If you go to this web page, there are some Rowan Co. etc. names, in addition to the names in this forwarded message, which only gives the Vanderpool names.. Betty Pace ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Myra Vanderpool Gormley" <myravgormley@earthlink.net> To: VANDERPOOL-L@rootsweb.com Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 07:43:02 -0800 Subject: [VANDERPOOL-L] Stray VANDERPOOLs in Gold Rush era of California Thought these references might be of interest. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~npmelton/argosea1.htm THE ARGONAUTS OF CALIFORNIA BY A PIONEER C. W. HASKINS 1890 (Second Half of Book) Following is a list of vessels with the names of their passengers that sailed from the various Atlantic Seaports for California in 1849. >From New York City. Passengers of bark Norumberg, from New York, March 8th : David Kisner, Wltr. Hyer, Ed Pillet, Sml. Goodenough, G. A. Backus, Chas. Bloom, C. D. Smith, Wm. Jones, J. S. Monroe, Hardng. Vanderpool, Andw. Perinem, Robt. Buchannan, Dd. Demerest, Edwn. Roe, W. J. Watkins, Frcs. Donnelly, Sml. Young, W. J. Howard, Myers Morange, Rd. Dugan, Cornls. Fulkerson, S. H. Denton, W. H. Warden, P. M. Mahon, Geo. Thompson, W. H. Benjamin, Geo. Lansdown, Geo. Young, T. W. Denton, Jn. McBeath, J. F. Wilkins, Angus S. Noe, Wm. Bason, Rdm. Backus, Dd. Levitt, Jn., Denton. ======== Passengers of Ship J. G. Costar from New York, February 21st: Wm. Floyd, R. R. Nelson, H. H. Nelson, Abm. Vanderpool, A. A. Aikin, Wm. Bush, J. Talmage, Dr. B. B. Coit, G. D. Sharp, Hy. Wright, L. A. Thorn, J. Flintoff, C. W. Tucker, Thos. Carpenter, T. Hidelir, Jhn. Carr, P. McKinna, W. W. Savage, W. Kelly, G. P. Down, W. J. Kelly, Hy. Drufe, G. H. Estyle, Mark Corby, B. Cohen, John Otten, Hy. Thompson, C. Domiticus, P. P. Manville, P. B. Beebe, Jn. Standish, J. F. Valentine, D. Ranchenburgh, I. Wahn, C. Kahn, Frank Snell, Dan Mott, T. Brand, J. Connor, Rbt. Evans, Jas. Frazer, J. B. McAdam, H. J. Davis, Ed Osgood, R. W. Tone, S. B. Hart, J. Gaffney, B. Hart, E. D. Judah, Hy. Robinson, Harris Goldner, W. A. Booker, C. F. Steele, Andw. Jelly, J. R. Hutchinson, G. Rent, J. C. Johnson, J. V. Mulvany, Abner Barton, J. Whelan, Dan Jones, J. Castelli, Lyman Nutting, M. R. Shannon, E. Gaylord, D. C. S. Johnson, J. R. Wightman, C. C. Tefft, Dan Marble, G. Williams, Ed Blake, R. Hughes, N. H. Bates, H. C. Henry, T. J. Newland, S. A. Rendall, S. T. Harris, F. Doolittle, G. A. Clarke, J. O. Wilkinson, A. B. Rogers, W. Blake, C. Rose, N. Wrix, G. C. Fisher, M. S. Thraesher, R. W. Lacy, J. M. Gilleland, Jas. Myres, J. H. Pendleton. --Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG