Lindsay I kept looking at the LA Times and found a few more items: March 7: lists the ship sailing from San Francisco to Manila at 4:50 p.m. The Times of April 29, reported the arrival of the ship at SF from Manila on April 28. Marj At 07:16 PM 12/5/2010, Lindsay GraSham wrote: >I have looked at a number of sites (including, of course, TSL) and >cannot find the information I'm looking for. I'm hoping that someone on >this list can point me in the right direction. > >The President Coolidge sailed from San Francisco to Singapore in >March/April 1939, but I have not been able to establish the actual dates >on which she left SFrisco and arrived in Singapore. I'd also like to >know whether she called at any other ports en route. > >Any help greatly appreciated. > >Lindsay Graham >Canberra, Australia > >------------------------------- >visit TheShipsList Website >http://www.theshipslist.com/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >THESHIPSLIST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Lindsay In the Los Angles Times of March 5, 1939 there is an ad for a round the world trip on the President Coolidge to say May 1, 1939. In that same paper is the sailing notice that I think you want: Sailed: President Coolidge, 12:40 p.m., Los Angeles Regards.. Marj At 07:16 PM 12/5/2010, Lindsay Graham wrote: >I have looked at a number of sites (including, of course, TSL) and >cannot find the information I'm looking for. I'm hoping that someone on >this list can point me in the right direction. > >The President Coolidge sailed from San Francisco to Singapore in >March/April 1939, but I have not been able to establish the actual dates >on which she left SFrisco and arrived in Singapore. I'd also like to >know whether she called at any other ports en route. > >Any help greatly appreciated. > >Lindsay Graham >Canberra, Australia > >------------------------------- >visit TheShipsList Website >http://www.theshipslist.com/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >THESHIPSLIST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for the thought, Marg. I have made extensive use of the digitised Singapore newspapers over the last month -- what a great resource!! However, it did not help me with the President Coolidge dates. There were no news reports or passenger lists during that period, and the advertisements for President Line sailings were not consistent, so I was not able to work out the dates with any confidence. Hence my hope that someone on the TSL list knows where to look <g>. Lindsay Marg M wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindsay Graham" > <LDGraham@aapt.net.au> > To: "TSL List" <theshipslist@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 11:16 AM > Subject: [TSL] President Coolidge -- 1939 sailings > > >> I have looked at a number of sites (including, of course, TSL) and >> cannot find the information I'm looking for. I'm hoping that someone on >> this list can point me in the right direction. >> >> The President Coolidge sailed from San Francisco to Singapore in >> March/April 1939, but I have not been able to establish the actual dates >> on which she left SFrisco and arrived in Singapore. I'd also like to >> know whether she called at any other ports en route. > > Hi Lindsay > > Perhaps the National Library of Singapore <http://newspapers.nl.sg/> > website > now gives access to Singapore English-language newspapers from 1831 > onwards may help ??? > > > Happy Hunting > > > Bye > > > MargM > Beautiful Central Coast of NSW > Australia > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindsay Graham" <LDGraham@aapt.net.au> To: "TSL List" <theshipslist@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 11:16 AM Subject: [TSL] President Coolidge -- 1939 sailings >I have looked at a number of sites (including, of course, TSL) and > cannot find the information I'm looking for. I'm hoping that someone on > this list can point me in the right direction. > > The President Coolidge sailed from San Francisco to Singapore in > March/April 1939, but I have not been able to establish the actual dates > on which she left SFrisco and arrived in Singapore. I'd also like to > know whether she called at any other ports en route. Hi Lindsay Perhaps the National Library of Singapore <http://newspapers.nl.sg/> website now gives access to Singapore English-language newspapers from 1831 onwards may help ??? Happy Hunting Bye MargM Beautiful Central Coast of NSW Australia

I have looked at a number of sites (including, of course, TSL) and cannot find the information I'm looking for. I'm hoping that someone on this list can point me in the right direction. The President Coolidge sailed from San Francisco to Singapore in March/April 1939, but I have not been able to establish the actual dates on which she left SFrisco and arrived in Singapore. I'd also like to know whether she called at any other ports en route. Any help greatly appreciated. Lindsay Graham Canberra, Australia

Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:16:22 +1100 From: Lindsay Graham <LDGraham@aapt.net.au> Subject: [TSL] President Coolidge -- 1939 sailings To: TSL List _theshipslist@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:theshipslist@rootsweb.com) I have looked at a number of sites (including, of course, TSL) and cannot find the information I'm looking for. I'm hoping that someone on this list can point me in the right direction. The President Coolidge sailed from San Francisco to Singapore in March/April 1939, but I have not been able to establish the actual dates on which she left SFrisco and arrived in Singapore. I'd also like to know whether she called at any other ports en route. Any help greatly appreciated. Lindsay Graham Canberra, Australia ========================== I have the May 1939 sailing schedule (issued April 20, 1939) for American President Lines here. It does not go back to March but it should help you along. The President Coolidge was sailing May 1 from Los Angeles and May 2 she arrived San Francisco. This says she departed San Francisco May 5, 1939. She was due Honolulu May 19; Yokohama May 19; Koke May 20/21; Shanghai May 23/24; Hong Kong May 26; Manila May 28. The return began from Manila May 31; Hong Kong June 2/3; Shanghai June 5/6; Kobe June 8; Yokohama June 9; Honolulu June 16/17 and return to San Francisco June 22/24 and Los Angeles June 25. The next sailing was due to go June 26 to August 20. Here normal schedule did not take her to Singapore but she could have diverted. You might try checking the San Francisco newspapers to see if she diverted. Looking in The New York Times it does not appear she diverted from the itinerary. American President Lines did go to Singapore with its smaller ships which were doing round-the-world service. These ships were the Presidents Polk, Garfield, Adams, and Harrison. The Polk for example sailed New York April 21 stopping at Havana, Cristobal, Balboa, Los Angeles May 9, San Francisco May 10-13; Honlulul, Yokahama, Kobe, Hong Kong, Mainila, Singapore June 17-20; Penang; Colombo; Bombay; Suez; Port Said; Alexandria; Naples; Genoa; Marseilles; New York Aug 1-5; Boston, New York Aug 9. Allan Jordan

Launch of Canadian Families database Ottawa, December 2, 2010—Library and Archives Canada is pleased to announce the launch of a new online database, Canadian Families. Through this online database, researchers can access references to baptisms, marriages and burials inscribed in church records held at Library and Archives Canada. This database will expand slowly over the next few years as more references are added. The database is available at: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/families/index-e.html ______________________________________ Launch of “Upper Canada Land Board” Ottawa, December 2, 2010 – Library and Archives Canada is pleased to announce the launch of a new online database, “Upper Canada Land Board (1765–1804).” Through this online database, researchers can access more than 16,000 references to documents of the Upper Canada Land Board between 1765 and 1804. The Land Boards were created in 1789 to oversee land matters and facilitate settlement in the districts of Hesse, Luneburg, Mecklenburg and Nassau. This territory is now part of the province of Ontario. The database can be accessed at the following address: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/uclandboard/index-e.html Enjoy, Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/

