Thread: Passenger Lists - leaving UK 1890-1919 - Temporarily closed

These are now available on findmypast. I have some spare credits & am willing to do look-ups. Please give as much information as possible

Gillian

Hi Gillian do you possibly still have any spare credits i am looking for a William Buckland born in Gloucestershire c1884 he was still in England 1901 census but we believe he went to Canada after this date.



thank you for any help



Cher

Sorry Cher - he isn't there. Maybe he will show up when some later dates are released?

Gillian

Thanks Gillian for looking





Cher

Hi Cher

Another 10 years have now been added & I think this is your man -

William Buckland - date of departure 29.5.1912 - port of departure Bristol - destination Quebec - age 28 - marital status not given - occupation car driver - ship Royal Edward

Gillian

Hi Gillian. If possible could you please check out a James TURNER. age 21, from London to South Africa. Possibly 1896. I think destination would be Cape Town. He was my great-uncle. Was a pugilist & was in Kimberley Guard of that Town during the 1899 seige. If you run out of credits before my request don't worry. Many thanks.



Kind regards Jimbo.

Hi Jimbo

An interesting ancestor! This looks like him

Jas Turner - date of departure 19 Feb 1896 - port of departure London - destination port Cape South Africa - age 21- single - occupation fireman - ship Ionic

Gillian

Hi Gillian. Thank you very much for looking that up for me. You are right, he was an interesting chap, I haven't found out a lot about him yet. Being a fireman was unknown to me, I know he worked for the Portsmouth Gas Co. as a meter fitter. He was also a boxer in England. The family mythe was that he chased a chap called "Pedlar Palmer" all over the north of England for a fight.

In South Africa he boxed in all the states even Bullawayo. He bacame S.A lightweight Champ after beating a "Jim Holloway". That is according to a book called "The Fighters" by Chris Gravestein. Through my search for him I now find I have several cousins in Johannesburgh. One of them was a Lt. Colonal in the S.A army. I could only rise to corporal in the RAF.



Much obliged .... Jimbo.

Gillian thank you so much again i have just googled the ship 'Royal Edward' it seems it reported the icebergs just before the sailing of the illfated Titanic.

It was great seeing a picture of the ship. It was torpodoed in the ww1 as a british troop shipin 1915.



thanks again



Cher

hi gillian,



a little while ago you found emigration records for francis pickles for me and was going to send the record by email, but I did not receive it although i think you sent it to both my email addresses, any chance we can try again??



Thank you



Kirstie