Hello Alan, The ship you want is the POCTIERS which lefty Southampton on 22 Sept 1853 and arrived Melbourne 6 Jan 1854. The listing you must check is ASSISTED immigrants, and it is in Book 9, and you are very lucky, both the initial "nominal" passenger list AND the "disposal" list survive, so you should, via the disposal list, see who they went to work for and how much they were paid (with/ without rations). At least you have been given an approximation of the name of the ship, unlike a query I once had, where they were told grandma arrived on the "Raisin" and I found her a passenger on the "SULTANA"! Maybe granny was mixing the Christmas pudding when she was asked "What ship did you come on, Gran?" and her mind was more on the job in hand, rather than the question! Regards Ada On 17/09/2010 3:39 PM, elliottar1@bigpond.com wrote: > Information I have received from another researcher suggests that George and > Ann Cross arrived in Melbourne on > the 16 Jan 1854 on the "Poidiers". > > So far this ship does not show on the PROV indexes. > > Any suggestions please ? > > Alan > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-MELBOURNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

That's funny Ada. Good laugh for the day Chris -------------------------------------------------- From: "Ada Ackerly" <aackers@alphalink.com.au> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 3:59 PM To: <aus-melbourne@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [AUS-MELBOURNE] Where are the Pass Lists for the "Poidiers" > Hello Alan, > > The ship you want is the > > POCTIERS which lefty Southampton on 22 Sept 1853 and arrived Melbourne 6 > Jan 1854. > > The listing you must check is > > ASSISTED immigrants, and it is in Book 9, and you are very lucky, both > the initial "nominal" passenger list AND the "disposal" list survive, so > you should, via the disposal list, see who they went to work for and how > much they were paid (with/ without rations). > > At least you have been given an approximation of the name of the ship, > unlike a query I once had, where they were told grandma arrived on the > "Raisin" and I found her a passenger on the "SULTANA"! Maybe granny was > mixing the Christmas pudding when she was asked "What ship did you come > on, Gran?" and her mind was more on the job in hand, rather than the > question! > > Regards Ada > > > On 17/09/2010 3:39 PM, elliottar1@bigpond.com wrote: >> Information I have received from another researcher suggests that George >> and >> Ann Cross arrived in Melbourne on >> the 16 Jan 1854 on the "Poidiers". >> >> So far this ship does not show on the PROV indexes. >> >> Any suggestions please ? >> >> Alan >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-MELBOURNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-MELBOURNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Ada, that's a great story & you've solved my problem so quickly, I thought it was the "i's" plural that were in the wrong place. ALAN -------------------------------------------------- From: "Ada Ackerly" <aackers@alphalink.com.au> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 3:59 PM To: <aus-melbourne@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [AUS-MELBOURNE] Where are the Pass Lists for the "Poidiers" > Hello Alan, > > The ship you want is the > > POCTIERS which lefty Southampton on 22 Sept 1853 and arrived Melbourne 6 > Jan 1854. > > The listing you must check is > > ASSISTED immigrants, and it is in Book 9, and you are very lucky, both > the initial "nominal" passenger list AND the "disposal" list survive, so > you should, via the disposal list, see who they went to work for and how > much they were paid (with/ without rations). > > At least you have been given an approximation of the name of the ship, > unlike a query I once had, where they were told grandma arrived on the > "Raisin" and I found her a passenger on the "SULTANA"! Maybe granny was > mixing the Christmas pudding when she was asked "What ship did you come > on, Gran?" and her mind was more on the job in hand, rather than the > question! > > Regards Ada > > > On 17/09/2010 3:39 PM, elliottar1@bigpond.com wrote: >> Information I have received from another researcher suggests that George >> and >> Ann Cross arrived in Melbourne on >> the 16 Jan 1854 on the "Poidiers". >> >> So far this ship does not show on the PROV indexes. >> >> Any suggestions please ? >> >> Alan >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-MELBOURNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-MELBOURNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message