Adverts for ancestors' professions 6

Concluding our browse through the advertisements in the Natal Almanac is this
large advert for Pepworth's stores. There was almost nothing you couldn't buy there in the way of 'Manchester' items: lace, gloves, ribbons, frillings, undies, stockings, corsets, hats - Pepworth could clothe you from top to toe. His shop was the forerunner of Greenacres, Stuttafords and other large department stores of a later era.

Henry Pepworth rose to prominence as a Town Councillor
 for Pietermaritzburg during the 1850s.

Passengers to Natal: Lady of the Lake December 1854

ARRIVAL OF LADY OF THE LAKE Natal Witness 8 December 1854

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

ARRIVED

Dec 2

Huma, schooner, Captain L Oldriene, from Liverpool. Henderson, Smerdon and Co., Agents.

Lady of the Lake, barque, Captain HM Taylor, from London - E Snell, agent.

PASSENGERS

Cabin

Dr and Mrs Callaway

Misses

Baker

Wallace

McBride

Messrs

Arbuthnot

McKenzie

Mr and Mrs Button and 10 Masters and Misses Button

Mr and Mrs Balcomb

Mr H Pepworth

Intermediate

Mr and Mrs Allison and 4 children

Mr and Mrs Zekin and Master Zekin

Misses

Walker

Drew

Mr and Mrs Mullins and child

VESSELS EXPENCTED

Cape of Good Hope, stmr., Capt Lowen, from Table Bay.

E Snell, agent.

Pantaloon, 260 tons, from London, to sail about the 15th July.

J Millar and Co., agents.

Natal, screw steamer, 700 tons, J Boxer, from Table Bay.

E Snell, agent.

Passenger List barque Lady of the Lake from London to Natal, arrived 2 Dec.
From Natal Witness 8 Dec 1854. Note Mr and Mrs Button with ten children.

Lloyd's Register for 1853/4:

LADY OF THE LAKE [a regular visitor to Natal; see other passenger lists for the vessel, various dates, on this blog]

Rigging:  Barque; sheathed in felt and yellow metal in 1853; partly fastened with iron bolts
Tonnage:  337 tons
Construction:  1820 in Chittagong; vessel lengthened in 1848
Owners:  Stainbank
Port of registry:  London
Port of survey:  London