Re: SYKES James; ENG; c. 1858 Hi Ron, Just some information told to me by a family member whose relative at age 10 was a working cabin boy on a sailing ship out of Bristol, England, about the 1890. The sailing ship transported prisoners to Botany Bay and the round trip took 7 months. Suggestion: maybe your relative was working on the ship and perhaps if you look for his family in 1857 in the Liverpool area you might find them. Good luck and hope some part of this is of help. Fay Ron Sykes wrote: > SYKES James; ENG; c. 1858 > > Hello Listers > > My great grandfather James SYKES sailed from Liverpool on the > clipper ship Red Jacket, bound for Melbourne, Australia. The > date was 14th February 1858. I do not know whether this was the > departure date, or the arrival date. He was 14 years old, and > appears to have travelled alone. > > I have no idea where he came from, or where his folks lived. I > need some help with this problem, or some assistance with a > starting point. > > I have tracked down his subsequent marriage, and family in > Tasmania, but the UK connection is broken. > > Can anyone help? > > Ron Sykes > > Ron Sykes <ronsykes@xtra.co.nz> Fay Herbert <fherbert@earthlink.net>