Re Subject: [AUS-SAGEN] Ship deserters. Thank you Maureen for the link to to your database. I think this one (CLARK Willson. Deserted 'Starbeam' May 1862. Source: D6) is my gg grandfather. Could you advise what source D6 means, and is it available for me to check? Mike McIlwaine On 11 December 2010 18:30, <aus-sagen-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. c a w russell (Helen Carter) > 2. Charles Alan Warwick Russell (Ros Dunstall) > 3. Ship deserters (Maureen M Leadbeater) > 4. BARNES surname (Wendy) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Helen Carter <helen.carter28@yahoo.com> > To: aus-sagen@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:38:41 -0800 (PST) > Subject: [AUS-SAGEN] c a w russell > I've found a marriage notice 1939 (too late for the cds) for a C.A.W. > RUSSELL > son of H.B.N. RUSSELL > wish people would use names > > Can someone please look his birth > > Helen > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ros Dunstall <daisygirl.1212@gmail.com> > To: SA List <AUS-SAGEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:24:13 +1030 > Subject: [AUS-SAGEN] Charles Alan Warwick Russell > Sent birth details to Helen....born 1894 > > Ros > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Maureen M Leadbeater" <leadbeater@ozemail.com.au> > To: "AUS-SAGEN" <AUS-SAGEN@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:48:41 +1030 > Subject: [AUS-SAGEN] Ship deserters > Hi Listers > > I have added a further 6,600 names to my database "Persons Lost & Found". > These have been extracted from National Archives registers of ship deserters > at Port Adelaide (1852-1876). The database can be searched at > http://www.ach.familyhistorysa.info/deserters.html > > Mostly I worked from microfiche of the original as the book is quite > fragile. All but one "A" page is missing. A number of "B" pages have been > damaged by years of handling and parts of these surnames can no longer be > read. > > Very little information is given in the registers; just name of deserter, > name of ship & its master, and a date. Prior to mid-1864 the dates are only > month & year. The handwriting is not good and the spelling can be best > described as "creative". I have recorded the names of deserters, their ships > and the date. Less than 100 have age and or origin - I have included this > info. > > Some of the ship names do not appear in Parson's "Migrant Ships for SA > 1836-1866". However I found these, often small interstate or intrastate > vessels, recorded in the newspaper shipping arrivals or departures. > > Not all deserters remained in the colony. It is quite likely that, after a > few months ashore, many, particularly those who spoke little or poor > English, decided to sign on to another ship. Also, not all deserters were > sought by authorities - some captains were probably glad to be rid of idle > trouble-makers. > > As a few of the deserters were gaoled, I checked the Adelaide Gaol > registers at State Records. The writing is even worse and doesn't give much > more info. Unfortunately gaol records prior to 1857 have not survived. > > Bye > Maureen M Leadbeater > Adelaide Co-operative History > http://www.ach.familyhistorysa.info/ > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Wendy" <kilhar@westnet.com.au> > To: <AUS-SAGEN@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:50:57 +0800 > Subject: [AUS-SAGEN] BARNES surname > Hello List, > > I have just joined this group and hoping that some one may link to my > family. > > Children were born at Silverton N.S.W to William and Mary THOMAS, between > 1886 - 1897 > > Margaret married to CARLISLE > Ada married to SMYTHE > Ann married to William BARNES > Florence married ? > Veronica married to MALE > William never married. > > It is Ann and William BARNES that I'm seeking more on, in 1953 the BARNES's > were in Adelaide S.A. > > Wendy > West Aust > > To contact the AUS-SAGEN list administrator, send an email to > AUS-SAGEN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the AUS-SAGEN mailing list, send an email to > AUS-SAGEN@rootsweb.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 > email with no additional text. > >