----- Original Message ----- From: "Eveline Clarke" <aclarke22@toucansurf.com> To: <TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [TSL] The David McIver Dear Eveline > Thanks for replying and I will look at the web pages you > gave me. > I have been in a bit of a muddle here as I didn't know > you could find > passenger lists until yesterday and wrote without really > thinking it > through. I know that William and Thomas Blandford were > on the ship as they > were baptised a second time on board. Have never come across that sort of ref before ........ > > I think what I am really looking for is the port in > England where the David > McIver sailed from. Plymouth , Devon, dep 31 Dec 1851 . Cause of deaths on board and subsequent quarantine was typhus fever . 2 adults and 7children died. Reason being is that I have found William on the > 1851 census in Gloucestershire. However so far, I > cannot find Thomas > anywhere, I thought that if I found where the ship left > England, that might > be the place to look for him. I even thought that maybe > the David McIver > might have sailed twice. It carried migrants to the Australian colonies at least 3 times that I know of Silly me. In those days a trip to Australia and > back would have probably taken the good part of a year. > No ............ wasnt that slow more like 3 months / 100 days > I expect that I am on the completely wrong request web, > but it is the only > one I could think of at the time. As I said, not > thinking right, if > William was on the 1851 censusand there was only been > one sailing between > when the census was taken and 19th May 1952 when they > ship docked at > Quarantine Station, North Head, Sydney, NSW. Records I have checked say it arrived 9 Apr 1852 See http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/issn/14403897.html The National Library of Australia has been digitising a lot of old newspapers including the 'Shipping Gazette' . You will find a report on the David McIver 10 Apr 1852 > > I think I was also hoping that someone could throw light > on the fact that > the Church had paid for the voyage and they had to > refund this charge. How > did the church expect repayment? Was there some sort of > "collector" who > went round these people to obtain this?" Sorry no idea until I check further . The 2 films I referred to previously usually have quite a lot of info . Trade, age, education , were born, details about parents Unsure what happened to Thomas & Emma BLANDFORD . After some 4 years in NSW William & Elizabeth BLANDFORD moved north to Queensland with their family . William d there in 1898 and Elizabeth in 1913 Am going to my local library this Saturday . Will look up there 2 films then Bye MargM Member of Central Coast Family History Society Gosford NSW