Mimosa (ship)

Short description: British clipper ship

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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]

Mimosa was a clipper ship that gained fame for carrying the first Welsh emigrants to South America in 1865.

## Contents

* 1 Voyage to Patagonia
* 2 Welsh emigrants aboard Mimosa
* 3 1865 settlers
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 Bibliography
* 7 External links

## Voyage to Patagonia

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

Mimosa had already seen many years of service by the time it transported Welsh emigrants to Patagonia, South America. The ship was built in 1853 at Hall's shipyard in Aberdeen. Although the ship wasn't designed to carry passengers, it was converted for that purpose before the voyage. 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.[2] 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 28 May 1865 to Patagonia, South America with a group of about 153 passengers with Captain George Pepperell and a crew of 18. The ship's surgeon for the voyage was Thomas Greene, an Irishman from Kildare. They landed on 28 July 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 15 September 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 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.[3] The Welsh-Argentine colony, which became known as Y Wladfa, remains centered on Gaiman, Trelew and Trevelin.[4]

## 1865 settlers

Name | Assembly point | Given age | Note

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Austin, Thomas | Mountain Ash | 17 |
Austin, William | Mountain Ash | 18 |
Davies, Evan | Aberdare | 25 |
Davies, Ann | Aberdare | 24 | wife of Evan Davies
Davies, Margaret Ann | Aberdare | 1 | daughter of Evan & Ann Davies
Davies, James (Iago Dafydd) | Brynmawr | 18 |
Davies, John (Ioan Dafydd) | Mountain Ash | 18 |
| llanrwst | 11 |
Davies, Rachel | Aberystwyth | 28 | wife of Lewis Davies
Davies, Thomas G. | Aberystwyth | 3 | son of Rachel and Lewis Davies
Davies, Robert | Llandrillo | 40 |
Davies, Catherine | Llandrillo | 38 | wife of Robert Davies
Davies, William | Llandrillo | 8 | son of Robert & Catherine Davies
Davies, Henry | Llandrillo | 7 | son of Robert & Catherine Davies
Davies, John | Llandrillo | 1 | son of Robert & Catherine Davies, died on board
Davies, John E. | Mountain Ash | 30 |
Davies, Selia | Mountain Ash | 26 | wife of John E. Davies
Davies, John | Mountain Ash | infant | son of John E. & Selia Davies
Davies, Thomas | Aberdare | 40 |
Davies, Eleanor | Aberdare | 38 | (second) wife of Thomas Davies
Davies, David | Aberdare | 18 | son of Thomas Davies (1st marriage)
Davies, Hannah | Aberdare | 16 | daughter of Thomas Davies (1st marriage)
Davies, Elizabeth | Aberdare | 11 | daughter of Thomas Davies (1st marriage)
Davies, Ann | Aberdare | 7 | daughter of Thomas Davies (1st marriage)
Davies, William | Liverpool, England | 36 |
Ellis, John | Liverpool, England | 38 |
Ellis, Thomas | Liverpool, England | 36 |
Ellis, Richard | Llanfechain, Llanfyllin | 27 |
Ellis, Frances | Llanfechain, Llanfyllin | 27 |
Evans, Daniel | Mountain Ash | 27 |
Evans, Mary | Mountain Ash | 23 | wife of Daniel Evans
Evans, Elizabeth | Mountain Ash | 5 | daughter of Daniel & Mary Evans
Evans, John Daniel | Mountain Ash | 3 | son of Daniel & Mary Evans
Evans, Thomas Pennant (Twmi Dimol) | Manchester, England | 29 | crew
Greene, Dr. Thomas William Nassau | Liverpool, England | 21 | crew (ships' doctor)
Harris, Thomas | Mountain Ash | 31 |
Harris, Sara | Mountain Ash | 31 | wife of Thomas Harris
Harris, William | Mountain Ash | 11 | son of Thomas & Sara Harris
Harris, John | Mountain Ash | 6 | son of Thomas & Sara Harris
Harris, Thomas | Mountain Ash | 5 | son of Thomas & Sara Harris
Harris, Daniel | Mountain Ash | infant | son of Thomas & Sara Harris
Hughes, Catherine | Birkenhead, England | 24 |
Hughes, Griffith | Rhosllannerchrugog | 36 |
Hughes, Mary | Rhosllannerchrugog | 36 | wife of Griffith Hughes
Hughes, Jane | Rhosllannerchrugog | 11 | daughter of Griffith & Mary Hughes
Hughes, Griffith | Rhosllannerchrugog | 9 | son of Griffith & Mary Hughes
Hughes, David | Rhosllannerchrugog | 6 | son of Griffith & Mary Hughes
Hughes, John | Rhosllannerchrugog | 30 |
Hughes, Elizabeth | Rhosllannerchrugog | 39 | wife of John Hughes
Hughes, William John | Rhosllannerchrugog | 10 | son of John & Elizabeth Hughes
Hughes, Myfanwy Mary | Rhosllannerchrugog | 4 | son of John & Elizabeth Hughes
Hughes, John Samuel | Rhosllannerchrugog | 2 | son of John & Elizabeth Hughes
Hughes, Henry | Rhosllannerchrugog | 1 | son of John & Elizabeth Hughes
Hughes (Cadfan), Hugh J. | Liverpool, England | 41 |
Hughes, Elizabeth | Liverpool, England | 40 | wife of Hugh Hughes
Hughes, Jane | Liverpool, England | 20 | daughter of Hugh & Elizabeth Hughes
Hughes, David | Liverpool, England | 6 | son of Hugh & Elizabeth Hughes
Hughes, Llewelyn | Liverpool, England | 4 | son of Hugh & Elizabeth Hughes
Hughes, Richard | Caernarfon | 20 |
Hughes, William | Anglesey | 32 |
Hughes, Jane | Anglesey | 32 | wife of William Hughes
Hughes, Jane | Anglesey | infant | daughter of William & Jane Hughes
Hughes, William | Abergynolwyn | 33 | widower, married Ann Lewis on board
Humphreys, Morris | Ganllwyd, Dolgellau | 27 |
Humphreys, Elizabeth Harriet | Ganllwyd, Dolgellau | 21 | wife of Maurice Humphreys
Humphreys, Lewis | Ganllwyd, Dolgellau | 27 |
