Passengers to Natal: Priscilla 1860 steerage passengers

When the barque Priscilla arrived at Natal on 18 September 1860 she carried, apart from a few cabin passengers, a group of 100 Government emigrants. It was unusual for the newspapers of the time to include a full list of such emigrants - and these are the passengers who are generally of most interest to family historians, not the well-heeled ones who could afford to pay for their own passage and were not requiring assistance from the Government. On this occasion the emigrants in steerage were:




The shipping column of the Natal Mercury 20 September 1860 reported elsewhere:

ARRIVED

September 13 - Walter Glendining, brigantine, 111 tons, N Glendining, from Table Bay, September 1

JD Koch, agent

September 15 - Evangeline, barque, 231 tons, G Wigg, from London, sailed June 18

Evans and Churchill, agent

PASSENGERS

Mr and Mrs Blunt

Messrs

George Lyall

Hamilton McCreight

William Jalland

PJ Sanders

James Ellis

September 16 - Priscilla, barque 253 tons, G Brown from London, sailed June 10

W Hartley and Co, agents

PASSENGERS (Cabin)

Mr and Mrs Roach and infant

Mr and Mrs Crowder and five children

106 immigrants in Steerage [see list above]

SAILED

September 17 - Early Morn, barque, 315 tons, Lowry for Algoa Bay and London

Evans and Churchill, agents