Amended request for Wight from New York passenger list look-up

[tiktok]

Hi,

wonder if anyone can help me find anything at all regarding the passage of Horace William Wight born in New York in 1838. Horace married Jemima Welham in Islington in 1858 so he would have come to England pre 1858.

Any help/info greatly appreciated,

Regards,

Michelle

[ricky1]

Hi Michelle

There's a Horace W Wight on the 1851 census aged 14 born New York

Edward Wight serv wid? 39 house keeper Middlesex Paddington
Horace W  "   son to ?? u/m 14                  New York
Maria Cunnell? visitor u/m 33 cook            Suffolk

living at 3 Winchester St, Middlesex

H0107/ 1532
folio 23
page 21

his age as been transcribed as 41 but its 14 on the census sheet


ricky

[tiktok]

Hmmmm, interesting. I will take a closer look thanks. Are there any passenger lists available pre 1858 does anyone know?

Michelle

[jorose]

freebmd.rootsweb.com shows that Edward Wight and Maria Cunnell may have married in Croydon district later in 1851. They had a daughter, Helen Maria, but I don't think that she ever married or had children.

Passenger records into the UK were not regularly kept at this time. However, you may be able to find some trace of Edward Wight's original trip to the US.