

The Duchess Of Northumberland - 1839
Left London on August 6th and arrived South Australia on November 19th, 1839. The Duchess of Northumberland, commanded by Captain Frederick Geare, was a ship of 600 tonnes carrying 251 passengers and her crew.
Oct 29.-The barque "Duchess of Northumberland," 541 tons, Freeman, from London, 8th, and Plymouth- 20th, July. Passengers - Rev. Mr Bagshaw, Dr. Bowden (surgeon-superin tendent), and 254 emigrants.
Shipping Intelligence. (1847, November 2). South Australian (Adelaide, SA : 1844 - 1851), p. 3. Retrieved January 16, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71609758
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Cramped and unhealthy conditions may have lead to John and Ann Fisher's daughter Anna contracting diarrhoea, at the tender age of one year (she died on September 13th, 1839. This sad event was somewhat lessened by the arrival of their first son, Thomas, on 27 October 1839.
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