Hello Listers A rellie of mine, John McCALL, arrived in Victoria, Australia on the "Empire of Peace" in May 1860. As the arrival was listed in the Shipping Intelligence of the "Argus" on 2nd May, it must have arrived on 1st May. I have this info from the "Argus": Empire of Peace, ship, 1,540 tons,T. Calvert, from Liverpool 28th December. Passengers-cabin : Rev. James Reid, Rev. J. Henderson, Mr. F. Hankey ; and 108 in the intermediate and steerage. Swire Brothers, agents.". The abovenamed John McCALL was most likely steeerage even though he was an unassisted immigrant. His wife and family followed the following year. My questions - 1) Is the above info from the "Argus" correct? 2) As John McCALL was Scottish, could the "Empire of Peace' have started in, say, Glasgow, calling in later at Liverpool? Or would JMc have had to travel south to Liverpool to board? Any info about this voyage gratefully received. Many thanks. Cheers Pam Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia
Pam There is an ad for her in the London Times of Dec 5, 1859 and she was a White Star Clipper ship. She was to sail on Dec 20 from Liverpool to Melbourne so I would suggest your relative took the train south as many emigrants did. Regards.. Marj At 08:37 PM 7/17/2010, PMR wrote: >Hello Listers > > A rellie of mine, John McCALL, arrived in Victoria, Australia on >the "Empire of Peace" in May 1860. As the arrival was listed in the Shipping >Intelligence of the "Argus" on 2nd May, it must have arrived on 1st May. > > I have this info from the "Argus": Empire of Peace, ship, 1,540 >tons,T. Calvert, from Liverpool 28th December. Passengers-cabin : Rev. James >Reid, Rev. J. Henderson, Mr. F. Hankey ; and 108 in the intermediate and >steerage. Swire Brothers, agents.". The abovenamed John McCALL was most >likely steeerage even though he was an unassisted immigrant. His wife and >family followed the following year. > > My questions - > 1) Is the above info from the "Argus" correct? > 2) As John McCALL was Scottish, could the "Empire of Peace' have >started in, say, Glasgow, calling in later at Liverpool? > Or would JMc have had to travel south to Liverpool to board? > > Any info about this voyage gratefully received. > > Many thanks. > > Cheers > > Pam > Beaudesert, Queensland, 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