Mimosa (ship)

For the ship of World War II, see USS Mimosa (AN-26).
History
United Kingdom
Name: Mimosa
Owner: Robert Vining, William Killey, Liverpool; Daniel Green
Builder: Alexander Hall and Sons, Aberdeen
Cost: £5,916
Launched: June 21, 1853 [1]
Fate: Hulked; lost at New Calabar.[2]
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 447 tons NM, 540 tons OM
Length: 139.9 ft (42.6 m)
Beam: 25.5 ft (7.8 m)
Depth of hold: 15.6 ft (4.8 m)
Sail plan: Ship rigged, 3 masts [1]

The Mimosa was a clipper ship best known for carrying the first Welsh emigrants to South America in 1865.

Voyage to Patagonia

Catherine Davies and her children, who emigrated to Patagonia on the 'Mimosa'

By the time Mimosa made the voyage she was already past her prime, having been built in 1853 at Hall's shipyard in Aberdeen. She had not been designed to carry passengers, but had been converted for the purpose. The cost of fitting provisioning and chartering the ship was £2,500 and the passengers paid £12 per adult or £6 per child for the journey.[3] Before the voyage the emigrants assembled at various points, not always their places of origin, to prepare for the journey, including Aberdare, Birkenhead and Mountain Ash.

Mimosa sailed from Liverpool, England on May 28, 1865 to Patagonia, South America with a group of about 153 passengers with Captain George Pepperell and a crew of 18. Thomas Greene, an Irishman from Kildare, had been appointed as ship's surgeon. They landed on July 28, 1865 and named their landing site Porth Madryn. They were met by Edwyn Cynrig Roberts and Lewis Jones who had already arrived in Patagonia in June 1865 to prepare for the arrival of the main body of settlers. Their aim was to establish a Welsh colony which would preserve the Welsh language and culture. The proposed site for the colony was in the Chubut River valley. On September 15, 1865 the first town in the Chubut colony was named Rawson, and the settlers went on to build the settlements at Gaiman and Trelew.

Welsh emigrants aboard Mimosa

The exact number of emigrants who sailed out to Patagonia on the Mimosa remains uncertain. Although one of the original settlers, Richard Jones (Berwyn), maintained a register of births, marriages and deaths for many years, most of these original records were lost in the great flood in the Chubut Valley in 1899. In 1875 the Argentine government granted the Welsh settlers ownership of the land which encouraged hundreds of others from Wales to join the colony.

In the early 21st century, approximately 50,000 Patagonians are of Welsh descent, of whom around 5,000 are Welsh speakers.[4] The Welsh-Argentine colony, which became known as Y Wladfa, remains centered on Gaiman, Trelew and Trevelin.[5]

