PASSENGER LIST - PARTIAL
This is the report prepared by the Department of Immigration 2 days after the Slains Castle arrived in Port Phillip, at which time only 104 persons were on board.
"ARCHIVES of the Chief Secretary's Department (Victoria) -- Box 211 File 51/36. State Library of Victoria. Courtesy Archivist James William WAMSEEK --1965. "Mrs. Caroline CHISHOLM respecting the Family Colonisation Loan Society and Emigrants by the Ship "SLAINS CASTLE".
From the REPORT, dated 1 February 1851, upon the Ship "SLAINS CASTLE" by the Board of Immigration, Melbourne (Box 211 File 51/55)
"Thirty-eight Families were embarked numbering 154 souls, Single male adults 36, Single female Adults 44, making a total of 234 souls.
When the Board arrived on board the "Slains Castle" to inspect the passengers, it was found that very many of the people had been allowed to go on shore, and that there remained on board 19 Families consisting 66 souls, Single Men 16, and Single Women 22, in all 104 souls."
THIS is the Nominal List of the 104 souls who were found on board on 27th. January, 1851, the date of the Board's inspection --not including, of course, the balance of 130 souls who had disembarked previously. The ship sailed from Gravesend on 1st. October 1850. One Single Adult Female, "Elizabeth BISHOPP" died during the voyage"
"NOMINAL LIST of IMMIGRANTS arrived at Port Phillip per Ship "SLAINS CASTLE" on 25th January 1851 and inspected by the BOARD (sent to the Colony by the "Family Colonisation Loan Society", originated by Mrs. CHISHOLM").
Signed by John PATTERSON, Acting Immigration Agent.
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Note: 3 lists follow - Family Groups, Single Female Adults and Single Male Adults. (#) denotes that there seem to be other members of the same family on one of the other lists. Be sure to check all three lists for your family members.
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FAMILY GROUPS |
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| BLECHMORE | James | Dyer | 55 | City of London | Wesleyen | Read & Write | ||
| Mary | Housekeeper | 50 | Wife | " | " | " | ||
| BLACKABY | Joseph | Shoemaker | 62 | Hackney, Middlesex | Independent | " | ||
| Esther | Housekeeper | 56 | Wife | " | " | " | ||
| BLACKBOURNE | Jas. Berry | Carrier | 31 | Norwich | Episcopalian | " | ||
| Sophia | Housekeeper | 31 | Wife | " | " | " | ||
| Chas. Berry | Son | 8 | " | " | " | |||
| Harriett | Daughter | 6 | " | " | " | |||
| Amelia |
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10 | months | " | " | Neither | ||
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CROSSLAND | Jno. Michl. | Portrait Painter | 50 | York | " | Read & Write | |
| Jane | Housekeeper | 36 | Wife | " | " | " | ||
| Francis | Son | 11 | " | " | " | |||
| Henry | " | 10 | " | " | " | |||
| Emily | Daughter | 5 | " | " | Neither | |||
| Edward | Son | 2½ | " | " | " | |||
| Male Infant | Son | Inf | " | " | " | |||
| DEACON | Firmin | Framemaker | 24 | Ipswich | " | Read & Write | ||
| Anne E. | Housekeeper | 22 | Wife | " | " | " | ||
| Firmin W. | Son | 1 | " | " | Neither | |||
| FRANCIS | George | Butcher | 24 | Norfolk | " | Read & Write | ||
| Sophia | Housekeeper | 25 | Wife | " | " | " | ||
| Henry | Son | 1¾ | " | " | Neither | |||
| GIBLETT | James | Wine Cooper | 30 | Bristol | " | Read & Write | ||
| Mary | Housekeeper | 30 | Wife | " | " | " | ||
| Jas. Bartlee | Son | 5 | months | " | " | Neither | ||
| # | KILPATRICK | Willm. | Laborer | 44 | St. Anns, Soho, London | " | Read only | |
| Hannah | Housekeeper | 42 | Wife | " | " | Read & Write | ||
| Thomas | Son | 12 | " | " | " | |||
| LUCAS | Joseph | Laborer | 37 | Maidwell, Northampton | Baptist | " | ||
| Eliza Ann | Housekeeper | 36 | Wife | " | " | " | ||
| Eliza Ann | Daughter | 6 | " | " | Read only | |||
| John Wm. | Son | 4 | " | " | Neither | |||
| Frances | Daughter | 2 | " | " | " | |||
| # | KEY | John | Saddler | 50 | Glenlee, Wigton | Episcopalian | Read & Write | |
| Rebecca | Housekeeper | 50 | Wife | London | " | " | ||
| # | MARSH | James | Stonemason | 49 | Swanage, Dorset | " | " | |
| Eliza | Housekeeper | 44 | Wife | " | " | " | ||
| Amey | Daughter | 11 | " | " | " | |||
| MAIDMENT | Wm. Hy. | Carpenter | 30 | Poole, Dorset | " | " | ||
| Mary A. | Housekeeper | 33 | Wife | " | " | " | ||
| Sarah | Daughter | 7 | " | " | " | |||
| Elizabeth |
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5 | " | " | Neither | |||
| Wm. Hy. | Son | 4 | " | " | " | |||
| Caroline | Born on bd. | Inf | " | " | ||||
| REXTER | James | Laborer | 45 | Fermanagh | " | Read & Write | ||
| Mary | Housekeeper | 45 | Wife | " | " | " | ||
| Willm. Jas. | Son | 12 | " | " | " | |||
| SHEPHERD | Joseph | Baker | 22 | Sundford, Berks | Baptist | " | ||
| Mary | Housekeeper | 23 | Wife | " | " | " | ||
| SMITH | Daniel | Weaver | 46 | Gloucestershire | Independent | " | ||
| Julia | Housekeeper | 40 | Wife | " | " | " | ||
| Julia | Daughter | 11 | ||||||