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Felgate & Co,12 Clement's Lane,London
« on: Tuesday 10 January 06 02:22 GMT (UK) »
Felgate & Co were immigration agents in London circa 1870's.Those emigrating to Western Australia were required to complete a form of Application and forward to Felgate & Co.
Applicants were required to provide all their personal details.
Should anyone know if these records exist and where they are deposited,I would appreciate advice.

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Re: Felgate & Co,12 Clement's Lane,London
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 11 March 08 10:24 GMT (UK) »
Hello Kimberley

I would guess that the National Archives at Kew or the London Metropolitan archives would be your best bets........Felgate's appear to be in the business of ships/insurance for a long time.

London P.O Directory 1882
FELGATE & CO. Shipping, Insurance & forwarding agents, Emigration agents for the colony of Western Australia....27 Clements Lane, Lombard Street E.C

London P.O Directory 1852
FELGATE WM & CO Ship & Insurance agents....4 Clements Lane, City

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Researching names BRYANT (Camberwell), PASTERFIELD (Essex and all), RAY (Holborn/Islington areas back to Brentford), POWELL (Glouc & beyond?)
Fletcher (Glouc into Warwickshie into Lancs?), BUCKLEY (Chatham area), Watson (Chatham area).


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Re: Felgate & Co,12 Clement's Lane,London
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 12 March 08 01:36 GMT (UK) »
Hello Kimberley

I would guess that the National Archives at Kew or the London Metropolitan archives would be your best bets........Felgate's appear to be in the business of ships/insurance for a long time.

London P.O Directory 1882
FELGATE & CO. Shipping, Insurance & forwarding agents, Emigration agents for the colony of Western Australia....27 Clements Lane, Lombard Street E.C

London P.O Directory 1852
FELGATE WM & CO Ship & Insurance agents....4 Clements Lane, City

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Bryant

Thank you.

Do you know if these records are online ?

Kimberley

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Re: Felgate & Co,12 Clement's Lane,London
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 12 March 08 06:32 GMT (UK) »
Kimberley

National Archives.........I haven't taken a look but would think that those type of records wouldn't bring in the coppers! (don't appeal to the wider audience).........and probably need more specialised research ie trawling through books/files/ledgers?..........best bet is to contact them and ask

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/

London Metropolitan Archives

The same applies.........best bet is to contact them

http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/leisure_heritage/libraries_archives_museums_galleries/lma/

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Bryant
Researching names BRYANT (Camberwell), PASTERFIELD (Essex and all), RAY (Holborn/Islington areas back to Brentford), POWELL (Glouc & beyond?)
Fletcher (Glouc into Warwickshie into Lancs?), BUCKLEY (Chatham area), Watson (Chatham area).


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Re: Felgate & Co,12 Clement's Lane,London
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 01 December 22 09:04 GMT (UK) »
Felgate & Co were immigration agents in London circa 1870's.Those emigrating to Western Australia were required to complete a form of Application and forward to Felgate & Co.
Applicants were required to provide all their personal details.
Should anyone know if these records exist and where they are deposited,I would appreciate advice.

Hi Kimberley :) Long time between drinks, but did you find any information about Felgate & Co records? My 2x great grandmother used them to get to Fremantle in 1884 from London, but we have no information about her prior to her arrival.

Cheers,
Rob.

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Re: Felgate & Co,12 Clement's Lane,London
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 01 December 22 09:13 GMT (UK) »
Hello robbowa and welcome to RootsChat.

Kimberley hasn't been online here since December 2017, however hopefully she still has the same email address and will receive notification of your post.

What was your gg grandmother's name and any other information you might have about her? We may be able to help.  :D

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Re: Felgate & Co,12 Clement's Lane,London
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 01 December 22 13:41 GMT (UK) »
Hello robbowa and welcome to RootsChat.

Kimberley hasn't been online here since December 2017, however hopefully she still has the same email address and will receive notification of your post.

What was your gg grandmother's name and any other information you might have about her? We may be able to help.  :D

Hi Maddy, thanks so much for replying :)

My 2x G Grandmother's name was Louisa Stamp/Stemp (seems to be interchangeable) ;D  She sailed out of London on the barque Minero 08 Apr 1884 and arrived Fremantle 01 Jul 1884. She's listed on the ship's manifest as a 'passenger from Crown Agent', and it seems Felgate & Co. were the agents dealing with emigrants to Western Australia.

She passed away 17 Sep 1916 in Western Australia, but sadly her death cert doesn't list her parents names. She had 4 children, and two of their birth certs list Louisa's birth location as London, England (she was the Informant). There's a bunch of us descendants of hers here in Oz trying to verify her identity :)

There's a handful of candidate 'Louisa Stamps' in the 1871 and 1881 England censuses, born in London in the 1860's, but only one who didn't either pass away, marry or remain in the UK after 1884:

Louisa Stamp, born in London, Middlesex, 4 years old in 1871, Mother Sarah Stamp (37), Brother Thomas Stamp (6). Same Louisa is 14 years old in the 1881 census. Not present in the 1891 census. We think this might be our ancestor, but any documents from the Crown Agents confirming her identity would be wonderful to have. :)

Sorry about this 'War and Peace' reply, but as you can see we've been researching lovely Louisa for quite a while, and would love conformation,

Kind regards,
Rob Prahl.

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Re: Felgate & Co,12 Clement's Lane,London
« Reply #7 on: Friday 02 December 22 03:10 GMT (UK) »
That does sound like you have done a lot of work already. If there is only one likely candidate it does sound promising.

Louisa had 4 children, did she marry? Do you have a marriage certificate? What age does it have for Louisa - at the birth of her children and at her death, presumably these give you the indication she was born in the 1860s, but is it more specific?  :)

You've probably seen the passenger list on "The West Australian" has her name Louisa STAMPS, but I've looked at the actual image and it definitively STAMP.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2991651

As far as finding the records for Felgates, I don't have any better advice than was given previously, maybe contact the National Archives, or the London Metropolitan Archives.

Will keep looking ...


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Re: Felgate & Co,12 Clement's Lane,London
« Reply #8 on: Friday 02 December 22 03:20 GMT (UK) »
I'm assuming these are a couple of Louisa's children in WA:

John Thomas CARTER 1886
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTZT-37Z
Francisca Louisa CARTER 1889
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTZR-KL6