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Re: Help from Australia!!! (Very Specific William Wardrop)
« Reply #27 on: Tuesday 14 August 18 10:22 BST (UK) »
I just looked at the newspaper death announcement and noticed that it mentions Mrs Charles Simmons.

Charles Richard Simmon married Isabella Wardrope in Sydney in 1856. So it looks as if Joseph's sister Isabella also emigrated to Australia.
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Re: Help from Australia!!! (Very Specific William Wardrop)
« Reply #28 on: Tuesday 14 August 18 10:52 BST (UK) »

He looks to have arrived in NSW on 8 July 1858 at the age of 22 on the 'Queen of England'. He gave his father's details on the shipping manifest and showing as born in the High Church area of Glasgow.

He gave his sister Isabella (born c. 1832) as contact/sponsor in NSW. Isabella looks to have been married by 1858, showing under surname of Simmons.


This is from the original image so the marriage details you have Forfarian would tie up with that. I think Joseph also called one of his children after his brother in law?

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Re: Help from Australia!!! (Very Specific William Wardrop)
« Reply #29 on: Tuesday 14 August 18 11:23 BST (UK) »
Sorry, Monica, I must have overlooked the second paragraph on that earlier post of yours.

As you say, it all ties up.

Mary born 1818 must have died young, but there are several more children not so far accounted for.


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Re: Help from Australia!!! (Very Specific William Wardrop)
« Reply #30 on: Tuesday 14 August 18 11:53 BST (UK) »
This might be Andrew in 1851
87 Centre Street, Glasgow
Andrew Wardrop, head, married, 23, engineer finisher
Sarah Wardrop, wife, 23
William Wardrop, 4
Alexander Wardrop, 2
Catherine Paterson, mother-in-law, widow, 53, seamstress
Charles Paterson, brother-in-law, 22, boat builder carpenter
Agnes Paterson, siste-in-law, 24, seamstress
All Patersons including Sarah born in Greenock; all Wardrops in Glasgow.

There's a death of Sarah Wardrop, other name Pat*son, in Glasgow Milton in 1862, no age given in index. Can't see an obvious death for Andrew, so *if* this Sarah was his wife, maybe he emigrated after her death?
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Re: Help from Australia!!! (Very Specific William Wardrop)
« Reply #31 on: Tuesday 14 August 18 13:51 BST (UK) »
I'm afraid I don't know how long it would have taken a ship to get from Britain to Australia in 1872.

Generally about three months ....

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Re: Help from Australia!!! (Very Specific William Wardrop)
« Reply #32 on: Tuesday 14 August 18 23:23 BST (UK) »
Joseph is Buried in the same vicinity as Isabella in Rookwood Cemetery, and you are correct about Isabella sponsoring Joseph as the paper work states (have a second confirmation from a family descendant as well)  and then Joseph sponsored his wife to be "Fanny" who came over on the "Spitfire".