I do appreciate your kind searching for "my ship". I'm not quite sure if you are saying that the name was "Blanche and Plantagenet" or if they were two different ones. I wouldn't think that whoever recorded the arrival at New Orleans abbreviated the name. Yes, I was aware that other ships had the Plantagenet name. Probably around twenty years ago I remember coming across a site showing pictures and statistics (size, sail or whatever, etc) and finding one that did not fit the description----many years ago and two computers ago and a newby at genealogy--- so I don't know how I determined that the one pictured was not the one I needed. So many of my paper records were destroyed or damaged by Hurricane Katrina or are boxed up by different times I decided to search.   The heading lines on the records I was sent are as follows: LIST OF PASSENGERS ARRIVED FROM FOREIGN PORTS In the Port of New-Orleans during the    (blank)    Quarter, 185 (blank) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date/Vessel's Name/Master's Name/Where From/ Passsenger's Name/Age/Sex/ Occupation/ Country to which they belong/ Country to which they intend to inhabit ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First line answers: January 10/Plantagenet/Price/Liverpool/(fancy initial?/McArthur/ 12/ M /Labourer/ (a 12 year old?)/ Ireland/ USA Second line lista only initial "P" (I think) McArthur indicated by a swooping mark that  I believe is "ditto"/  age 4. This would be the youngest child Peter who died that late summer from yellow fever. A long line of names and ages follow with no other information given. On the second page the 22nd name down is A McArthur age 12 which could be Agnes or Andrew neither of which was 12.both of those children also died that summer with yellow fever. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is no indication of page numbers that should include the parents and three other children. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I see now that I must learn to interpret such old files, for instance translating the old, fancy script. Since the library in New Orleans states that the records have been destroyed by the hurricane is there any other place that a copy of this arrival can be found?    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------           --- On Tue, 11/23/10, theshipslist-request@rootsweb.com <theshipslist-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: From: theshipslist-request@rootsweb.com <theshipslist-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: THESHIPSLIST Digest, Vol 5, Issue 206 To: theshipslist@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 2:01 AM Today's Topics:    1. Re: McARTHUR, Andrew & Agnes/ Ship Plantagenet (Marj Kohli) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:31:28 -0500 From: Marj Kohli <marj@uwaterloo.ca> Subject: Re: [TSL] McARTHUR, Andrew & Agnes/ Ship Plantagenet To: jacknday <jacknday@bellsouth.net>, TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <201011222131.oAMLVaGW020161@jubilation.uwaterloo.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Mary It is unlikely the family sailed from Ireland if the ship sailed from Liverpool. The family most likely took a ferry to Liverpool and then boarded the ship. This was very common. I checked sailings from Liverpool around this date and did not find this ship. There are several vessels by this name and they were sailing to Australia and Canada. The one you are talking about does not appear in the London Times. The NY Times of Mar 8, 1853 reports a vessel by that name being passed by the steamship Wm. Penn, which was arriving from New-Orleans so we know there was a ship by that name in the area. So...I did some more checking and in the column "America" in the London Times on Thursday, Jan 27, 1853 I found: Arrived at New Orleans,--The Blanche and Plantaganet[sic], from Liverpool; Stephen Glover, from Newport, Wales. As to passenger lists -- I am sorry I cannot help. Regards.. Marj At 09:01 PM 11/21/2010, jacknday wrote: >Mr GGgrandparents and six children left County Louth, Ireland around >the 1st of November 1852 on the Plantagenet and arrived in New >Orleans, Louisiana January 10, 1853. The ship's master was "Price". >I got that much information from the New Orleans Public Library >many years ago but their copy of two pages only showed three >children. In the past few >years I wrote to the library wanting a better copy (complete) of >passengers and was told >that that those records had been moved somewhere else and were >ruined by Hurricane >Katrina. The ship was listed from Liverpool. Is it likely that they >boarded the ship at Belfast, where seven years before they had >landed when they left Scotland, or did they >have to cross back over and leave from Liverpool? > >Mary McArthur Lander >------------------------------- >visit TheShipsList Website >http://www.theshipslist.com/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >THESHIPSLIST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ To contact the THESHIPSLIST list administrator, send an email to THESHIPSLIST-admin@rootsweb.com. 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Sheila There was a ship called Victoria belonging to the P&O Line. She sailed June 22, 1906 for Australia, India, China, &c. She is reported in the London Times of Saturday, June 23, 1906 "VICTORIA, for Sydney, left Gravesend yesterday." She arrived in Melbourn on July 31, and Sydney on Aug 3. Is it possible the date is in error? Regards.. Marj At 09:38 AM 11/30/2010, Sheila Lafleur wrote: >I am looking for information on a ship called the Victoria and >perhaps find my father in law on passenger list. I was told the ship >sailed August 20th 1906 and his name was Frietiof "Frank" >Wuorninen I am not sure where the ship saile out of I do know he >was from Finland. > >Thanks > >Sheila Stewart-Lafleur >------------------------------- >visit TheShipsList Website >http://www.theshipslist.com/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >THESHIPSLIST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

