Hi all Hoping that someone may have access to passenger list around 1840,England to WA. Im looking for the HAYES family. They arrived in WA about 1840-1845.It is said ,by the family, that Mrs Hayes died on the voyage. The father then placed the two sisters into a convent to be raised. One of the girls was Mary Ellen HAYES (sometimes seen as Ellen Mary Hayes. ) As the story goes, Mary Ellen "escaped" from the convent & went to South Australia with Charles BATES about 1858ish. They went on to have 5 girls in SA.(Sometimes listed as Charles BETTS.) The family say that Charles was already married and that he left his family to go with Mary Ellen. While im here, Charles Bates/Betts born c 1820ish (maybe in Ireland) arrived in WA as a child /teenager with his father & younger sibling. Apparently,the ship floundered reaching the shore and his mother drowned- possibly another sibling also drowned. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kerri