Genealogy Chat

Hello Im looking for a rellie who arrived in New South Wales from England app 1870. Where do i start? Thankyou Sharmala.

What information do you have so far?

Put a name on here and change the title of your thread to include the words Australian Passenger Lookup. Rose

You could try here, but passenger lists are scattered all over the place, and people heading for NSW may have taken a boat for Queensland or elsewhere. http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/assisted_immigrants_1839-96_366.asp

You could look for their death in the on-line indexes (to 1976) at www.bdm.nsw.gov.au and work backwards from there. As Mary said - If they came as an assisted migrant (paid only part of their passage costs) they should be in the on-line immigration indexes at www.records.nsw.gov.au (on-line indexes) If the came as 'unassisted or free' arrivals, the shipping reports of arrivals to NSW are being privately transcribed at www.mariners.records.nsw.gov.au, that period nearly finished now. Happy Hunting Di in Sydney, New South Wales.

Thanks everyone for your replies sorry not to get back to you last night little girl poorly. I shall try those sugg out, i do hav a copy of his death and marriage cert he was born in middlesex in 1848 and married in NSW in 1872, died in 1874 (accident) this cert says he was in the colony for 4 years, not sure what colony means! so i put his year of arrival as 1870 dont know if he was transported or not, his occup was a meat processing manager.on marr and death cert`s Thanks again Sharmala.

Hi Shamala 'In the colony' means he lived in the colony of NSW for 4 years, arriving approx 1870. 'transportation' means sent out as a convict. That ended in the 1850s. He would have been either an assisted migrant (is paid part of his passage and either the govt or a sponsor paid the rest) or a free migrant. Assisted migrants are indexed on the State Records website - more information is held in the microfilmed records. Free passengers are being indexed at mariners.records.nsw.gov.au, volunteers transcribing the lists provided by the ships captains as they arrived in Sydney. If you tell me his name, I will look for his arrival if you like Di

Thanks very much Di. i havent the first clue about this! ok his name is Alfred Kneller born 1848 in Spitalfields, Middlesex He married west maitland NSW and died Shamrock hill maitland NSW. He was Butcher Thanks Sharmala. Have to go out shortly but will check back later.

Hi Sharmala, Alfred Kneller arrived in Sydney on the ship 'Strathnaver' on 22 April 1870. He and the Loftus family were the only passengers. (www.mariners.records.nsw.gov.au and search for Kneller, there are only two) The NSW index shows he (indexed Knelloc) married Emily J Edwards (the index shows Eunity I - the writing must be hard to read) at Maitland in 1872. Maitland was a large inland port town on the Hunter River. Alfred and Emily had a son Alfred George Kneller in 1874 and he died in 1919 at West Mailtand. Emily Jane Kneller died at Marrickville (in Sydney) in 1936. Hope this helps - Di

thanks so much di i wonder why they were the only travellers? and i wonder also if the loftus family are connected at all so would that mean he paid his own way there then? Thanks again Sharmala.

Possibly a cargo ship - they didnt carry so many passengers as a passenger vessel. You could try googling the ships name.

Hi again I have no idea why there were so few passengers arriving on that particular voyage. Looking at the other voyages of the Strathnaver (1866-1874) there was a varying amount of passengers - from just a few to about 30. Perhaps they called at Melbourne and most of the passengers disembarked then, or had more cargo to carry, or perhaps not many relished the thought of leaving England in mid-winter. Diane