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CORNWALL

BARQUE OF LONDON, JAMES COUCH, MASTER, BURTHEN 872 TONS,
FROM THE PORT OF PLYMOUTH TO PORT JACKSON, NEW SOUTH WALES, 9TH FEBRUARY 1850

Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
COUCH JAMES MASTER     CREW SAILED PLYMOUTH
14 OCTOBER 1849 &
TENERIFFE 4 DEC. 1849
  52 52 VARIOUS   VARIOUS CREW LADING GENERAL CARGO
STEEL   REVEREND DOCTOR     PASSENGER CABIN
STEEL   MRS     PASSENGER CABIN
WEST FRANCIS MR     PASSENGER CABIN
BLIGH JOHN MR     PASSENGER CABIN
COUCH   MRS     PASSENGER CABIN
WARD   DOCTOR     PASSENGER CABIN
SURGEON SUPERINTENDENT
  311 IMMIGRANTS 120 MEN     PASSENGER STEERAGE
    116 WOMEN     PASSENGER STEERAGE
    34 BOYS     PASSENGER 5 INFANTS DIED OF DISEASE
NOT INFECTION
    41 GIRLS     PASSENGER 2 INFANTS DIED
1 BOWEL COMPLAINT
& 1 CROUP

 

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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Mary-Anne Warner
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