How interesting, many of mine (and I claim cousins and in-laws) came on the Cosmo which at times had a Lewis as a Captain (my main family were Lewis) but I have not found it associated with a shipping line but we are talking 1840-50 Eliz On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Josephine Jeremiah <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: > On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:19:21 -0000, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Most of my family from Malmesbury went thru Bristol, but all the other >> mentioned ports were used as well. > > The Great Western Steamship Line had ships sailing between Bristol and New > York in the late 19th century. > > These ships included the 'Somerset', 'Cornwall' and 'Great Western', which > were each 2,000 tons and the 'Arragon', which was 1,500 tons. > > Rates of passage, from an advertismenent c.1875, were: > > Saloon -- Thirteen guineas for each adult, children under twelve years 21s. > per year, infants one guinea. > > Second cabin -- Eight guineas, children under eight, half fare, infants > under twelve months one guinea. > > Steerage -- Five guineas > > Passengers were booked through to all parts of the United States and Canada > on 'very moderate terms'. > > Managers in Bristol were Mark WHITWILL & Son, Grove Avenue, Queen Square. > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > >  _____________________________________________ > > Gloucestershire Family History Society: > www.gfhs.org.uk > > Gloucestershire Archives: > www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 > > Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005: > http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >