton

PRICE OF SCOTTISH CERTIFICATES TO RISE The Registrar General for Scotland has announced that, subject to the agreement of the Scottish parliament, some statutory fees for registration services will change in 2011. The new prices - a selection of which are listed below - took effect on 1 January 2011. * A general search at the ScotlandsPeople Centre will go up from £10 per day to £15 * An internet search on ScotlandsPeople will go up by £1 to £7 and remain valid for a year rather than 90 days * The issue of an extract, for example a birth certificate, from the GROS will go up from £8 to £10 The decisions followed a routine annual review of the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS). The GROS also plans to use some of the extra funds to extend the opening hours of the Scotlandspeople family history centre in Princes Street, Edinburgh. It aims to include evenings, weekends and public holidays. By April 2011 the centre should also include additional records, including the 1911 Scottish census. PAST SCOTTISH VOICES ARCHIVE TO GO ON-LINE This website archive contains hundreds of recordings of tales, songs etc from all over Scotland, in Gaelic, Doric, and Scots -

many date back to the 1930s. http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/

CLOCK AND WATCH TAX ROLLS http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/

The Clock and Watch Tax rolls (National Archives of Scotland) list the names of clock and watch owners as well as the number of clocks and watches and tax totals. Only two volumes survive. The National Archives of Scotland Clock and Watch Tax, Volume 1 contains clock and watch tax listings for Aberdeenshire, Argyll, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Buteshire, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Cromartyshire, Dunbartonshire, and Dumfriesshire. Clock and Watch Tax Volume 2 contains clock and watch tax listings for East Lothian (Haddingtonshire), Fife, Angus (Forfarshire), Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Lanarkshire.

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QUESTIO�: My grandparents were married at the

Tokomairiro Presbyterian Church in 1880. My grandfather

gave his usual place of residence as Glenore while my

grandmother gave her usual place of residence as Glenlady.

I know where Glenore is but where is Glenlady. Could it be

the name of a farm? Donna, Hastings

ANSWER: Glenlady was the original name of a coastal sheep farming district sixteen kilometres east of Milton. It is now known as Glenledi. The name of Glenlady was originally given to the area by the daughter of the Reverend John Dewe whose favourite cow was called “Lady”. In 1871 George Murray owned an extensive area at Glenlady which he called Glenledi Station. The area was noted for sawmilling as well as farming. The township was surveyed in 1880. Even as late as 1880 some locals still referred to the area as Glenlady. Following the survey the Glenledi Station was subdivided into smaller farms and the town appears to have always been officially called Glenledi. Ministers of the various churches visited the district, either from nearby Milton, Milburn or Waihola. Glenledi School operated from 1879 to 1901 and 1933 to 1935. There was a post office from 1894 to 1931.

There is a War Memorial at Glenledi in memory of the residents of Glenledi and nearby Akatore who died in the First World War. The names on the memorial are: Brown, James, Private Brown, John, Private Marshall, David Miller, Private Russell, Frederick Hugh, Private Smith, Oscar Charles, 2nd Lieutenant

UP-COMING REUNIONS

Tokonui School 125th Jubilee reunion 26 February 2011

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Millers Flat School 125th reunion

Millers Flat Primary School first opened its door in 1886 and in 2011 will celebrate its 125th Anniversary. All previous

students, staff and associated board members of the Millers Flat, Raes Junction or Avenal Schools are invited to attend a weekend of celebrations. This is to take place over the 21st to

23rd of October 2011 (Labour Weekend).

For further information contact: Susan Beel, P.O Box 22, Millers Flat 9544, Central Otago

or 125celebration@millersflat.school.nz

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EMIGRATION ON A “PLAGUE SHIP”:

THE VOYAGE OF THE SCIMITAR

By Sandra McCord

Wilhelm VOIGT, along with his wife Auguste and their children, left Hamburg on the vessel Wega on 4 December 1873 to travel to London. They then departed from Plymouth, England, on 24 December 1873 on the Scimitar, along with 425 other passengers. These included several other German families (surnames Neithe, Daumann, Ludewig, Gutschlag, Zaul, Neumann, Leetce, Wilke and Giesler). The ship was under the command of Captain Fox, with Doctor Hosking acting as ship’s doctor.

Four days after sailing, scarlet fever broke out. The fever was followed by other sicknesses, which proved fatal for many children on board. Descendants of passenger Emilie Wilke recall their grandmother talking of a long voyage with lots of deaths on board, and of weeping and wailing and wringing of hands as bodies were put overboard.

The Mongol and Carnatic which preceeded the Scimitar into Port Chalmers from Plymouth were also named as “plague ships”. Emigrants from all over Britain, Ireland and the Continent were assembled in barracks at Plymouth and were despatched as soon as there were ships to put them on. At times over a thousand people would be waiting there. December 1873 was wet and wintry, and a measles epidemic raged throughout the country. People with scarlet fever infection also arrived at the barracks. Before boarding ship, passengers filed past the doctor who looked at tongues and sometimes throats and chests. Those with coughs or rashes were returned to barracks to mingle with other intending passengers. So it was that all these ships were sent off with the seeds of epidemic aboard. As well as measles and fever, there were also boils, mumps and diarrhoea. The Scimitar recorded 26 deaths, all of them children.

