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British Ships to South Africa in the 1800's - Indian Queen

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  • George Underwood, Snr. SV/PROG (1828 - d.)
    From Middlesex, England, they left Liverpool on 20 May 1858 on the sailing vessel "Indian Queen" arriving in Port Elizabeth on 23 July 1858 with 3 children aged 9, 7 and 3 years.
  • Margaret Harington, SM/PROG (1840 - d.)
    Immigrated to South Africa on Indian Queen in 1858----------------------------
  • Herbert Alfred Verity (1858 - 1924)
    This family immigrated to South Africa on the Indian Queen which reached the Cape in 1858
  • William Henry Verity (1856 - d.)
    This family immigrated to South Africa on the Indian Queen which reached the Cape in 1858
  • Louisa Emma Verity (1854 - d.)
    This family immigrated to South Africa on the Indian Queen which reached the Cape in 1858

British Ships to South Africa in the 1800's - Indian Queen

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Indian Queen

  • Captain
  • Number 400 - 157 men, 111 women, 59 boys, 53 girls and 20 infants making a total of 324 "statute adults". Three babies were born en route.
  • Dates :
  • Departed Liverpool on 23 May 1858
  • Arrival Port Elizabeth 23 July 1858, after 61 days at sea.

Passengers

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  • James Avis, 27, quarryman, from Kent. Wife Charlotte, 25

Children :

  • Alfred J 5
  • Albert Thomas 2
  • Jos Barclay Begg, 32. Wife Susannah, 27

Children :

  • Susannah, 5,
  • Cordelia, 3,
  • Marianne Baxter, 18 servant, from Essex
  • Alfred Bellingham 24, carpenter, from Kent. Wife Elizabeth, 29

Children :

  • Anne Maria, 2
  • Elizabeth Sarah, infant
  • , Robert Britten 45, carpenter, from Warwick. Wife Jemima, 49 Children :
  • William, 18, carpenter
  • James, 17, carpenter
  • Robert, 13
  • Susan, 11
  • Garrod, 9
  • David Brown 26, shoemaker, from Lanark. Wife Agnes, 25

Child :

  • Thomas 1
  • Abner Bulgin 28, blacksmith, from Middlesex. Wife Emily M, 28

Children :

  • Emily Rose, 3
  • Abner Jnr, 1
  • Alfred Adey, 22, tinsmith, from Middlesex
  • John Burns, 29, mason, from Down. Wife Mary, 28 Children :
  • John, 4
  • William, infant
  • Winter, Margaret, 14
  • Thos Bailey, 22, wheelwrigh, from York
  • Joseph Baker, 30, quarryman, from Kent. Wife Mary Ann, 28

Children :

  • George, 8
  • Ellen, 6
  • Edward, 4
  • William, 2
  • Edward Boxal, 22, tailor
  • William Burroughes, 23, carpenter, from Middlesex. Wife Fanny, 22

Child :

  • Frances, infant
  • James Brackenridge, 24, whitesmith, from Stirling
  • William Byram, 29, bricklayer, from Middlesex. Wife Mary Anne, 28

Children :

  • William, 3
  • Mary Anne, 2
  • Joshua Brittain, 33, agr laborer, from Warwick
  • Thomas Brown, 21, bricklayer, from Warwick
  • William Burgess, 30, smith, from Middlesex
  • James Busby, 21, gardener
  • Fanny, Carter, 12, servant, from Warwick
  • Edward Causten, 25, brickmaker, from Kent. Wife Elizabeth, 24

Child:

  • Francis W, 4
  • James Cawley, 23, smith, from Middlesex. Wife Elizabeth, 22
  • James Chantler, 28, quarryman, from Kent
  • Geo W. Clapp 25, carpenter, from Middlesex
  • Robert Clark, 32, carpenter, from Middlesex. Wife Maria, 32

Childen :

