Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

WHAT CHEER

OF PROVIDENE, G.S. BAKER, MASTER, BURTHEN 334 18/95 TONS
FROM THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO TO SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, 28TH JULY, 1855

Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
BAKER G.S. CAPTAIN     CREW  
WEER JOHN SEAMAN 20 GERMAN CREW  
WILLIAMS CHARLES SEAMAN 25 ENGLISH CREW  
PIKE JOHN SEAMAN 25 AMERICAN CREW  
GUIER JOHN SEAMAN 25 AMERICAN CREW  
GRAVES D.E. SEAMAN 20 AMERICAN CREW  
MAYES THOMAS SEAMAN 20 AMERICAN CREW  
THOMAS JAMES SEAMAN 20 AMERICAN CREW  
GREEGNAL JAMES BOY 19 AMERICAN CREW  
COOK THOMAS COOK 20 ENGLISH CREW  
SIMPSON JAMES F. STEWARD 20 AMERICAN CREW  
DYKEN S. 1st MATE 30 AMERICAN CREW  
MARSH GEORGE 2nd MATE 25 AMERICAN CREW  
OSWALD   MRS. 40 YEARS  SCOTLAND PASSENGER CABIN
PATRICK THOS.   35 YEARS  ENGLISH PASSENGER CABIN
GANN SIMON   35 YEARS  IRELAND PASSENGER STEERAGE
SMITH RANDOLPH   27 YEARS  AMERICAN PASSENGER STEERAGE

 

Source: State Records Authority of New South Wales: Shipping Master's Office; Passengers Arriving 1855 - 1922; NRS13278, [X93] reel 402.  Transcribed by Lyn Mulcahy, 2004.

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