However, the voyage was made in record time, the vessel leaving Eddystone on 25 December. She then threshed about for a week before getting favourable winds, and afterwards made a splendid passage to Tristan d’Acunha (South America) where she called and took aboard a supply of fresh meat and poultry. The Scimitar crossed the Equator twenty days from Plymouth, meeting trade winds on each side and she got fine strong westerlies from the meridian of the Cape. The vessel made an average of 1800 miles per week. Fine weather with strong winds favoured her until making the Snares (New Zealand) on 3 March 1874, when high seas were met with. She anchored at Port Chalmers on 5 March. The time from land to land was 67 days.

The Scimitar was an exceptionally fast sailing ship of 1225 tons. She was later renamed the Rangitiki and is credited with the second fastest sailing record from England.

Scimitar Passenger list The 26 deaths which occurred on this voyage resulted in an inquiry. The depot used for housing the potential migrants at Plymouth was investigated. At this time migrants were arriving at the rate of 4,000 per month in New Zealand. The following is a list of deaths and dates of occurrence: Jan 5 Wm Brown, 4 yrs 3 mths, scarlatina and measles Jan 7 W H Smith, 5 mths, bronchitis Jan 10 Prudence Bennett, 3 yrs 6 mths, scarlatina angina Jan 14 Emily Tonks, 16 yrs 6 mths, measles and diarrhoea Jan 15 M C Carey, 3 yrs 4 mths, measles and diarrhoea Jan 17 Unice Tombs, 8 mths, measles and bronchitis Jan 21 Cicilia Castle, 1 yr 6 mths, measles and bronchitis Jan 24 Edith Elland, 10 mths, measles and bronchitis Jan 24 Amy Townsend, 2 yrs 3 mths, convulsions, measles and diarrhoea Jan 26 John Carey, 7 years, measles and diarrhoea Jan 17 Lydia Jordan, 17 years 6 mths, measles and diarrhoea Jan 26 Frank Townsend, 10 mths, measles, scarlatina, diarrhoea Jan 28 Eliza Wilby, 1 yr 2 mths, measles, scarlatina Feb 2 Edith Lynn, 1 yr 2 mths, measles, scarlatina Feb 6 John Wale, 3 yrs 6 mths, measles, diarrhoea Feb 10 Emily Styles, 7 mths, dentition and convulsions Feb 13 Ruth Ashton, 7 mths, dentition and convulsions Feb 14 William Denton, 1 yr 1 mth, measles and bronchitis Feb 15 Mary Anne Martin, 3 yr 6 mths, scarlatina Feb 17 Frances Newson, 5 yrs, scarlatina Feb 19 Matilda Dewe, 2 yrs, scarlatina Feb 23 Jan Jeffrey, 3 yrs, measles Feb 23 William Gubbin, 10 mths, scarlatina Feb 26 George Bangham, 1 yr 2 mths, hydrocephalus At the hearing, the following evidence was supplied by one of the passengers: “At the Depot, the beds were damp and there were no sheets. Straw mattresses and pillows with two blankets, old and thin, were provided.

People were not allowed out of the Depot on Sunday without permission. The children did not like the preserved milk and many got sick on it.

They would not eat the 6avy biscuit. They took arrowroot and sago readily, but there was not sufficient bread. While at the Depot, I, my wife

and 3 children, 7 years, 5 years and 12 months, all slept in one bed, 3 feet 6 inches wide”.

Scimitar Passenger list

The Scimitar

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The Matron on the ship reported: “Everything on board well regulated. Girls in my charge a very respectable class and chiefly English, and apparently properly selected. Three

Irish girls – one very dirty. Her bedding and bedclothes were thrown in the harbour as they were lousy. The three Irish did not have sufficient

clothes. 6o-one had checked to see that they had the quantity of clothes prescribed by the contract ticket. Day room at the Depot very draughty

as people came and went. Bad smell in there. Depot has originally been a guano store”.

Dr Hosking’s report: “There were over 700 people at the Plymouth Depot. The Depot is a large stone building situated out of town and very damp. At low tide there

is a mud bank and a bad smell. Downstairs there is a wash-house, kitchen, store room, disinfecting room, hall and stairs. On the first storey

there are two dormitories with a double row of bunks down the centre and a row on each side. Thoroughly ventillated. Upper storey is similar.

