Bev I can confirm the Surrey arrival in England. The London Times of Dec 16, 1819 reported: "By the ship Surrey, Capt. Raine, we have received New South Wales Gazettes to the 25th of July last..." No other mention on her. Regards.. Marj At 08:07 AM 2/20/2010, Bev Nethercote wrote: >Hi List > > > >The Australian Dictionary of Biography entry for David ALLAN (1780-1852) >mentions that in July 1819 David ALLAN, his wife Sophia and 8 children left >Sydney for Europe in the Surrey. I believe they went to London as a daughter >was born there in Sept 1820. > > > >I am trying to find a record of them arriving in England. Where do I look? >I've tried everything I can think of. > > > >Further info for the family - > > > >The family initially came to Australia in 1813 on the Fortune where David >took up the position of deputy Commissary General of New South Wales. They >returned to England in 1819 on the Surrey, more children were born and died, >his wife died, he remarried and more children were born. In 1829 most of the >family returned to Australia in the Prince Regent to settle, some in New >South Wales and some in Victoria. > > > >Details of the family believed to be on the Surrey in 1819 are: > >David ALLAN (abt 40) - born 1779 Edinburgh, Scotland > >Sophia ALLAN (nee JOHNSTON) - born ? Edinburgh, Scotland > >David Hendrie ALLAN (19) - born 1800 Edinburgh, Scotland > >Robert Innes ALLAN (18) - born 1801 Edinburgh, Scotland > >Henry Blair Watson ALLAN (14) - born 1804 Edinburgh, Scotland > >Sophia ALLAN (13) - born 1806 Edinburgh, Scotland > >John McMahon ALLAN (10) - born 1808 Heligoland, Germany > >William Osborne ALLAN (9) - born 1810 Heligoland, Germany > >Marie Antoinette ALLAN (7) - born 1812 Heligoland, Germany > >George Octavius ALLAN (2) - born 1817 Sydney, Aust > >Erskine Johnston ALLAN (1) - born 1818 Sydney, Aust. > > > >When the family returned in 1829, Dvaid Hendrie ALLAN stayed in England. >George Octavius ALLAN wasn't on the Prince Regent passenger list, he would >have been about 12 then, so don't know when he returned to Australia. > > > >Hope someone can help me because I'm going around in circles. > > > >Bev > >Kerang, Vic, Oz > >------------------------------- >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