What is her name? It is easy enough to look up at Ancestry, not quite so easy for the UK arriving passengers <G> they had a nasty habit of shortening the name <G> but date and age usually does it <G> Eliz On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 10:16 PM, <Aejordan@aol.com> wrote: > Beyond that is on Ancestry.com is there any way that I am forgetting or > overlooking to access post Word War II passenger lists and especially those up >  to say 1960? > > I know Ancestry has the US National Archives collection that has westbound > lists up to about 1957 and from the UK the eastbound lists up to about > 1960. > > My grandmother made trips in the 1950s I suspect between New York and > France that I can not find.  I would love to find when and what ships she  was > sailing on for those trips. > > Thanks > > Allan Jordan > > ------------------------------- > visit TheShipsList Website > http://www.theshipslist.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THESHIPSLIST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I am looking for information on a ship called the Victoria and perhaps find my father in law on passenger list. I was told the ship sailed August 20th 1906 and his name was Frietiof "Frank" Wuorninen I am not sure where the ship saile out of I do know he was from Finland. Thanks Sheila Stewart-Lafleur

Beyond that is on Ancestry.com is there any way that I am forgetting or overlooking to access post Word War II passenger lists and especially those up to say 1960? I know Ancestry has the US National Archives collection that has westbound lists up to about 1957 and from the UK the eastbound lists up to about 1960. My grandmother made trips in the 1950s I suspect between New York and France that I can not find. I would love to find when and what ships she was sailing on for those trips. Thanks Allan Jordan

Hi, >Am wondering if anyone has an idea about someone who came here on a >"freight" ship. I have a great uncle whose petition for naturalization >says the following. >Felix Stasiewicz born 19th day of May 1874 in Puhagze Russia and immigrated >to the US from Bremen Germany on or about the 8th day of December 1900 and >arrived in the port of New York on a Freight Ship. >Is there a list of departures fromf Bremen that would possibly name a ship >like this? >Take care..............Pennye Scheiber

*new* for TheShipsList website http://www.theshipslist.com/ All the new and updated files and databases have been placed on their own page(s) Find them on the front page in between the big arrows --------------> <--------------- At the bottom of each of these pages I have placed links named " previous month " and " next month " so you are able to navigate back and forth between the monthly *new & updated* pages, as I only keep three months of *new* page links on the Home page. New for November 2010 is . . . o Passengers: o Quebec o Chambly - 6th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 25th June 1832 o Chambly - 7th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 3rd July 1832 o Chambly - 8th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 7th July 1832 o Chambly - 9th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 13th July 1832 o Chambly - 10th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 18th July 1832 o Chambly - 11th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 25th July 1832 o ... o South Australia o barque Ohio, from Bremen, to Port Adelaide 3rd February 1858 o barque Alfred, from Hamburg, to Port Adelaide 13th February 1858 & Melbourne 24th February 1858 o barque Leontine, from Bremen, to Port Adelaide 17th December 1858 Six more steamboat lists for CHAMBLY, Quebec to Montreal. Still lots of interesting emigrants, but because of the rules regarding passenger carriage on steamboats being enacted in late June, the numbers aboard CHAMBLY (which was a boat of the 2nd class, restricted to 200 passengers), dropped from a high on June 9th, of more than 733 passengers, to roughly 150-200. Also, since last *new* I have found several more "passenger testimonials" in the 1832 Quebec newspapers, so I hope if you are looking for an 1832 emigrant, that if they are a 'no find' in the surviving steamboat lists, that they may be found in the testimonials. These are the first two and the last German lists to South Australia for 1858. The Bremen lists pose more difficulty, because there are no "outbound" lists to provide additional information about the passengers. The ALFRED from Hamburg to Port Adelaide and Melbourne is rich with resources, however, other than names, the Melbourne arrival list is a really curious record, as the ages of most of the passengers do not bear any resemblence to the Hamburg departure list, nor the Adelaide arrival list. ... for example, this family Rosenblat Johann 51 Melbourne age, 34 Rosenblat Johanna 61 Melbourne age, 21 Rosenblat Pauline 17 Melbourne age, 19 Rosenblat Carl 15 Melbourne age, 24 Please share this *new* for TheShipsList website email, with any other list to which you belong if you think it might be of interest or value to those list members (in other words, on-topic). Enjoy Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/