  • William, 11
  • Robert, 9
  • Maria, 6
  • Charlotte, 1
  • William Clark, 25, carpenter, from Middlesex. Wife Emma, 23

Children :

  • Sarah E, 5
  • William Thomas, 2
  • Robert Cowie, 25, Whitesmith, Lanark. Wife Janet, 25

Children :

  • Mary, 5
  • William, 3
  • Janet, infant
  • John Cravan, 21, wheelwright, from York
  • Philip Curtes, 32, plumber, from Middlesex. Wife Mary, 29

Children :

  • Emma, 7
  • Theresa, 3
  • Thomas Davis, 22, taiIor, from Surrey
  • Chas M Danis, 24, painter, from Middlesex
  • William Dawnard, 24, painter & glazier, from Kent. Wife Mary Ann, 26

Children :

  • Mary Ann, 2
  • William C, infant
  • James Devett, 26, shoemaker, from Warwick. Wife Mary Ann, 22

Children :

  • Dudley, Andrew, 25, tailor, from Middlesex
  • Jane, 21
  • Thomas Eden, 40, farm laborer, from Warwick. Wife Sarah, 35

Children :

  • John, 11
  • Joseph, 9
  • George, 7
  • Arthur, 5
  • Julia, 1
  • John England, 24, carpenter
  • Elizabeth Field, 18, housemaid, from Kent
  • Henry Franks, 21, farm laborer, from Warwick.
  • Adam Henry, 22
  • Edward Field, 31, stone mason, from Kent. Wife Mary, 32

Children :

  • William, 11
  • Mary Ann, 8
  • Henry, 7
  • Emily, 4
  • William Field, 39, storeman, from Kent
  • Thomas Foster, 25, printer, from Warwick
  • Frances, 31,
  • James Frew, 24, joiner, from Ayr
  • John Gardener, 19, baker
  • Thos Gardener, 21, blacksmith
  • Fred Garrett, 36, harnessmaker, from Middlesex
  • Geo E, 21, pile driver, from Middlesex
  • John Glover, 25, mason, from Lancaster. Wife Mary, 19
  • Ebenezer Godfrey, 28, servant, from Oxford
  • John Goldby, 24, brickmaker, from Warwick
  • Stephen Goldsmith, 29, brickmaker, from Kent. Wife Jane, 26

Children :

  • Ellen, 4
  • George, 2
  • Ann Elizabeth, infant
  • Henry Graveley, 26, carpenter, from Middlesex
  • William Athawes Green, 23, tailor, Middlesex. Wife Mary Anne, 24

Child :

  • Mary Anne, 8
  • John Green, 22, agr laborer, from Warwick
  • Sarah Hadfield, 25, dom servant, from Middlesex
  • William Hadfield, 21, engine fitter, from Middlesex
  • John Harris, 20, bricklayer's laborer, from Sussex. Wife Ann, 18
  • James Harvey, 26, mason, from Tyrone. Wife Rosanna, 24
  • Edward Jarvis, 20, painter & glazier, from Kent
  • John, Hawkins, 22, bootcloser, from Oxford
  • Joseph Hayselden, 41, bricklayer, from Kent. Wife Anne, 39

Children :

  • Elizabeth Anne, 18
  • Zanebia A, 15
  • Joseph A, 13
  • Henry M, 3
  • Henry, 16, bricklayer
  • Charles Herons, 20, painter, &c, from Warwick
  • Edward Hessen, 20, baker
  • John Hessen, 18, servant
  • George Holesgrove, 25, labourer, from Middlesex
  • Holesgrove, Henry, 23, servant
  • Sarah Holesgrove, 50,
  • George Hood, 22, painter and glazier, from Kent
  • Charles Inggs 43, bricklayer, from Surrey. Wife Lucy Gregory 39 Children :
  • Thomas Jeans, 42, blacksmith, from Middlesex. Wife Sarah, 41

Children :

