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The 537 ton teak and yellow metal SOPHIA was built in Calcutta INDIA in 1819. On this voyage she is said to have sailed from London, Portsmouth and finally, on April 27, 1850, from Plymouth. She arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on July 27, 1850 after spending thirteen weeks and three days at sea. She had a crew of 33 and her captain was John Claborn. There were 250 passengers on board and on arrival, her surgeon, Thomas Parr, was tried (and subsequently acquitted) on charges of malpractice and neglect.

One of the aims of this project was to assemble a comprehensive passenger LIST for the voyage and that has been presented further down the page in both a tabular and an expanded family biography format.

Lyn Todd has been the driving force behind this project and has uncovered much more information on many of the SOPHIA's passengers and the family historians researching them. Cyber-tourists are encouraged to e-mail Lyn and the other researchers mentioned in the various family biographies.

As the next section will show, a great deal of information has been uncovered about the ship, her crew and passengers, the voyage, the reasons behind the voyage and the effects it had on the passengers and the Swan River Colony in general.

Assisted Emigration Scheme

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The Ship

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The Crew

William Reid was paid £12 as 1st mate, as was Meredith Jacobs the 3rd mate.

Thomas Parr, Surgeon Superintendent, was employed for the journey at the rate of 10 shillings per head for each immigrant landing in the colony alive. His gratuity is listed as £125 in total. To ensure he performed his task to the satisfaction of the Colonial authorities, half of his fee was to be paid only after the Colonial Surgeon's inspection of the passenger's health.

Following complaints by several passengers regarding Parr's behaviour during the voyage, an extensive 4-day inquiry was held.

Mrs. Agnes Barclay had been appointed Matron in charge of single female immigrants for the duration of the voyage, for which she was to receive £5.

[ CSO Acc 36/209/23-56 PRO Alexander Library, Perth WA ]

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Passenger Stipends

• George Pope, schoolmaster, £5
• Michael Humphrey, ---- , £3
• Stephen Donnelly, hospital assistant, £3
• John Johnson, constable, £2
• George W. Penn, constable, £2
• Wilm. Liles, constable, £2
• Cath Murren, hospital assistant, £2

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The Voyage

The weather was hot and calm for most of the three-month and 3 day voyage via the Cape of Good Hope. On deck a large sail was filled with water to provide cool bathing and entertainment for the younger passengers.

Rations were supplied according to age. Children between five and fourteen years received half the adult share, but those under five years of age were given no allocation. As a result, a shortage of food often occurred amongst those families with several growing children with a capacity to eat adult quantities.

For many passengers, the provision of oranges proved to be a novelty.

Since no fresh water was taken on board after the SOPHIA set sail from England, the immigrants felt the available supplies were scarce and of poor quality, while Colonial officials considered the supply to be adequate.

The water or lack of fresh provisions, may have been responsible for the bowel complaints during the voyage. Treatment with Opium mixture was used successfully by Surgeon Parr.

The hospital cabin kept an extensive range of medicinals, but only a very limited quantity of many of the essential drugs. Women after confinement received an extra daily ration of a pot of porter.

When the weather permitted, schooling was carefully attended. Of the 30 children receiving tuition, most could not write when they came on board. Mr. Pope considered they learnt to "write a tolerable hand, and understand a little of arithmetic", although Thomas Buckingham Jr. was to later write in his diary that he thought they had not learnt much.

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Arrival in Fremantle

"To the newly arrived, ... You come to a country wherein by sobriety and industry you may, if you please, in a few years secure that which the labour of a life in the mother country would not procure you - a comfortable independence and home for your old age."

Since the names of passengers from the Holborn Union Poorhouse and Cork Foundling Home are missing from the Nominal List of Emigrants, it seems likely that the decision to allow those migrants to travel on the SOPHIA may have been made after the completion of sailing orders.

The Certificate of Final Departure (List A) was considered by the Colonial Office to correspond with the names and numbers of individuals who actually arrived. Surgeon Parr was unable to explain to Colonial Immigration Agent F.D. Wittenoom the errors in his Nominal List of Emigrants (List B), which omitted the foundlings and was incorrect in other places also.

Thomas Rose, Swan River Surveyor Superintendent, prepared a detailed report on the voyage. He noted that Susan Johnson, Sophia Swords, Eliza Waters, Ann Cousins and Sarah Allen, all of whom came from the Holborn Union; as well as Sarah Young and Keziah Bennett were to be considered exceptions to the general good behaviour of the passengers on board. During the voyage Keziah Bennett had gone up on deck after being ordered below, and so had been punished for breaking the regulations by having some of her hair cut off. Passengers breaching regulations were occasionally confined to a cabin.

On 30th August the newspapers printed the following charges made by 6 of the passengers against Surgeon Parr.

• That he unjustifiably cut off the hair of passenger Bennett.
• Neglected the sick, turned women out of hospital too soon after confinement in order to use it for improper purposes.
• Took improper and disgusting liberties with passenger Chevassant in the presence of several females on deck.
• Allowed constables to rob emigrants, then sell and barter away the stores.

However, it was made clear that Mr. Clabon and chief officer Reid, offered uniform kindness and attention to the passengers' comfort, as far as was within their power.

Signed

Samuel Craig
George Randell
M[ary - wife of Samuel]. Craig
John Morgan
Isaac White
Catherine Murrin.

Suprisingly a letter to the Board of Enquiry dated August 31 from John Morgan, Catherine Murrin who married Morgan later that year and Isaac White declared they had "never signed or authorised any person to sign any document against Mr. Parr." suggesting the grievance was chiefly held by Craig & Randell.

The inquiry was conducted by T.N. Yule, acting Colonial Secretary, J. Gibson RN, late Surgeon Superintendent of the convict ship 'Scindian', and F.D.Wittenoom, Colonial Immigration Agent.

Many of the passengers were extensively questioned.

William Ward stated to investigator Thomas Rose that on two occasions Parr had removed women immediately after confinement from the hospital cabin in order to take in his fancy woman named Fanny Chevasset.

Catherine Murrin noted in her evidence that passenger Chevasset had been a patient in the hospital cabin for approximately five of the thirteen weeks and that the ailment had appeared to be piles requiring regular embrocation by Surgeon Parr.

While many pages of transcriptions from over 20 passengers' interviews exist, noting drunkenness, improper and callous behaviour exhibited by Parr, this official evidence was not released with the verdict as it was considered too damaging to Surgeon Parr's reputation.

The Editor of the Inquirer, on September 4, clearly felt a correct verdict was proclaimed when Parr was heartily cleared of impropriety, stating:

"We recollect that among the numerous individuals placed under the temporary charge of such Superintendent, there are most probably several discontented, turbulent and wicked spirits and therefore the office of such individual must of necessity, be one requiring a considerable exercise of judgement and temper, and even with the due display of these qualifications, it is not suprising to find that he is still unable to please all."

"Taking into consideration the character of the individuals ... who examined the charges ... and their unanimous opinion ... three charges were disproved by evidence of the surgeon, and the remaining charge could not be proved by witnesses ... Mr. Parr has come off most and deservedly so triumphant. We unhesitatingly give it as our opinion that the charges brought against Mr. Parr are frivolous, vexatious and malicious; and that the healthy state of the emigrants during the voyage and on arrival, together with no death having occurred, reflects on him, much credit."

Merchant seamen were governed by strict regulations to prevent their abandoning their vessel during voyages. On August 16, Captain Clabon applied to the Colonial Office on behalf of Seaman John McClue, for permission to be discharged in Perth. McClue was reclassified as a passenger who had paid his passage by working on the ship.

