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« on: Wednesday 31 August 11 18:28 BST (UK) »
After many years of searching I have finally found my long-lost great grand uncle on a passenger list to Australia. As he is the first in my tree to venture to Australia, I'm in need of your help!
Radcliffe WILD was born Mar Q 1865 in Bardsley, Lancashire, to a coal mining family, and on the 1881 British census he was a colliery weighman there. On 29 Sep 1885, at age 20, he is listed as a passenger aboard the SS John Elder (Victoria Assisted & Unassisted Passenger List), arrival port: Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney (why 3 of them?), departure port: London (why not Liverpool, which was closer?).
There appears to be a death for him in Australia in 1908, but no further details given. Is there anywhere online that would give me more information as to where he settled, if he married and where/how he died? Or can anyone do a look-up for me?
I'd be very grateful for any info at all.