Les Thanks for your assistance. This is very interesting indeed. Regards Libby ekmcm@me.com > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 22:44:20 +0000 > From: leshorn@ythanonich.freeserve.co.uk > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Immigration to Australia (via Liverpool) > > EliZabeth asked > > "I too have wondered how they would have travelled from Mull to Liverpool. Also, my McDONALD family from Skye was also on that ship, so they had travelled even further." > > There were regular sailings between the Clyde and the west coast ports. Originally by David Hutcheson then his son-in-law David MacBrayne. Whilst the Caledonian Steam Packet Co ran the steamers in the Clyde and, amongst others, down to England. It's the merger of these two companies which form today's CalMac. > > The earliest railways in Scotland and England were unconnected. Before the Caledonian Railway, the quickest journey between Glasgow and London would have been Glasgow to Liverpool by sea and then Liverpool to London by train. From March 1841 it was possible to catch the train between Glasgow and Greenock, then travel between Greenock and Liverpool by sea; (and then to London by train) > > Hope this helps > Regards > Les

Hi Libby/all Just a note. Strictly it wouldn't have been the Caledonian Steam Packet Co in the early/mid 1800s, as it wasn't formed until the end of the century, but the Caledonian Railway and/or one of the companies which were merged to form The CSPCo. Regards Les Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth McMillan <ekmcm@me.com> Sender: sct-isleofmull-bounces@rootsweb.com Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 18:19:26 To: sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com<sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com> Reply-To: sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Immigration to Australia (via Liverpool) Les Thanks for your assistance. This is very interesting indeed. Regards Libby ekmcm@me.com > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 22:44:20 +0000 > From: leshorn@ythanonich.freeserve.co.uk > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Immigration to Australia (via Liverpool) > > EliZabeth asked > > "I too have wondered how they would have travelled from Mull to Liverpool. Also, my McDONALD family from Skye was also on that ship, so they had travelled even further." > > There were regular sailings between the Clyde and the west coast ports. Originally by David Hutcheson then his son-in-law David MacBrayne. Whilst the Caledonian Steam Packet Co ran the steamers in the Clyde and, amongst others, down to England. It's the merger of these two companies which form today's CalMac. > > The earliest railways in Scotland and England were unconnected. Before the Caledonian Railway, the quickest journey between Glasgow and London would have been Glasgow to Liverpool by sea and then Liverpool to London by train. From March 1841 it was possible to catch the train between Glasgow and Greenock, then travel between Greenock and Liverpool by sea; (and then to London by train) > > Hope this helps > Regards > Les ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message