Hello Helga!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My people, the VAISEYs and WICKS were on the Bussorah Merchant in 1839 as well. And Mrs Hannah/Anna VAISEY was a BALLARD. So there are all sorts of connections with this mob on this list. Except we haven't been able to find them yet. I have put the surgeon's report for the journey up on my website at http://www.netspace.net.au/~kapana/ship.html but have always berated myself because I didn't get a full passenger list. Well, it was twenty-odd years ago when I found it, and I was young then. If anyone has the full passenger list, I am quite happy to put it up on the site. I suspect there may have been others from the area on the voyage. But I have to admit it - where is Takura??? You don't even make it into my postcodes listing. Linda Briagolong, Victoria, Australia. >Hi my name is Helga, and the names I am interested in the Hawkesbury area are, >THOMPSON, PINCOTT, CHAPPEL. >I am descended from the THOMPSON/SHIPWAY branch that came out to Australia in the ship "Bussorah Merchant" in 1839. > >Helga Sten, >Takura, >Australia. >