Humphreys, John | Ganllwyd, Dolgellau | 22 |
Huws, Rhydderch | Manchester, England | 33 |
Huws, Sara | Manchester, England | 37 | wife of Rhydderch Huws
Huws, Meurig | Manchester, England | 4 | son of Rhydderch & Sara Huws
Jenkins, Aaron | Mountain Ash | 35 |
Jenkins, Rachel | Mountain Ash | 32 | née Evans
Jenkins, James | Mountain Ash | 2 | son of Aaron & Rachel Jenkins, died on board
Jenkins, Richard | Mountain Ash | 1 | son of Aaron & Rachel Jenkins
Jenkins, Rachel |  |  | daughter of Aaron & Rachel Jenkins, born on board
Jenkins, Thomas | Mountain Ash | 23 |
Jenkins, William | Mountain Ash | 18 |
John, David | Mountain Ash | 31 |
John, Mary Ann | Aberdare | 24 |
Jones, Evan | Aberdare | 19 | son of Eleanor Davies (1st marriage)
Jones, Thomas | Aberdare | 15 | son of Eleanor Davies (1st marriage)
Jones, David | Aberdare | 13 | son of Eleanor Davies (1st marriage)
Jones, Elizabeth | Aberdare | 12 | daughter of Eleanor Davies (1st marriage)
Jones, Elizabeth | Mountain Ash |  |
Jones, Anne | Bethesda | 23 |
Jones, George | Liverpool, England | 16 |
Jones, David | Liverpool, England | 18 |
Jones, James | Mountain Ash | 27 |
Jones, Sarah | Mountain Ash | 24 | wife of James Jones
Jones, Mary Anne | Mountain Ash | 3 | daughter of James & Sarah Jones
Jones, James | Mountain Ash | 1 | son of James & Sarah Jones
Jones, John | Mountain Ash | 61 |
Jones, Elizabeth | Mountain Ash | 53 |
Jones, Richard (Berwyn) | New York, United States | 27 | crew (purser)
Jones, Richard | Mountain Ash | 21 | son of John & Elizabeth Jones
Jones, Ann | Mountain Ash | 18 | daughter of John & Elizabeth Jones
Jones, Margaret | Mountain Ash | 14 | daughter of John & Elizabeth Jones
Jones, John (jnr) | Mountain Ash | 28 |
Jones, Mary | Mountain Ash | 27 | née Morgan, wife of John Jones (jnr)
Jones, Morgan |  |  | son of John & Mary Jones, born on board Mimosa
Jones, Thomas Harries | Mountain Ash | 16 |
Jones, Joseph Seth | Denbigh | 20 |
Jones, Joshua | Cwmaman, Aberdare | 22 |
Lewis Jones | Liverpool, England | 28 | advance party
Jones, Ellen | Liverpool, England | 25 | wife of Lewis Jones, advance party
Jones, Mary | Mountain Ash | 22 |
Jones, Stephen | Caernarfon | 18 |
Jones (Bedol), William R. | Bala | 31 |
Jones, Catherine | Bala | 31 | wife of William R. Jones
Jones, Mary Ann | Bala | 4 | daughter of William R. & Catherine Jones
Jones, Jane | Bala | 1 | daughter of William R. & Catherine Jones
Lewis, Anne | Abergynolwyn | 35 | née Pugh, widow, married William Hughes on board
Lewis, Mary | Mountain Ash |  |
Matthews, Abraham | Aberdare | 32 |
Matthews, Gwenllian | Aberdare | 23 | wife of Abraham Matthews
Matthews, Mary Annie | Aberdare | 1 |
Morgan, John | Pen-y-Garn, Aberystwyth | 29 |
Nagle, Robert | Birkenhead, England, | 22 | crew (passenger steward)
Owen, Ann | Liverpool, England |  |
Price, Edward | Liverpool, England | 41 |
Price, Martha | Liverpool, England | 38 | wife of Edward Price
Price, Edward | Liverpool, England | 16 | son of Edward & Martha Price
Price, Martha | Liverpool, England | 2 | daughter of Edward & Martha Price
Price, Griffith | Ffestiniog | 27 |
Pritchard, Elizabeth | Holyhead | 20 |
Rhys, James Berry | Ffestiniog | 23 |
Rhys, William Thomas | Trevethin | 25 |
Richards, William | Mountain Ash | 19 |
Roberts, Edwyn Cynrig | Nannerch & Wigan, England | 27 | advance party
Roberts, Elizabeth | Bangor, Wales | 19 |
Roberts, Grace | Bethesda | 25 |
Roberts, John Moelwyn | Ffestiniog | 20 |
Roberts, John, | Ffestiniog | 27 |
Roberts, Mary | Ffestiniog | 27 | wife of John Roberts
Roberts, Mary | Ffestiniog |  | daughter of John & Mary Roberts
Roberts, Thomas | Ffestiniog | 2 | son of John & Mary Roberts
Roberts, John | Ffestiniog | infant | son of John & Mary Roberts
Roberts, William | Seacombe, Liverpool, England | 17 |
Solomon, Griffith | Ffestiniog | 23 |
Solomon, Elizabeth | Ffestiniog | 30 | wife of Griffith Solomon
Solomon, Elizabeth | Ffestiniog | 1 | daughter of Griffith & Elizabeth Solomon, died on board
Thomas, John Murray | Bridgend, Wales | 17 |
Thomas, Robert | Bangor, Wales | 29 |
Thomas, Mary | Bangor, Wales | 30 | wife of Robert Thomas
Thomas, Mary | Bangor, Wales | 5 | daughter of Robert & Mary Thomas
Thomas, Catherine Jane | Bangor, Wales | 2 | daughter of Robert & Mary Thomas, died on board
Thomas, Thomas | Mountain Ash | 26 |
Williams, Amos | Bangor, Wales | 25 | crew (passenger cook)
Williams, Eleanor | Bangor, Wales | 24 | wife of Amos Williams
Williams, Elizabeth | Bangor, Wales |  | daughter of Amos & Eleanor Williams
Williams, Dafydd | Aberystwyth |  |
Williams, Jane | Liverpool, England | 24 |
Williams, John | Birkenhead, England | 36 |
Williams, Elizabeth | Birkenhead, England | 31 | wife of John Williams
Williams, John | Birkenhead, England | 4 | son of John & Elizabeth Williams
Williams, Elizabeth | Birkenhead, England | 2 | daughter of John & Elizabeth Williams
Williams, Watkin W. Pritchard | Birkenhead, England | 33 |
Williams, Elizabeth Louisa | Birkenhead, England | 30 |
Williams, Watkin Wesley | Birkenhead, England | 27 |
Williams, Catherine | Birkenhead, England |  |
Williams, Robert Meirion | Llanfairfechan | 51 |
Williams, Richard Howell | Llanfairfechan | 18 | son of Robert Meirion Williams
Williams, Thomas | Mountain Ash | 60 |
Williams, Mary, | Mountain Ash | 55 |
Williams, William | Liverpool, England | 20 |
Wood, Elizabeth | Liverpool, England | 11 |

