SHIP " ARAMINTA"  WHICH SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL FOR GEELONG ON  THE 20TH OF JUNE 1852 ARRIVED GEELONG 4-OCT

The Araminta: 191 Highlanders 35 families (from the Estates of Lord Macdonald, Mcleod, Skeabost, Strathaird, Waternish, Lyndale)
Master: Captain Hutchison IN 1849
Rigging: Sail Ship; parts sheathed in felt and yellow metal in 1849.
Tonnage: 511 tons using old measurements, 616 tons using new measurements.
Construction: 1842 in Quebec; some repairs in 1849
Owner: Fitzsimmons, Port of registry: Belfast
 
 
 

Surnames - BEATON, BUCHANAN, CAMPBELL, GRAHAM, GRANT, NICHOLSON, MacASKILL,MARTIN, MATHESON, McDONALD, McKENZIE, McKINNON, McLEAN, McLEOD, McINNIS, McPHEE, ROBERTSON, ROSS.

NICHOLSON      Samuel         47       Gearriemore    McDonald    5                         Isabella        40        (Wife)                               Donald         16                               Alexander    14                               Flora            12                               Patrick           9                              Christina        6 P/N  £24-1-6

McDONALD       Donald         40       Feall          McDonald      6                       Flora           33       (Wife)                               Margaret    17                               Catherine    15                               Myles           9                               Angus          4                               Sarah           1   died 10th Aug. 1852 P/N £22-3-6

GRANT          Lachlan         34      Sconser    7                   Flora             32       (Wife)                         Donald           2   died 26th Aug. 1852                         Margaret        2 months died 24th Aug 1852 P/N   £17-5-6

MATHESON       John             45       Sconser        McDonald     8                        Rachael       44        (Wife)                               Flora           12                               Donald        10                               Alexander     7                               Christy          4                               Mary          20                               Jane           18                               Marion       15 P/N   £32-14-1

McPHEE         Archibald      30       Feall          McDonald    9                    Anne            35      (Wife)                          Anne             8                          Catherine       4                          William          2 P/N   £14-10-4

BEATON        Peter          33       Feall          McDonald    10                  Anne           30      (Wife)                          Anne            3 P/N £9-5-5 (Name Bethune same as Beaton. Beaton is more common now.)

BUCHANAN       Angus          24   Scorr          McDonald    11                       Christy         28   (Wife)                              Margaret        1   Died 7th Sept.1852 P/N   £7-5-8

ROSS            Charles        35   Scullamus      McDonald    12               Catherine     31   (Wife)                        Mary            4                        John            1  died  10th July 1852 P/N    £9-12-3

GRAHAM         John           33   Harrapool      McDonald    13                    Flora          30   (Wife)                           Neil              1 P/N   £8-8-6

McINNES        John              24   Scullamus      McDonald    14                  Margaret       47   (Mother)                          Anne            12                          Margaret      10                          Mary            28                          Lachlan        18                          Catherine     14                          Marion         21 P/N   £26-11-8 Margaret's husbands name was Duncan.

McINNES        Neil             40      Boreraig       McDonald     15                 Barbara        38       (Wife)                          Anne           12                          Mary            4                          Anne            1                         Flora            13                         Margaret      16 P/N   £19-18-6 Barbara,  nee  McAlister. Sister of Keith no 91, Alexander  143  & John no 144.

ROSS           Lachlan          38         Swordale       McDonald   16                Margaret       35        (Wife)  (nee McRae)                       Lachlan        17                       William         15                       Helen           12                       Anne             9                       Flora             5                       Marion          1 P/N   £22-13-10 Lachlan said to be a brother of Charles No 12.  Margaret said to be sister of Charles No 389

MARTIN         John            47         Lonfearn       McDonald    17                  Arabella       46          (wife)                          Mary           22                          Marion        20                         Jessie           18                         Margaret      15                         Abigail         13                         Charles        10                         John              8                         Allan             3 P/N   £38-6-11

McDONALD       Donald          45   Portree        McDonald     18                      Marion         43   (Wife)                               Mary           23                               Archibald     19                               Christy        17                               Flora           14                               Helen          12                               John            10                               Donald          8                               William         6 P/N   £35-0-0 (Son named Norman born to Mary, 11th Aug. On Mary's death certificate, said to be child of first marriage to Abel Foote.)

