Showing posts with label 1839. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1839. Show all posts

Friday, 15 November 2013

Life on the ocean waves

He married, he died, and in between, he fathered children. But he was never born, at least not according to the records I have consulted. His parents and his two older brothers arrived in Port Jackson 13 May, 1839, as Bounty Migrants aboard 'The Spartan', which departed Falmouth 22 February, 1839. Christopher is not on the passenger list, nor is he recorded on the New South Wales 'BDM' data-base. Perhaps, he stood on Platform 9¾ and whistled.

His father, John, is my 3rd great-grandfather on my mother's side.