Sue Given wrote 9th May 2006 ' I didn't think that they had stewardesses on ships in the 1800s. As the captain/master and the ship was the same on both voyages is it possible that the stewardess was a relative, or did they actually exist. I thought back then men went to sea and only females on board were the wives/families.' I was very surprised to read in a letter I have, a reference to 'the stewardess', on a Merchant ship in the late 1850s. I had not previously expected that a stewardess would be onboard at this time. Isobel Jones **************************************************************** This email has been scanned by the Manxnet Mail Plus anti-virus system. http://www.manx.net/mailplus ****************************************************************

I have researched the emigration/immigration of women and found that in the 1830s they put what they called "matrons" on board ship with the female passengers. Regards.. Marj At 02:55 AM 5/10/2006, isobel Jones wrote: > > Sue Given wrote 9th May 2006 > > ' I didn't think that they had stewardesses on ships in the > 1800s. As the captain/master and the ship was the same on both voyages > is it possible that the stewardess was a relative, or did they actually > exist. I thought back then men went to sea and only females on board > were the wives/families.' > > I was very surprised to read in a letter I have, a reference to 'the > stewardess', on a Merchant ship in the late 1850s. I had not previously > expected that a stewardess would be onboard at this time. > > Isobel Jones > > > >**************************************************************** >This email has been scanned by the Manxnet Mail Plus anti-virus system. >http://www.manx.net/mailplus >**************************************************************** > > >==== TheShipsList Mailing List ==== >*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > TheShipsList Website > http://www.theshipslist.com/ >*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*