That is wonderful, Anne. Just this morning, I was searching for another person who came to this area and found him on the "Wonga Wonga" as a miner coming from Melbourne to Sydney in April 1858. I did have a very good look for William. Nan Bailey found him on the Unassisted Inward Passenger Lists to Victoria 1852 - 1923. He is listed as Wm Horne, aged 19 (correct) January 1853 Ship Wellington with the ref of Port B, Fiche 025, Page 001. With this there was a note to consult other microfiche if letter "B" appears in Port column. The Ship "Wellington" sailed from Portsmouth, London, on the 26 September 1852 arriving Port Phillip 2 January 1853 -- just over 3 months for the journey. Anyone in Victoria, who may be able to access this extra information, their assistance would be very much appreciated My cousin in Sydney found a William Horne, miner with miners right, on the Victorian Goldfields at Creswick for the Electoral Roll of 1856/7. This new information fits in very well with that. We feel that he did not "jump ship". His subsequent wife had been born in Sydney in 1846. Louisa's father was working for a Mr Matthews, Leather Cutter in George Street, Sydney at the time of her birth. William ( John) Horne's mother was a Matthews before her marriage. We always wondered if there was a connection -- maybe this is it, and that is the way William & Louisa met. Thank you once again -- think this has pulled it all together. Anne Anne Chambers wrote: > Anne, there's a William Horne (no further details) arriving in NSW from Victoria in 1858 as a passenger > Wm Horne > Port of Departure: Melbourne > Port of Arrival: Sydney, New South Wales > Voyage Arrival Date: 4 Feb 1858 > Vessel Name: Dunedin > > I can't find him on Ancestry's Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923, which > does indicate that he may have been crew on the Wellington and possibly jumped ship to join the gold rush. > > Anne > South Australia > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >