ANCESTORS' SHIPS

Set out below is almost a complete list of the ships involved in bringing the ancestors of both Dennis and Barb to Australia. Following the latest information on Dennis' line, it is now known from where they all came, how they came and where in Australia they landed. Tracking down these details was quite a task..!

Hopefully the list will be added to as more information becomes available on the origins of the remaining two of Barb's ancestors.
SHIPS TO AUSTRALIA

SHIP’S NAME, YEAR AND PLACE OF ARRIVAL PASSENGERS
"AMAZON"
1852 - SA		 Simon Costello (sailed to Australia with parents Michael & Maria)
Simon and Ellen nee Currun were the parents of Rose Agatha Costello
"ARAB"
1841 - TAS		 George & William Greenham (Grinham).
"ARUNDELL"
1832 - NSW		 (BARB'S LINE)
Elphinstone family (re Joseph Mead)
from Aberdeen, Scotland
"AUGUSTA JESSIE"
1835 - TAS		 Thomas Lewis (convict)
"BEYAPOVEY"
1853 - NSW		 (BARB'S LINE)
Newton family (re Elizabeth Mead)
from St Swithins, Lincolnshire
"BRITISH EMPIRE"
1849 - VIC		 (1) Charles Best, wife Maria & family
(2) Charles Grinham
"BUSSORAH MERCHANT"
1852 – NSW		 (BARB'S LINE)
(1) Charles and Sophia Mead and children including Mary (one child born on voyage)
(2) Family of Edward and Mary Quince.
They were the grandparents of Esther Harriet Vitler - 2nd wife of SFC Kirchner (jnr)
"CAESAER GODDEFROY"
1877 – NSW		 (BARB'S LINE)
Adolf and Juliana Wenzel.
"CASTLE EDEN"
1848 – QLD		 (BARB'S LINE)
Thomas Woolley
"CELINDA"
1889 – QLD		 (BARB'S LINE)
Hans Christian and Brodiena Geertz
(no ship or passenger record found)
"CITY OF BRISBANE 1862"
1862 – QLD		 (BARB'S LINE)
John Binnington (father-in-law of Edward Gallagher)
"DEVON"
1879 – QLD		 (BARB'S LINE)
(Immigrant ship in port) Harry Gallagher (14) fell from mizzen mast and drowned in Brisbane River.
"ESCORT"
1859 – SA		 Michael O'Neil from Co. Clare (or may have come on "Lord Raglan"...?)
"FLORENTIA (2)"
1830 - NSW		 (BARB'S LINE)
Donald (Daniel) McDonald (convict)
"GAUNTLET"
1876 – QLD		 (BARB'S LINE)
Eleanor Gallagher and children.
"GOTTORP"
1857 – NSW		 (BARB'S LINE)
Samuel Friedrich Christian Kirchner, first wife, child (born on voyage).
"HELENE"
1865 – QLD		 (BARB'S LINE)
Johann & Johanna Ruggle and son Georg (Ruggle later known as Ruckley). Jane Mead (daughter of Mary Mead, married Georg Ruckley.)
"HERSCHEL"
1878 – QLD		 (BARB'S LINE)
Theodore Johannes Geertz
"HYDERY"
1832 – VDL		 Sarah Brame (maiden name not known) - convict and 2 daughters, Sarah and Rebecca
"JERUSALEM"
1883 - QLD		 (BARB'S LINE)
David Hopper
"KAIMATA"
1942 - SA		 (BARB'S LINE)
John Albert Charles Kirchner returned from Middle East in WW II (also Jack Richards - husband of Olive nee Young)
"LIVONIA"
1850 – SA 		Lorenz Wilke, wife Marienne (Maria) & family
"LORD RAGLAN"
1856 – SA		 Michael O'Neil from Co. Clare (or may have come on "Escort"..?)
"MARY DUGDALE"
1856 – SA		 Patrick McSheehy, wife Deborah & daughter Ellen - from Ireland
"MATOAKA"
1855 – NSW 		(BARB'S LINE)
John Boyd, wife Janet, son John (1), son William (born on voyage)
Possible link to my BOYD line - no connection established.
"MERMAID"
1855 – VIC 		Charles Greenham (Grinham), wife Elizabeth, son Israel and daughters Jane and Elizabeth. With them was William aged 6 - maybe a son of one of the daughters....?
This family is connected to the McSheehy family.
"NIAGARA"
1922 – NSW 		(BARB'S LINE)
Malina Wenzel, daughters Elfrieda and Violet returned from USA.
"OCEAN CHIEF"
1854 – VIC 		George Sealey and wife Mary nee Greenham (Grinham), daughter of Charles & Elizabeth Greenham (Grinham)
This family is connected to the Best family.
"OROTAVA"
1906 – NSW		 (BARB'S LINE)
Frederick William Henry Young
"OTWAY"
1910 – NSW		 (BARB'S LINE)
Dave Scott and family
(friend of Frederick William Henry Young)
(Fred arrived - see above - SS OROTAVA)
"OTWAY"
1910 – QLD		 Alexander Lawrie
(married Olga Adelaide Woolley)
"QUEEN OF ENGLAND"
1855 – NSW		 (BARB'S LINE)
Elizabeth Bartholomew and children.
"RELIANCE"
1851 – SA		 Michael & Margaret Curran and children Ellen, John, Michael & Nancy.
"ROOKERY"
1848 - VIC		 Thomas & Rebecca Lewis & 3 children (from Launceston, Tas)
"SURREY I (10)"
1840 - NSW		 (BARB'S LINE)
Harriet Harber (Harbor/Harbour) - convict (married Daniel (Donald) McDonald)
"TEXAN"
1884 - NSW		 (BARB'S LINE)
Daniel and Elizabeth Stalder, son Daniel, and William Locket.
"TOFUA"
1908 - NSW		 (BARB'S LINE)
Dave Stewart (friend of Frederick William Henry Young)
(Fred arrived - see above - SS OROTAVA)
"VALETTA"
1879 - QLD		 (BARB'S LINE)
Possible connection to Geertz family. Ipswich home named "Valetta"
"WILHELMINA MARIA"
1849 - SA		 Gottlieb Andreas Schuetze & wife Maria
  

The ship on which they came to Australia is now known for every ancestor on Dennis' line - WOW!

CURRAN was an ongoing puzzle and when finally found March 2007 it was listed under the spelling of KIRRANE.........!

As at March 2007, however there are still two unknowns on Barb's line - see below:

James PETER/PETERS (from Lanarkshire, Scotland) approx. 1850/59 (Barb's line)
James GALLAGHER (from Lancashire, England) approx. 1873/75 (Barb's line

If anything rings a bell, or for more information, please email me bndoneil@iprimus.com.au
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