Hi LU, i thought the record of the ship might be useful!, also the name May is used alot in Scotland for mary!
George Canning
Otago Witness – Saturday December 5, 1857 page 4
Shipping News
Arrived, November 28, George Canning, 411 tons, barque, Captain Sims, from London to Port Chalmers. Sailed on 23rd August. Made a good passage of 97 days, port to port. She was the first in a series despatched by the emigration agent, James Adam, who had been sent home from Otago. 131 Passengers:
Buskin Mary A and 2 children
Blair Robert age 46 b. Ayrshire 1810. Agnes Dick (wife), Robert, Agnes, Margaret, Janet and John (Robert farmed East Taieri Dunedin)
Borrow Mr and Mrs T and 3 children
Butlar John Geo.
Calder C
Cahill Thomas
Carless John, Patience, Patience, Emily, Hannah, William, John, and Frederick
Cassells Thomas, Janet, Margaret, Mary and Caroline
Cavanagh John and Anna
Chittock Mr Fred and Mrs
Chittock George and Emily and 4 children
Clarke Mr
Cockrill Richard
Dunkley Dennis
Fairmaid Mr
Finlay Helen, Marion, Jean, and James
Ford Mr J
Ford William
France Mr and Mrs C and 3 children
France Mr and Mrs J and child
Gough Mr and Mrs R
Hammond Charles, Sarah, Dinah, Martha, Richard Lates and Thomas Herbert Hammond
Hepburn Mr and Mrs A
Hepburn W
Jago John, Mary Ann, Maria, John, Mary Ann, Charles, Julia, Sydney and Alfred
Leckie Stewart, Agnes, Stewart, Archibald, John, Elizabeth, Agnes, Helen, and James William
Lewis Mr
McKenzie Mr
McCree J
McVey Joseph
Mathie Alexander, Priscilla, Agnes, Helen, Emy, Catherine, Alexander
Morris Aaron
Morris William, Ann, Sarah Maria, Thomas, Elizabeth, and William
Nairne Mr
Paterson D
Paterson James
Perry Edward, Elizabeth, Edward Jas., and Wm
Prime H.G.
Russell Mr
Senior J
Shand Mr and Mrs, Misses (2) and 3 children
Sinclair George, May, Alexander, May, Agnes and John
Small Mr
Smith Miss
Stewart Miss
Stone F
Tilly Chas. and Barbara
Wain John, Mary Margaret, Frederick, Margaret Elizabeth
Wain Ann Sophia, Joseph William, and Suhannah
Watson Mr
The foregoing list includes 2 tailors, 2 storekeepers, 1 servant, 9 farmers, 1 clerk, 1 butcher, 1 carpenter, 20 labourers, 1 engineer, 3 shepherds, 1 dairymaid.
Per George Canning, from London: 2 cases books
1 ditto apparel
20 ditto glass
100 cases Geneva
20 bundles square iron
20 do. hoop iron
51 camp ovens
51 lids for ditto
1 coil rope
1 case seed
1 box books
2 casks whiskey
1 case clothing
42 tons coal
6 hhds. rum 83 cases soap
20 kegs arsenic
4 bars iron
4 bundles ditto
6 ploughs
2 wheels
1 axle
3 parcels
112 casks
209 cases
30 barrels
6 trunks
10 bales
30 kegs
4 boxes
Saturday 26 Dec., 1857 Otago Witness
Sailed Dec. 18, George Canning, 411 tons, Sim, for Callao, in ballast, with one passenger.