Hello Ship Listers I am searching for the ship that my Grt grandparents, John C and Eva Streck and son William Fedrick Came to Canada on . I have found many variations to the surname ie; Strick , Strek. Streck is the one in the family history records. John C. Streck born 1830 Prussia Germany Eva Banke (wife ) born 1833 Prussia Germany William Fedrick Streck born 1856 Prussia Germany I believe that they came to Canada about 1870, A family history write up in an ND history book says that William came to Canada at age 13. He was in Canada Census 1871 as William Streak --- Wentworth ON On a US Census 1900 -- William Strick was in Cass ND Immigration year 1870 On a US Census for 1875- family was in Carimona, MN-- surname Strek On a US census for 1880- William Streck was in Cass, ND I have had to check families on these census records to make sure that theya re the same ones because of surname variations. I am currently searching the marriage of William F Streck to Maria Oberlin in ON Can, where his parents are also shown on the records. the surnam here Is Strick . If anyone can help me with finding the ship they came on , I would be most appreciative . thank you so much Carol Domshy -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 608 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

Hi, I searching for some information on a sailing ship "The Wild Rose" This vessel left the Victoia Dockyard, Passage West, (circa 1870'-80's) with a number of local sailors on board bound for Bombay and was lost in the Bay of Biscay. I would appreciate if any member would have any further details or photo. Thanks, Jim Murphy

Jim I see her mentioned in the London Times Shipping news. What I also notice is that there might be more than one vessel by this name. For example in the Times of Feb 14, 1881 is a report: The ship Wild Rose, which sailed from the West Indies in august last, has not been heard of....Her crew consisted of 23, all told. The three officers, the captain, and two sailors belonged to Cork and Passage. March 26, 1883: "A telegram received through Reuter's agency from Cardiff, says that the screw steamer Wild Rose sank off the entrance of the channel to the Bute Dock, Cardiff, on Saturday afternoon. Only the upper part of her masts was visible at high water." I did find on June 22, 1878: Calcutta, June 21.--The Wild Rose, bound from this port for Dundee, has put back leaky. on Sep 5, 1877: Adelaide, Sept. 3.--The Wild Rose, hence for Calcutta, has put back, having proved to be too tender. She will take in more ballast. Her pumps are choked through her ballast shifting. On Dec 17, 1886 a ship of this name is reported in the Maritime Losses and Casualties Wild Rose ...Sail...259 tons..Norwegian...1853..Ashore That is all I can find. Regards. Marj At 12:52 PM 11/26/2010, Jim Murphy wrote: >Hi, > >I searching for some information on a sailing ship "The Wild Rose" > >This vessel left the Victoia Dockyard, Passage West, (circa 1870'-80's) >with a number of local sailors on board bound for Bombay and was >lost in the Bay of Biscay. > >I would appreciate if any member would have any further details or photo. > >Thanks, > >Jim Murphy >------------------------------- >visit TheShipsList Website >http://www.theshipslist.com/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >THESHIPSLIST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Okay folks, this is an absolute "shot in the dark," but it is also one of my brick walls that has frustrated me for a long time now. I have never been very good at finding ships lists, much less researching them once found, but I keep trying. <sigh> That said, I now hereby "admit my ignorance" when it comes to "Benjamin Cann, born ca. 1730 in Bristol, England" and ask for help here. With no parents or siblings known, all I have on him is this: Birth: reportedly in Bristol, England ca. 1730 Residence: Bristol, England Marriage: ca. 1761 to Ann (1735- ) but location unknown Children: 7, all born in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1760s & 1770s Benjamin is the progenitor of a long line of Canns in Canada, and I have tried for a long time now to find his parents/siblings. I descend from a very long line of Canns from Bristol, and in researching Benjamin's genealogy for so long have grown convinced he descends from my Canns in Bristol but all I can do is "dance around it" but cannot document it. I've tried locating him on ship's manifests, hoping that might lead to something connecting him to Bristol and/or his parents/siblings, but to no avail. Obviously, someone born in Bristol ca. 1730 who had 7 children in Nova Scotia (Cape Breton County) had to had have spent some time on a ship somewhere between 1730 and the 1760s, but if anyone here has any information or research resources on the subject I would sure be happy to hear from you. In the meantime, will keep on looking. I thank you in advance for any help or guidance you might have. David E. Cann decann@infionline.net Contact me on Skype at "david.e.cann"

