----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn and Darryl" <dazwilson@bigpond.com> To: <aus-immigration-ships@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 4:46 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] " SARAH SANDS". > > Hoping for a little help here. > > I have a print out of our ancestor's "Certificate of > Character" when he was > employed as a Cook on the above ship. > > His name was John WILSON. > > It appears from the image (which is a photocopy and very > faint) that the > ship left Liverpool UK in Sep, 1852 and arrived on 2 > Jun, 1853. Hi Caroline Can you please confirm the name of this ship and its arrival date No 'Sarah Sands' in State Records the on line index of ships arriving ? Bye MargM Beautiful Wyong Shire NSW

Hi, Marg, I had to ask the person who sent me the photocopy to transcribe it for me because the print was so faint. This is what she said: Name of Seaman: John WILSON. No. of Register Ticket: 564838 Capacity: Cook Date of Entry: 18 or 28 Sept, 1852 Date of Discharge: 2 June, 1853 Place of Discharge: Liverpool wriiten as Lpool Certificate dated 3 June, 1853 This ship left Cork for Melbourne early in 1852. John WILSON's Certificate of Character dated at Liverpool 3 Jun, 1853. Signed: W Ilsly, Master of the Ship William (could be SCOTT), Shipping Master. I remember being able to read the ship's name and it was "Sarah Sands." This relative doubts that it is "our" John WILSON, because he is a Railway Porter on his marriage certificate, a shop owner in the 1851 Census (Lancs) and now a cook on a ship. He is not listed as crew and is supposed to have travelled to Aus with his wife Mary and sons William Henry and John. Don't tell me this is yet another "family story" or wrong information !!!! Best wishes, Carolyn. ----- Original Message ----- From: "MargM" <genknut@optusnet.com.au> To: <aus-immigration-ships@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] " SARAH SANDS". -Info ? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carolyn and Darryl" <dazwilson@bigpond.com> > To: <aus-immigration-ships@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 4:46 PM > Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] " SARAH SANDS". > > >> >> Hoping for a little help here. >> >> I have a print out of our ancestor's "Certificate of >> Character" when he was >> employed as a Cook on the above ship. >> >> His name was John WILSON. >> >> It appears from the image (which is a photocopy and very >> faint) that the >> ship left Liverpool UK in Sep, 1852 and arrived on 2 >> Jun, 1853. > > Hi Caroline > Can you please confirm the name of this ship and its > arrival date > No 'Sarah Sands' in State Records the on line index of > ships arriving ? > > > Bye > MargM > Beautiful Wyong Shire > NSW