Lewis Langdon Halls emigration to Ballarat

[sparrett]

Hi Judith,
I agree that it did not appear on a regular Ancestry search in the last couple of days.

I note also in the digitised image that this couple was contracted to land in Adelaide.

Sue

[judb]

Information re the voyage of the White Star, left Liverpool June 23, 1857.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154832616

White Star carried:  saloon passengers : Mr. and Mrs. Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Eason, Mrs. Haigh, Mrs. Summers and child, Miss White, Mrs. Humphries, Messrs. Coppinger (2), Blair, Brown, Dr. Asslln ; and six hundred and fifty in the intermediate and steerage. H. T. Wilson and Co., agents.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/7138243

Judith

[judb]

Sue - I'm not sure whether the destinations in that last column refer only to the passengers along that particular line, so the notation "Adelaide" refers only to 'Wm Barratt'.

Judith

[goldie61]

Yes, a Benevolent Asylum was a place for the sick and needy so it's likely that there was no-one able to care for them - somewhat similar to care homes today.

https://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/research/ballarat-benevolent-asylum

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66334646

Judith

Thanks for these links Judith.
The website for the Ballarat Benevolent asylum was great!
They are transcribing the admission registers, and hurray! Lewis is there.
Age: tick. Occupation: tick. Place of birth: tick. Names of parents: tick. No of children: tick (10!). And there's a column for 'arrived in colony' - 1856. Got ya!
I also found a death notice on Trove for one of his sons (Albert Hall - honestly) in 1915, which says he had been a colonist for 60 years - so again about 1855.

I couldn't find an entry in the Ballarat Asylum lists for the other Halls member George in 1919.
Perhaps they haven't got up to that date yet.

I love it when the pieces of he jigsaw finally start to fit together! 
Thanks for your help.

[goldie61]

Hi goldie

Just this one possibility?

A Lewis and Elizabeth HALLS arrived in VIC Sep 1857 on the ship White Star.
Both were recorded with their age as 45 which I doubt is correct.

It may be that others in the family arrived earlier in another State before travelling overland to Ballarat.

Essie

Well how weird, but exciting, Essie.
I wonder why this record suddenly decided to show up.
In the absence of any other possibilities, it does look as if this may well be them.
Lewis says 1856 on his admission to the Ballarat Asylum, (or at least, the person who gave the information did), but this was nearly 30 years later, and one year different is close enough to be negligible.
Their ages are about 10 years out. I wonder if he felt it would look better if they were a bit younger?
Mid 50s was possibly a bit old to be adventuring to the other side of the world in the 1850s!
Thanks for your help.

[sparrett]

I would suggest that in order to qualify for govt assistance in your immigration from England to Australia, you should be 'young and useful'

An ancestor of mine was a medical practitioner and, to meet the criteria for himself and family, became a clerk ten years younger!

Anyhow, great that it has all come together in the end for you.

Sue

[goldie61]

I would suggest that in order to qualify for govt assistance in your immigration from England to Australia, you should be 'young and useful'

An ancestor of mine was a medical practitioner and, to meet the criteria for himself and family, became a clerk ten years younger!

Anyhow, great that it has all come together in the end for you.

Sue

Well that's interesting Sue.
Perhaps he also thought it would be a good idea to be a 'farmer', rather than a grocer!
Although I suspect that someone who ran the grocery store in Ballarat during the gold rush, was probably better off than many of the miners!