McKENZIE       Donald         35   Earlish        McDonald     19                    Effy            36   (Wife)                            Kenneth        3                            Norman         9 months P/N   £10-17-6

McLEOD         Alexander      40   Culnacnock     McDonald    20                   Mary             35                           Donald          15                           Norman        13                          William          13                           James           11                           John               7                           Roderick        4                          Hugh               1  Died 7-10-1852 P/N   £23-7-6 (Mary's maiden name McLeod)

McKINNON       Archibald      37   Camuscross     McDonald      21                    Mary            36   (Wife)                              Neil             16                              Christy        13                              John            11                              Catherine      7                              Godfrey        5                              Mary           34   (sister) Died 16th July 1852 P/N   £23-16-0

ROBERTSON      John           32   Breakish       McDonald      22                      Rachael        30   (Wife)                                Flora           3 P/N   £7-10-6 (Rachel nee McInnes, died 28-10-1852,  twin sons still born  16-10 1852)

ROBERTSON      Angus           53     Elgol          Strathaird     23                       Flora            53     (Wife)                               Alexander    27                               Angus          18                               Charles        14 P/N   £37-4-0 ROBERTSON         Ronald         29          23A                  Margaret       26   (Wife)                                  Lachlan         2   Died 20th Sept, 1852 P/N   £8-12-9 Daughter born 27th July 1852 ROBERTSON            Ewen           25    23B                           Anne           25   (Wife)                                     Catherine      3   Died 19th Sept 1852 P/N   £8-6-6

ROBERTSON            Alexander      47   Elgol          Strathaird     24                             Marion          47                                      Betsy           20                                      Charles        18                                      Catherine     13                                      Lachlan        11                                      William          8 P/N   £31-19-2

McKINNON               John              32   Elgol         Strathaird     25                             Catherine      22                                      Anne            20 P/N   £9-4-5 (John brother of Lachlan No 93.)

MacASKILL              Donald          45   Borline         McLeod      26                           Marion          40   (Wife)                                     Duncan        18                                     John             15                                     Kenneth       14                                     Peter           11                                     John            10                                     Ewen            7                                     Donald          3 P/N   £26-7-7 (Marion's maiden name was MacAskill)

CAMPBELL              Donald         50   Borline         McLeod     27                            Catherine      44                                     John             22                                     Mary           19                                     Anne           17                                     Christy         15                                     Ronald         13                                     Marion          5                                     Janet             3 P/N   £29-16-6

McINNES               Alexander      40   Trumpan        Waternish     28                         Sarah            38                                  Christy         20                                  William        18                                  Catherine     16                                  Anne           14                                  Donald         10                                  Neil               8                                  Samuel          6                                  Alexander      3   Died 13th Sept. 1852 P/N   £26-7-1

McLEOD               Malcolm        41   Breabost       Lyndale     29                        Sarah            43                                Mary             13                                 Kenneth        11                                 Malcolm         7                                 Janet              4 P/N   £14-3-2

(No's 30 and 31 used for emigrants on Medina)

McLEOD               Hector         50   Stein *        Skeabost     32                       Anne            41   (Wife)                               Murdo           20                               Effy              16                               Alexander       9                               Mary              7 P/N   £30-19-0

McLEAN             Norman         45   Stein *        Skeabost     33                     Marion           44                              Peter               9                              Mary               7 P/N   £15-5-11

McLEAN              Angus          40   Stein *        Skeabost     34                       Effy             41   (Wife)                                Mary           18                                Donald        15                                Janet           12                                John             9                               Angus           2 P/N   £21-7-9

McLEAN              Alexander      48   Stein  *       Skeabost    35                        Anne             34   (Wife)                                John              13                                Anne              8                                John               6                                Donald           3                                Mary              1 P/N   £23-14-6

* To be precise the above families were all from "Brae Stein"  on the road leading from the "Main Road" to the village of Stein.

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