Immigration

This section of the site is dedicated to those ancestors who first came to the colonies from the UK & Ireland. All arrivals are to Sydney, NSW AUS unless otherwise stated.

See also the Immigration - Ships page for further details of the journey of each of the vessels listed below.

Convicts

Name Native Place Ship & Year
John BAILEY or MCCRAW Probably London, ENG Lady East, 1815 (to VDL)
Coromandel, 1825 (to NSW)
James BARKER London, ENG Hercules II, 1825
Rebecca BLOXHAM Leicestershire, ENG Harmony, 1827
Charles BUSTARD ENG Maitland (1), 1840
James HANLEY unknown Hive, 1834
John HOOPER unknown Hibernia, 1819 (to VDL)
James MILSOM Somersetshire, ENG Susan, 1835
Henry MORGAN Glasgow, Scotland Agamemnon, 1820 (to NSW)
Southworth (2), 1834 (to VDL)
Thomas PEARCE Leicestershire Coromandel, 1804
George TONGUE Nottingham, ENG Surrey, 1831
James WHITNEY Herefordshire, ENG Tottenham, 1818

Assisted Immigrants

Name Accompanied by / Comments From Ship & Year
Thomas BRIERLEY wife Margaret (nee ELLIOT) and children Thomas, James, Ittai & Elizabeth Manchester, ENG Agnes, 1842
Michael COFFEY sister Ann already living in the colony Tipperary, IRE Bee, 1856
Ellen KELLY sister Catherine already living in the colony Co. Clare, IRE Admiral Lyons, 1857
Samuel MAWHINNEW wife Elizabeth (nee LAURENCE) and daughters Sarah, Charlotte and Mary Jane. Also on same ship, Elizabeth's sisters Catherine & Mary Ann LAURENCE and William CHAMBERS. Ireland Isabella, 1840
Henry REVELL wife Arabella (nee KING) and children Charles, Frank, Arthur, Alfred and Mabel Birmingham, WAR, ENG Zamora, 1883 (QLD)

Free / Other

Name Accompanied by / Comments From Ship & Year
John BROWN possibly as crew on ship England bef. 1868
Hugh CHAMBERS brother William already in colony (VIC & NSW); Hugh first emigrated with mother and siblings to New York USA per Venice in 1847 Ireland via USA Unconfirmed entry for Hugh per Eastern State from New York USA to Melbourne VIC 1855
Alfred William GASKELL   Shropshire (via USA?) bet. 1912 and 1917
Ann HUGHES (nee ELLIS) probably arrived in Francis Rossi's party as a servant Ireland (via South Africa) Hercules II, 1825
Mary Ann PEARCE (nee STUART) wife of convict Thomas PEARCE, arrived free with child(ren) England Experiment, 1805
Richard SCOTT wife Mary (nee GRIMBLY), children Agnes, Richard & James London? John Dalton, 1848
Richard Silver SMITH wife Emma Jane (nee GRANT), children Portsea, Hampshire (via New Zealand?) 1850's
Walter SMITH   London, ENG mid 1880's
James WANMER soldier in British Army in India before his arrival Pembury, KENT, ENG (via India) 1850's (to QLD)

 

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