Gordon Sherriffs

1884 - 1910  (25 years)

• Name	Gordon Sherriffs
  Born	21 May 1884	Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Sailor
  Occupation	6 Nov 1905	Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
  	Joined the ship Loch Garve as AB. Ship was a Three masted, square rigged sailing ship that had sailed from Liverpool, England on 8 Jul 1905. Gordon was still on board 8 Jun 1907 when she reached Port Townsend, Jefferson, Washington, USA.
  		Loch Garve - Loch Line
  Died	14 Mar 1910	Sydney, NSW, Australia   [2]
  		NSW Register of Coroners' Inquests 1910
  Buried	28 Mar 1910	Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
  Person ID	I113	Frost Family | The Shirreffs family
  Last Modified	9 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Joseph Duncan Shirreffs,   b. Abt 1833, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. 24 Apr 1909, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Wright,   b. Abt 1837, Scotland ,   d. 23 Mar 1904, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Married	23 Aug 1856	Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Joseph and Mary were married in the Zion Chapel.
  		Marriage Register
  Immigration	24 Oct 1869	Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand   [3]
  	Left Glasgow on 28 July 1869 aboard the clipper ship 'James Nicol Fleming'. Arriving at Port Chalmers on Sunday 24 October 1869
  	Joseph Duncan left Aberdeen with his family to come to New Zealand, for a three year engagement with the firm of Mortons, as the head of the tinsmithing and preserving departments at the Glasgow Meat Preserving Company's meat works at Woodlands in Southland NZ. Joseph, Mary Ann his wife, their children Elizabeth, Jean, William and James and Jane Cameron, Mary's half sister, left Glasgow on 28 July 1869 aboard the clipper ship 'James Nicol Fleming'. The 992 ton ship, with 160 passengers on board, made its maiden voyage to New Zealand in 88 days between ports, arriving at Port Chalmers on Sunday 24 October 1869. A description of the ship's journey is given in 'The Otago Daily Times' on Monday 25 October 1869. The paper?s shipping column also shows the ship's arrival with 14 cabin passengers and 146 in second cabin and steerage. In the imports column a large list of engineering and similar goods is shown arriving on the 'James Nicol Fleming' belonging to a William Moody. According to the book 'Early Woodlands', by Margaret Trotter, Mr W. Moodie was a representative of the Glasgow Meat Preserving Company. [3]
  Family ID	F29	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 21 May 1884 - Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Occupation - Joined the ship Loch Garve as AB. Ship was a Three masted, square rigged sailing ship that had sailed from Liverpool, England on 8 Jul 1905. Gordon was still on board 8 Jun 1907 when she reached Port Townsend, Jefferson, Washington, USA. - 6 Nov 1905 - Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Died - 14 Mar 1910 - Sydney, NSW, Australia Buried - 28 Mar 1910 - Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S293] BDM NZ Historical Records, (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/home/), 1884/14363 (Reliability: 3), 21 May 1884. Shirreffs Gordon; Mother Mary Ann; Father Joseph [S306] Death Register, NSW 1910/309 (Reliability: 3). Registered Sydney [S25] Cliff Shirreffs, Invercargill.