We have checked Canadian sources - again with no luck.
Interesting comments - I think we must be looking at two separate passenger
lists - indeed it looks to me as if the Ancestry document was filled out
when the passengers landed.
I will send you the Ancestry link which will hopefully be accessible your
end.
If you do get to access to it you, will see that the 'Australian'
documentation is listing 'Chas Meredith' as a 'child', being under the age
of '12 yrs'.
Clearly this illustrates the need for caution when viewing 'passenger
lists'.
David
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From: "Anthony M. Carter" <ACarter(a)health.sdu.dk>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 12:45 PM
To: <catley(a)rootsweb.com>
Subject: Re: [CATLEY] [Catley] Australian Immigration
David: The Departure List has separate columns for English, Welsh,
Scotch,
Irish and British Colonial and they are in the first. Within each category
there are separate sets of columns for 12 years and upward and between 1
and 12. Chas. is in the former, so perhaps between 12 and 15? He is shown
as a farmer. The wife has an initial in the transcription but my reading
of the original is a scrawled Mrs so this does not add to your
information. With regard to your original information have you ruled out
Canada? Many went to the States via Canada or vice versa. I have a
relative who went to Canada just in time for the 1911 census and have
found him there (as I recall on a free data base). Anthony
-----Original Message-----
From: catley-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:catley-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
Behalf Of david.meredith(a)live.co.uk
Sent: 4. august 2010 13:26
To: catley(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CATLEY] [Catley] Australian Immigration
Anthony,
You have found the bod's I am interested in - though the way findmypast
records them (I assume index wise), is a little worrying.
On Ancestry I was able to view an image of the Pakeha passenger list.
They are down as ..
Joseph Meredith, farmer, adult, British
Mrs. Meredith, wife, adult, British
Chas Meredith, child, (under 15 yrs), British
I am currently trawling various online Australian sources - alas no
apparent
trace in the NSW State sources.
I just wonder if having landed in Sydney, whether Joseph might have been
subject of some form of immigration documentation control with regard to
personal details or perhaps where he intended staying etc. prior to
leaving
the docks.
If only an exact age had been quoted for him on the passenger list!
David
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From: "Anthony M. Carter" <ACarter(a)health.sdu.dk>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 12:06 PM
To: <catley(a)rootsweb.com>
Subject: Re: [CATLEY] [Catley] Australian Immigration
> You do not say if he was a Meredith but if so findmypast has a single
> outgoing passenger list with a family matching your description who went
> out to Sydney on the Pakeha. He is shown as a farmer. She has an initial.
> The third person is not listed under children but as a single male and
> also shown to be a farmer. They are specified to be English. Anthony
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: catley-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:catley-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
> Behalf Of david.meredith(a)live.co.uk
> Sent: 4. august 2010 12:44
> To: catley(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: [CATLEY] [Catley] Australian Immigration
>
> As the list is a bit quiet at the moment I hope you wont mind if I slip
> this non Catley query in.
>
> It's really addressed to our Australian listers for some local knowledge
> concerning immigrants.
>
> I'm trying to trace what happened to my great grandfather who on paper
> went missing in 1906 after my great grandmother divorced him.
>
> Suffice to say available UK records have drawn a blank - as have US
> databases on Ancestry.
>
> A relative is now telling us of a story in their family circle suggesting
> he went to the States in 1911 - but, as outlined the US angle returned no
> trace.
>
> However, I have found a potential match for him, or I should say a man
> bearing his full name is listed on the 'New South Wales, Australia,
> Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists' for 1911.
>
> The passenger list records he was an adult and British, that he was
> accompanied by a 'wife' (only surname entered) and a son (full name
> recorded).
>
> I have the name of the ship and date of arrival in Sydney.
>
> So here's my query - given this rather sparse information, is there
> likely
> to be any further record I could seek out covering their 'immigration' in
> 1911 which might help me identify whether or not he was my great
> grandfather?
>
> David Meredith
> Nottingham
>
>
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