  • John, 19, baker
  • James, 17, blacksmith
  • Jesse, 16, errand boy
  • Jane, 14, domestic servant
  • Sarah, 11
  • Elizabeth, 8
  • Mary A, 6
  • Joel, 2
  • Louisa, infant
  • William Jenkens, 35, dyer, from Middlesex. Wife Eliza, 35
  • John, 21, tailor
  • John Johnstone, 40, smith Cheshire. Wife Emma, 38

Children :

  • Eliza, 17
  • Rachel, 13
  • Harriet, 6
  • Elizabeth, 4
  • John, 3
  • Henry, infant
  • Robert Jones, 39, wagonmaker, from Cheshire. Wife Elizabeth, 37

Children :

  • Elizabeth, 3
  • Martha M, 1
  • William Keeble, 23, carpenter, from Middlesex. Wife Rachel, 23
  • John Kennedy, 29, blacksmith from Dumfries. Wife Mary Ann, 28

Children :

  • John, 8
  • Andrew, 4
  • Mary Ann, 2
  • William, infant
  • Richard King, 23, coachman, from Kent. Wife Mary Ann, 22
  • Elizabeth Lane, 30, needlewoman, from Oxford
  • William Lockart, 24, blacksmith from Middlesex. Wife Mabel Margaret, 18

Children :

  • Miriam, 17, servant
  • Matilda, 15, servant
  • Thomas Henry, 12
  • William, infant
  • Beata Lomas, 18, ditto, from Warwick
  • Septimus London, 21, carpenter, from Kent
  • James P Lucas, 26, shepherd & laborer from Kent. Wife Mary, 23

Children :

  • Parker J, 3
  • Ann E, 1
  • Charles Lush, 21, joiner, from Ayr
  • William Lumley, 22, farm laborer, from Warwick. Wife Hannah, 27

Childen :

  • Mary Ann, 4
  • Eliza, 2
  • Henry, infant
  • Andrew Malloch, 28, painter, from Perth. Wife Janet 25 * Thos Manser, 17, laborer, from Kent
  • William Mansforth, 28, tailor
  • Dougal McDougal, 37, mason, from Argyle. Wife Isabella, 30
  • Fred McGill, 28, ditto, from Kent
  • Roderick McIntosh, 25, mason, from Ross. Wife Helen, 22
  • Alexander McLaurew, 25, printer, from Middlesex. Wife Lucy G, 20
  • John McLay, 22, painter, from Edinburg
  • Peter McLeay, 36, tailor, from Ross
  • Herbert Merrick, 18, painter
  • Josiah Moreland, 20, printer, from Middlesex
  • John Morley, 32, laborer, from Cambridge. Wife Elizabeth, 32

Children :

  • Mary Ann, 12
  • Emily, 8
  • Louisa, 5
  • John, 2
  • Walter, infant
  • James Murray, 24, joiner, from Ayr
  • John Murray, 25, smith, from Lanark. Wife Margaret, 21

Child :

  • James, infant
  • Nehemiah Newmman (sic - Newman?), 31, bricklayer, from Surrey. Wife Louisa, 26

Child :

  • Elizabeth Anne, 4
  • Charles O'Brien, 26, mason, from Monaghan. Wife Mary Ann, 28

Child :

  • James, 4
  • Elizabeth Palfrey, 24, domestic servant, from Middlesex
  • Francis Palmer, 21 painter, &c, from Warwick
  • Chas Henry Parker, 24, printer, from Middlesex
  • Richard Parkinson, 32, tailor, from Middlesex
  • Richard Philpot, 27, laborer, from Warwick. Wife Eliza, 29
  • Isaac Pratt, 45, shoemaker, from Cambridge
  • Mary Pratt, 67, laundress, from Cambs,
  • James Pullinger, 47, groom, from Surrey. Wife Mary, 20, servant

Children :

  • Margaret Quigley, 18, servant, from Lancaster
  • William Rawley, 39, bricklayer, from Middlesex. Wife Mary Ann, 21

