One more thing I meant to say, and that is bear in mind that Alexander might have fibbed. I don't know the details of emigration schemes at that date, but there certainly were times when certain occupations received favourable treatment eg free passage or land, and others would have to fend for themselves. Judy On 9 Jan 2009, at 08:23, janine h wrote: > Hi listers, > > I have been researching some Ancestors and discovered that they > came to > South Australia on the Duchess of Northumberland leaving London on > 6 Aug > 1839 and arriving 17.12. 1839. Their names were Alexander Stewart, > wife > Elizabeth and four children. The Emigrant Register says that > Alexander was > a Shepherd from Leith and I started looking but can find no > marriage record > there. I don't know where Elizabeth came from so can not check her > own > parish. > > However the IGI suggests a possible marriage of an Alexander > Stewart to an > Elizabeth Ferguson on 5 June 1825 at Saint Cuthberts. Edinburgh > (best fit to > date) The only way to check is to find the children's birth > registrations > to check who the mother was. The kids were Donald born either > c1826 or > 1830, daughter Jessie bc 1828, Elizabeth bc 1832 and another son > (either > c1826 or 1830 but don't know his name). On the application for > immigration > in 1839 the children are listed as "2 sons age 13 and 9; 2 > daughters aged 11 > and 7" Their Application No is 4624 and Embarkation No 3230. > > I live in a remote region in the Kimberleys and cannot access any > significant libraries (local one has no genealogy material at all) > though I > do what I can via the internet. I would like some help, ideas, > leads etc > to find the birth registrations or the marriage of the couple. Can > anyone > help please? > > Cheers and thanks > Janine > Halls Creek WA > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-EDINBURGH- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message