"The Catherine Adamson" vessell

[tropicalj]

Hi i know this topic is a bit different i am trying to find out a bout this vessell it was registered in Aberdeen in 1855 and sunk in sydney australia in 1857
an adamson family member had a drawing/photo dont know which in her postoffice in sydney some time ago
any help would be appreciated
i found her details on a site for shpwrecked vessells in australia
regards jenn

[Burrow Digger]

Umm      Have just read this post.

Do you have details on this Catherine Adamson?

My gt grandmother was named Catherine Adamson - that was her married name. She was born Catherine Wilson in Aberdeen in 1827.

She was married in 1846 to Mark Adamson in Aberdeen and they had 2 children. Mark (supposedly) drowned around sometime after the 1851 census, and Catherine remarried in 1855 to my gt gt grandfather John Thompson.

Catherine had 1 more son, and in 1859 the family emigrated to NZ.
In 1860 they left NZ and went to Australia, but returned to NZ in 1861. John Thompson drowned on the voyage back to NZ.

The dates do not fit your dates but my Catherine Adamson was in Australia briefly in 1860-61.

Oh yes, and I do know of one descendent of Catherine Adamson who currently  lives in Australia (I think Sydney) - although she was actually born in NZ.

BD

[tropicalj]

hello  there

I do  not  know  much  at all about  the ship  "the Catherine Adamson"

my cousin half  cousin  to be  precise  is  an adamson  when  I started doing  the  tree he asked  me  if  I knew  anything  about  this  vesell  as  one  of  his  aunts  on  his fathers side ran  a  post  office  out  Ryde  way  in Sydney  and  she  had a photo  of  the  ship  on  the wall of  the  post  office  my  stepgrand father was  percy g adamson  and  the  family goes back  to dumfries  in scotland

regards jenn

[bervonian]

Hi Jenn,

Regarding the "Catherine Adamson", if you Google - Catherine Adamson, you'll find a site which tells the story, and gives details of the ship. Should you have problems in finding the site, I'll give you the web address.  It's one of those which is very long to type out 

Bervonian.

[tropicalj]

Helo  there 
I found  information  for  her  on  the  NAtional Shipwreck  site but  I havent been able  to  find  why  she was called  the Catherine Adamson  ie  who  was she  named  for?

regards Jenn

[Burrow Digger]

Hi Jenn,

Regarding the "Catherine Adamson", if you Google - Catherine Adamson, you'll find a site which tells the story, and gives details of the ship. Should you have problems in finding the site, I'll give you the web address.  It's one of those which is very long to type out 

Bervonian.

Could you please post the URL (or a short form of it)? I would be very interested, thank you

[tropicalj]

http://eied.deh.gov.au/nsd/public/welcome.cfm

hope  this works

regards jenn

[bervonian]

Hi Burrow Digger,

If you enter Ship - Catherine Adamson into Google you'll find several sites concerning the ship.
The URL of two are:
maritime.heritage.nsw.gov.au/public/site_view.cfm?site_id=1923
mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/1856/02/003cat.htm

In another site,  "As senior warden of the Light, Pilot and Navigation Board, John Lamb (1790-1862) conducted the inquiry into the loss of the Catherine Adamson."
I'll make an attempt to discover the lady after whom the ship was named.

Bervonian.

[bervonian]

As the ship was built at Aberdeen, the local newspaper may mention her launch and who she was named after.  The Aberdeen Central Library has an extensive collection of newspapers.

Aberdeen Central Library, Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen AB25 1GW.
(E-mail: bustech[at]arts-rec.aberdeen.net.uk)

Bervonian.

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