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Australia / Tracing Scottish Immigrants - Daniel Wright and Jane Taylor Wright née McFadzen
« on: Tuesday 18 July 17 09:56 BST (UK) »
Hi
I am hoping for some pointers in tracking an distant relative of mine, Daniel Wright, and his wife Jane, who emigrated to Australia in 1920. He would have been my great great uncle and is the only one of a group of siblings that I haven't been able to trace.
Some background on them both, first of all...
Daniel Wright, b1881 in Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Scotland to parents Samuel Wright and Jane Mathers. He married Jane Taylor McFadzen (sometimes transcribed as McFadyen) on 23 July 1909 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland and they lived in Grangemouth where it seems he owned some property. Jane (also known as Jean) was born in 1885 in Dundee to parents John McFadzen and Ann Bruce.
Daniel and Jean Taylor Wright are listed on the passenger manifest (accessed via Ancestry) for the P&O ship Berrima leaving London on 24 March 1920 heading to Australia with Australia listed as "country of intended future permanent residence". Daniel's occupation is listed as Stevedore. I think they may have landed in Melbourne. Interestingly, I couldn't find them via the NAA RecordSearch look-up however.
This is the last record I can find of them and I'm curious to know what happened next! Any tips on how to research this. I have tried every trick I know on Ancestry to search for them, but no luck.
Many thanks in advance for any assistance.
Angus
I am hoping for some pointers in tracking an distant relative of mine, Daniel Wright, and his wife Jane, who emigrated to Australia in 1920. He would have been my great great uncle and is the only one of a group of siblings that I haven't been able to trace.
Some background on them both, first of all...
Daniel Wright, b1881 in Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Scotland to parents Samuel Wright and Jane Mathers. He married Jane Taylor McFadzen (sometimes transcribed as McFadyen) on 23 July 1909 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland and they lived in Grangemouth where it seems he owned some property. Jane (also known as Jean) was born in 1885 in Dundee to parents John McFadzen and Ann Bruce.
Daniel and Jean Taylor Wright are listed on the passenger manifest (accessed via Ancestry) for the P&O ship Berrima leaving London on 24 March 1920 heading to Australia with Australia listed as "country of intended future permanent residence". Daniel's occupation is listed as Stevedore. I think they may have landed in Melbourne. Interestingly, I couldn't find them via the NAA RecordSearch look-up however.
This is the last record I can find of them and I'm curious to know what happened next! Any tips on how to research this. I have tried every trick I know on Ancestry to search for them, but no luck.
Many thanks in advance for any assistance.
Angus