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Documents

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	BROWN, (nee LORD) Marjorie: Correspondence These envelopes contained letters from Marjorie to her father-in-law, Albert Brown during WW2. (Top to Bottom: 1 June 1943; 22 March 1944; 28 December 1943)	Albert Edward Brown Marjorie Lord	13 May 2013
	GULLICK, Thomas: Missing Person Thomas' name appears in the New South Wales Police Gazette on 13 December 1882. He is reported as a missing person.	Thomas Disdale Gullick	13 May 2013

Immigrant Ships

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	Clipper "Cutty Sark" On the afternoon of Monday 22 November 1869, a beautiful little clipper ship of 963 tons gross was launched at Dumbarton on the River Leven. On that day, she was given a name that was to become renowned throughout the seafaring world. Strictly speaking, the Cutty Sark was a working cargo ship, certainly not an immigrant passenger ship. She endured high seas and heavy weather, from 1869 until 1922. She has travelled across the world, sailing under both the Red Ensign and the Portuguese flag, visiting every major port in the world through the course of her working life. In admiration of her beauty and in recognition of her fame, she was preserved for the nation by Captain Wilfred Dowman in 1922. Since then, the old clipper has been berthed in Falmouth and Greenhithe, finally arriving at her current resting place in Greenwich in 1954. Now preserved as a major London tourist attraction, her full story can be enjoyed at the Royal Museums of Greenwich Cutty Sark Exhibit, or by following this link.	Mark Brown (Travel Record)	14 May 2013
	Clipper "Parramatta" (1879) Parramatta was built in 1866 by James Laing in Sutherland, England for Devitt and Moore's passenger trade run to Sydney, Australia. The ship measured 231 feet in length and 1,521 tons. The ship was one of the wool fleet from 1875-1876, going from Sydney to London in 79 days. Captain J. Swanson commanded the ship until 1874, when Captain Goddard took over until the ship’s sale in 1888 to J. Simonsen of Norway. In January 1898, Parramatta sailed from Galveston, TX headed for King's Lynn, Norfolk, England and disappeared along the way. Parramatta was a Blackwall frigate. Blackwall frigates were three-masted merchant ships originally built to replace British East Indiamen in the trade between England and India. However, many Blackwell frigates, including Paramatta, became active in the trade between England and Australia. It was the second fastest of the Blackwall frigates after the Tweed. The picture shows Parramatta off Sydney Heads, Australia with a view of the coastline in the background. A small flight of steps and some women can be seen on deck. The presence of women is indicative of the Parramatta as a passenger ship, as a group of women would likely not have been on a trading voyage. Other details about the ship include the use of davits to hold up the lifeboats, where earlier they would have been merely tied to ropes and lowered over the side. Leather strips called "brails" used to shorten the sails can be seen running across the sails, and the flags on the lifeboat match the house flag located on the mainmast. This picture (painted in 1879) is a clip of an original painting by the Artist Frederick Tudgay (1841-1921) who was the youngest in a family of marine artists. (Acknowledgements: The National Museum of American History)	Mark Brown (Travel Record)	14 May 2013
	SS Beltana Beltana was launched in 1921 at a cost of £179,000. She was a passenger liner built specifically for the UK-Australia emigrant service via the Cape of Good Hope. In October 1917, she was requisitioned for Transatlantic service where she carried munitions and supplies, returning to emigrant service in 1919. On 31 March 1930 she was sold for £27,000 to Toyo Hogei Kabushiki Kaisha, Japan for conversion for the whaling trade. She was not renamed, being laid up in Japan. She never traded under the Japanese flag. In 1933 she was sold to Gentaro Kasegawa, Kobe for demolition.	Marjorie Lord (Emigration)	13 May 2013

Individuals

ID	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Born/Christened		Tree	Last Modified
I17930	Leyland, Frederick Richards	b. 30 Sep 1831	Liverpool, Merseyside, England	Mitchell Families	13 May 2013
I23407	Lord, Marjorie	b. 20 May 1914	Nelson, Lancashire, England	Mitchell Families	13 May 2013
I23406	Brown, Leonard Albert	b. 13 Aug 1915	Manly, New South Wales, Australia	Mitchell Families	13 May 2013
I23442	Brown, James Matthew Deacon	b. 1804	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23436	Brown, Joseph Cooke	b. 1775	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23437	Terry, Frances			Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23455	Brown, Elizabeth	b. 1771	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23454	Brown, Amy	b. 1783	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23453	Brown, John	b. 1779	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23452	Brown, George	b. 1775	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23451	Brown, Richard Deacon	b. 1788	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23450	Brown, Ann	b. 1769	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23457	Brown, Mary	b. 1781	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23456	Brown, Jane	b. 1786	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23449	Deacon, Mary			Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23448	Brown, Joseph			Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23431	Brown, George Arthur	b. 1861	Dover, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23428	Wright, Jane	b. 1826	Dover, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23435	[Wright], Mary Ann	b. Cal 1797	London, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I18743	Brown, Mark	b. 1855	Dover, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23447	Brown, Peter	b. 1816	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23446	Brown, William Richard	b. 13 Apr 1805	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23445	Brown, George Elisha	b. 1809	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23444	Brown, Esther Sarah	b. 1808	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23443	Brown, Amy Eleanor	b. 1806	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23441	Brown, John Granville	b. 1811	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23440	Brown, Joseph Charles	b. 1803	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23439	Brown, Charlotte Louisa	b. 1814	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23438	Brown, Frances Elizabeth	b. 1813	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013
I23427	Brown, Henry	b. 1818	Maidstone, Kent, England	Mitchell Families	12 May 2013