Passenger lists Tasmania 1841

[yelkcub]

Does anyone know whether passenger lists survive for ships arriving in Launceston, Tasmania in 1841? The ship I'm interested in is the barque 'Andromeda', which I believe arrived in Launceston 30 August. There were bounty migrants on board - including four or five brothers named Page (nominated by F Spencer of Launceston), from Kent, England. I'd be grateful for any advice on where I might look for Tasmania arrivals.

[mum mum]

Hi

Tas Archives site lists the ships arrival but only lists 5 passengers. The list must be incomplete, I dont know if you can get more info by contacting the Archives.

http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=91

mum mum

[LoganH]

Arrivals - Sept 3rd 1841 Launceston the bark Andromeda, 409 tons, (Captain)Coltish, from London, Eddie & Co., agents with a general cargo - passengers, Messrs. Walford, Williamson, McKechney, Allnutt, and 24 emigrants.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2955636?searchTerm=%22Andromeda%22

18 October 1841 Depatures - the bark Andromeda, 409 tons, Coltish, for Calcutta, Eddie & Co., agents with 30 barrels pork.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2955396?searchTerm=%22Andromeda%22

You can search here but it only the 4 listed gentlemen are 'returned' with the search
http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=91

Shipping list - shows only 45 passengers
http://www.blaxland.com/ozships//events/7/608.htm#62451

Page family mentioned here -
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PAGE_UK/2006-03/1143479950
Bounty Migrants onboard the Andromeda.
Henry Page born 17 July 1811 Dartford Kent
Charles Robert Page born 30 Sept 1813
James Page born 20 March 1816 Dartford Kent
William George Page born 1st August 1819 Dartford Kent
parents were
Robert Charles Page born 22 Feb 1784 Williminton Kent
Sarah Carley born 29 May 1785 Dartford Kent.
and other information on their parents.

[Siouxsie]

Hi Yelkcub,
Those Pages now in Tasmania I see...........how is your Page research going?


Cheers
Siouxsie

[yelkcub]

Thanks for replies so far. The posting mentioned which involves members of the Page family is what I'm trying to investigate. I've been looking at the parish records for this family, and the data given in this posting does not fully stack up. I was hoping to find further evidence of which Page men did actually arrive in Launceston aboard the 'Andromeda'.

[~MERLIN~]

Three of the PAGE family departing Launceston to Melbourne 18 Jan 1852, it also states which ship they arrived upon into the colony:

Names: PAGE Charles; PAGE James; PAGE Thomas
Rank: Steerage
Departure Ship: Mariposa
Date: 18 Jan 1852
Where from: Launceston
Where bound: Melbourne
Ship to Colony: Andromeda
Status: Free 
REF: POL220/1/1 p538

 

[yelkcub]

Thanks for these names and details ... though the cat is now firmly among the pigeons, as I have no idea who Thomas Page might be (unless he was the son of Charles (Robert) Page. Does the 'Free' status imply that these men were once transportees, or does it mean that they are voluntary settlers?

[~MERLIN~]

No, they were free settlers according to the database & you said they arrived in 1841.

The database usually records ex-convicts as 'free by servitude' on the shipping database.

The ship Andromeda only made on trip to VDL as a convict ship & that was 23 Feb 1827.

[tasbornlady]

Dear Yelkcub
The 5 brothers who arrived on "Andromeda" in 1841 were:
Henry (b.1811) with wife Sarah and 2 children
Charles Robert (b.1813) with wife Rebecca and 3 children
James (b.1816) with wife Matilda
William (b.1819) and John (b.1823)
They were sons of Charles Robert Page and his wife Sarah.
Re your other question - in 1852 Charles, James and Charles'
son Thomas (b.1835) went to Melbourne on the "Mariposa",
it is believed heading for the Victorian goldfields. They returned
to Tasmania not long after, so luck must not have been with
them. They were not convict people. All free from Kent.
In the late 1850's James and John left Tasmania permanently,
and lived in Victoria.
HTH - what is your interest in the PAGE family?   
Cheers TBL