Torrance, Elizabeth
| Birth Name |
Torrance, Elizabeth 1 |
| Name |
Eliza 2 |
| GRAMPS ID |
I1386 |
| Gender |
female |
Events
| Type |
Date |
Place |
Description |
Notes |
| Immigration |
December 25, 1849 |
Port Chalmers, Dunedin, NZ |
Immigration or family Curle - Torrance 3 |
- "On Christmas day 1849, the Mooltan arrived at Port Chalmers after a difficult and dramatic voyage. The ship left Greenock on Sept. 12th., the Dr being Sr Wm Purdie whilest the Captain was W. Chivas. This fine ship of 580 tons carried 158 passengers but lost 9 from an epidemic similar to cholera which broke out on Sept. 21st last till Oct. 15th. Six other passengers died from other causes. (Otago News Dec. 1849) Until the ship was fumigated the passengers were panic stricken. Near Tristan da Cunha, in the mist, breakers and thundering waves were heard and the Mooltan drifted dangerously close. All the ship's boats boats except one were and relays of male passengers attempted to tow the ship away from shore. At last a puff of wind filled the sails moving the ship a few yards. The breeze from the land increased in strength and the Mooltan went ahead. All went well until an hour from Otago heads the ship grazed a shallow rock - 'a close shave' said the captain. Among the passengers was John Curle, his wife Eliza - nee Torrance- and their son James aged 3 years. With them journeyed Eliza's three sisters Margaret 21 and Isabella 14. All came from Edinburgh. "The Curle-Matthews family ancestry", Margaret Lithgow.
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| Residence (Family) |
before December 20, 1843 |
92 Abbeyhill, Canongate parish, Scotland |
Elizabeth lived with her mother before she married 1 |
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Families
| Married |
Husband |
Curle, John [I0627] |
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Marriage |
December 1, 1843 at Canongate parish, Scotland
Marriage of Curle, John and Torrance, Elizabeth 4 1a |
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Immigration |
December 25, 1849 at Port Chalmers, Dunedin, NZ
Immigration or family Curle - Torrance 3
"On Christmas day 1849, the Mooltan arrived at Port Chalmers after a difficult and dramatic voyage. The ship left Greenock on Sept. 12th., the Dr being Sr Wm Purdie whilest the Captain was W. Chivas. This fine ship of 580 tons carried 158 passengers but lost 9 from an epidemic similar to cholera which broke out on Sept. 21st last till Oct. 15th. Six other passengers died from other causes. (Otago News Dec. 1849) Until the ship was fumigated the passengers were panic stricken. Near Tristan da Cunha, in the mist, breakers and thundering waves were heard and the Mooltan drifted dangerously close. All the ship's boats boats except one were and relays of male passengers attempted to tow the ship away from shore. At last a puff of wind filled the sails moving the ship a few yards. The breeze from the land increased in strength and the Mooltan went ahead. All went well until an hour from Otago heads the ship grazed a shallow rock - 'a close shave' said the captain.
Among the passengers was John Curle, his wife Eliza - nee Torrance- and their son James aged 3 years. With them journeyed Eliza's three sisters Margaret 21 and Isabella 14. All came from Edinburgh. "The Curle-Matthews family ancestry", Margaret Lithgow.
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Children |
- Curle, James [I69137]
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Narrative
"On Christmas day 1849, the Mooltan arrived at Port Chalmers after a difficult and dramatic voyage. The ship left Greenock on Sept. 12th., the Dr being Sr Wm Purdie whilest the Captain was W. Chivas. This fine ship of 580 tons carried 158 passengers but lost 9 from an epidemic similar to cholera which broke out on Sept. 21st last till Oct. 15th. Six other passengers died from other causes. (Otago News Dec. 1849) Until the ship was fumigated the passengers were panic stricken. Near Tristan da Cunha, in the mist, breakers and thundering waves were heard and the Mooltan drifted dangerously close. All the ship's boats boats except one were and relays of male passengers attempted to tow the ship away from shore. At last a puff of wind filled the sails moving the ship a few yards. The breeze from the land increased in strength and the Mooltan went ahead. All went well until an hour from Otago heads the ship grazed a shallow rock - 'a close shave' said the captain.
Among the passengers was John Curle, his wife Eliza - nee Torrance- and their son James aged 3 years. With them journeyed Eliza's three sisters Margaret 21 and Isabella 14. All came from Edinburgh. "The Curle-Matthews family ancestry", Margaret Lithgow.
