Hi Everyone, My McInnes family immigrated to Australia in late 1848 from Kintra. They sailed from Plymouth on 14 September aboard the Maitland and arrived here on the 7 January 1849. I am wondering if anyone can tell me how they would have got to Plymouth? There were quite a lot of Scottish people on board this ship. Would there have been a steamer or other sailing vessel that would have taken them or would they have gone overland? I am not sure how I would go about finding out this information. Kind regards Joy in Austalia

Hi Joy, In those days the seas where the motorways of today. I would imagine that there would have been coastal boats working out of Glasgow that would have made there way down to Plymouth. It could have involved one or more changes of vessel but my best guess would be that they went by boat. Railways were in their infancy and I would think (in relative terms) quite expensive although quicker. Yours are the first family that I have heard off that emigrated via Plymouth. Best regards, Ian webmaster mullgenealogy.co.uk On 20 November 2013 10:06, Joy and John <john.joy6@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > My McInnes family immigrated to Australia in late 1848 from Kintra. > They sailed from Plymouth on 14 September aboard the Maitland and > arrived here on the 7 January 1849. > > I am wondering if anyone can tell me how they would have got to Plymouth? > There were quite a lot of Scottish people on board this ship. > Would there have been a steamer or other sailing vessel that would have > taken them or would they have gone overland? > > I am not sure how I would go about finding out this information. > Kind regards > Joy > in Austalia > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Hi Ian, Thank you for that. It is interesting that you have not heard of any others leaving from Plymouth. I just assumed that many did. I wonder why they went from there? Kind regards Joy > On 20 Nov 2013, at 9:45 pm, Ian Phillips <mullgenealogy@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Joy, > > In those days the seas where the motorways of today. I would imagine that > there would have been coastal boats working out of Glasgow that would have > made there way down to Plymouth. It could have involved one or more changes > of vessel but my best guess would be that they went by boat. > > Railways were in their infancy and I would think (in relative terms) quite > expensive although quicker. > > Yours are the first family that I have heard off that emigrated via > Plymouth. > > Best regards, > > Ian > > webmaster mullgenealogy.co.uk > > >> On 20 November 2013 10:06, Joy and John <john.joy6@bigpond.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Everyone, >> >> My McInnes family immigrated to Australia in late 1848 from Kintra. >> They sailed from Plymouth on 14 September aboard the Maitland and >> arrived here on the 7 January 1849. >> >> I am wondering if anyone can tell me how they would have got to Plymouth? >> There were quite a lot of Scottish people on board this ship. >> Would there have been a steamer or other sailing vessel that would have >> taken them or would they have gone overland? >> >> I am not sure how I would go about finding out this information. >> Kind regards >> Joy >> in Austalia >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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