This act may have inspired desertion from the SOPHIA, for the next day, authorities were notified of the desertion of 9 sailors. Three were later detained at Vasse by the Bunbury constable and returned to Perth on the BLACK SWAN early in September, upon which a further two sailors deserted.

Warrants for the arrest of 6 articled seamen were issued:

• Benjamin Baxter, 5'6", fair complexion, black hair, gray eyes.
• [Meredith ] James Jacobs, [3rd mate, ], 19yr, fair complexion, brown hair, blue eyes.
• Alexander Holland [?], 5'6 ½ ", fresh complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes.
• William Portbury, 5'4", dark complexion, black hair, dark eyes.
• William Neave(s), 5' 3 ½ ", fair complexion, brown hair.
• William Inkiley [?], approx 28yr, an American with no ticket of description.

It is unknown what became of these men.

[ CSO Acc 36/204/94-96 PRO Alexander Library, Perth WA ];   [ Perth Gazette August 1850 ]

Captain Clabon advertised in the Inquirer newspaper on September 18 to hire four able seamen.

A Charles Cl ...e, sentenced to 40 days prison in the Fremantle goal, was granted remission of the remaining 9 days of his sentence on the condition that he ship out as a crewman on the SOPHIA. She sailed from Fremantle on September 30, 1850 and headed for Madras.

[ CSO Acc 36/204 fol 1-155 ; Acc 36/28/290-400; Acc 36/209/fol.1-108, PRO Alexander Library, Perth WA ]

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Convicts and Emigrants

A parallel can be drawn between the 'respectability' of both the free immigrants and convicts in the early years of the scheme, when compared with later arrivals. Many of the convicts from the SCINDIAN received their ticket-of-leave upon landing in the colony, often due to a combination of good behaviour and sentences for non-violent crime. Many had also requested transportation to the colony.

It seems fitting that a passenger from the first assisted immigration, Honora Mulcreary, married convict #1, Samuel Scattergood, from the first convict ship.

The passengers of the SOPHIA were generally considered respectable people, although several of the single girls from the Cork Foundling Home and Holborn Poorhouse, housed at Customs House at Fremantle, were accused of misbehaviour, reckless conduct, and were considered very different from the other immigrants in general character and appearance.

Indicating concern Acting Colonial Secretary T.N. Yule wrote to Immigration Agent F.D. Wittenoom on 15th August:

"It is with much more than mere official regret that I report ... the abandoned conduct of several of the single females lately landed from the SOPHIA ... eight or ten frequently found in the public houses and streets, drunk, in company with sailors and other dissolute characters. I propose to remove the names [from] the Rations List of the ill-conducted girls and deny their admittance to the depot."

Yule concluded that he was aware that this solution may indeed create further problems, and suggested moving the girls to Perth and Guildford immediately, "away from the contaminating associates of a seaport".

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Labour in the Colony of Western Australia

The availability of cheap leasehold farmland held great appeal to new arrivals in the colony and their desire to move upward from the servant class created a severe labour shortage which had inflated wages accordingly.

Wages in England in 1850 were 14 pence per day or seven shillings per week. The eastern Australian colonies paid shearers 13 shillings per hundred sheep. Western Australian graziers were forced pay 25 shillings per hundred and were eagerly awaiting cheaper convict labour.

Newspaper advertisements for food in the Swan River colony in July 1850 reflect the high cost of food with fine flour costing 2½d per pound, eggs 1s 6d per dozen, mutton 3d per pound and pork 8d per pound.

The Inquirer expressed local landowners' sentiments in July 1850:

"Steady men who wish to make their way would take by far the wise course, did they accept the first situation open to them, and make wages a secondary consideration. A good labourer or mechanic will always obtain a fair price, but he must be tried and known before he can expect to find steady employment."

The same issue noted that the government proposed to fix wages for the labourers disembarking from the SOPHIA at £12 per annum and £8 for female servants. If the wage were to be refused, then the immigrant would be considered as having no further claim on the government for support.

This issue was clarified further on August 7, when the SOPHIA passengers were notified that upon the refusal to receive any wages whatever, they would cease to derive any assistance from the government. This regulation was in fact enforced during the previous week, when a bricklayer (probably William Ward) refused the offer of 5 shillings per day and six months work. His name was erased from the list of recipients of government rations.

Unengaged immigrants were employed by the Comptroller General of Convicts.

The last passengers to gain employment were the teenage orphans. The authorities posted newspaper advertisements on their behalf, offering an indenture to not exceed 3 years with wages of 30 shillings in the first year, £2 the second, and £3 for the third year.

The greatest industrial development of the late 1840's occurred near Geraldton and the Champion Bay district, much of which was a result of the discovery of lead and copper at the Geraldine Mine in 1848. This led to the agricultural expansion of the area and many of the passengers settled in those areas of greatest growth.

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Consequences of the Arrival of the "SOPHIA"

Social Class

Settlers travelling to Swan River Colony in 1850 were required to pay fares at a rate up to twice that required from those contemplating passage to America or Canada. All of the assisted emigrants sailing on the SOPHIA contributed towards their fare, with many paying up to half.

The arrival of assisted immigrants created a new social class in the Swan River Colony, one that was considered above the convicts, but never rising to the equal of the free settlers.

Immigration Depots

The first convicts arrived unheralded on the SCINDIAN in June 1850, with 75 prisoners and about 125 officials, Enrolled Pensioner guards, and their families. The SOPHIA carried about 250 passengers, thus markedly increasing the population of a colony of about 5,000.

At that time Fremantle had no wharf, thus immigrants could not remain on board for interviews with prospective employers, even though the ships' charters permitted full board for a fortnight after clearance.

The acute accommodation shortage led to the leasing of several buildings in Perth and Fremantle. Some of the immigrants were placed at the disused steam driven flourmill below Mt. Eliza (on the site where the Swan Brewery was later built). The mill was a three-storey building with steep narrow ladders, not designed for habitation. The Inquirer newspaper of September 11, 1850 reported an accident to one of the female immigrants "who fell from the upper story of ... the depot, and alighted on the platform beneath. She remained for some time insensible. The Colonial Surgeon was quickly in attendance ... we regret she is still in a precarious state."

While residing at the Immigration Depot, adult daily ration allowances were:

1 lb bread
1 lb meat
½ lb potatoes
2 oz sugar
¼ oz tea

Country Depots

Many colonists from the York, Northam and Geraldton areas mistakenly believed that the government would assist the immigrants of the SOPHIA to travel to the country areas to seek selection for employment. They were displeased when word was received that not only would they need to leave their farms and travel to the city to find them, but that the most able-bodied and experienced had already been hired.

It was not until 1853, as a result of many pleas to the government, that a depot was opened in Toodyay.

About 1854, the Secretary of State in London ordered the closure of the country immigration depots and noted that the original agreement to subsidise the costs for caring for unemployed immigrants had applied only to those who had sailed on the SOPHIA in 1850. These costs had risen from an annual few hundred pounds to over £2,500. Colonial Governor Fitzgerald had mistakenly assumed that the payments to the colony were to also apply to later arrivals. In future, all such costs were to be defrayed from the Colonial Treasury.  

