I've now check the shipboard diary for my grandfather written 1850-1851. His boat does not appear to have called anywhere in UK after Glasgow. There were only a small number (20) of passengers - presumably paying something towards their fare. jean -----Original Message----- From: Jean Whimp [mailto:jiwhimp@optusnet.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, 20 November 2013 9:57 PM To: 'sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com' Subject: RE: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Immigration to Australia Now you put me to shame. I have a diary from Glasgow of my Mull grandfather so I'll look it up and tell you where their ship called . I do remember that they also called at Madagascar and nearly got left behind!! More on this later Jean -----Original Message----- From: sct-isleofmull-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sct-isleofmull-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John And Joy Sent: Wednesday, 20 November 2013 9:42 PM To: sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Immigration to Australia Its a puzzle isn't it! It would be really interesting to find out some answers. Oh to find a diary written by a family member! But that won't happen because I know they couldn't read or write! So back to the guessing game! You have done well tracing your family in their travels over ten years. Kind regards Joy > On 20 Nov 2013, at 9:55 pm, "Janet" <cilurnum@googlemail.com> wrote: > > I too have wondered about travel. I traced my McINNES from Cullen, > Banff to Edinburgh over 10 yrs. I have suspected it might have been > on the drovers "roads" in horse and cart and I think it depends on the > time because we can find when there was a railway but it took time for a "network" of railway to take them the length and breath of Scotland. > > Janet > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joy and John" <john.joy6@bigpond.com> > To: "mull list" <sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:06 AM > Subject: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Immigration to Australia > > >> 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 > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > ------------------------------- > 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