The 1865 Settlers

NameAssembly PointGiven AgeNote
Austin, ThomasMountain Ash17
Austin, WilliamMountain Ash18
Davies, EvanAberdare25
Davies, AnnAberdare24wife of Evan Davies
Davies, Margaret AnnAberdare1daughter of Evan & Ann Davies
Davies, James (Iago Dafydd)Brynmawr18
Davies, John (Ioan Dafydd)Mountain Ash18
Davies, LewisAberystwyth24
Davies, RachelAberystwyth28wife of Lewis Davies
Davies, Thomas G.Aberystwyth3son of Rachel and Lewis Davies
Davies, RobertLlandrillo40
Davies, CatherineLlandrillo38wife of Robert Davies
Davies, WilliamLlandrillo8son of Robert & Catherine Davies
Davies, HenryLlandrillo7son of Robert & Catherine Davies
Davies, JohnLlandrillo1son of Robert & Catherine Davies, died on board
Davies, John E.Mountain Ash30
Davies, SeliaMountain Ash26wife of John E. Davies
Davies, JohnMountain Ashinfantson of John E. & Selia Davies
Davies, ThomasAberdare40
Davies, EleanorAberdare38(second) wife of Thomas Davies
Davies, DavidAberdare18son of Thomas Davies (1st marriage)
Davies, HannahAberdare16daughter of Thomas Davies (1st marriage)
Davies, ElizabethAberdare11daughter of Thomas Davies (1st marriage)
Davies, AnnAberdare7daughter of Thomas Davies (1st marriage)
Davies, WilliamLiverpool, England36
Ellis, JohnLiverpool, England38
Ellis, ThomasLiverpool, England36
Ellis, RichardLlanfechain, Llanfyllin27
Ellis, FrancesLlanfechain, Llanfyllin27
Evans, DanielMountain Ash27
Evans, MaryMountain Ash23wife of Daniel Evans
Evans, ElizabethMountain Ash5daughter of Daniel & Mary Evans
Evans, John DanielMountain Ash3son of Daniel & Mary Evans
Evans, Thomas Pennant (Twmi Dimol)Manchester, England29crew
Greene, Dr. Thomas William NassauLiverpool, England21crew (ships' doctor)
Harris, ThomasMountain Ash31
Harris, SaraMountain Ash31wife of Thomas Harris
Harris, WilliamMountain Ash11son of Thomas & Sara Harris
Harris, JohnMountain Ash6son of Thomas & Sara Harris
Harris, ThomasMountain Ash5son of Thomas & Sara Harris
Harris, DanielMountain Ashinfantson of Thomas & Sara Harris
Hughes, CatherineBirkenhead, England24
Hughes, GriffithRhosllannerchrugog36
Hughes, MaryRhosllannerchrugog36wife of Griffith Hughes
Hughes, JaneRhosllannerchrugog11daughter of Griffith & Mary Hughes
Hughes, GriffithRhosllannerchrugog9son of Griffith & Mary Hughes
Hughes, DavidRhosllannerchrugog6son of Griffith & Mary Hughes
Hughes, JohnRhosllannerchrugog30
Hughes, ElizabethRhosllannerchrugog 39wife of John Hughes
Hughes, William JohnRhosllannerchrugog10son of John & Elizabeth Hughes
Hughes, Myfanwy MaryRhosllannerchrugog4son of John & Elizabeth Hughes
Hughes, John SamuelRhosllannerchrugog2son of John & Elizabeth Hughes
Hughes, HenryRhosllannerchrugog1son of John & Elizabeth Hughes
Hughes (Cadfan), Hugh J.Liverpool, England 41
Hughes, ElizabethLiverpool, England40wife of Hugh Hughes
Hughes, JaneLiverpool, England20daughter of Hugh & Elizabeth Hughes
Hughes, DavidLiverpool, England6son of Hugh & Elizabeth Hughes
Hughes, LlewelynLiverpool, England4son of Hugh & Elizabeth Hughes
Hughes, RichardCaernarfon20
Hughes, WilliamAnglesey32
Hughes, JaneAnglesey32wife of William Hughes
Hughes, JaneAngleseyinfantdaughter of William & Jane Hughes
Hughes, WilliamAbergynolwyn33widower, married Ann Lewis on board
Humphreys, MorrisGanllwyd, Dolgellau27
Humphreys, Elizabeth HarrietGanllwyd, Dolgellau21wife of Maurice Humphreys
Humphreys, LewisGanllwyd, Dolgellau27
Humphreys, JohnGanllwyd, Dolgellau22
Huws, RhydderchManchester, England33
Huws, SaraManchester, England37wife of Rhydderch Huws
Huws, MeurigManchester, England4son of Rhydderch & Sara Huws
Jenkins, AaronMountain Ash35
Jenkins, RachelMountain Ash32née Evans
Jenkins, JamesMountain Ash2son of Aaron & Rachel Jenkins, died on board
Jenkins, RichardMountain Ash1son of Aaron & Rachel Jenkins
Jenkins, Rachel  daughter of Aaron & Rachel Jenkins, born on board
Jenkins, ThomasMountain Ash23
Jenkins, WilliamMountain Ash18
John, DavidMountain Ash31
John, Mary AnnAberdare24
Jones, EvanAberdare19son of Eleanor Davies (1st marriage)
Jones, ThomasAberdare15son of Eleanor Davies (1st marriage)
Jones, DavidAberdare13son of Eleanor Davies (1st marriage)
Jones, ElizabethAberdare12daughter of Eleanor Davies (1st marriage)
Jones, ElizabethMountain Ash 
Jones, AnneBethesda23
Jones, GeorgeLiverpool, England16
Jones, DavidLiverpool, England18
Jones, JamesMountain Ash27
