Voyage to Adelaide in 1864

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Voyage to Adelaide in 1864
Under command of Captain David Bruce
Departure port London
Departure date 6th August 1864
Arrival port Port Adelaide
Arrival date 7th November 1864
Voyage duration 93 days
Port of Call
Port of call Plymouth
Arrival 12th Aug 1864
Departure 12th Aug 1864

On the 6th August 1864 the City of Adelaide began her maiden voyage to South Australia when she left London and proceeded to Plymouth to collect more passengers. After six days sailing, she was sighted off Plymouth about 10:00am on the 12th August. About 1:00pm the remaining passengers sailed out to her by small boat and boarded her. The City of Adelaide departed at about 4:00pm the same day bound for Adelaide under the command of Captain David Bruce.



Passenger List

The following is a list of passengers on the maiden voyage that arrived in Port Adelaide on 7 November 1864 after a 93 day passage.

No. Name in Newspaper /
on Passenger List
Individual
Wiki (GEDCOM) Page
Family/Household
Wiki (GEDCOM) Page
Cabin Class Birth Date Age Comment Ref.
1 Bray, Mr. T.C. Bray, Thomas Cox - I1 Bray Family - F1 First Class (Saloon) 8 Jun 1815 Abt 49
2 Bray, Mrs. S. Pink, Sarah - I2 Bray Family - F1 First Class (Saloon)
3 Bray, Miss Sarah A. Bray, Sarah Ann - I3 Bray Family - F1 First Class (Saloon) Mar 1844 Abt 20
4 Bray, Miss Blanche L. Bray, Blanche Louisa - I4 Bray Family - F1 First Class (Saloon) 1848 Abt 16
5 Bruce, Miss Bruce, Janet - I23 Bruce Family - F2001 First Class (Saloon) 1843
6 Cockburn Campbell, Mr. T. Cockburn Campbell, Thomas - I21 First Class (Saloon) 1845 Abt 19
7 Dover, Miss Dover, Janetta - I8 First Class (Saloon) Discrepancies in first name - might be Janetta or Linetta
8 Fairlie, Mrs. Parsons, Elizabeth - I11 Fairlie Family - F6 First Class (Saloon) Dec 1823 and three children
9 Fairlie, Miss Fairlie, Bessie - I15 Fairlie Family - F6 First Class (Saloon)
10 Fairlie, Miss Fairlie, Maryanne - I16 Fairlie Family - F6 First Class (Saloon)
11 Fairlie, Child Fairlie, - I12 Fairlie Family - F6 First Class (Saloon) Child of Mrs. Fairlie
12 Fairlie, Child Fairlie, - I13 Fairlie Family - F6 First Class (Saloon) Child of Mrs. Fairlie
13 Fairlie, Child Fairlie, - I14 Fairlie Family - F6 First Class (Saloon) Child of Mrs. Fairlie
14 Letchford, Master Letchford, Frederick - I19 Letchford Family - F88 First Class (Saloon) 1860 abt 4
15 Letchford, Miss Letchford, Eliza - I17 Letchford Family - F88 First Class (Saloon) 20 Nov 1849 14
16 Letchford, Miss Letchford, Fanny - I18 Letchford Family - F88 First Class (Saloon) 1857 abt 7
17 Methuen, Miss Matilda Methuen, Matilda - I7 First Class (Saloon)
18 Nason, Dr. Nason, Edward - I24 First Class (Saloon) 1823 abt 41 Acted as ship's surgeon
19 Ringwood, Mr. T.W. Ringwood, Frederick William - I22 First Class (Saloon) 1846 abt 18 Wrong initial in newspapers T/F
20 Sims, Mr. Joseph H. Sims, Joseph Griffiths - I20 First Class (Saloon) 1823 abt 41
21 Suter, Mr. Suter, Edward - I9 Suter Family - F84 First Class (Saloon) abt 1815 abt 49 Discrepancies in initials or names
22 Suter, Mrs. Morris, Fanny - I10 Suter Family - F84 First Class (Saloon) abt 1817 abt 47
23 Wilcox, Mr. George Wilcox, George - I5 Wilcox Family - F43 First Class (Saloon) 1838 abt 26
24 Wilcox, Mrs. Annie Fuller, Annie Caldicot - I6 Wilcox Family - F43 First Class (Saloon) 1840 abt 24
25 Henniker, Mr. James Henniker, James - I28 Second Class Cabins
26 Hillier, Mr. William S. Hillier, William Smith - I25 Hillier Family - F44 Second Class Cabins
27 Hillier, Mrs. Jane Hillier, Jane - I26 Hillier Family - F44 Second Class Cabins
28 Humbley, Mr. H. Humbley, Richard Humbley Wells - I30 Second Class Cabins 1844 abt 20
29 Price, Mr. C.J. Price, Charles Joseph - I29 Fairlie Family - F6 Second Class Cabins abt 1842 abt 22
30 Ruff, Mrs. Merrett, Elizabeth - I27 Second Class Cabins Sep 1819 45






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