Hi Jim, >From family search http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp there is the following on 1881 census Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability John GRANT Lodger (Head) M Male 31 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England Dock Labourer Mary GRANT Wife M Female 30 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England John GRANT Son Male 12 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England Scholar Jessie GRANT Dau Female 9 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England Scholar George GRANT Son Male 7 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England Scholar Thomas GRANT Son Male 3 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England Scholar Edward GRANT Son Male 1 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Dwelling 31 Queensbury Street Census Place Birkenhead, Cheshire, England Family History Library Film 1341856 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 3576 / 98 Page Number 40 This Looks more Likely Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability Henry GANDERTON Head M Male 61 Lpool, Lancashire, England Builders Merchant Catherine GANDERTON Wife M Female 44 Ellesmere, Shropshire, England John Alfred GANDERTON Son U Male 12 Bebington, Cheshire, England Mary MONETEN Servant Female 20 Lpool General Servant Domestic -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Dwelling 15 Shaw St Census Place Everton, Lancashire, England Family History Library Film 1341875 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 3654 / 34 Page Number 3 from freebmd http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ Possible death Mar quarter 1885 Ganderton Henry 65 W. Derby 8b 263 shipping arrivals Victoria http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/default.htm GRANT JOHN 25 JAN 1896 ORMUZ B 604 005 Kind regards, Lynne. Sydney, AUSTRALIA. ----- Original Message ----- From: "J & S Duggan" <jdu85255@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:58 AM Subject: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] Immigration from UK to Australia 1852 and in 1890's > Looking for any additional information on the immigration of the John KERR > (KARE) family from Liverpool to Melbourne in 1852. They came over on the > "Maria" in Oct. 1852. Any more info on this vessel? > > > > Also looking for a Thomas KERR b. 1790 in Scotland that may have come over > in the 1850's with his wife Mary Born Scotland. > > > > Also looking for a John Alfred GRANT (GANDERTON) that immigrated from the > UK > in the 1890's, and married supposedly in Sydney 1896. He was born about > 1868-69 in Cheshire England and was a labourer. He did end up in 1897 in > Fremantle with his wife Florence May Hassard Vannan.