## See also

* Welsh Tract
* Welsh colonization of the Americas

## References

1. ↑ 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=OscUpqaBzPoC&q=mimosa+clipper&pg=PA57. Retrieved 15 Feb 2011.
2. ↑ Buenos Aires Herald, Sep 1998
3. ↑ "Wales and Argentina". Wales.com website. Welsh Assembly Government. 2008. http://www.wales.com/en/content/cms/english/wales_and_argentina/wales_and_argentina.aspx.
4. ↑ Berresford Ellis, Peter (1983). The Celtic revolution: a study in anti-imperialism. Talybont: Y Lolfa. pp. 175–178. ISBN 0-86243-096-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=cfQRcvqSW7UC&q="Y+Wladfa"&pg=PA176.

## Bibliography

* Susan Wilkinson - Mimosa: the life & times of the ship that sailed to Patagonia (Y Lolfa, 2007)
* Susan Wilkinson - Mimosa's Voyages: Official Logs, Crew List and Masters (Y Lolfa, 2007)
* Clare Dudman - A Place of Meadows and Tall Trees (Seren, 2010) - Novel based on the voyage and settlement.

## External links

* Project-Hiraeth – Documents the stories of the Welsh colony in Patagonia, Argentina through film, text and illustration.
* Photograph of Mimosa passengers in 1890
* Ticket of Rev. Abraham Matthews for journey to Patagonia
* The Wales-Argentina Society website

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