Sheelagh's posting reminded me that my g-grandfather and his family arrived in S.A. in that year. 1851 was a "great" year for emigration from the British Isles. The "WILTSHIRE EMIGRATION ASSOCIATION" in that year arranged for 4 emigrant ships to go to South Australia and 2 to Victoria. The ships to S.A. were Omega(15/04/1851), Marion (18/03), Thetis (27/05) and Navarino (17/06). The 2 to Victoria were Statesman (17/06) and John Knox (15/03). The Marion was wrecked when arriving in S.A. waters near Edithburgh on Yorke Peninsula. All emighrants survived the wrecking and most were taken by various means,eventually to Port Adelaide. On the Marion were 229 emigrants from various counties of England, 45 from Scotland and 72 from Ireland. John Keynes, Salisbury Heights, South Australia __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 13028 (20160214) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
Thanks John. I did know about the Wiltshire Emigration Association but did not know about the 4 ships Another snippet of info for the family files - Omega and Marion bought ancestors. Ros. On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 11:27 AM, John Keynes via <aus-sagen@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Sheelagh's posting reminded me that my g-grandfather and his family > arrived in S.A. in that year. > > 1851 was a "great" year for emigration from the British Isles. > > The "WILTSHIRE EMIGRATION ASSOCIATION" in that year arranged for 4 > emigrant ships to go to South Australia and 2 to Victoria. > > The ships to S.A. were Omega(15/04/1851), Marion (18/03), Thetis (27/05) > and Navarino (17/06). The 2 to Victoria were Statesman (17/06) and John > Knox (15/03). > > The Marion was wrecked when arriving in S.A. waters near Edithburgh on > Yorke Peninsula. All emighrants survived the wrecking and most were taken > by various means,eventually to Port Adelaide. On the Marion were 229 > emigrants from various counties of England, 45 from Scotland and 72 from > Ireland. > > John Keynes, Salisbury Heights, South Australia > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 13028 (20160214) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > AUS-SAGEN Archives are here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/AUS-SAGEN/ > > Websites of Interest on our Blog: > http://aus-sagen-genealogy-websites.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-SAGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >