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Passenger List 1839 to Australia

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Dixie

Dixie Report 10 Jul 2014 09:07

Hi - looking for relatives who left the UK on the Rajastan on 27 October 1839 arriving in Port Adelaide on 6 February 1840. Can you please advise where to look up passengers' names and find their applications to migrate?
thanks and regards

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 10 Jul 2014 09:17

http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/1840Rajasthan.htm

(google brings up above)

Chris :)

Dixie

Dixie Report 11 Jul 2014 04:08

Hi Chris - thanks for link. Yes I have found them on this but trying to establish where both John and wife Elizabeth were born. regards Dixie

jax

jax Report 11 Jul 2014 15:18

Without knowing their surnames it would be difficult trying to help you

Do their death certs give any clues to their parents or where born?

Researching:
Nothing much

Dixie

Dixie Report 12 Jul 2014 02:48

Hi jax
thanks for taking the time to respond. I do have the names John Wood and Elizabeth Garside. One record advises they arrived on the Rajastan but another contact has advised they arrived on the Baboo. However I don't think they did arrive on Baboo
because a son Alexander was born on 20/2/1840 - 2 weeks after they arrived. This birth is recorded in SA. I haven't checked the death records yet for John Wood but will continue to look for that and see if that enlightens me at all.
However I believe there are records held perhaps in the UK archives, regarding applications to come to Australia. These records contain a fair bit of information but I not sure if they are accessible digitally. thanks and regards. :-S

BeverleyW

BeverleyW Report 12 Jul 2014 07:41

WOOD John, Elizabeth GARSIDE, Dau arrived 1840-03-10 on Baboo from Liverpool 1839-11-24 [Source:2,4,7,21,29,41]

WOOD John, Elizabeth GARSIDE, parents of child born 1840-02-18 named Alexander at Adelaide

WOOD John, Elizabeth GARSIDE, parents of child born 1842-08-25 named Frederick at Thebarton

WOOD John, Elizabeth GARSIDE, parents of child born 1845-04-18 named Emma at Reed Beds

WOOD John, Elizabeth GARSIDE, parents of child born 1847-10-02 named Mary Jane at Adelaide

WOOD John, Elizabeth GARSIDE, parents of child born 1849-10-18 named Mary Jane at Gilbert


from http://www.familyhistorysa.info/colonists.html

Researching:
Weedon - Australia, Hertfordshire; Paterson - Scotland; Elmer - Huntingdon; Ball, Lloyd, Warren - Birmingham; Branson - Bucks;

BeverleyW

BeverleyW Report 12 Jul 2014 07:42

Also

WOOD John (d aft arr), wife arrived in SA 1840-02-06 aboard Rajasthan from London 1839-10-27 [Source:2,5b,7,10,29]




Passengers arriving 1840-03-10 in SA aboard the Baboo
from Liverpool 1839-11-24, Captain Jas Forrester
WOOD John, Elizabeth GARSIDE, Dau [Sources:2,4,7,21,29,41]

Researching:
Weedon - Australia, Hertfordshire; Paterson - Scotland; Elmer - Huntingdon; Ball, Lloyd, Warren - Birmingham; Branson - Bucks;

BeverleyW

BeverleyW Report 12 Jul 2014 07:46

Sorry but I'm not at all clear what some of those references mean, except that at least one member of the family arrived on the Baboo and other(s) on the Rajahstan - and they had 5 more children in SA.

Researching:
Weedon - Australia, Hertfordshire; Paterson - Scotland; Elmer - Huntingdon; Ball, Lloyd, Warren - Birmingham; Branson - Bucks;

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 12 Jul 2014 08:25

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/emigration.htm

(not sure of Applications?)

Chris :)

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=692223.0

BeverleyW

BeverleyW Report 12 Jul 2014 18:30

I very much doubt that you will find any more information than that provided by Cando on Rootschat. She is a veritable expert.

Researching:
Weedon - Australia, Hertfordshire; Paterson - Scotland; Elmer - Huntingdon; Ball, Lloyd, Warren - Birmingham; Branson - Bucks;

Dixie

Dixie Report 12 Jul 2014 23:22

Thanks BeverleyW, Chris Ho and others for your great assistance and information.
Cando has provided wonderful information on Rootschat and I agree BeverleyW she is an expert.
regards :-)