Jones, SarahMountain Ash24wife of James Jones
Jones, Mary AnneMountain Ash3daughter of James & Sarah Jones
Jones, JamesMountain Ash1son of James & Sarah Jones
Jones, JohnMountain Ash61
Jones, ElizabethMountain Ash53
Jones, Richard (Berwyn)New York, USA27crew (purser)
Jones, RichardMountain Ash21son of John & Elizabeth Jones
Jones, AnnMountain Ash18daughter of John & Elizabeth Jones
Jones, MargaretMountain Ash14daughter of John & Elizabeth Jones
Jones, John (jnr)Mountain Ash28
Jones, MaryMountain Ash27née Morgan, wife of John Jones (jnr)
Jones, Morgan  son of John & Mary Jones, born on board The Mimosa
Jones, Thomas HarriesMountain Ash16
Jones, Joseph SethDenbigh20
Jones, JoshuaCwmaman, Aberdare22
Lewis JonesLiverpool, England28advance party
Jones, EllenLiverpool, England25wife of Lewis Jones, advance party
Jones, MaryMountain Ash22
Jones, StephenCaernarfon18
Jones (Bedol), William R.Bala31
Jones, CatherineBala31wife of William R. Jones
Jones, Mary AnnBala4daughter of William R. & Catherine Jones
Jones, JaneBala1daughter of William R. & Catherine Jones
Lewis, AnneAbergynolwyn35née Pugh, widow, married William Hughes on board
Lewis, MaryMountain Ash 
Matthews, AbrahamAberdare32
Matthews, GwenllianAberdare23wife of Abraham Matthews
Matthews, Mary AnnieAberdare1
Morgan, JohnPen-y-Garn, Aberystwyth29
Nagle, RobertBirkenhead, England,22crew (passenger steward)
Owen, AnnLiverpool, England
Price, EdwardLiverpool, England41
Price, MarthaLiverpool, England38wife of Edward Price
Price, EdwardLiverpool, England16son of Edward & Martha Price
Price, MarthaLiverpool, England2daughter of Edward & Martha Price
Price, GriffithFfestiniog27
Pritchard, ElizabethHolyhead20
Rhys, James BerryFfestiniog23
Rhys, William ThomasTrevethin25
Richards, WilliamMountain Ash19
Roberts, Edwyn CynrigNannerch & Wigan, England27advance party
Roberts, ElizabethBangor, Wales19
Roberts, GraceBethesda25
Roberts, John MoelwynFfestiniog20
Roberts, John,Ffestiniog27
Roberts, MaryFfestiniog27wife of John Roberts
Roberts, MaryFfestiniogdaughter of John & Mary Roberts
Roberts, ThomasFfestiniog2son of John & Mary Roberts
Roberts, JohnFfestinioginfantson of John & Mary Roberts
Roberts, WilliamSeacombe, Liverpool, England17
Solomon, GriffithFfestiniog23
Solomon, ElizabethFfestiniog30wife of Griffith Solomon
Solomon, ElizabethFfestiniog1daughter of Griffith & Elizabeth Solomon, died on board
Thomas, John MurrayBridgend, Wales17
Thomas, RobertBangor, Wales29
Thomas, MaryBangor, Wales30wife of Robert Thomas
Thomas, MaryBangor, Wales5daughter of Robert & Mary Thomas
Thomas, Catherine JaneBangor, Wales2daughter of Robert & Mary Thomas, died on board
Thomas, ThomasMountain Ash26
Williams, AmosBangor, Wales25crew (passenger cook)
Williams, EleanorBangor, Wales24wife of Amos Williams
Williams, ElizabethBangor, Walesdaughter of Amos & Eleanor Williams
Williams, DafyddAberystwyth 
Williams, JaneLiverpool, England24
Williams, JohnBirkenhead, England36
Williams, ElizabethBirkenhead, England31wife of John Williams
Williams, JohnBirkenhead, England4son of John & Elizabeth Williams
Williams, ElizabethBirkenhead, England2daughter of John & Elizabeth Williams
Williams, Watkin W. PritchardBirkenhead, England33
Williams, Elizabeth LouisaBirkenhead, England30
Williams, Watkin WesleyBirkenhead, England27
Williams, CatherineBirkenhead, England
Williams, Robert MeirionLlanfairfechan51
Williams, Richard HowellLlanfairfechan18son of Robert Meirion Williams
Williams, ThomasMountain Ash60
Williams, Mary,Mountain Ash55
Williams, WilliamLiverpool, England20
Wood, ElizabethLiverpool, England11

Bibliography

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Wilkinson, Susan (2007). Mimosa: the life & times of the ship that sailed to Patagonia. Talibont, Ceredigion [Wales]: Ylolfa. pp. 57–60, 69. ISBN 978-0-86243-952-1. Retrieved Feb 15, 2011.
  2. ↑ Aberdeen City Council (2010). "Aberdeen Built Ships". Aberdeen Ships, Mimosa. Retrieved Feb 15, 2011.
  3. ↑ Buenos Aires Herald, Sep 1998
  4. ↑ "Wales and Argentina". Wales.com website. Welsh Assembly Government. 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  5. ↑ Berresford Ellis, Peter (1983). The Celtic revolution: a study in anti-imperialism. Talybont: Y Lolfa. pp. 175–178. ISBN 0-86243-096-8.

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