Name: John MCMILLAN
Sex: M
Birth: 1836 in Motherwell
Death: 1 JAN 1901 in Hokitika, NZ 1 of Fibrio Arthritis
Burial: 3 JAN 1901 Hokitika Cemetery, NZ
Immigration: 1863 From Scotland-National Archives NZ 1m-CH 4\54
Event: Ship and Arrival 1863 "Brothers Pride" Christchurch
Occupation: Engine Driver, Stoker
Religion: Presbyterian
Event: Birth Address Merry St, Motherwell, Scotland
Reference Number: 28
ADDR: 5 Merry St, Motherwell
59 Sale St
Hokitika
Westland
New Zealand

Medical Information: Suffered for 6 months.... Last seen by doctor 31 December
!DEATH: NZ\378\1901

Lanarkshire,

also called LANARK, former county and historic region of south-central
Scotland, roughly coinciding with the basin of the River Clyde. Bounded
on the south by Dumfriesshire, on the east by Peeblesshire, Midlothian,
and West Lothian, on the north by Stirlingshire and Dunbartonshire, and on the
west by Renfrewshire and Ayrshire, it had an area of 837 square miles
(2,168 square km). Since the reorganization of 1974, it is largely included
in Clydesdale, Monklands, Motherwell, Hamilton, and East Kilbride districts,
of Strathclyde region.

Lanarkshire probably became an administrative region during the reign
of David I (1124-53). The county was the scene of several notable episodes
in Scottish history. The Scottish nationalist William Wallace attacked the
garrison at Lanark in 1297. In 1568 [Index] Mary, Queen of Scots, and her
supporters were defeated in the battle of Langside (located in Lanarkshire);
this defeat led to her flight to England and imprisonment.

The battles of Drumclog and Bothwell Bridge (both in 1679), between the
Covenanters and government forces, also took place in the county. Rapid
industrial development began in Lanarkshire in the middle of the 18th century;
it was accelerated by the discovery of large iron deposits in the 19th century.
The county was in the forefront of the struggle to improve the lot of the working
classes. In the early 19th century Robert Owen conducted his influential
social-welfare programs at his cotton mills in New Lanark.


THE BROTHERS PRIDE I believe made several trips to New Zealand.


The Trip we are aware of is as follows.
Departed from England on the 25th of July 1863
Arrived Lyttelton on the 10th of December 1863
When it arrived at Lyttelton it was flying the Yellow flag indicating
Yellow Fever on board. 44 of the 371 immigrants on board died.
The ship was placed in quarantine on arrival and was that way
for quite some time. I believe it got mentions in parliament at that time.


BROTHERS PRIDE
Rigging: Ship; sheathed in felt and yellow metal in 1860; fastened with
iron bolts
Master: Captain D. McIntyre
Tonnage: 1,236 tons
Dimensions: 179.8 feet long, 37.7 foot beam and holds 22.5 feet deep
Construction: 1858 in Sacksville, NB, using Birch, Tamarack, Spruce & Pitch
Pine
Owners: W. & R. Wright
Port of registry: Saint John, NB
Port of survey: London

In the 1864 Register, two Masters are listed: Captain McIntyre and Captain
Welch.






Father: Robert MCMILLAN b: 1813 in Lanserf
Mother: Margaret LEECHMAN b: 19 JAN 1813 in Carnwath

Marriage 1 Catherine HUNTER b: 11 SEP 1835 in Leshmahagow
Married: 5 NOV 1858 in Motherwell

Children

Margaret MCMILLAN b: 1859 in Motherwell, Scotland
Robert MCMILLAN b: 21 FEB 1861 in Motherwell, Scotland
Andrew George MCMILLAN b: 13 OCT 1862 in Motherwell
Jessica MCMILLAN b: 2 SEP 1867 in Hokitika, NZ
Eliza Hunter MCMILLAN b: 26 JUN 1869 in Hokitika, NZ
James Smith Hunter MCMILLAN b: 15 MAY 1871 in Hokitika, NZ
George Sandilands MCMILLAN b: ABT. 1873 in Hokitika, NZ
Lillias Ellen MCMILLAN b: 8 SEP 1878 in Hokitika, NZ

Marriage 2 Jeannie CRAWFORD
Married: 11 AUG 1903 in Hokitika, NZ

Sources:
Title: NZ Births Deaths and Marriages
Author: Registrar General
Publication: Document
Note: Excellent
Repository:
Note: PO Box 11115, Wellington, NZ
Call Number:
Media: Civil Registry
Page: 6/1901
Text: Undertaker-WJ Thompson, Hokitika
Note: NZ Births Deaths and Marriages, (Document), 6/1901,
Undertaker-WJ Thompson, Hokitika.




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