Henrietta Mcleod, Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland

[Ivy52]

I am looking for information on the journey from Scotland to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia that Henrietta and her parents, Donald McLeod & Catherine Munro, made sometime in the early to mid 1800's.
I know they moved onto New Zealand in about the 1850's.
Look forward to any information you may have.

[EdinKath]

Hi Ivy,
Welcome to Rootschat. I see you've not had any replies yet. I'm afraid I can't help with information about their journey, but do you have Donald and Catherine's marriage details and Henrietta's birth in Scotland?

From Scotland's People there is this baptism record:
MCLEOD HENRIETTA DONALD MC LEOD CATHERINE MUNRO FR 225 (FR225) F
13/07/1834 044 20 / 51 ASSYNT

And there are two marriage entries probably relating to dates of the banns:
MCLEOD DONALD CATHARINE MUNRO/FR309 20/04/1831 044 20 / 102 ASSYNT
MCLEOD DONALD CATHERINE MUNRO/ 20/04/1831 044 20 / 134 ASSYNT

So if this is the right family, they must have travelled sometime after July 1834.

Can you post any other information you have from NZ records, such as Donald and Catherine's ages or Donald's occupation? Those details might help someone else find them on a passenger list.

[shanreagh]

Not sure how far you've got with the NZ end.

There is a fabulous museum at Waipu where there was a large Scottish migration, some via Nova Scotia.

https://www.waipumuseum.com/

[Ivy52]

Hi Shanreagh,

Thank you. Yes I have a great deal of information from there. It is a brilliant resource.

I am trying to find how and when my ancestors traveled from Scotland to Nova Scotia.

Many thanks for your help.

[Ivy52]

Hi EdinKath,

Thank you for responding.
I have Henrietta and her parents arriving in New Zealand in about 1854. They were in Australia prior to this.
I have her married to Captain James McLeod in April 1857 in New Zealand.
The birth of her first child was in New Zealand in 1858.

I have them in the 1851 Scottish Census in Badnaman, Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland.

So I am now trying to find how they traveled from Scotland to St. Anns, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

This is a new journey for me so I appreciate all the help I can get.

Many thanks.

[trish1120]

Have you seen this?

https://archives.novascotia.ca/passenger-lists/

1st paragraph;
.....Confederation in 1867. Given the tens of thousands of people who immigrated here before 1867, not many lists have survived.

[Ivy52]

Hi Trish

Thank you for this link.

i have done some interesting reading here and still have more to find.