[ Inquirer September 19, 1855 ]
 

            Name             Age  Family/Single    Occupation       County             Comments

ALDRIDGE    John             16         S       Labourer           Oxfordshire         ...   ...   ...   ...
ALLEN       Sarah            18         S       Servant            Middlesex         From Holborn Union Workhouse
ASHCROFT    Agnes            31         S       Servant            Lancaster           ...   ...   ...
AUSTIN      William          31         F       Labourer           Hertford          aka [John]
AUSTIN      Jane             25         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
BAGG        Samuel           32         S       Shepherd           Devon               ...   ...   ...   ...
BAKER       Mr.              ..         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    Cabin passenger; listed by [Erickson] as arriving on the Sophia with 219 Government immigrants
BALLARD     Phillip          15         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
BARCLAY     Agnes            39         S       Matron of Sophia     ....    ....    In charge of single female emigrants
BENNETT     John             27         S       Labourer           Oxfordshire         ...   ...   ...   ...
BENNETT     Keziah           16         S       Servant            Oxfordshire         ...   ...   ...   ...
BIDDY       William          ..         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    Entry only found  in' Perth Gazette' and mentioned in [Erickson]

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BINGE       Emma             18         S       Servant            Cambridgeshire      ...   ...   ...   ...
BINGE       Hannah           31         S       Servant            Cambridgeshire      ...   ...   ...   ...
BINGE       Harriet          19         S       Servant            Cambridgeshire      ...   ...   ...   ...
BINGHAM     William          31         F       Labourer           Huntingdonshire     ...   ...   ...   ...
BINGHAM     Rose             28         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
BINGHAM     Mary              7         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
BINGHAM     John              3         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
BINGHAM     William           1         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
BOYLE       Ellen            20         S       Servant            Dorset            aka [BOYSE; BOYTE]
BRAND       William          36         F       Labourer           Cambridgeshire    aka [BRANDIS]
BRAND       Elizth.          39         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    aka [BRANDIS]
BRIDGEMAN   Joseph           21         S       Labourer           Wiltshire         aka [BRIDGMAN]
BRYAN       Thomas           23         S       Labourer           Dublin              ...   ...   ...   ...

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BUCKINGHAM  Thomas           41         F       Labourer           Devon               ...   ...   ...   ...
BUCKINGHAM  Mary             36         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
BUCKINGHAM  Maria            13         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
BUCKINGHAM  Thomas           10         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
BUCKINGHAM  Mary              9         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
BUCKINGHAM  Alexr.            6         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
BUCKINGHAM  Betsey            3         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
BUCKINGHAM  Caroline       infant       F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
BUCKINGHAM  John             32         F       Labourer           Devon               ...   ...   ...   ...
BUCKINGHAM  Mary             30         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
BUCKINGHAM  William           8         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
BUCKINGHAM  John              2         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...

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CANT        William          19         S       Labourer           Essex               ...   ...   ...   ...
CARN        Mary             17         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
CASEY       Ann              17         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
CAUFIELD    Timothy          15         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
CHEVASSANT  Fanny            29         S       Servant            Middlesex           ...   ...   ...   ...
CHRISTIAN   John             16         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
CHURCH      Eliza            17         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
CLANCY      Patrick          36         F       Labourer           Limerick            ...   ...   ...   ...
CLANCY      Hannah           30         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
CLANCY      Mary              2         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
CLANCY      Dennis            1         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...

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CLEARY      Mary             21         S       Dairymaid          Limerick            ...   ...   ...   ...
CLEARY      Cathie.          19         S       Dairymaid          Limerick            ...   ...   ...   ...
CLUNE       Thomas           39         F        ...   ....   ...  Clare               ...   ...   ...   ...
CLUNE       Bridgett         38         F       Dairymaid          Clare             Occupation indicated by "ditto" for line above
CLUNE       Mary             20         F       Servant            Clare               ...   ...   ...   ...
CLUNE       Matthew          18         F       Labourer           Clare               ...   ...   ...   ...
CLUNE       Michael          16         F        ...   ....   ...  Clare               ...   ...   ...   ...
CLUNE       Jerry            14         F        ...   ....   ...  Clare               ...   ...   ...   ...
CLUNE       Thomas            8         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
CLUNE       John              6         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...

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COCKRAM     Richard          46         F       Labourer           Devon               ...   ...   ...   ...
COCKRAM     Eliz.            38         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
COCKRAM     Mary             15         F       Servant            Devon               ...   ...   ...   ...
COCKRAM     Edmund           11         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
COCKRAM     Edward            8         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
COCKRAM     Edwin             5         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
CONWAY      Michael          30         S       Labourer           Tipperary           ...   ...   ...   ...
COOK        Thomas           47         F       Labourer           Norfolk             ...   ...   ...   ...
COOK        Ann              43         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
COOK        Thomas           15         F       Labourer           Norfolk             ...   ...   ...   ...
COOK        Mary             14         F       Servant            Norfolk             ...   ...   ...   ...
COOK        Robt.            10         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
COOK        Harriet           9         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
COOK        John              7         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
COOK        Emma              4         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...

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COULSON     James            26         F       Labourer           Cambridgeshire    aka [John Wood]
COULSON     Eliza            24         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
COUSINS     Ann              18         S       Servant            Middlesex         From Holborn Union Workhouse 
CRAIG       Samuel           39         F       Labourer           Devon               ...   ...   ...   ...
CRAIG       Mary             34         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    Age could be 31y
CRAIG       Mary              8         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
CRAIG       Henrietta         4         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
CREAM       Timothy          28         F       Labourer           Middlesex           ...   ...   ...   ...
CREAM       Mary             22         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
CREAM       Ellen             2         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...

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CUNNINGHAM  John             33         F       Labourer           Limerick            ...   ...   ...   ...
CUNNINGHAM  Mary             35         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
CUNNINGHAM  Patrick           9         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
DEANE       Mary             17         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
DEVONSHIRE  Daniel           27         S       Labourer           Hertford            ...   ...   ...   ...
DEVONSHIRE  William          19         S       Labourer           Hertford            ...   ...   ...   ...
DEVONSHIRE  Charles          ..        ...       ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    Not listed, but listed with brothers in [Erickson]
DILLON      Richard          20         S       Labourer           Limerick            ...   ...   ...   ...
DOGGETT     John             25         F       Labourer           Cambridgeshire      ...   ...   ...   ...
DOGGETT     Matilda          25         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
DOGGETT     Emily             4         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
DOGGETT     James            23         F       Labourer           Cambridgeshire      ...   ...   ...   ...
DOGGETT     Elizabeth        22         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    Wife of James

[Top]       Name             Age  Family/Single    Occupation       County             Comments

DONELLY     Cornelius        46         F       Labourer           Hants.              ...   ...   ...   ...
DONELLY     Mary             43         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
DONELLY     Cath.            22         F       Servant            Hants.              ...   ...   ...   ...
DONELLY     Helen            20         F       Servant            Hants.              ...   ...   ...   ...
DONELLY     Dennis           17         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
DONELLY     Stephen          14         F       Labourer           Hants.            Age could be 16y ??
DONOVAN     Jeremiah         23         S       Labourer           Middlesex           ...   ...   ...   ...
DRAPER      Thomas           21         S       Labourer           Wiltshire           ...   ...   ...   ...
DUNROUCHE   Mary             17         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
EAST        William          18         S       Labourer           Cambridgeshire      ...   ...   ...   ...
EDWARDS     Thomas           27         S       Labourer           Clare               ...   ...   ...   ...
FINUCANE    Edward           23         S       Labourer           Limerick            ...   ...   ...   ...
FINUCANE    Patrick          21         S       Labourer           Limerick            ...   ...   ...   ...
FINUCANE    Mary             18         S       Servant            Limerick            ...   ...   ...   ...

[Top]       Name             Age  Family/Single    Occupation       County             Comments

FOGARTY     Joseph           15         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
GIBSON      George           19         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
GILLS       Samuel           23         S       Labourer           Devon               ...   ...   ...   ...
GOODE       Mary             17         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
GOODWIN     William          33         F       Labourer           Clare               ...   ...   ...   ...
GOODWIN     Margt.           30         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
GREENE      Mary A.          20         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    Not listed in [Erickson] but appears on [Passenger Arrivals into Fremantle]
HAINES      William          21         F       Labourer           Oxfordshire         ...   ...   ...   ...
HAINES      Rachel           24         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
HAINES      John             18         S       Labourer           Oxfordshire         ...   ...   ...   ...
HANNAHAN    Kate             21         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
HASTINGS    Francis          18         S       Labourer           Norfolk           Male
HEGARTY     Thomas           18         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
HOPKINS     Thomas           20         S       Labourer           Middlesex           ...   ...   ...   ...