There was always a damp smell arising from the people continually going out in the rain – it rained every day we were there. There were

insufficient fireplaces for the drying of clothes, baby napkins, etc. On 19 December I found one infectious case of scarlet fever, a man Tanner aged 20. This case was sent out for treatment. Several of the

Tanner family had sore throats and suspicious symptoms. I advised that this family be left behind but they went off on the Mongol. Two

German children had bronchitis, they went on the Scimitar. Scimitar passengers were inspected and I was suspicious of some. Parents may

have concealed measles from me. A few minutes before sailing to 6ew Zealand, my attention was called to a family called Wolfrey. The whole

family were put ashore with scarlet fever. I have reason to believe from information received that other members of the family had suffered

from scarlet fever 3 to 5 weeks before entering the Depot. I am satisfied that this family and the Tanners brought infection into the Depot.

Re the conditions on the Scimitar; I am of the opinion that the ventillation was defective. Between decks, really very fine, being 8 feet 6 inches

in height by vent. System of top drafts instead of circulating air. When lights and hatches had to be shut down, the foul stink below was

positively sickening.

Supply of water very good and plenty of it. Bath arrangements insufficient. It was impossible to separate the sick from the well when the

hospital became full. Had to treat the infected in their bunks. Supply of medicine perfect and medical comforts liberal. Full regulation supply

of food for the children but not suitable. Bunk arrangements good. 120 cases diahorrea, 12 cases erysipelas, carbuncles, whitlow and boils. 30

cases bronchitis, numerous case mumps and colds, stomatitus, numerous quinceys and ulcerated throats”.

Captain Fox’s report: “Am short of beds and bedding, having repeatedly thrown overboard beds, etc of those dying of scarlatina. The rest have been repeatedly

washed and disinfected. Isolation as far as possible has been practised and a free use made of chlorate of lime and Barnett’s solution of

carbolic acid, with towing overboard and repeated washings”.

The inquiry continued to say that the ship was quarantined on arrival at Port Chalmers with the yellow flag at her main.

The reporter on the steamer alongside the Scimitar elicited further information from Dr Hosking. He said that scarlatina prevailed at the Plymouth Dept and that he had rejected two families from Jersey who were infected. Dr Hosking said that the selection of emigrants in England was conducted on a rotten system. There was no supervision exercised. The emigrants themselves were careless about consequences and thought nothing of scarlatina, saying “it’s only a little rash” or “just a little fever”. Their only object seemed to be to get out of England.

The reporter said both the Captain and Doctor spoke in high terms of the people on board – “well behaved and scarcely a

complaint”. The appearance of the emigrants, especially that of the single women, was also in their favour. The women looked healthy and comely, and a few of the men were stalwart but the majority seemed wanting in physique – at least those who lined the ship’s bulwark, the majority were undersized and wore the expression of life in large towns.

But in the midst of the suffering there was also a pleasant side. Four births had taken place, Mrs Gutschlag of a daughter and Mesdames Batchel, Carey and West of a son each. A young Norwegian named Michael Olsen married Mathia Christensen, with the captain performing the marriage rites. The captain also performed baptism ceremonies, so what with reading divine service on Sunday, the marriage and burials, it was suggested there was enough work for a parson on board.

The editorial comment from the Otago Daily Times on 18 March was less kindly in its comments: “We regret that we cannot speak in unmeasured terms of praise touching the sanitary conditions of the migrants from Britain. The report of the

doctors of both the Scimitar and Carnatic are suggestive of gross carelessness, if not something worse, on the part of the immigration

authorities and agents in England in the selection of immigrants. We desire to protest most emphatically against the recklessness displayed in

a manner so intimately affecting the wellbeing of this Colony. The Agent-General is to blame for not exercising that strict supervision of his

subordinates. Better far that the much-needed supply of settlers for the Colony should run short for a while than that the unhealthy and weakly

should be foisted upon us. We object to the sweepings of the cities and towns of the old country. One hundred babes, without a pound of sago between, launched on a three-month voyage, is a condition of things likely to eventuate in

murder. It is little short of butchery to ship out a lot of young children under five years of age”.

The Governer-General, Sir Julius Vogel, was also to add a strong protest to the Agent-General in London, regarding the transport and conditions of immigrants to New Zealand.

After arriving at Port Chalmers on 5 March 1874, the Scimitar and passengers were quarantined until 21 March, when the yellow flag was hauled down by the order of the Board of Health. It was 24 March before the party of ten German families was able to proceed to Lyttelton. Many of these went on to Oxford, Canterbury, to join relatives. Some, including Wilhelm and Auguste Voigt and their three young children, travelled to Southland. REFERENCES James, E (1988). The Lunow connection. In New Zealand Society of Genealogists Magazine, Vol. 9 No. 186, pp 473-475. National Archives of New Zealand, Wellington. File no. IM5/4/10. Reports on the voyage of the Scimitar. Otago Witness (1874, March). Comment on the voyages of the Mongol, Carnatic and Scimitar. Otago Daily Times (1874, 18 March). Editorial comment on the voyage of the Scimitar. Predikaka T & Marks R (1994). Book: The Brothers Voigt - family history of Wilhelm and Otto Voigt and their descendants. White Wings (1874). Voyage of the Scimitar.