Hi All
many thanks again for all the info. I went to google maps and it did put together what everyone told me about the River Clyde & the location of Goven, Greenock & a few other places. Thanks BB for your note - amazing how many on RC have roots in Scotland! I have one name query left
The Renfrew Ferry went across The Clyde from Renfrew to Yoker - What/who is
Yoker?
In your picture Dave (where you are standing in the queue
)
would that be the Vulcan - or similar in the centre left. I am a little amazed that there was a steamship heading down to Liverpool in 1833 (or 1818 as given) when the trip to Australia was still mainly sail until 1870s! Tis my understanding that the Suez Canal had a reasonable say in the end of the sailing ship.
Thanks Myrrdin for the toll road & three mile house info - which Sancti & Dave also discussed. Does anyone know
if the toll payment was by weight? These folks had 50cwt (I think 2.5 tons) of luggage!! Must have needed help getting that loaded (now that I remember a few relatives travelled as far as Liverpool with them - probably to help with the luggage!).
Thanks for all the links Sancti - the first one seems to give some good reasons as to why they left Paisley. A couple of relatives came out later, but many stayed behind. The family paid their own fare & had enough money to buy land in Australia & they did quite well. The cartoons are quite amazing (well to me) for 1825. The arrival at Liverpool fits the description as per the diary!
There is actually some family history for a few others in the diary - I perhaps should post some names on another thread - also a few tips for travellers
e.g.
I went to the cook and gave him a teacup full of gin and soon got plenty of hot water & cups & soon we had a hearty breakfastTrish