[Top]       Name             Age  Family/Single    Occupation       County             Comments

HORRIGAN    James            28         S       Labourer           Cork                ...   ...   ...   ...
HORRIGAN    Mary             26         S       Servant            Cork                ...   ...   ...   ...
HORRIGAN    Cornelius        24         S       Labourer           Cork                ...   ...   ...   ...
HUMPHREYS   Michael          20         S       Labourer           Middlesex         aka [Matthew]
JEFFREY     Young            18         S       Labourer           Huntingdonshire   Male
JOHNSON     John             48         F       Labourer           Devon               ...   ...   ...   ...
JOHNSON     Ann              40         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
JOHNSON     James P.         17         F       Servant            Devon               ...   ...   ...   ...
JOHNSON     Ann J.           15         F       Servant            Devon               ...   ...   ...   ...
JOHNSON     Eliza            13         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
JOHNSON     Matilda          11         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
JOHNSON     John             10         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
JOHNSON     Charles Henry     2         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
JOHNSON     Susan            20         S       Servant            Middlesex         From Holborn Union Workhouse

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KELLY       Michael          28         F       Labourer           Tipperary           ...   ...   ...   ...
KELLY       Mary             24         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    Wife of Michael
KELLY       Mary             24         S       Servant            Clare             Not listed in [Erickson] but appears on [Passenger Arrivals into Fremantle] with Michael's wife Mary
KNIGHT      Jane             17         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    Not listed in [Erickson] but appears on [Passenger Arrivals into Fremantle]
LANE        John             15         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
LIDDELOW    John             24         S       Labourer           Norfolk             ...   ...   ...   ...
LIDDELOW    Walter           20         S       Labourer           Norfolk             ...   ...   ...   ...
LIDDELOW    Henry            18         S       Labourer           Norfolk             ...   ...   ...   ...
LILES       William          28         S       Mason              Wiltshire           ...   ...   ...   ...
LINTON      Daniel           39         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
LINTON      Sarah            38         F       Labourer           Norfolk             ...   ...   ...   ...
LLOYD       Amelia           17         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
LONG        William          18         S       Labourer           Cambridgeshire      ...   ...   ...   ...
MacKAY      Eliza            17         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    Not listed in [Erickson] but appears on [Passenger Arrivals into Fremantle]

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MARSH       John             46         F       Labourer           Dorset              ...   ...   ...   ...
MARSH       Mary A.          25         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
MARSH       Cornelius        19         F       Labourer           Dorset              ...   ...   ...   ...
MARSH       Sarah            17         F       Servant            Dorset              ...   ...   ...   ...
MARSH       Frederick        11         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
MARSH       Elizth.           9         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
MARSH       Edward            6         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    Buckingham relation
MARSH       Emma              5         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
MARSHALL    Jane             25         S       Servant            Down                ...   ...   ...   ...
MARSHALL    Mary             18         S       Servant            Down                ...   ...   ...   ...
McCLUE      John             ..         S       Seaman               ....    ....    Crewman who paid his passage by assisting to work the ship; not mentioned by [Erickson]
McKINERNEY  Ellen            23         S       Servant            Limerick          aka [Mary?]
McMAHON     Patrick          19         S       Labourer           Limerick            ...   ...   ...   ...

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McNAMIE     Elizth.          23         S       Servant            Westmeath           ...   ...   ...   ...
McNAMIE     William          21         S       Labourer           Westmeath         aka [McNAMEE]; name appears on application only ??
McTERENCE   William          31         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    McTERENCE; Not listed in [Erickson] but appears on [Passenger Arrivals into Fremantle]
MEARA       Peter            35         F       Labourer           Tipperary         aka [Patrick]
MEARA       Ellen            32         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
MEARA       Margt.           15         F       Servant            Tipperary           ...   ...   ...   ...
MEARA       Ann              13         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
MEARA       Daniel           10         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
MEARA       William        infant       F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
MERSON      William          33         F       Labourer           Devon               ...   ...   ...   ...
MERSON      Ann              37         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
MERSON      James             8         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
MERSON      William           6         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
MERSON      Thomas            4         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...

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MORGAN      John             29         S       Labourer           Somerset            ...   ...   ...   ...
MORGAN      Patrick          17         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    Not listed in [Erickson] or on [Passenger Arrivals into Fremantle]
MULCREARY   Honora           25         S       Servant            Clare               ...   ...   ...   ...
MURPHY      Charles          17         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
MURRIN      Cath.            25         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    Received gratuity of 2 pounds per voyage for serving as a female constable
NASH        Joseph           17         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    Not listed in [Erickson] but appears on [Passenger Arrivals into Fremantle]
NUGENT      John             16         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
PARMENTER   William          20         F       Labourer           Cambridgeshire      ...   ...   ...   ...
PARMENTER   Mary             21         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
PASCOE      James            20         S       Labourer           Cornwall            ...   ...   ...   ...
PELL        John             21         F       Labourer           Cambridgeshire      ...   ...   ...   ...
PELL        Esther           21         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
PELL        George           19         S       Labourer           Cambridgeshire      ...   ...   ...   ...

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PENN        George           30         F       Labourer           Kent                ...   ...   ...   ...
PENN        Sarah            20         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
PIGGOTT     Rachel           17         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
POPE        George           41         F       Labourer           Devon               ...   ...   ...   ...
POPE        Ann              35         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
POPE        Ellen            19         F       Servant            Devon               ...   ...   ...   ...
POPE        Rhoda            12         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
POPE        Eliz              9         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
POPE        Albert            2         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
POPE        Lewis          infant       F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
PORTER      George           20         S       Labourer           Middlesex         aka [POSTER] ??
QUIGLEY     James            18         S       Labourer           Kings County        ...   ...   ...   ...

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RANDELL     Samuel           22         S       Carpenter          Hants.              ...   ...   ...   ...
RANDELL     George           19         F       Blacksmith         Hants.              ...   ...   ...   ...
RANDELL     Jane             19         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
REID        John             20         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
ROBINSON    William          36         F       Labourer           Middlesex           ...   ...   ...   ...
ROBINSON    Luccia           21         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    Luccia (?); Wife of William
ROBINSON    William          12         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
ROBINSON    Alfred            9         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
ROBINSON    Elizabeth        18         S       Servant            Surrey              ...   ...   ...   ...
RYAN        Timothy          37         S       Labourer           Limerick            ...   ...   ...   ...
SAVILLE     Samuel           19         S       Labourer           Huntingdonshire   aka [SAVELL]
SCOTT       Ann              17         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    Not listed in [Erickson] but appears on [Passenger Arrivals into Fremantle]

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SHANAHAN    William          22         S       Labourer           Limerick            ...   ...   ...   ...
SHANAHAN    Ellen            19         S       Servant            Limerick            ...   ...   ...   ...
SHANAHAN    Bridgett         15         S       Servant            Limerick          aka [Biddy]
SHORT       Thomas J         38         S       Labourer           Middlesex           ...   ...   ...   ...
SIMMONS     Johanna          31         S       Servant            Cornwall            ...   ...   ...   ...
SMITH       Mary             17         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    Not listed in [Erickson] but appears on [Passenger Arrivals into Fremantle]
STEELE      Emma             15         S       Servant            Southampton         ...   ...   ...   ...
SWORDS      Sophia           19         S       Servant            Middlesex         From Holborn Union Workhouse
TOMPSETT    George           28         F       Labourer           Sussex              ...   ...   ...   ...
TOMPSETT    Harriet          20         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
TOMPSETT    Henry             1         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...

