Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

EMPEROR

SHIP OF LONDON, J.H. DAY, MASTER, BURTHEN 672 TONS,
FROM THE PORT OF PLYMOUTH TO PORT JACKSON, NEW SOUTH WALES, 4TH NOVEMBER 1848

Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
DAY J.H. MASTER     CREW Sailed 24 July 1848
  34 VARIOUS   VARIOUS CREW Lading Ballast
O'NEILL   DOCTOR     PASSENGER CABIN
          PASSENGER CABIN
  48 MARRIED COUPLES     PASSENGERS 229 EMIGRANTS :-
  54 SINGLE MEN     PASSENGERS  
  30 SINGLE WOMEN     PASSENGERS  
  48 BOYS     PASSENGERS  
  40 GIRLS     PASSENGERS  
  9 INFANTS     PASSENGERS  
  9 CHILDREN     PASSENGER Died Infantile Disease
Not Contagious
ALLEN JAMES APPRENTICE     CREW Died of Dysentry
2 October 1848

 

Source: State Records Authority of New South Wales: Shipping Master's Office; Passengers Arriving 1826 - 1900; Part Colonial Secretary series covering 1845 - 1853, reels 1272 [4/5227] -1280 [4/5244]. Transcribed by Dorothy D'Arcy.

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