Hi Diane,
Was that the voyage that arrived about 17th February 1848?? That's the only one that includes buttisted immigrants to Sydney so I'm presuming that it is.
Are you aware that there were what was clbutted as 214 Government Immigrants and 4 pbuttengers on the ship from Plymouth - the ship came to Melbourne first , arriving 24th January, then departed for Sydney on 1st 2nd February with 1 pbuttenger and 94 bounty emigrants, arriving Sydney 17th February.
It's possible that if the story is correct about the widowed mother being Matron to other children, some of them may have got off in Melbourne.
Help from Melbourne VictoriaHi Donald, Dubhsith Macphie As a previous suggestion - the National Archives website will enable you to look for pbuttenger arrivals, and perhaps to other records as well. Australians in those days were British...
A paid Matron was quite normal on voyages like this - generally to keep the sailors and single men out of the single womens quarters!
Help from Melbourne VictoriaCAN ANYONE HELP? I am trying to obtain details of the youngest son of Donald Macphie FEIS, schoolmaster of Cumbernauld public school, a Duncan Love...
A person filling such a role was often mentioned at the end of the pbuttenger list after births, rests etc. on board. There were a mulbreastude of roles filles by pbuttengers for which they were paid a token fee. Some roles included buttistant to the cook, buttistant to the doctor, matron etc.
Have you checked BOTH lists - i.e. the Victorian one as well as the New South Wales one as they will obviously be considerably different.
Hope that helps ....... Susie Z
an buttisted migrant. their 20s, only 5 families were on this voyage, which includes the family I am researching. came out as matron to a number of young people seeking relatives or work in the colony. Also on board was a schoolmaster, whom she later married. arrival - perhaps there was an article alerting relatives when it arrived in Sydney.