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TRUSCOTT    William          26         F       Labourer          Cornwall          aka [PRESCOTT]; Listed  only on 'Certificate of Final Departure (ie List 'A') - [Erickson] lists him as arriving on the 'Sophia'
TRUSCOTT    Mrs.             30         F        ...   ....   ...   ....    ....    aka [PRESCOTT]; Listed  only on 'Certificate of Final Departure (ie List 'A') - [Erickson] lists her as arriving on the 'Sophia'
VIPPARD     Thomas           18         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
WALLACE     Mary             17         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
WALLIS      Edward           33         F       Labourer           Sussex              ...   ...   ...   ...
WALLIS      Hannah           30         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
WALLIS      Harriet           7         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
WALLIS      John              3         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
WALLIS      Ann               2         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
WALSH       John             19         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
WARD        William          27         F       Bricklayer         Lincolnshire       Could be 37 years old ???
WARD        Mary             34         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
WARD        George           21         S       Labourer           Huntingdonshire     ...   ...   ...   ...

[Top]       Name             Age  Family/Single    Occupation       County             Comments

WATERS      Eliza            18         S       Servant            Middlesex         From Holborn Union Workhouse
WATERS      John             15         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....      ...   ...   ...   ...
WELLMAN     William          22         F       Labourer           Dorset              ...   ...   ...   ...
WELLMAN     Rebecca          21         F        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    nee [MARSH]
WHITE       Isaac            16         S       Painter            Middlesex           ...   ...   ...   ...
WHITE       Mary             17         S        ...   ....   ...    ....    ....    Not listed in [Erickson] but appears on [Passenger Arrivals into Fremantle]
WILFORD     William          25         S       Labourer           Leicestershire      ...   ...   ...   ...
WILKINS     Christopher      22         S       Labourer           Wiltshire           ...   ...   ...   ...
WILKINSON  James             20         S       Labourer           Norfolk           aka [WILLIAMSON]; Not listed in [Erickson] but appears on [Passenger Arrivals into Fremantle]
WILMOT      Sarah            18         S       Servant            Cambridgeshire      ...   ...   ...   ...
WILSON      William          18         S       Labourer           Middlesex           ...   ...   ...   ...
YOUNG       Sarah            20         S       Servant            Surrey              ...   ...   ...   ... 
 

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John BENNETT, b. circa 1813 (UK).

John was employed as an emigrant labourer.

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Keziah BENNETT, b. circa 1830 (UK).

Keziah was employed as a servant. Some of her hair was cut by Thomas PARR, the Surgeon Superintendant on the SOPHIA, as punishment for a breach of regulations during the voyage.

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Emma BINGE, daughter of Frances & Mary, b. circa 1832 (UK), bp. 1834 (Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire ENG); m. 1852 (Middle Swan, W.A.), James FISHER.

Emma was a servant and travelled on the SOPHIA with her sisters, Hannah and Harriet (below).

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Hannah BINGE, daughter of Frances & Mary, b. circa 1819 (UK), bp. 1830 (Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire ENG).

Hannah was a servant and travelled on the SOPHIA with her sisters, Emma and Harriet (above and below).

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Harriet BINGE, daughter of Frances & Mary, b. circa 1831 (UK), bp. 1832 (Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire ENG); m. 1851 (Perth, W.A.), John Thomas Alfred SHILL.

Harriet was a servant and travelled on the SOPHIA with her sisters, Emma and Hannah (above).

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Thomas BUCKINGHAM, son of Thomas & Lucretia, bp. September 11, 1808 (Twitchen, Devonshire ENG), d. October 5, 1879 (W.A.); m. (1) October 23, 1835 (ENG), Mary BUCKINGHAM (nee CHAUNTER/ CHANTER), b. 1814 (U.K.), d. May 21, 1875 (W.A.); m. (2) January 2, 1877, Elizabeth PLACKETT (nee McCOURT), widow of Samuel, daughter of Henry McCOURT.

Thomas and his family travelled to Western Australia on the SOPHIA with his brother John and his family who are listed below. They also travelled with their COCKRAM relatives [ see entry ].

Thomas was a farmer and leased Leeder's farm in Perth. In 1852 he moved to Wanneroo and later to Gingin. He sold his holdings in 1858 and bought 5559 acres at Roleystone. When his cattle died of poison he turned his hand to timber milling in 1861 and his sons built water mills. He was Church of England.  

Children:

• Maria BUCKINGHAM, bp. 1836 (Twitchen, Devonshire ENG), d. 1919; m. (1) 1857 (Ellensbrook, W.A.), Edward BENTLEY (convict expiree), b. 1820, d. 1859; m. (2) 1861 (Gingin, W.A.), John THOMAS, b. 1824, d. 1920.
  
  Children: James Levi BENTLEY, b. 1859; Eliza THOMAS, b. 1861; Henry Edward THOMAS, b. 1863; Hugh John THOMAS, b. 1865; Alice THOMAS, b. 1867; Alexander THOMAS, b. 1869; Anne THOMAS, d. 1872; Frederick Charles THOMAS, b. 1873; Albert THOMAS, b. 1875; Flora THOMAS, b. 1877.
  
  
• Thomas BUCKINGHAM, b. 1839 (Twitchen, Devonshire ENG), d. 1913; m. (1) Jane, d. 1870; m. (2) 1871 (Kelmscott, W.A.), Hannah (Anna / Mary Ann) SALTER, dtr. of Samuel & Sarah, b. 1852 (Canning Bridge, W.A.), d. 1919.
  
  Children: Henry Thomas BUCKINGHAM, b. 1872; William BUCKINGHAM, b. 1872; Ellen Maria BUCKINGHAM, b. 1875; Frederick John BUCKINGHAM, b. 1877; Charles James BUCKINGHAM, b. 1879; Walter Samuel BUCKINGHAM, b. 1881; Alice Maude BUCKINGHAM, b. 1882; Ada Maud BUCKINGHAM, b. 1884; Hannah BUCKINGHAM, b. 1886; Betsy BUCKINGHAM, b. 1888; Emily Victoria BUCKINGHAM, b.1891.
  
  
• Mary BUCKINGHAM, b. 1841 (Twitchen, Devonshire ENG), d. 1913; m. 1862, fellow SOPHIA passenger Edmund Oxenham COCKRAM [ see entry ].
  
  
• Alexander BUCKINGHAM, b. 1843 (North Molton, Devon ENG), d. 1897 (Kelmscott, W.A.); m. 1872 (Gingin, W.A.), Elizabeth YORK, daughter of John & Mary Ann (nee ADAMS), b. 1850 (Gingin, W.A.), d. 1940.
  
  Children: John Adams BUCKINGHAM, b. 1873; Ernest Alexander BUCKINGHAM, b. 1876; Edith Annie BUCKINGHAM, b. 1880; Alberta Lettia BUCKINGHAM, b. 1883; Herbert Jabez BUCKINGHAM, b. 1885.
  
  
• Betsy BUCKINGHAM, b. 1846 (ENG), d. 1915; m. 1870 (Kelmscott, W.A.), fellow SOPHIA passenger Edwin COCKRAM [ see entry ].
  
  
• Caroline BUCKINGHAM, b. 1849 (ENG), d. 1915 (Kelmscott, W.A.); m. 1871 (Canning, W.A.), Charles FANCOTE (convict expiree), son of Richard & Eleanor (nee LANGSTONE), b. 1828 (Smethwick, Staffordshire ENG), d. 1899 (Kelmscott, W.A.), who arrived in 1854 on the RAMILLIES.
  