Mary It is unlikely the family sailed from Ireland if the ship sailed from Liverpool. The family most likely took a ferry to Liverpool and then boarded the ship. This was very common. I checked sailings from Liverpool around this date and did not find this ship. There are several vessels by this name and they were sailing to Australia and Canada. The one you are talking about does not appear in the London Times. The NY Times of Mar 8, 1853 reports a vessel by that name being passed by the steamship Wm. Penn, which was arriving from New-Orleans so we know there was a ship by that name in the area. So...I did some more checking and in the column "America" in the London Times on Thursday, Jan 27, 1853 I found: Arrived at New Orleans,--The Blanche and Plantaganet[sic], from Liverpool; Stephen Glover, from Newport, Wales. As to passenger lists -- I am sorry I cannot help. Regards.. Marj At 09:01 PM 11/21/2010, jacknday wrote: >Mr GGgrandparents and six children left County Louth, Ireland around >the 1st of November 1852 on the Plantagenet and arrived in New >Orleans, Louisiana January 10, 1853. The ship's master was "Price". >I got that much information from the New Orleans Public Library >many years ago but their copy of two pages only showed three >children. In the past few >years I wrote to the library wanting a better copy (complete) of >passengers and was told >that that those records had been moved somewhere else and were >ruined by Hurricane >Katrina. The ship was listed from Liverpool. Is it likely that they >boarded the ship at Belfast, where seven years before they had >landed when they left Scotland, or did they >have to cross back over and leave from Liverpool? > >Mary McArthur Lander >------------------------------- >visit TheShipsList Website >http://www.theshipslist.com/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >THESHIPSLIST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Ships'Listers, I would be most grateful for help with my research. Many ships, many being paddle steamers (surprisingly would you believe) provided transport across the Pacific between San Francisco/Panama to Australia and New Zealand in the years 1860 to 1867 These are the years I'm searching for any clues on the location or route of my Gt grandfather who was born WILLIAM HARVEY in Scotland but changed his name somewhere along the way to New Zealand ( possibly via gold mining in California) to WILLIAM MACDUFF. I wonder from whom he was hiding his identity. He may have been a stowaway or crew member, especially on the Scotland to USA/Panama leg of his journey from Scotland to New Zealand via either USA or via Panama. >From the (old) book "Pacific Steamers" by Will Lawson, I have listed those steamers on the passenger lists of which, he might be found. I would be grateful to learn how and where to access these ships' passenger lists (if they exist) However, the book does not include Sailing ships. That will be another daunting task Has anyone knowledge of any book that lists SAILING SHIPS across the Pacific FOR THIS PERIOD with reference to PASSENGER LISTS. The Steamers List so far as I can ascertain from this ONE book is: "Governor General" (sold to China after only one year in this service) "Kaikoura" "Ruahine" "Rakaia" "Mataura" "Achillies" "Argamemnon" "Ajax" "Oregon" "Golden Age" "The North Star" "Constitution" "Wonga Wonga" "Dumbarton Youth" I look forward to any that Listers can give me. Kind regards, Ray Christmas in New Zealand