Emigration Details.
I have a passenger list of the original Roberts in our fam that emigrated from Liverpool to Durban in 1850 aboard the Devonian. They were William and Mary Roberts, their kiddos were Richard, Elizabeth, Edward and Catherine. Is their a way of finding out more details like dates of birth, place of birth and residence using this immigration information? We know William was born in Wales, he married Mary Catherine Jones in Liverpool in 1842. The marriage certificate states his dads name was Richard and his wifes dads name was John. She was born in Liverpool in 1821 according to her probate. Have done a fair bit of research on FamSearch, Ancestry and FindMyPast. I would like to focus on getting more details from the passenger list that could help trace their origins.
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Just trying to make sure I understand your discussion correctly. You have a passenger list containing the Roberts family on the ship "Devonian" which went from Liverpool, England to Durban, South Africa in 1850.
But what you are really after is more information about this family in England prior to their departure....right? Have you been able to find documents about the family in South Africa that gives their birthdates, etc?
Can you post a link and an image to the passenger list?
Do you think posting in the British Isles Research Group would be more help?
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Hi Karen. Sorry if it sounded confusing. Yes, I was hunting to see if more detail could be available. I am using the professions to search as well- I did discover an almanac on FindMyPast. The SA side has been a bit tricky, and have asked the other group. Appreciate the help, thanks.
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@ROWLANDROBERTS1 Thank you for providing the link in ancestry. I see that it is just the indexed information such as their names...but not the original image...right? I have not been able to find the original image on any of the sights I have checked so far.
Are there really no hints from records in South Africa about their birth years of locations? Do you have educated guesses?
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