Not the same ship is my guess.. looks like a shipping company named the ships for daughters or ladies with Parker as a last name. Not uncommon back then.. I would say 190 days was pretty much the norm.. 6-7mos going around the horn, sometimes faster if the folks crossed the Panama area on horse or foot. met other ships on other side... shaved a bit off the journey. Marge ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ottinger" <johnc@terracom.net> To: <CASANJOA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 11:51 PM Subject: [CASANJOA] How long did a ship take from the east? > I have info on the following ship. I assume it docked at San Francisco: > > > > > > * January 14: Mining Company ship Sarah Parker, 387 tons, > > > built 1827 at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Sailed July 6, > > > 1849 from Nantucket, Mass under command of J. Codd with 29 > > > passengers and 9 crew. She was a Mining Company ship. > > > Arrived in 190 days via Cape Horn. She was later sold > > > abroad and ultimately condemned. > > --------------------------------------- > > Was 190 days an average amount of time to make the trip? I've heard that it could take a month or > more just to negotiate the Horn itself. I have an ancestor that made it to Stockton in October 1849, > having sailed on the "Jane Parker". If this was the same ship as the Sarah Parker there is obviously > a problem with the dates. Also, two brothers made the trip with him, but were back in Baltimore for > the 20 Aug 1850 census. Seems like the brothers would have hardly had time to unpack, let alone pan > for gold or whatever. Comments? Thanks, > > John Ottinger >