Forum: Emigration

Hi does anyone have access to passenger lists from Ireland, I am looking pre 1886, My G Grandmother is listed on census as birth Mayo Ireland, when my grandfather was born-1886- she was living Manchester and continued to live there until she died. Her name was Margaret King-I presume, she is...

In conjunction with an Australian cousin I'm trying to research a James KENNEDY and family who emigrated from Perthshire to Australia in 1839 under a government scheme, on board the "David Clark". This ship was notable in being the first direct voyage from Britain to Port Phillip - previously...

Can anybody help me find a death of Mary Emma (known as Emma) Wurker. I know she went to Canada in 1905, following her husband Fred Wurker. They lived in Ingersol, I believe, with their family. Emma was born in Sheffield in 1882/3 Marg E L born 1901 in London Florence L born Jan 1906...

Hi folks, I have ancestors who came to Scotland from Ireland. One couple from Co Donegal came to Scotland sometime between 1920 and 1929 as they were married in Donegal in 1920 but by the time their son (my dad) was born in 1929 they were living in Scotland. Another branch of the tree came from...

Does anyone have access to the Pennsylvania passenger lists and could look a name or two up for me? |help| I am specifically looking for Henry Smith, coal miner b 1848 in Dudley, Worcestershire (but at time of leaving he was living in Snydale, West Yorkshire). Henry would either be on his own or...

Dear All, This whole emigration bit is completely new to me. Haven't had anyone up until now. So, I have a family on the passenger list from Uk To Australia departing in April 1951 on a ship bound for Sydney. In the end column against their names it says New Zealand. It names 3 family members...

Here goes, I am a greenie at this site so will give it a try. I would like to find out what date and ship the Catmull family sailed from England on if possible. William Betts Catmull and wife Jane along with 4 small sons left England between 1852 -1855 and settled in Melbourne where a...

Is there anywhere I can look up emmigrations from UK to Oz in late 1800s early 1900s? Thanks

Hello there I do not have a worldwide membership on Ancestry and wondered if somebody who does could check a possible emigration for me please. I can see an entry for an E H Payne but cannot view the content. It says arrival port Boston and onto Halifax Nova Scotia I am looking for Edwin H...

Hi all I am sure this is a question that has been asked many times before, but I have found a relative who was previously eluding me, in Tasmania and want to find out more about passenger lists. The Public Record of Victoria INdex to unassisted Inward Passenger lists shows him arriving in June...

I have lost Welcome Hierons and his wife Mary Ann (married 1872 Brentford Middx). I have them up until the 1871 censuses but nothing afterwards. I have looked on A* emigration lists and there is a Mr Hierons, followed by a Mrs A Hierons. I do not have the subsciptions which covers these so am...

Hi, My grandmother's father emigrated to Janesville WI in 1925(ish), but she was told he had died (not emigrated), the truth only emerged 70 yrs later when her sister died and papers were found. The story goes that George J. Copeland emigrated and his wife Florence and 2 daughters had passage...

I'm looking for the (incoming) passenger records for a Martha Mary Watson Robertson (born in 1893 in Dumbarton) who apparently returned from New Zealand to the UK in 1928 to learn how to 'housekeep' (seems she had servants before migrating to New Zealand!) Also on the voyage were two children...

Giovannina Carrociero left Canada on the Duchess of York from Monteal to Tilbury, she had been there almost a year (from her home in Mile End Old Town) and had supposedly been employed as a domestic either to her sister or staying at her sister's house. Could anyone please tell me if there would...

Hi Folks My grandfather Thomas Flaherty (born 1888) travelled to South Africa in April 1922. He was a musician travelling with a group of other musicians. We know he came back to the UK ,possibly as early as 1926, but we don't know when, does anyone have access to Incoming passenger records. ...

Ellis Island was the chief port of entry to the USA from 1892 onwards. You can find records for persons entering the USA prior to that date at : castlegarden.org David

Hi, I'm trying to trace my uncle Tom King b. 9th Feb 1918 in Glasgow, who emigrated to Canada in Nov 1948. He was a draftsman, and sailed from Liverpool to Nova Scotia. I know he married a lady called Sally (don't know when) or wether they had children but I do know they divorced. I think he...