Thank you to all those who have so kindly helped with search on the vessel Emily Taylor. It seems we might be in the process of rewriting Australian history. The man I am researching, John Peter Armstrong, arrived in Western Australia in 1830 (March) aboard what is recorded in Australian history books as the EMILY TAYLOR. (Armstrong was the 2nd officer, and gunner, aboard the vessel). However, from the reports we have been able to locate to date, it appears the EMILY TAYLOR is actually the EMILY, and her masters name was TAYLOR. We have two news reports from the Hull papers to confirm the Emily arrived at Swan River in March 1830, and that she was driven ashore not long after at Fremantle, and sold off in June of 1830. Does anyone have information on a vessel called the EMILY, which would have possibly left England about 1829/very early 1830, whose master was a Mr Taylor. The vessel would have been about 270 - 300 tons with thanks Jenny
Have you tried the free access Gale newspaper database? http://access.gale.com/newstrial/ password is british you can limit by date really well as well by limiting by port <G> you can try them in rotation. Eliz On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Joan Fawcett <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you to all those who have so kindly helped with search on the vessel > Emily Taylor. > > It seems we might be in the process of rewriting Australian history. > > The man I am researching, John Peter Armstrong, arrived in Western Australia > in 1830 (March) aboard what is recorded in Australian history books as the > EMILY TAYLOR. (Armstrong was the 2nd officer, and gunner, aboard the > vessel). > > However, from the reports we have been able to locate to date, it appears > the EMILY TAYLOR is actually the EMILY, and her masters name was TAYLOR. > > We have two news reports from the Hull papers to confirm the Emily arrived > at Swan River in March 1830, and that she was driven ashore not long after > at Fremantle, and sold off in June of 1830. > > Does anyone have information on a vessel called the EMILY, which would have > possibly left England about 1829/very early 1830, whose master was a Mr > Taylor. The vessel would have been about 270 - 300 tons > > with thanks > Jenny > > > ------------------------------- > visit TheShipsList Website > http://www.theshipslist.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Fawcett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 7:50 AM Subject: [TSL] The Emily Taylor is now the Emily, Taylor master. > The man I am researching, John Peter Armstrong, arrived in Western > Australia > in 1830 (March) aboard what is recorded in Australian history books > as the > EMILY TAYLOR. (Armstrong was the 2nd officer, and gunner, aboard the > vessel). > > However, from the reports we have been able to locate to date, it > appears > the EMILY TAYLOR is actually the EMILY, and her masters name was > TAYLOR. > > We have two news reports from the Hull papers to confirm the Emily > arrived > at Swan River in March 1830, and that she was driven ashore not > long after > at Fremantle, and sold off in June of 1830. Hi Jenny I wondered if any info in : http://tinyurl.com/5t8tb9 An early WA newspaper from the National Libraries digitised newspapers collection Fingers crossed ! Bye MargM Beautiful NSW Central Coast NSW Australia