Hello Monica,
I am looking for information about a Scottish family immigrating to Australia on the ship Waverley in 1848. Charles Leiper (Leaper) his wife Elizabeth and daughters Mary and Janet. They were from Kilbarton Renfrewshire.
Many thanks
Mariea
Hi there,
A new thread is definitely the way to go ... and there's a new thread on the Australia Board with info about a Janet LEIPER's marriage to a Samuel BEAMAN.
In the meanwhile, here is a live link to the digitised passenger link for that voyage of the ship Waverley, arriving Sydney, New South Wales in December 1848.
http://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.aspx?Page=NRS5316/4_4786/Waverley_%2020%20Dec%201848/4_478600155.jpg&No=1Scroll through to page 4.
It clearly shows under the heading "Widows on Embarkation" under the surname LEIPER:
Elizabeth aged 34 (JM notes that her native place is hard to decipher, but does not seem to be same locality as Mary or Janet, although all three seem to be from Renfrewshire, Presbyterians and can Read and Write).
Mary aged 17
Janet aged 15
I have already posted some information about a Janet LEIPER on Mariea's thread on the Australia Board. That Janet's death registration is indexed at NSW BDM as Janet BEAMAN, with parents as Richard and Elizabeth. (#3850/1902) ... it is of course possible that the informant mis-understood the given name for that Janet's father (Charles v Richard) ...
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=806480.0 JM