Evening all, A friend is looking to see if he can find information on the following person: "William McDonald born in Scotland about 1806 and went to Australia as a "Mate" about the end of the 1830's. His future wife Mary Casey born about 1820 in Tipperary Ireland was a passenger on the ship he was crewing. Family legends has it that the ship was the James Paterson" Does anyone have any ideas where to start looking Thanks in advance Dave Neilson

----- Original Message ----- From: <dneilson@nexicom.net> To: <MARINERS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 11:24 AM Subject: [MAR] Crew lists for the James Paterson circa 1835 to 1840 > Evening all, > > A friend is looking to see if he can find information on the > following > person: > > "William McDonald born in Scotland about 1806 and went to > Australia as > a "Mate" about the end of the 1830's. His future wife Mary > Casey born > about 1820 in Tipperary Ireland was a passenger on the ship he > was > crewing. Family legends has it that the ship was the James > Paterson" > > Does anyone have any ideas where to start looking Hi Dave A ship called " James PATTISON" made a few voyages here in the 1830's On its 1830 &1837 journeys it carried convicts. It also came here in 1835, 1836, 1838 & 1840 with passengers & cargo Surviving crew lists date from the mid 1850s for NSW. You might find some earlier refs in http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper But that would be pot luck ! Were a few Mary CASEYs who came here around that time . Were 2 on the 1835 voyage http://www.rushen.com.au/ships.html may/ may not help Also http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/indexes-online If you go down to shipping you'll find an index of vessels arriving 1837 -1923 A William McDONALD married a Mary CASEY in 1842, Scots Church ( C of E ) Sydney I think they had some 4 or 5 children born in the Goulburn/ Yass area some way SW from Sydney ?? Would they be the couple your looking for info on ? bye MargM Beautiful NSW Central Coast Australia