Hi Ian Thank you for that info. When you say "Processed through customs", do you know of a source other than the passenger lists from the Confiance that tells of passengers processed through Geelong? I am new to research and having a job working out 'where to go next' with my investigations, as well as being limited by the tyranny of distance and reliance on on-line resources. Those passengers had it rough,eh? Also, I found this reference on the clan Mc Millan site Elizabeth 24 Ayr Gambia 22/4/1855 11/162 Dom Serv F Joseph Hall Do you know anything about her? http://clanmacmillanaus.freeservers.com/shipping.html Hope you can help Cheers Liz Liz Seaton [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "ian dann" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 12:00 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] McCance, 1853, "Marion Moore" or "Confiance"? > Liz, > > I don't have anything concrete about quarantining of "Marion Moore" > passengers except that there were 19 deaths (mainly children & infants) > and > susposedly other sickness, but I can't think of another explanation why > members of the McCance/McMillan family were processed through customs from > two ships yet they were all listed as passengers on the "Marion Moore". > > The "Marion Moore" left Liverpool on 15/11/1852 and the "Confiance" on > 8/12/1852. There were 27 deaths on the "Confiance" and many cases of > whooping cough, dysentery and scurvy requiring the whole ship to be > officially quarantined (from a google search & other family members). I > think that although there were some sick passengers on the "Marion Moore" > who needed to be quarantined (including the McCances & younger McMillans) > it > wasn't serious enough to quarantine the whole ship as with th "Confiance". > > Since both ships sailed from Liverpool, other family members have > suggested > that, because of overbooking on the "Marion Moore", the McCances were held > over until the "Confiance" left. I disagree with this, since I can't see > why a shipping company would split up a family when there would've been > other alternatives but still leave them on the passenger list, and without > even > considering the difficulties of a poor Irish family staying in Liverpool > for > another three weeks after the "Marion Moore" left. > > Ian Dann > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Francis and Liz Seaton" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 9:34 PM > Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] McCance, 1853, "Marion Moore" or "Confiance"? > > >> Ian >> Your info is very interesting and, in fact, the Marion Moore is a ship > whose >> records I plan to check for Joseph Hall. Where did you get the info re >> quarantining, please? >> Thank you >> Liz >> Liz Seaton >> [email protected] >> RMB 1030 Howes Creek Road >> Mansfield VIC 3722 > > > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

Liz, I got my information about the arrival of my relies from the shipping indexes in the Victorian archives. I think the web site is http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au . From the indexes I looked up copies of the original records on microfiche at the Victorian Archives Centre which is at the top end of Spring St. I don't know anything about Elizabeth McMillan from Scotland except that her immigration record is found in Vol 11 p162 in the archives for the "Gambia" assisted-passengers and she was to work as a domestic for Joseph Hall. Ian Dann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francis and Liz Seaton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 5:39 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] McCance, 1853, "Marion Moore" or "Confiance"? > Hi Ian > Thank you for that info. When you say "Processed through customs", do you > know of a source other than the passenger lists from the Confiance that > tells of passengers processed through Geelong? I am new to research and > having a job working out 'where to go next' with my investigations, as well > as being limited by the tyranny of distance and reliance on on-line > resources. > Those passengers had it rough,eh? > > Also, I found this reference on the clan Mc Millan site > > > Elizabeth 24 Ayr Gambia 22/4/1855 11/162 Dom Serv F Joseph Hall > > > > Do you know anything about her? > > > > http://clanmacmillanaus.freeservers.com/shipping.html > > > Hope you can help > Cheers > Liz > Liz Seaton