Hello Janine, Are you able to give Elizabeth's maiden name ? The Stewart family were listed on the passenger list of The Duchess of Northumberland which left London on Tuesday 6th Aug. 1839 and it arrived at Port Misery South Australia 19th Nov. 1839 ( I just googled it ) Kind Regards Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "janine h" <jhinton@westnet.com.au> To: <SCT-EDINBURGH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 8:41 AM Subject: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Stewart family of Leith > > > Hi listers, > > Have just joined hoping for some help with this brick wall. > > Alexander Stewart and his wife Elizabeth and their four children > immigrated > to South Australia as free passengers. They sailed on the Duchess of > Northumberland and arrived in SA on 17.12.39. Alexander was supposedly 33 > (he had to be under 35 to be accepted) and Elizabeth was supposedly 29. > Their children were son 13, daughter 11, son 9 and daughter 7. This makes > them very young parents !! > > Anyway the records here state that he was a Shepherd in Leith however I > have > been unable to find a marriage for them and being from Western Australia, > I'm not even sure I'm looking in the right place. I believe Leith is now > part of Edinburgh. Just need some advice please as to where I can find a > marriage for these two people, whether there are online records or a > transcript agent who could help.. The children's names are Elizabeth, > Donald and Jessy. Haven't found the name of the fourth child. > > 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 >