  Children: Henry FANCOTE, b. 1872; Thomas FANCOTE, b. 1874; Charles FANCOTE, b. 1875; Mary Ellen FANCOTE, b. 1879; Ann Maria FANCOTE, b. 1880; Lucy Jane FANCOTE, b. 1882; Caroline FANCOTE b. 1885; Sarah Alice FANCOTE, b. 1887; Frederick FANCOTE, b. 1889.
  
  
• Jane BUCKINGHAM, b. 1852 (W.A.), d. 1852.
  
  
• William BUCKINGHAM, b. 1853 (Gingin, W.A.), d. 1917. Possibly m. 1879 (Canning, W.A.), Sarah Jane HOLT).
  
  
• Ellen BUCKINGHAM, b. 1856 (Gingin, W.A.), d. 1878; m. 1875 (Perth, W.A.), Samuel August SALTER, son of Samuel & Sarah and brother of Hannah, b. 1849 (W.A.).
  
  
• John BUCKINGHAM, b. 1858 (Gingin, W.A.), d. 1947.
  
  
• Hugh James BUCKINGHAM, b. 1860 (Gingin, W.A.), d. 1940; m. 1899 (Perth, W.A.), Hulda Elizabeth MATTHIESON, b. 1863, d. 1951.

* For further information on this family, please contact   Christine Uphill;   Kay McCashney   or visit   First Families.

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John BUCKINGHAM, son of Thomas & Lucretia, bp. 1817 (Twitchen, Devonshire, ENG), d. 1870 (W.A.); m. 1842 (ENG), Mary Jane BUCKINGHAM (nee WEBBER), b. 1820 (ENG).

John was a carpenter. He travelled to Western Australia with his family on the SOPHIA with his brother Thomas and his family who are listed above. They also travelled with their COCKRAM relatives [ see entry ].  

Children:

• William BUCKINGHAM, b. 1842 (U.K.); m. 1863 (Perth, W.A.), (Ellen) Ann COSGROVE, b. 1832, dtr. of Patrick. He became a warder at the Fremantle & Rottnest Gaols.
  
  Children: John BUCKINGHAM, b. 1864; William BUCKINGHAM, b. 1865.
  
  
• John BUCKINGHAM, b. 1848 (U.K.).
  
  
• Roger BUCKINGHAM, b. 1855 (W.A.), m. (1) 1882 (Fremantle, W.A.), Elizabeth HARRIS; m. (2) 1896 (Mt. Magnet, W.A.), Kate Norton PRINGLE.
  
  
• Thomas BUCKINGHAM, b. 1857 (Perth, W.A.).
  
  
• Mary (May) Jane BUCKINGHAM, m. 1898 (Perth, W.A.), William Robert LIDDELOW, son of SOPHIA passenger Walter LIDDELOW [ see entry ].

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Catherine CLEARY, dau. of John, b. circa 1831 (Limerick, IRELAND); m. 1853 (Fremantle, W.A.), William Dockray JACKSON, (widower), son of William, b. 1827 (ENG), d. 1895 (Fremantle, W.A.).

Catherine was possibly the sister of Mary (below), and was listed as a dairymaid from Limerick in Ireland.

William was a Master Mariner and shipowner from Sunderland in England, and later became part owner of the Guyon with Henry YELVERTON [ see entry ]. He was also the Island Superintendant on Rottnest Island.

Children:

• Mary Ann JACKSON, (a daughter from William's first marriage).
  
  
• Catherine JACKSON, b. 1854 (W.A.), d. 1859 (W.A.).
  
  
• Annie Mary JACKSON, b. 1856 (Fremantle, W.A.).
  
  
• William Dockray JACKSON, b. 1858 (W.A.).
  
  
• Maud JACKSON, b. 1863 (Fremantle, W.A.).
  
  
• Thomas JACKSON, b. 1865 (Fremantle, W.A.).

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Mary Ann CLEARY, dau. of John & Mary Ann, b. circa 1829 (Limerick, IRELAND); m. 1851 (Fremantle, W.A.), William FOWLER.

Mary was possibly the sister of Catherine (above), and was listed as a dairymaid from Limerick in Ireland. She possibly went to South Australia in 1863 with 6 children.

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[ Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians ] ... Please confirm with other sources   [   'Perth Gazette' Oct 1850 ]
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[ 'The Serpentine: A History of the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale' by N. Coy, 1984 (contains portraits) ]
[ 'Early Days' (The journal & proceedings of WA Historical Society) vol 4 pt 6, & vol 7 pt 7 ]
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John DOGGETT, b. 1825 (Eng.), d. 1870 (W.A.), m. (UK), Matilda DOGGETT (nee COOK), daughter of John, bp. 1823 (Stow-Cum-Quy, Cambridgeshire, Eng.), d. 1903 (W.A.).

John was listed as a labourer from Cambridgeshire, Eng., as was James Doggett (below), but it is not certain if they were related.

John was a whaler and the registered owner of the Mystery.  

Children:

• Emily DOGGETT, b. 1846 (UK).
  
  
• William DOGGETT, b. 1851 (Perth, W.A.), d. 1870 (W.A.).
  
  
• James DOGGETT, b. 1852 (Perth W.A.), d. 1853 (W.A.).
  
  
• Jimmy DOGGETT, b. 1854 (Perth, W.A.).
  
  
• Mary Ann DOGGETT, b. 1857 (Perth, W.A.).
  
  
• John DOGGETT, b. 1859 (Albany, W.A.).
  
  
• Charles DOGGETT, b. 1861 (Albany, W.A.).
  
  
• Matilda DOGGETT, b. 1863 (Albany, W.A.), m. 1885 (Albany, W.A.), Charles George BUGGINS.

* For further information on this family, please contact Maureen Barnard.

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James DOGGETT, b. 1827 (Eng.), m. (UK), Elizabeth DOGGETT, b. 1828 (UK).

James was listed as a labourer from Cambridgeshire, Eng., as was John Doggett (above), but it is not certain if they were related.

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William HAINES, b. 1829 (UK), d. 1871 (Pinjarra, W.A.), m.(1) (UK), Rachel HAINES (nee HEATH), b. 1826 (UK), d. 1857 (W.A.); m.(2) 1863, Mary McCOY (nee CONROY, widow of William), b. 1837.

William was listed as a labourer from Oxfordshire, Eng., and could have been the brother of John (below) who was also listed as a labourer from Oxfordshire.

Children:

• Hannah E. HAINES, b. 1851 (Fremantle, W.A.).
  
  
• John HAINES, b. (W.A.).
  
  
• Charles Henry HAINES, b. 1853 (Dandalup, W.A.).
  
  
• Emily Ann HAINES, b. 1855 (Dandalup, W.A.).
  
  
• Susan Louisa HAINES b. 1857 (Perth, W.A.), d. 1858 (W.A.).
  
  
• Mary Ann HAINES, b. 1864 (Pinjarra, W.A.).

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John HAINES, b. 1832 (UK).

John was listed as a labourer from Oxfordshire, Eng., and could have been the brother of William (above) who was also listed as a labourer from Oxfordshire.

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John Saunders JOHNSON / JOHNSTON, b. 1801/2 (UK), d. 1875 (S.A.), m. 1832 (St.Thomas the Apostle, Exeter, Devonshire, Eng.), Ann JOHNSON (nee PALMER), b. 1810 (UK).

John was listed as a labourer from Devon and his two eldest children, James and Ann, were listed as servants from the same place.

At a later date, John moved to South Australia with his wife and youngest child, Joseph, who was born in W.A. the year after they arrived.  

