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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REGISTER Newspaper (July 8, 1848) reported:
This arrival, on Wednesday last, has added 247 souls to our population, and we believe there has seldom been as instance where so many persons previously inexperienced in nautical affairs and their captain have been so well pleased with each other. The emigrants describe the conduct of the captain towards them as fatherly and indulgent; and the worthy commander assures us that they were orderly and well-behaved throughtout the voyage. The Surgeon-Super-Superintendent is also highly lauded, and the admirable condition and orderly conduct which distinguished the ship and her free passengers on arrival, confer the utmost credit on all concerned. There were no cabin passengers. The department from Plymouth having taken place on March 20th, 1848 the WESTMINSTER was only 107 days on the passage. She crossed the Line on May 1st and did not touch any port after leaving England.
Two adults and eight young children or infants died on the passage, and there were six births.
There were eighty-one male and the same number of female adults.
The children numbered fifty male and thirty-five females. Part of them came from the midland counties, and part from Devon and Cornwall.
The following is a description of the adults: six carpenters, two blacksmiths, fourteen miners, forty-three labourers, four tailors, one silk-weaver, two shoemakers,
twenty-six domestic servants (male and female), one gardener, one groom, one gardener-groom, two shepherds, two masons, one pavior and one laundress.
ABEL, Eleanor - from Plymouth
ALLAN, Mark and wife and child (one died at sea),
ANCHOR, William and wife and three children,
BANFIELD, Maria
BARERSTICK, Charles
BARERSTICK, Edward
BEVAN, Buckley and wife and child (infant died at sea),
BIGGS, James and wife and three children,
BISHOP, Jane - from Plymouth
BLISSLAND, James
BOAS, Joseph and wife and three children, - from Plymouth
BOOTH, John
BRICE, Joseph and wife, - from Plymouth
CLARKE, John Gliddon and wife and child,
CLARKSON, George and wife - were sent ashore at Plymouth
COYTE, Samuel - from Plymouth
CREEPER, Joseph junior and wife, - from Plymouth
CREEPER, Joseph senior and wife, - from Plymouth
CURRIN, John and wife and two children,
DARKE, James Bennett and wife,
DEMPSEY, Eleanor
DENBY, Thomas and wife and two children,
DIMENT, William and wife and two children, - from Plymouth
DOIDGE , John L. and wife (their infant son died at sea), - from Plymouth
DREW, Deborah
EDWARDS, William - from Plymouth
GILL, Mary - from Plymouth
GOLDSWORTHY, Elizabeth A. - from Plymouth
(one of three siblings - possibly has no any relatives on board)
GOLDSWORTHY, J. - from Plymouth
(one of three siblings - possibly has no any relatives on board)
GOLDSWORTHY, M. Emma - from Plymouth
(one of three siblings - possibly has no any relatives on board)
GOODCHILD, William
GOODMAN, Nicholas and wife and four children, - from Plymouth
HALL, Edward and wife and five small children,
HALL, Edwin
HALL, Emily
HALL, Louisa (adult)
HALL, Priscilla
HALSTEAD, John and wife - were sent ashore at Plymouth
HAMILTON, Thomas
HILL, Fanny
HOCKINGAND / HOCKING, John and wife, - from Plymouth
HOWLAND, John
HURCOMBE, Caroline
JACOBS, William Grant and wife and two children,
JARVIS, George and wife,
JOHNSON, Joseph
JOHNSON, William
JULIFF, James C. and wife, - from Plymouth
KIRK, Archbald
LANGLEY, Samuel
LETHLEANS, Henry and wife (infant died at sea), - from Plymouth
MATTHEW, John and wife and two children,
McCULLOUGH, William and wife and child,
MEDDLETON, William - from Plymouth
MILL, James and wife and three children, - from Plymouth
MILLS, John and wife,
MONTGOMERY, Eliza - from Plymouth
MORGAN, William
MORRIS, Daniel John
MORRIS, Stephen and wife,
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MOYLE, Amelia - from Plymouth
MOYLE, Emma - from Plymouth
MOYLE, John - from Plymouth
MOYLE, Thomas - from Plymouth
NORTHEY, Susan - from Plymouth
ORCHARD, Joseph bp. 20 Feb 1800 Mawgan-in-Meneage, Con, Eng
ORCHARD, Elizabeth nee BOLITHO bp. 11 Jun 1808, - wife of Joseph
ORCHARD, Hannibal bp. 9 Apr 1819 Mawgan-in-Meneage, Con, Eng.
ORCHARD, Emily b. c1826 Mawgan-in-Meneage, Con, Eng.
ORCHARD, John b. c1828 Mawgan-in-Meneage, Con, Eng.
ORCHARD, Elizabeth bp. 4 Jul 1830 Mawgan-in-Meneage, Con, Eng.
ORCHARD, Mary Frances bp. 8 Apr 1832 Mawgan-in-Meneage, Con, Eng.
ORCHARD, Susan bp. 8 Jun 1834 Mawgan-in-Meneage, Con, Eng.
ORCHARD, Joseph bp. 20 Apr 1839 Mawgan-in-Meneage Con. Eng.
PATTERSON, Mary Jane
RAWLING, Tristram (his wife aged 30 died at sea), - from Plymouth
REPPER, James and wife (their infant daughter died at sea), - from Plymouth
RICHARDS, John and wife, - from Plymouth
RICHARDS, William H. - from Plymouth
RICHES, Henry and wife and three children,
RILLSTONE, Mary Anne - from Plymouth
RILLSTONE, John - from Plymouth
ROBERTS, Thomas and wife and infant,
ROSEWARN, Henry and wife and child, - from Plymouth
ROUGH, Benjamin and two children, - from Plymouth
ROUGH, Mary - from Plymouth
ROWE, Thomas R. and wife and infant, - from Plymouth
SARA , George and wife and five children, - from Plymouth
SALT, Robert snr and wife,
SALT, Robert junior and wife and two children,
SALT, Henry and wife (infant died at sea),
SALT, Charlotte
SAMPSON , Henry and wife and three children, - from Plymouth
SAMPSON, James - from Plymouth
SNODGRASS, Robert and wife and child,
SNODGRASS, James and wife and four children,
STEPHENS, Samuel and wife and child,
STONE, Samuel and wife and five children, - from Plymouth
SUITOR, William and wife and two children,
SULLIVAN, John
SULLIVAN, Mary Anne
SULLIVAN, Eugene
SULLIVAN, Morgan
THOMAS, Richard and wife and two children, - from Plymouth
TIPPETT, Grace - from Plymouth
TOMBLIN, Charlotte aged 20 died at sea;
TOMBLIN, Matilda
TOMLINSON, Robert and wife and child,
TREGONING, Elizabeth - from Plymouth
VAIL , Thomas and wife, - from Plymouth
VINCE, James
VINCENT George and wife
WARNER, Benjamin and wife and child,
WASHINGTON, William and wife and four children,
WEBBER , Philip and wife, - from Plymouth
WEBSTER, Elizabeth - from Plymouth
WHITTAKER, John
WILLIAMS , William and wife, - from Plymouth
WILLIAMS, Edward and wife and child, - from Plymouth
WILLIAMS, Johanna - from Plymouth
WILLIAMS, Josiah - from Plymouth
WILLIAMS, Nanny Elizabeth - from Plymouth
WILLIAMS, Rachael - from Plymouth
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Transcribed in Aug 2004 by Malcolm Frost.
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