Friday, February 23, 2018

Passengers to Natal per URMS American Sept 1878



Natal Mercury September 28 1878
ARRIVED
27 September American URMS of Southampton, 2474 tons, Gilbert, RNR, from England and Cape ports. Cargo general.

PASSENGERS
From Southampton
Mr and Miss Warwick
Mr G Green
Cape Town
Mr and Mrs Peacock, infant and servant
Messrs
Lawrence
Schroder
Piper
Rickerhardt
Hemann
Mieur
WA Daly
Kowie River
Six natives
East London
Messrs
Malage
Massock
Gresser
Lamade
Meredith
Hicks
Tieur
Kelby
Troye
Wagner
Wright
Wiltie
Duncan
Erasmus
Hoddarty
Mr and Mrs Bentley
Dr Mansell
Capt George
Surgeon-Major Cuff and servant
Colonel and Mrs Pullern, two children and servant
Captain and Mrs Upeton, two children and servant
Captain Anstye
Captin Hodson
Lieutenant Heaton
Lieutenant Palmer
Captain Spalding and servant
186 men of the 24th Regiment*
245 passengers in all
E Boynton, agent.

September 27 Tyne, HMS troopship, Solly, from England (July 31) and Cape ports, with troops.
September 27 Hastings, ship, from Madras, with coolies.
John T Rennie and Sons, agents

SAILED
September 27 EJ Spence, barque, of Melbourne, 519 tons, Gill, for Melbourne. Cargo general.
PASSENGER
Mr Harvey
Henry Smith, agent.

OUTER ANCHORAGE
American, URMS, of Southampton, 2474 tons, Gilbert, RNR, from England and Cape ports.
E Boynton, agent.
Courland, CRMS, of London, 1500 tons, Rigby, from Cape Town and intermediate ports.
SS Ridge, agent.
Tyne, HRM, troopship, Solly, from England and Cape ports.
Basuto, barque, of London, 334 tons, Creak, from London
Ballard, King and Jarvis, agents.
Fager, barque, of Geffe, 323 tons, Albrithsen, from Hudikswall
John Hunt, agent.
Hastings, ship, from Madras
John T Rennie and Sons, agents.
Lydia, barque, of Geffe, 282 tons, Nordin, from Skutskar
John Hunt, agent.


*Note that 186 men of the 24th Regiment are not individually named, as was the practice in newspaper passenger lists at this time. You can lose a lot of ancestors that way. In this instance the men of the 24th were sailing out to South Africa to fight in the Zulu War and many would meet their fate at Isandhlwana or Rorke's Drift in January 1879.






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