Hi,
I was wondering if anyone can help me find the name of the ship that brought Wilhelmine Pauline Albertine Kruger (known as Wilhelmina) and her sister Emilie Auguste Bertha Kruger (known as Bertha) to Queensland. An obituary for Bertha says they landed on 5 Aug 1879. The nearest I could find were the Aberlemno which came to Queensland on 30 Jul 1879, the Arthur Stone on 31 Jul 1879 and possibly the Clan Macleod (later the James Craig) which came to Brisbane on 11 Aug 1879 (from
http://www.blaxland.com/ozships/year/arrive/s69.htm). I also consulted the Index to registers of immigrants ships arriving in Queensland from the Queensland Archives which has the same information. I was hoping it might say "ex Hamburg" or something similar in the Remarks.
I am fairly certain that the date is at least approximately right. Bertha, who was 21, married in Queensland on 14 Aug 1879, so perhaps was coming to meet her betrothed. Wilhelmina, who was 24, married on 8 Jan 1880, so that was also soon after arrival.
The girls' father had died and their mother had remarried in 1861. She and her new family came to Queensland in 1883 on the Wega (not on La Hogue, as it says in the mother's obit).
To the best of my knowledge the girls paid their own way. I'm not sure if the "immigrant ships" index only covers ships containing subsidised passengers.
Any tips on how I might find the name of the girls' ship would be gratefully appreciated.
Geoff Turner
Brisbane