Alexander
HERDMAN and Emma Hepburn BROWN
Emma
arrived on the BERNICIA, 548 tons, which sailed from London, leaving on the 7th
July 1848, for New Plymouth, Nelson, Wellington and Otago, where she arrived on
the 12th December 1848. On board were Captain Arnold and Dr Robert
Williams, surgeon, who brought his family and remained in the settlement.
The Bernicia was
the 5th Emigrant ship to arrive in Dunedin, about 9 months after the
first ship. The picture shows the Phillip Laing arriving at Port Chalmers on
the 15th April 1848, joining the John Wickliffe which had arrived on
the 23rd March, these two being the first two Emigrant ships to
Dunedin.
Alexander
HERDMAN arrived about 1866. He was born on the 29th March 1840 in
Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of Alexander Anderson HERDMAN (1810-1869) and
Ellen Margaret HOSSACK (1813-).
Emma
BROWN was born in 1846 and was baptised 10 May 1846 at Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland,
the daughter of James BROWN (1811-1899) and Emma HEPBURN (1822-1888).
Alexander
HERDMAN married Emma BROWN on the 13th August 1868 at Spring Bank,
Dunedin. They were married by the Reverend D M STUART.