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Galatea

Ship No 27

Captain Tait, Departed from Gravesend on 27 October 1836, arrived at Cape Town 9 January 1837. 25 males

[Listed in this order - Apprentice, Master, in what capacity to Master]

Master South African List are marked ✔

  • Abercrombie, Wm. - R.H. Myberg as a farm servant. ✔
  • Adamson,Stephen - J.P. de Villiers as a farm servant. ✔
  • Brockway, John - D.J. Cloets as a farm servant. ✔
  • Burke, John - L.P.J. Lochner as a farm servant. ✔
  • Bushney, George - L.P.J. Lochner as a farm servant. ✔
  • Butcher, John - Wm. Proctor as a farm servant. ✔
  • Codingham, Thos. - J.P. de Villiers as a farm servant. ✔
  • Daley, Samuel - J .A. Beyers as a farm servant ✔
  • Endley, Wm. - Rev. G.W.A. van der Lingen as a farm servant.✔
  • Evans, Evan - J.D. Watt as a farm servant. ✔
  • Gibbs, William - Jacobus D. Malan as a farm servant. ✔
  • Groves, Wm. - Wm. Proctor as a farm servant. ✔
  • Howard, Henry - J .A. Beyers as a farm servant ✔
  • Mulligan, Wm. - J.P. Gilkons as a farm servant. ✔
  • Newson, John - Jacobus D. Malan as a farm servant. ✔
  • Norman, James - J .A. Beyers as a farm servant ✔
  • Platt, George - Rev. G.A. van der Lingen as a farm servant. ✔
  • Robinson, George - J.P. Gilkons as a farm servant ✔
  • Rogers, J.H. - Dan. J. Malan as a farm servant. ✔
  • Sheppard,Thomas - Wm. Proctor as a farm servant. ✔
  • Smith, John - D.J. Cloets as a farm servant. ✔
  • Smith, Wm. - Dan. J. Malan as a farm servant. ✔
  • Tapner, Thomas - J .A. Beyers as a farm servant ✔
  • Thrunkle, Fred - J .A. Beyers as a farm servant. ✔
  • Wake, Wm. - R.H. Myberg as a farm servant. ✔

Source:- CFS 8th annual report, 1838.

Main Reference The Children's Friend Society - Juvenile Emigrants to Western Australia, South Africa and Canada 1834 - 1842 by Geoff Blackburn. This book can be obtained from Access Press, P.O. Box 132, Northbridge, Western Australia.

Reference - http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA/2001-05/...

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