Emigration and Passenger List Details.

ROWLANDROBERTS1

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.

Paul W

I don't quite understand the question, in that you say you "have" the passenger list. The visible information you can see is almost certainly the only detail that is available - i.e., there is nothing likely to be found unless there is another version of this passenger list that does include finer detail of their identities.

It is not unusual to find these records being very vague in their details of individual passengers. Only yesterday, looking to confirm a passenger (named Thomas Lauder) was a relative, I found his wife was unhelpfully shown as "Mrs Lauder". Beyond that, there were only ages shown and details of the ports of departure and arrival. So, I couldn't even confirm they were related to me, let alone be provided with any further biographical detail from the passenger list.

ROWLANDROBERTS1

Hi Paul. 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 FindMayPast. Appreciate the help, thanks.

Jill 2021

Hi Rowland,

As you have the passenger lists already, there will be no more detailed information beyond what you have gleaned there.

I assume you have looked up each individual's Birth, Marriage and Death information through the GRO and Free BMD? They should be named in the 1841 Census records too, which should be found easily once you have the BMD dates and locations. If you can find the children, you can locate the rest of the family.

If you have not explored the FamilySearch Research Wiki, it may be found here:

https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Main_Page

Another valuable research resource is the Catalogue:

https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Introduction_to_the_FamilySearch_Catalog

I hope these suggestions may help you in your further research.

Jill 2021

ROWLANDROBERTS1

Thanks, will check those sites out.