Ship "Normaball" to Auckland 1850 is the name correct? COMPLETED

[napierite]

My 3xG Grandfather Robert Macdonald's obituary 15 Jun 1906 Evening Post has him coming from Scotland to Auckland in 1850 on the Normaball. I've been unable to find any other reference to this Ship.
I'm wondering if this is the correct name.
Any help would be great.
Regards
Tracey

[Thamesite2017]

Hi Tracey
still hunting
but wondered if its a case of different accent there was a ship in the 1850s coming to NZ
Nourmahal

Bye
althea

[napierite]

Hi Althea
You could well be right. I've had another look at the article and the date could read 1860 which ties in with his death cert which states he had been in NZ for 46 years.
regards
Tracey

[Lucy2]

Hi Tracey

Yes, the vessel was the "NOURMAHAL" - arrived at Auckland 5th December, 1859.    Your Robert MacDONALD is on the passenger list.    

[Incidentally, I re-checked the obit reference you gave - and it says 1860 - rather than 1850. ]  


~   Lu

[Thamesite2017]

Ah thats better
here he is
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/Nourmahal1859.htm

(link updated..htm had been omitted  )
Bye
Althea

[Lucy2]

oops Tracey  ... our posts crossed.    

You can view the passenger list on the "Peter & Denise" website.   (See "shipping / passenger lists" in Resources section of this board.)

 ~   Lu

[Janette]

Hi Tracey,

Here is the ship on PapersPast


http://www.rootschat.com/links/0bca/

Cheers Janette

[napierite]

Thank you Althea, Lu & Janette for helping me on this one.
Much appreciated.
Regards Tracey

[Cathrn]

This has been a very interesting thread about the name of the ship and the gentleman concerned Robert Macdonald. I am working on the history of my husbands family and Robert Macdonald and his wife Bessie Adelaide nee Elliot are relations of his. The question that has me beaten is, Robert Macdonald arrived in New Zealand in Dec 1859 on the Nourmahal and his first child Isabella Denton Macdonald was born in Auckland in 1862 but I can not find a marriage for him either here or in Scotland. Napierite do you have any information about this as he is your 3XG grandfather?

Hopefully,
Catherine.