Children:

• James P. JOHNSTON, b. 1833 (UK).
  
  
• Ann J. JOHNSTON, b. 1835 (UK).
  
  
• Elizabeth JOHNSTON, b. 1837 (UK), m. 1859 (Perth, W.A.), James (Joseph ?) SPROULE.
  
  Children: Thomas SPROULE, b. 1860 (W.A.).
  
  
• Susan JOHNSTON, b. 1838 (UK), d. 1839 (UK).
  
  
• John Saunders JOHNSTON, b. 1839 (UK), d. 1925 (W.A.), m. (W.A.), Mary GALLOP, daughter of Richard & Margaret, b. 1846, d. 1877 (York, W.A.).
  
  Children: Matilda Agnes JOHNSTON, b. 1867; Flora Ann JOHNSTON, b. 1869; John Richard JOHNSTON, b. 1871; Charles Walter JOHNSTON, b. 1873, (m. 1901 Catherine Bridget CLUNE, daughter of Sophia passenger John Joseph CLUNE) [see entry ]; Joseph Henry JOHNSTON, b. 1874; Clara Margaret JOHNSTON, b.1876.
  
  
• Matilda JOHNSTON, b. 1846 (UK).
  
  
• Charles Henry JOHNSTON, b. 1848 (UK), d. 1875 (Roper River).
  
  
• Joseph McLean JOHNSTON, b. 1851 (Perth, W.A.)

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Susan JOHNSON b. 1830 (UK), m. 1852 (Perth, W.A.), George PHILLIPS.

Susan was listed as a servant from Middlesex, Eng., and was selected from the Holborn Union House in Middlesex. She may not be any relation to John & Ann (above), who were selected from Devon.

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John LIDDELOW / LUDLOW, son of John & Mary Ann (nee SHALDERS), b. May 1826/7 (UK), d. Jul 1893 (Perth, W.A.), m. (1), Jan 1852 (Perth, W.A.), Amelia CROW(E), daughter of Fred, b. circa 1834, d. Nov 1869 (Perth, W.A.), m.(2), Apr 1870 (Perth W.A.), Jane Byers WOOD, b. 1844/5, d. Oct 1930 (Perth, W.A.).

John was listed as a labourer from Norfolk, Eng., and migrated with his brothers, Henry and Walter (below). They were joined in 1860 by relatives travelling on the Lord Raglan. They were their mother Mary Ann, m. 1825 (Norwich, Norfolk, Eng.), John LIDDELOW, d. 1861 (Perth, W.A.); a younger brother, Albert LIDDLELOW, d. 1919 (Perth, W.A.); and a cousin, William LIDDELOW, son of William, d. 1865 (Guildford, W.A.)

John ran a successful butchery on the corner of Murray & Barrack Streets, Perth from 1860's.

Children:

• Emily Ann LIDDELOW, bp. 1857 (W.A.), d. 1924 (Perth, W.A.).
  
  
• Frederick John LIDDELOW, b. 1853 (W.A.), d. 1892 (W.A.).
  
  
• Henry Walter LIDDELOW, bp. 1859 (W.A.), d. 1963 (Perth, W.A.).
  
  
• Edwin Shalders LIDDELOW, bp. 1860 (W.A.), d. 1861 (W.A.).
  
  
• Arthur LIDDELOW, bp. 1861 (W.A.), d. 1862 (W.A.).
  
  
• Amelia LIDDELOW, bp. 1864 (W.A.), d. 1864 (W.A.).

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Walter LIDDELOW, son of John & Mary (nee SHALDERS), b. 1830 (UK), d. Apr 1904 (W.A.), m. May 1853 (Fremantle, W.A.), Mary JOYCE / JOICE, daughter of John, b. 1835, d. Jan 1906.

Walter was listed as a labourer from Norfolk, Eng., and migrated with his brothers, John (above) & Henry (below).

Children:

• Mary Ann LIDDELOW, bp. 1854 (W.A.).
  
  
• Alice Maude LIDDELOW, b. 1857 (Perth, W.A.), d. 1921 (Perth, W.A.).
  
  
• Louise Jane LIDDELOW, b. 1858 (W.A.).
  
  
• John LIDDELOW, b. 1862 (W.A.), d. 1939 (W.A.).
  
  
• Edwin Joyce LIDDELOW, b. 1863 (W.A.), d.1930 (W.A.). He lived at 126 Joel Tce, Mt Lawley, Perth.
  
  
• Martha LIDDELOW, b. 1864 (W.A.).
  
  
• Emily LIDDELOW, b.1867 (W.A.).
  
  
• Florence LIDDELOW, b. 1868 (W.A.), d. 1968 (W.A.).
  
  
• William Robert LIDDELOW, b. 1871 (W.A.), d. 1941 (W.A.), m.(1) & divorced, Mary Jane BUCKINGHAM, daughter of John & Mary Jane (nee WEBBER) who were passengers on the Sophia [ see entry ]; m.(2) May Jane ELLIOT, b. 1890.
  
  
• Walter Absolom LIDDELOW, b. 1873 (W.A.), d. 1942 (W.A.).
  
  
• Charlotte May LIDDELOW, b. 1876 (W.A.).
  
  
• Amelia LIDDELOW, b. 1876 (W.A.).
  
  
• Reginald LIDDELOW, b. (W.A.).

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Henry LIDDELOW, son of John & Mary (nee SHALDERS), b. 1832 (UK), d. circa 1897 (W.A.), m. 1867 (Perth, W.A.), Maria FALLON, b. 1846, d. April 1912.

Henry was listed as a labourer from Norfolk, Eng., and migrated with his brothers, John & Walter (above).

Children:

• Ann(ie) Mary LIDDELOW, b. 1879 (W.A.).
  
  
• Edith LIDDELOW, b. (W.A.).
  
  
• Florence LIDDELOW, b. (W.A.), d. 1946 (W.A.).
  
  
• Matilda LIDDELOW, b. (W.A.).
  
  
• Henry LIDDELOW, b. (W.A.), d. 1877 (W.A.).
  
  
• Edith May LIDDELOW, b. 1881 (Fremantle, W.A.).
  
  
• Teresa Mary LIDDELOW, b.1886 (W.A.).
  
  
• Ernest William LIDDELOW, b. 1888 (W.A.).

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Mary MARSHALL, b. Jun 1831 (Ireland), d. Sep 1919 (W.A.), m. 1853 (Perth, W.A.), Henry YELVERTON, b. Dec 1828 (Eng.), d. Apr 1880 (Quindalup, W.A.).

Mary was listed as a servant from Down IRL. She was possibly a sister of Jane (below).

Children:

• Henry John YELVERTON, bp. 1854 (Fremantle, W.A.), d. 1906, m. 1878 (W.A.), Eloise GUERRIER.
  
  
• Martha YELVERTON, b. 1855 (Fremantle, W.A.), m. 1878 (Busselton, W.A.), George A. ALLEN, d. 1921 (W.A.).
  
  
• Isabella Rebecca YELVERTON, b. 1857 (Fremantle, W.A.), d. 1934 (W.A.), m. 1896 (Quindalup, W.A.), George William LEAF.
  
  
• Georgiana YELVERTON, b. 1859 (Broadwater, W.A.).
  
  
• William Charles YELVERTON, b. 1861 (Busselton, W.A.), d. 1950 (W.A.).
  
  
• Flora Matilda YELVERTON, b.1863 (Vasse, W.A.), d. 1918 (W.A.).
  
  
• Edith Jane YELVERTON, b. 1866 (Quindalup, W.A.), d. 1868 (W.A.).
  
  
• Frances Mary YELVERTON, b. 1868 (Quindalup, W.A.), d. 1945 (W.A.), m. 1897 (Quindalup, W.A.), John THOMPSON.
  
