One of my convicts, Robert McLEOD came out on the Princess Charlotte in 1824. It's departure port is shown as London/Downs/Falmouth. Can anyone tell me where Downs would be referring to as I have not been able to locate it on any map of the British Isles so far. I am trying to find a native place for this person as the convict record gives little personal detail. Cheers Annek "One step at a time"

Dear Annek, Downs is a stretch of water where the ships anchored it is off the town of Deal in Kent. If you find Deal on the map and look at the water directly out from there, you are looking at the Downs. Val. At 09:06 PM 5/5/2005, you wrote: >One of my convicts, Robert McLEOD came out on the Princess Charlotte in >1824. It's departure port is shown as London/Downs/Falmouth. Can >anyone tell me where Downs would be referring to as I have not been able >to locate it on any map of the British Isles so far. I am trying to find >a native place for this person as the convict record gives little personal >detail. > >Cheers > >Annek > >"One step at a time" > >==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== >Visit Meryl Yost's Tasmanian website at >http://www.tasfamily.net.au/~meryl/ > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >__________ NOD32 1.1089 (20050505) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System. >http://www.nod32.com >

Hello All, Earlier this month a "thread" was running with the heading "Where was the Downs". After a gap of almost 60 years I am re-reading Charles Dickens' "Dombey & Son", and in chapter 23 I came across the following words uttered by Commander Bunsby, whose opinion had been sought about the missing vessel "Son & Heir". He replied as follows `Do I believe that this here Son and Heir's gone down, my lads? Mayhap! Do I say so? Which? If a skipper stands out by Sen' George's Channel, making for the Downs, what's right ahead of him? The Goodwins. He isn't forced to run upon the Goodwins, but he may. " Don't ask me where "Sen' George's Channel" is/was ! It is plainly not the better known channel between Wales and southern Ireland. No doubt a sea-faring man would know of it amongst the several "channels" seaward of the Thames estuary. Whilst on the subject of Victorian authors I have noticed how often, and unsurprisingly, they refer to contemporary subjects and occupations which occur and re-occur in family history. An interesting and enjoyable way of getting back into the Victorian feel of things! Jim Halsey On 5/5/05, Anne Kiely <Jhandam@southcom.com.au> wrote: > One of my convicts, Robert McLEOD came out on the Princess Charlotte in > 1824. It's departure port is shown as London/Downs/Falmouth. Can anyone > tell me where Downs would be referring to as I have not been able to locate > it on any map of the British Isles so far. I am trying to find a native > place for this person as the convict record gives little personal detail. >