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103152
Surname: -
First Name: -
Ship: Duchess of Northumberland 1835
Date: 1835 19 March
Place: -
Source: SG
Details: Correspondence to the Editor of the Sydney Gazette re the girls of the 'Duchess of Northumberland' - described industrious and happy to be in the colony.
103153
Surname: -
First Name: -
Ship: Duchess of Northumberland 1835
Date: 1835 3 March
Place: Sydney
Source: SG
Details: Respectable and healthy appearance of the female emigrants by the Duchess of Northumberland from Dublin and Cork. Useful and interesting set of young women well adapted to the wants of the Colony. Highest commendations of their conduct by the commander of the vessel
172074
Surname: -
First Name: -
Ship: Duchess of Northumberland 1835
Date: 2 March 1835
Place: Port Jackson
Source: SH
Details: The Duchess of Northumberland has arrived in the harbour with 249 young female emigrants from the counties of Dublin and Cork. Captain Jobbing and the gentleman who has been entrusted with their superintendence speak in the highest terms of the character of these girls during the voyage and most of them as in the case of those by the Red Rover, having testimonials of good conduct acquired in their native country. These girls have been gathered from the country parts of Ireland and principally consist of farm servants with a few house maids nurserymaids and dress makers.
172077
Surname: -
First Name: -
Ship: Duchess of Northumberland 1835
Date: 2 March 1835
Place: -
Source: SH
Details: The Duchess of Northumberland depart Cork on 19th October with 249 female emigrants under the superintendence of Dr. James Eckford. Arrived in Port Jackson late February
205367
Surname: -
First Name: -
Ship: Duchess of Northumberland 1835 1834
Date: 28 February 1835
Place: Sydney
Source: Sydney Gazette
Details: Arrival - From London, whence she sailed on the 18th September, Dublin 3rd October and Cork 19th October, the Duchess of Northumberland, Captain Robert Jobbing, with 249 female emigrants and children. Passenger Dr. James Eckford
205368
Surname: Carter
First Name: James
Ship: Duchess of Northumberland 1835
Date: 27 February 1851
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: State Archives NSW; Kingswood, New South Wales; Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757
Details: James Carter, came free, labourer from Sussex. Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland under charge of assault. Forwarded to Darlinghurst gaol 15 April 1851
207901
Surname: Eckford
First Name: Dr. James
Ship: Duchess of Northumberland 1835
Date: 8 August 1835
Place: Sydney
Source: Sydney Gazette
Details: James Eckford, Esq., Surgeon and Doctor of Medicine, called in; and examined. I came out in the capacity of Surgeon Superintendent of the Duch- ess of Northumberland, which ship arrived in this Colony on the 27th February last, with two hundred and fifty four immigrants, of whom two hundred and thirty were females. I had an opportunity of knowing how those females were collected in Ireland. In Dublin, certain persons from philanthropic motives formed themselves into a Committee, with the view of selecting proper females of good character as Emigrants. They acted gratuitously. They received applications from all parts of the Country from persons who were desirous of emigrating. The Committee generally applied to the Clergyman of the Parish to ascertain the characters of the applicants, who were obliged to present themselves to the Committee, and to produce satisfactory testimonials of character before they could be admitted as Emigrants. A similar Committee was formed in Cork, established by persons belonging to the Society of Friends, who performed their duties with great zeal and efficiency. There is also an agent for emigration at Cork, appointed by the Government, who co-operated with the Committee in the selection of the Emigrants, most of the females appeared before the Committee, and were questioned particularly as to their moral character and habits. There was a superior class of persons desirous of emigrating, but who were deterred by the representations made in the Times newspaper, of the treatment they were likely to receive ; not only on the passage but on the arrival in this Colony, and a great number of them, who had entered their names to come by the Duchess of Northumberland, withdrew in consequence. The representations I allude to, were made very shortly before the sailing of the ship. From the official situations of some of the members of the Cork Committee, a greater confidence was given to respectable persons desirous of emigrating, and who were therefore more disposed to entrust themselves to their advice and protection. I have no doubt that a great number of Emigrants might be obtained from Ireland on the same principle as that adopted in the case of those who came out in the Duchess of Northumberland. That ship was 550 tons register measurement, with a crew of thirty five men, under the management of a Captain and and four Officers. She brought out cargo on private account, to the amount of between 300 and 400 tons ; on which account, there was not sufficient room for the proper stowage of the provisions, which in consequence became mouldy, particularly the biscuit. Two thousand guineas were paid by the Government for the charter of the ship, and the private goods that came out, probably yielded from £2 to £3 a ton freight. I understood that the amount of the charter party was for the entire use of the ship. The general character of the Emi- grants was good, with but few exceptions. There were some sent out by the Government of Ireland whose characters the Committee had not an opportunity of ascertaining; and who generally were not so well conducted as the rest. The scale of rations issued, was similar in all respects to that established for the female convict ships, but I had the discretion of extending the allowances, if I thought the health of the emigrants required it ; and in consequence of the above privilege, for which the additional expense incurred was very trifling, the healthy state of the females was maintained, only one death occurring from disease alone, during the voyage.
208314
Surname: Jenner
First Name: Mary Ann
Ship: Duchess of Northumberland 1835
Date: 26 July 1860
Place: Maitland gaol
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930
Details: Mary Ann Jenner, servant from Sussex. Admitted to Maitland gaol. Sentenced to 1 month imprisonment in default of bail. Forwarded to the Asylum at Tarban Creek 6th August
103151
Surname: Lynum
First Name: Elizabeth
Ship: Duchess of Northumberland 1835
Date: -
Place: -
Source: Maitland Family History Circle's Pre 1900 Pioneer Register
Details: Born 1819. Spouse James Callaghan. For more information see Pioneer Register Entry No. 175