Forum: Emigration

Does anyone know how I can find emigration lists for this period ? My ancestors Charlotte and Janet Mackay (McKay) travelled there from UK during this time period - Charlotte was back in Scotland by 1901 but no record of Janet, who I assume stayed there. The Ellis Island site doesn't cover this...

Reference to this immigration centre just crossed my desk, and I had never heard of it, so I hope this might be useful to someone. Castle Garden was a Manhattan immigration centre before Ellis Island. Castle Garden at http://www.castlegarden.org/ allows you to search the records of 10 million of...

Looking for information re British Home Children--where are records kept re workhouses in 1879?

My mother has just dropped a nugget of information into the conversation. Apparently she read a few years ago a book about the history of English Governesses in the Empire - South Africa amongst the countries. In it was mention of her grandmother Elizabeth Haffenden who had gone to South Africa as...

I know that two of my grandfathers sisters settled in canada. but i am not sure of the details of their departure. Can anyone suggest where i might start looking? Many thanks.

Recently JanBooth (thanks again) directed me to a family member Joseph Parker (b1821). He dissapeared off any censuses, I've looked at, after his marriage in 1844 to Elizabeth Hopkins (b1819). They subsequently reappear in the 1881 census as 60yrs old with two daughters (29yrs) & (26 yrs) and...

How does one found an ancestor going back to England after emigrating to Canada please?

I'm a decandant of Charles Smith who I believe was born London in 1832. He married Mary Jane Jolly from Cornwall (b.1832). They married in Melbourne Australia, 16 Dec 1852. It was rumoured by some family members many years ago that this Charles Smith was of some relation to the wife of Captain...

There is a list of people from England that applied for passports, is there anywhere you might be able to look at the applications to make sure it is your ancestors that applied for a passport and if it is your ancestolrs application would you be able to get a copy of this application?

This is not exactly emigration, but whilst searching Google for an occupation, I came across this site which others might find interesting. The ULR is: http://cedir.uow.edu.au/programs/FirstFleet/ It has a section of people that were transported in the 1700's with names and occupations, and...

Hi, I have been told that one of my Great Aunts emigrated to the USA (I believe she went to New York) at the age of 19. She was born around 1898 in London and her name was Rose Jones. Could anyone tell me how I can get started on tracing her move to the USA please? Any help would be...

My great grandfather, Richard Whiteside, emigrated from Lytham, Lancashire via Liverpool to Australia in 1899. Unfortunately he died at sea off Madeira, as family lore has it. His wife and two sons returned (from Madeira we believe) to Lytham. I am unable to find his death recorded by the GRO on...

Hi My great uncle Fred Clarke went to canada in the early 1900s. He was in Ecclesfield Yorkshire in 1901 and his daughter died in canada in 1917. All the ships lists I can find a don't seem to include this period. Does anyone know how I might find out when and how he went? Thanks Kath

Henry PARKMAN in May 1842 from Barnstaple, Devon to PEI. He and family were in 1841 census in Devon. Wife Sarah AVERY Hugh Cudmore in May 1841 from Devon to PEI, Canada with family. His wife Rebecca Dyment married in Cheldon. He was from W Worlington and she from Cheldon

Nothing is ever simple. My G-GM said that she came to NY on the Great Eastern when she was 16. I learned that the ship made its last passenger crossing of the Atlantic before she was 5, and she was not on board. Now I believe that I've found her on a passenger list, Liverpool to NY, ship Great...

Charles William BURT b. 1836 Bedford emigrated to Australia (the where, when and how are unknown) Charles married Isabella JOHNSTON (born 1841 in Adelaide) 1859 at her father's residence in Adelaide. They had one son, Charles Johnston BURT 1861 and then returned to England and had four more...

This is my first day on the list and this is a means to see that I am able to work it all out. I am in Australia and I am interested in learning more about my Cooper family from Birmingham. They moved to Australia in the late 1880's. I have quite a bit of info though there are many gaps to...