Dear Pauline, Here is one answer to your question about travelling from Stranraer to Greenock. Mt greatgrandfather, Thomas Agnew (1829-1908)made that trip in 1861 and recorded some of the details: Thomas Agnew’s diary, 1862: [He was living with his wife, Margaret ‘Maggie’ Agnew (nee Agnew) at Clachan near Kirkcolm, his wife’s father’s farm. In 1862 they decided to emigrate to New Zealand. Surviving parts of his diary record a trip to Glasgow and Edinburgh to make final arrangements.] Friday 4 July 1862: “Left Clachan at 3 o’clock a.m., drive with R. Hannah to Stranraer, sailed in Briton steamer at 5.30 for Glasgow, was in Greenock at 11.40, in Dumbarton at 2 o’clock, took out my passage at 4 o’clock at Glasgow, left for Edinburgh at 5 and got there at 7.20. Met Al. on S. bridge.” [Alexander was his younger brother, studying law. Thomas stayed in Edinburgh for 3 days, before returning to Clachan.] “Leaving Edinburgh at 7 o’clock a.m. was in Glasgow at 9.12, left at ½ past 10, in Ayr at 1 o’clock, left Ayr and was in Stranraer at 6pm. Mr John met me and brought me home in his gig.” [On Tuesday 29 July he and Margaret with their children Thomas (1 year 4 months) and Jane (3 months) left Clachan. He farewelled his brothers John and William and their widowed mother Helen at the family farm Balwherrie near Leswalt. By Tuesday evening, they had reached Greenock by steamer, and put their luggage on the Aboukir on Wednesday, boarding the ship on Thursday. On Friday 1st August 1862, the Aboukir sailed from Greenock for Otago, at 6pm. They reached Port Chalmers on 6 November 1862.] Hope this is some help. Trevor Agnew Christchurch New Zealand -----Original Message----- From: sct-wigtownshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sct-wigtownshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pauline/Fiona Sent: Friday, 2 February 2007 9:18 p.m. To: sct-wigtownshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [WIG LIST] Transport 1857 Hi In 1857 Robert & Helen Beattie and family sailed from Greenock to Melbourne, Australia. What manner of transport would they have taken to get to Greenock from Stranraer? Robert was a wine and spirit merchant with three small kids and an unassisted passenger so presumably had some money available for transport. Would it have been train, or coach or a combination of these or ship around the coast? I have been unable so far to find a log to say if the ship collected emmigrants from the Liverpool Emigration Depot so it may in fact have been there that they actually came on board. regards Pauline Melbourne, Australia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message