  
• Mary YELVERTON, b. 1870 (W.A.), d. 1870 (W.A.).
  
  
• May Edith YELVERTON, b. 1871 (W.A.).
  
  
• Alice Rose Eloise YELVERTON, b. 1875 (Quindalup, W.A.), d. 1902 (W.A.).

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Jane MARSHALL, b. circa 1825 (UK).

Jane was listed as a servant from Down IRL. She was possibly a sister of Mary (above).

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Elizabeth McNAMIE / McNAMEE, daughter of Herbert, b. 1827 (UK), m. 1851 (Perth, W.A.), James SMITH, son of William.

Elizabeth was listed as a servant from Westmeath IRL, and was possibly a sister of William (below).

Children:

• Mary SMITH, b. 1853 (W.A.).

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William McNAMIE/ McNAMEE, b. 1829 (UK).

William was listed as a labourer from Westmeath IRL, and was possibly a brother of Elizabeth (above).

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John C. PELL, son of William & Frances, bap. 1830 (Arrington, Cambridgeshire, Eng.), d. 1906 (Dongara, W.A.), m. Nov. 1849 (Whadden, Cambridgeshire, Eng. ), Esther PELL (nee BRIGHT), dau. of William & Hannah (nee SKINNER), bap. 1830 (Whadden, Cambridgeshire, Eng.), d. 1905 (W.A.).

John was the brother of George PELL (below) and was listed as a labourer from Cambridgehire, Eng.

Together with his clearly pregnant wife, John was hired on arrival by Gerald de Courcy Lefroy of 'Walebing' in the Victoria Plains district. The annual wages for the two of them was £16 plus keep.

Esther's chores of cooking on an open fire, and washing by hand in an old cask, were apparently approached with good temper considering her advanced pregnancy. In November 1850, her son was born in the isolated rural area, without a nurse, while John was working away from 'Walebing'. He was possibly the first white child to be born in Victoria Plains district.

John's farm in the colony was named 'Wimpole', the same as the parish next to Arrington in Cambridgeshire, where he had lived. 'Pells Bridge' is near Dongara W.A.

Children:

• George PELL, b. Nov 15, 1850 (Victoria Plains, W.A.), d. 1893 (Dongara, W.A.).
  
  
• Sarah Ann PELL, b. 1852 (W.A.), m. 1873 (Irwin River, W.A.), William John NAIRN.
  
  
• Esther Jane PELL, b. 1853 (Toodyay, W.A.), m. 1878 (Dongara, W.A.), John CRIDDLE.
  
  
• Frances Hannah PELL, b. 1855 (W.A.), m. 1876 (Greenough, W.A.), George COUSINS.
  
  
• John PELL, b. 1856 (W.A.), d. 1884 (Dongara, W.A.).
  
  
• Emma PELL, b. 1859 (Toodyay, W.A.), d. 1944 (W.A.), m. 1881 (Dongara, W.A.), James CRIDDLE.
  
  
• Mary Ann PELL, b. 1861 (Toodyay, W.A.), d. 1943 (W.A.), m. 1884 (Dongara, W.A.), George DOWNES.
  
  
• William PELL, b. 1862 (Toodyay, W.A.), d. 1940 (W.A.).
  
  
• Louisa PELL, b. 1864 (Toodyay, W.A.), d. 1865 (W.A.).
  
  
• Eliza PELL, b. 1865 (W.A.).
  
  
• Louisa PELL, b. 1868 (Irwin River, W.A.), m. 1889 (Dongara, W.A.), Henry James CRIDDLE.
  
  
• Robert PELL, b. 1869 (Dongara, W.A.), d. 1949 (W.A.).
  
  
• Amelia PELL, b. 1872 (Dongara, W.A.), m. 1896 (Dongara, W.A.), Frederick Charles POLLARD.

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George PELL, son of William & Frances, bap. 1832 (Arrington, Cambridgeshire, Eng.).

George was the brother of John PELL (above) and was listed as a labourer from Cambridgehire, Eng.

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Samuel Henry RANDELL, son of James & Elizabeth (nee COUNTER), b. circa 1828 (U.K.), m. March 1851 (Perth, W.A.), Agnes ASHCROFT, daughter of Stephen, b. circa 1820. She was a fellow Sophia passenger. [ see entry ].

Samuel was listed as a carpenter from Hants. in England and George RANDELL (below) came from the same county.

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George RANDELL, son of James & Jane, b. 1830 (Milton Hampshire ENG), d. 1915 (Perth, W.A.),

m.(1) April 1850 (Baptist Chapel, Symington, Southampton ENG), Jane RANDELL (nee HYDE), daughter of Joseph, b. 1830 (U.K.), d. 1868 (Perth, W.A.);

m.(2) 1869 (Trinity Church, Perth, W.A.), Mary Louisa SMITH, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (nee Strickland), b. 1845, d. 1874 (Perth, W.A.);

m.(3) 1881 (Fremantle, W.A.), Lucy JAMES, (widow, nee FRANCISCO), daughter of Alexander & Charlotte, b. 1839 (ENG), d. 1897 (Fremantle, W.A.).

George was listed as a blacksmith from Hants. in England and came from the same county as Samuel RANDELL (above). He was also a cordwainer and a trader. He became Mayor of Perth (W.A.) in 1884. He was an MLC; JP; life deacon of Trinity Congregational Church; Colonial Secretary; and became the first man to run a steam passenger service between Perth and Fremantle. He has been commemorated by the placement of a brass pavement plaque in the city of Perth (W.A.).

Children:

• Alfred Henry RANDELL, b. 1856 (Perth, W.A.), d. 1896 (W.A.), m. (W.A.), Mary Ann GOLDING.
  
  
• Edwin Hyde RANDELL,b. 1858 (Perth, W.A), d. 1904 (W.A.), m. 1879 (York, W.A.), Helen TAYLOR.
  
  
• George William RANDELL, b. 1854 (Perth, W.A.), d. 1915 (W.A.).
  
  
• Samuel Davis RANDELL, b. 1861 (Perth, W.A.), d. 1861 (W.A.).
  
  
• James Milton RANDELL, b. 1862 (Perth, W.A.).
  
  
• Samuel Joseph RANDELL, b. 1866 (Perth, W.A.), d. 1942 (W.A.).
  
  
• Laura Jane RANDELL, b. 1870 (Perth, W.A.), m. 1896 (Perth, W.A.), Ross ANDERSON.
  
  
• Ernest Arthur RANDELL, b. 1873 (Perth, W.A.), d. 1938 (Gunyidi).
  
  
• Ella Lenore RANDELL, b. 1874 (Perth, W.A.), d. 1875.

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[ 'Biographical Register of Members of Parliament of Western Australia, vol 1 1870-1930', D.Black & G.Bolton, 1980 ]  

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William WARD, b. circa 1813 (U.K.), m. (U.K.), Mary WARD (nee GARRETTY / GARRELLY), b. circa 1814 (U.K.).

William was listed as a bricklayer from Lincolnshire in England. It was suggested that he was travelling with his relative George (below).

Children:

• William John WARD, b. 1855 (Bunbury, W.A.).
  
  
• William WARD, b. 1856 (Bunbury, W.A.).
  
  
• Thomas WARD, b. 1858 (Bunbury, W.A.).
  
  
• Edward WARD, b. 1862 (Bunbury, W.A.).

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George WARD, b. circa 1829 (UK).

George moved to Toodyay, W.A. and was said to have travelled on the Sophia with relatives. He was also listed as a labourer from Huntingdonshire in England which was a different county to Lincolnshire where William and Mary WARD (above) came from.

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