Ships leaving scotland week of 22/06/1855

[tigerbelle]

Anyone point me in the right direction for passenger lists or ships sailing from scotland to victoria in june 1855.

My great, great, grandmother sailed here from scotland about the 22/06/1855 with her first husband and two children

thanks once again

[Wallfamily]

Hi Tigerbelle,
Have you tried the unassisted immigration site www.proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?
This is the victorian website for looking up family coming into australia.  If you have trouble with this address try Google.  If you are ever looking for New South Wales for assisted immigration it is on the State Records of New South Wales website.
 
Kris

[tigerbelle]

yes, I have tried all those sites and have come up blank
thanks anyway

[trish251]

The Victorian assisted and unassisted are very comprehensive and if your ship came into Victoria in 1855 , I would be surprised if it wasn't on one of those lists. Perhaps you could try spelling options and/or wildcards. It is also possible that the family is simply identified by Mr and Mrs - the children may only be "child". If you would like some help searching, detail the names and ages (if known).

Trish

[tigerbelle]

Chris,

Thanks for the offer of help, here are the details of the family that left Scotland about the week of 22/06/1855

William Anderson
Julia Ann Anderson (nee Williams) dob 22/09/1832
William George Anderson dob feb 1854
George Williams Anderson dob 26/06/1855

They came from the Midlothian Area of Scotland
and according to my records sailed direct to Victoria

Thanks in advance to anyone who is able to help in my query

 

[tigerbelle]

Sorry Trish,

I called you Chris, I was talking to someone else online and got confused. 

 

[sparrett]

Hi Chris,
Another reason these shipping records can be deceptive is that ages of passengers are wildly inaccurate .  I say this from experience where I knew the birth dates of the ancestors and found them listed with up to 10 years wrong.
It is hard to know whose 'fault' this was - the recorder or the recordee. 
There was an advantage in seeming younger if you came on the bounty system as it made you more eligible.  However, mistakes are evident on both assisted and unassisted schemes.
Don't be too influenced by age, just look for arrival date, same ship, group of 4.
Have you any idea at all where in Vic. they may have settled?
Sue

[sparrett]

PS. Sorry Tigerbelle,
She's got me doing it too!!
Sue

[tigerbelle]

On the Victorian Shipping List

Is the month and year, the departure or arrival date?