Forum: Emigration

I have recently been in touch with the nephew-in-law of my great-grandfather who has said that my great-grandfather and 5 of his siblings were sent to Canada as orphans after their mother died in 1910 and their father was unable to care for them (I think the reason was active service during WWI). ...

There are many family histories including George Gardiner (b. 1599/1600, son of The Rev. Michael Gardiner and Margaret Brown). The problem is, there may be two of them. There is a marriage to Sarah Slaughter in London, 1630, with two sons Edward and Robert, b. abt. 1631 and 1633. This story has...

Hi everyone My apologies if I have posted this in the wrong place and if I have I will thank the moderator in advance for moving it. I have just discovered that my ancestor Peter Alcock was sent to the prison hulk Dolphin before his transportation to Australia in 1830. I am aware of the details...

Approximately 125,000 children were sent to Canada from England, under the Child Immigration scheme from 1833-1939. These boys and girls ranged in age from toddlers to adolescents and were all unaccompanied by their parents even though only one-third of them were orphans. Most emigrant children...

Charles August Pierre-Humbert and his wife (Marie nee Messerly) and family migrated from Europe to Victoria Australia about 1850-1860. One child was born at sea en-route to Australia. Could sks tell me when they sailed, from which port (Europe or England)? They were born in Switzerland about...

FMP has ships passenger lists to 1960. On June 2, 1950 3 men named Jones travelled from Liverpool to Halifax on board the GEOGIC which was a Cunard/White Star line ship. 2 were listed on page 12 and 1 on page 25. I believe all 3 3 were related - as follows - the 2 on page 12 may be the...

I am able to help with any lookups for anyone who had ancestors that came to the NATAL region in South Africa.

HELLO I am enquiring about my great grandfather Donald Campbell. There is a family reunion organised which i was excited about only to find Donald's family details are missing from the tree. The purpose of my wanting to go was to gain this information :sweatdrop: So can anyone tell me where i may...

Hi - Can anyone help with a record of Alec and Sylvia Allen and their two daughters, names unknown, emigrating to Australia in the late 1940s? Both Alec and Sylvia are now deceased. They are believe to have married in Mitcham, South London, during WW2 although no record can be found. Any ideas...

Charles Merrifield left Coxley, Wells, Somerset area and ended up in Montana. His father died in Coxley and his mother remarried the following qtr in 1885. He declares on the US census in 1890 that he arrived there in 1886 so maybe there's a connection between the father's death and his...

Am hoping you can confirm my thinking... an ancestor of mine emigrated to canada - there is a record of her and her family departing England and disembarking at Quebec destined for Toronto in 1911. Through b m and d of children it's then possible to trace her and hubby in Toronto throughout the...

I haven't looked for Emanuel for some time now as he had me baffled. I realise now there are avenues or oceans that may need to be explored to find the elusive Emanuel Twidle. Emanuel does not appear on any official census or BMD records yet he is does appear on the parish records for Kingston...

Charles Cave, wife Susannah Darby and 10 of his 11 children emigrated from Stoke-sub-Hamden (The Priory Farm) in 1849. I have been unable to find any record of them in passenger lists. Australian National Library also struck a blank. Is there anywhere in UK I can look or ask researchers to look?...

1841 H0107/356/2 folio 4 p2 - Barnwood, Gloucester shows James Workman Ag. Lab 50 with wife Elizabeth 40. Sons: Charles 15, William 13 and Thomas 7. Also daughters Elizabeth 18? Anne 8, Maryann 5 and Sarah 2. 1871 RG10/2610/93/44 - Wootton St. Mary, Gloucs shows: WILLIAM Workman 44 Labourer...

Hi, I am trying to trace the records relating to Francis Robert Thompson - Gunner Royal Horse artillery and his family - I know of two born in bangalore Frances Eliza (1881) and Rose Maud (born 1885 - my grandmother). Francis is shown as father deceased on the mariage certs back in the UK...

I have a little family that disappears after 1861 but I have just noticed an incoming voyage from South Africa and I am wondering if emigration could be the reason. This is what I have Thomas Fricker b 1830 Bradford on Avon, Wilts 1841 Bradford on Avon ...