----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Rob" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 7:40 AM Subject: [TSL] LOUISA > Hi RayRob > Can any reader refer me to any information on the ship LOUISA ? > Only that it was an extremely popular ships name . Were well over 120 ships either named Louisa or with Louisa in the name that docked in Port of Sydney 1837 - 1926 > There is a possibility that my Great Grandfather , from Denmark , > reached Sydney , Australia , aboard this ship. > Whether this ship sailed from European ports , bound for Australia , > I have yet to discover... > Incidentally , what would be the port of embarkation for a Danish > emigrant , I wonder ? As a guess, Hamburg ? > > The years of interest to me are between 1840 and 1866. > > My Great Grandfather was not a convict , Nor aware of any Danish convicts and the last convict transport to Sydney arrived in 1840 > but would a 'convict' ship also carry assisted immigrants ? No and just about all of the assisted migrants in the 1800's were from from the UK What was this fellows name ? Bye MargM Beautiful NSW Central Coast NSW Australia