It's me again John from Australia my Mother and Grandparents came to Australia from Scotland around 1912/13 as I have found them on the 1911 Census living in Pollokshaws Glasgow,how a when and by which ship they got here remains a mystery.I've tried this end finding out arrivals no results .They may have paid there own way so our shipping list don't record everyone.There names were :
David Letham Hamilton born 1885 (Grandparent)
Margaret Sawers Hamilton (Dewar) b 1885( " )
Mabel Lorraine Letham Hamilton b 1909 (My Mother)
I know they were here in 1918 as a Uncle died as an infant then. Born in Feb 1917,another mystery for me to solve.
Regards John Hills Aussie
How did they get here
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Hi John,johnhills wrote:I know they were here in 1918 as a Uncle died as an infant then. Born in Feb 1917,another mystery for me to solve.
Have you found your uncle's birth record? In Scotland, Australia or elsewhere?
All the best,
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He was born in North Sydney NSW Australia Feb 1917
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Opps his name was Desmond Dewar Hamilton
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Yes I have an account with them my Hamilton family is not there,can find them on Scotlandspeople in Scotland but not coming to Australia they got here cause I,m here .If I only knew the ship they sailed here on I'd be a mile in front.
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May have found the ship the Orontes sailed July 1912 to Australia,only problem this end is they have lost all paperwork ](./images/smilies/brick-wall.gif "Brick wall")
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Hello John,
Is that the Orontes arrived Brisbane 2 September, 1912? It doesn’t say the records are missing in this list, although many nearby are. There’s no Immigration Department reference in the column and I guess that doesn’t look good. http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/s ... 5.htm#qld5
According to The Brisbane Courier, 29 August 1912, the Orontes, which left London on July 19, had on board 42 Government immigrants for Queensland. They comprised 5 married men, 10 married women, 13 singe men, 3 single women, and 11 children. Their nationalities were English 32, Scotch 6, and Russian Jews 4. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article ... tleid%3A16
Looking at that lot, there must have been a lot of married men who came to Australia alone and whose wives followed them later. If you can’t get a family match on FMP and there’s a big gap between births maybe that’s what happened.
Alan
Is that the Orontes arrived Brisbane 2 September, 1912? It doesn’t say the records are missing in this list, although many nearby are. There’s no Immigration Department reference in the column and I guess that doesn’t look good. http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/s ... 5.htm#qld5
According to The Brisbane Courier, 29 August 1912, the Orontes, which left London on July 19, had on board 42 Government immigrants for Queensland. They comprised 5 married men, 10 married women, 13 singe men, 3 single women, and 11 children. Their nationalities were English 32, Scotch 6, and Russian Jews 4. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article ... tleid%3A16
Looking at that lot, there must have been a lot of married men who came to Australia alone and whose wives followed them later. If you can’t get a family match on FMP and there’s a big gap between births maybe that’s what happened.
Alan
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I sort of remember someone saying my grandfather came here first ,then went back. He was in Scotland in 1911 on the Census.My mother said she was 4 or 5 when she come here 4 would have made it 1913.I may have to go to the national library here and see what I can find out.
John
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