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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Paisley Emigration Society – Scottish Colonisation Company.
« on: Sunday 31 July 16 12:15 BST (UK) »
I have come across the attached newspaper obituary (NZ Herald, 22 September 1931). It says that my great grandfather, Archibald MacVicar, arrived in NZ on the Duchess of Argyle. I cannot find him on the passenger list. I have, however found a Arch. McVicor who arrived on the Drover in April 1855. The obituary correctly states that Archibald's wife Christina and daughter Margaret arrived on the Euphemus in 1856 (http://rter.co.nz/macvicar.html). Did the Duchess of Argyle sail many times to New Zealand? Any help with this family's roots to Scotland would be appreciated.