Child :

  • Mary Ann, 3
  • Read, Morgan, 47, bricklayer from Middlesex. Wife Sarah, 47

Children :

  • William, 13
  • Samuel, 10
  • Robert Read, 21, bricklayer, from Middlesex

Children :

  • John, 17,
  • Mary, 17, dressmaker
  • HJ Redhead, 18, wheelwright, from Middlesex
  • William Richmond, 31,bricklayer, from Sussex. Wife Mary, 23
  • George Ricketts, 23, carpenter, from Middlesex. Wife Elizabeth, 21
  • John Rintoul, 17, mason, from Lanark
  • John Roberson, 22, servant, from Oxford
  • George Rogers, 23, bricklayer, from Warwick
  • Alexander Ross, 46, millwright from Lanark. Wife Isabella Scott, 46

Children :

  • John Rouse, 24, gardener from WarwIck. Wife Emma, 23

Child :

  • James Charles, 1
  • Samuel, 21, agricultural laborer

Children :

  • Richard, 19,
  • Robert, 13
  • Judith, 28, servant
  • Sarah, 17,
  • Joseph Seller, 30, gardener, from Middlesex. Wife Eliza, 30

Children :

  • Rosina, 4
  • Joseph, 3
  • Eliza Mary, infant

Children :

  • John Smith, 32, brickmaker, from Kent. Wife Mary, 32

Child :

  • Stephen, 11
  • Albert, 23, farm laborer, from Kent. Wife Sarah, 30

Children :

  • Sarah, 11
  • Lambert, 1
  • William Stamp, 30, mason, from Surrey. Wife Charlotte, 24
  • Hugh Stevenson, 30, blacksmith, from Middlesex. Wife Janet, 24
  • George Sumner, 41, agr laborer, from Warwick. Wife Charlotte, 42

Children :

  • Charles, 16, mason's laborer
  • Ruth, 14
  • George, 7
  • Henry, 5
  • Amos, 2
  • Mary Anne, infant
  • Trower, G, 60, gardener & farmer, from Monmouth. Wife Mary, 57

Child :

  • Mary, 26, servant

Children :

  • Cath Tyrrell, Cath, 26, cook
  • George Upton 33, mason's laborer, from Kent. Wife Sarah, 25

Children :

  • George, 6
  • Sarah Ann, 3

Children :

  • William Walker, 23, whitesmith, from Stirling
  • John Waltrus, 33, agr laborer, from Warwick. Wife Hannah, 29

Children :

  • William, 3
  • Fanny, J, 2
  • Anna Maria, infant
  • John Watson, 28, blacksmith, from Lanark
  • William Watson, 30, shepherd, from Lancaster. Wife Sarah, 28

Children :

  • Anna Maria, 6
  • Wm George, 5
  • Harriett, 2
  • William Watt, 26, joiner, from Lanark. Wife Christina, 24

Children :

  • James, 3
  • Mary, 1
  • James Weir, 28, printer, from Middlesex
  • Henry H. Wells, 35, shoemaker, from Kent. Wife Ann, 35

Children :

  • Sarah Eliz, 14
  • Henry H, 9
  • Robert, 6
  • Fred GS, 3
  • Tronbridge, 1
  • Anne West, 26, domestic servant, ditto
  • John Wilkins, 29, Wheelwright, from Warwick. Wife Sarah, 25
  • William, 31, agr laborer, from Warwick. Wife Elizabeth, 30

Children :

  • Mary, 9
  • John, 7
  • Elizabeth, 5
  • Jane, 3
  • William, infant
  • George Willis, 44, gardener, from Lancaster. Wife Agnes, 33

Children :

  • Lydia, 13
  • James, 12
  • George, 8
  • Sarah, 6
  • Rachael, 2
  • Charles, infant
  • Henry Wright, 26

Children :

Ruth, 21
Harry, 1

  • Jas William Young, 22, servant, from Oxford

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