Greetings Alexander and others, thank you so much for the contact. I have further information on this voyage and the miners that remained in Chile and will need to access this and will be more than happy to share what I was able to find. I am enclosing an article from Judy Hudson Beattie that will be of interest to you. She has travelled to Chili for further information as she had been writing a book of the story and this is a notation from her in a letter sent to me. Judy writes: I am leaving for Chile on 20 February and will be visiting with a descendant of the Miller and Watt families while I am there. I have also traced some of the families through the US and UK censuses, but it is a daunting task with about 40 Ayrshire families and another 40 Norwegians. Thank you for taking the time to respond to my request for information _________________________________________________________________________ Not all stayed and ended up in B.C. I am very sure that Judy will be more than pleased to hear from you in regards to Alexander Watts. I would appreciate any information that she may have found following my conversations with her last year in regards to your Alexander Watt. Such an interesting story and one I am sure the Ayrshire List may enjoy reading. Also I recently was sent this article from Gwsfhs E-news Volume 5 Issue 2 in February. Volume 5, Issue 2, February 2015 Newspaper Archives. Ayrshire Miners to Chile It reads: I received a message from Judy Valenzuela, pen name, Judith Hudson Beattie. Who has been researching Ayrshire Coal Miners who ended up in Chile in 1853 - Do you have any Miners who went this way? I have researched coal miners from Ayrshire who set out on the Colinda for Nanaimo BC in 1853 and got off the ship in Valparaiso Chile. I have traced the names of the 43 families and have contacted many descendants. I am wondering how I might contact more of your readers with this story. I was intrigued by Robert Watts mention of the marriage of Mary Bowes to John Cuthill in Valparaiso Chile in 1855 because one of the women on the ship had the same name. All the miners came from Ayrshire so there is a good chance that I can fill in details for a number of families where a member disappeared at about that time. Judy Valenzuela. If you have any interest in this please contact Judy direct at jhbval@mymts.net All the best to you Linda Nordby -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Moll [mailto:asmoll@uvic.ca] Sent: May 26, 2015 9:05 PM To: searchinguk@shaw.ca; AYRSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com; ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com; ayrshire-l@rootsweb.com; mikejboyd@bigpond.com; jecroft@att.net Subject: Ayrshire Miners HBC Chile Hi, John Ferguson, Linda, Mike, Judy Google lead me to this thread on Rootsweb. Alexander Watt, one of the Ayrshire miners who stayed in Chile, was my Great great grandfather. I would be interested in corresponding with anyone having more information on these Scots miners and their descendants, Cheers, Alexander Moll. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/AYRSHIRE/2010-05/1274483245= --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com