Hi - thanks for your responses. The ship 'Auckland' left Clyde 31 July 1875, arrived at Port Otago, South Island, NZ on 27 Oct 1975. It was an assisted emigration to NZ. Their names and ages were listed on passenger list as Patterson, John aged 37 - from Midlothian, occupation is Miner; Mrs Jane 30, John 9, Helen 4, Lizzie 2. I am not sure where they settled, but could possibly of been in Mataura, a town in the Otago region. I have the information on Helen Ramsay Patterson and her marriage into the Greenhalgh family. But any further information about Helen's siblings and parents is where the brickwall is. The Greenhalgh's dont seem to know much about these Pattersons. I will try the NZ forum.