Hi David, I can't imagine that they would have been on board a ship travelling between Carlisle and Liverpool. The two cities are only around 130 miles apart and the natural journey would be by road. A few more details about Jane (DOB, place of birth, daughters' names and DOBs etc) might help? Cheers - Nigel >I just found (actually refound buried under dust) the (U.S.) naturalization >papers for Jane (Trimble) Carlton. Like all records they got more detailed as >they evolved. > >While her husband and father-in-law came ahead to get settled, she and her 5 >daughters stayed with her sister named "Bella" in Carlisle. > >The naturalization states she left Liverpool 21 June 1881, arrived New York >12 July and arrived Colorado 1 Aug. (took longer by land than by sea!) > >The Genuki site says the 1881 census was 3 April but I can't find her (at >least on the FamilySearch transcript ; there's always the possibility she was >missed by a transcriber). > >Would they have already been in transit to Liverpool on 3 April ? And if so >wouldn't she still show as a "stray" at some inn ? Or would in transit have >been by ship from Carlisle to Liverpool ? > >David