Martha Meredith born 1841 (General)

by jhopkins , Sunday, January 09, 2011, 21:16 (5071 days ago) @ steve6975

I missed that one, because I didn't know familysearch had some passenger list images for NZ.

The images for Carnatic (arrived Lyttelton, Canterbury, 1 February 1878) show:

William 35, Glos, Farm Lab
Martha 32
Thomas 16
Fanny 14
Cassina 13
William 7
John 4
Sarah 3

The name Thomas is crossed out and annotated transferred to Single Men. The names of Fanny and Cassina are similarly crossed out, and transferred to Single Women. Their names are then re-listed in those sections of the passenger list.

I assume from this that there was insufficient room in the family accommodation to hold all the Jordans, and the older children were therefore transferred to the cabins for SM and SW respectively. This is only my assumption, but the Carnatic was a small vessel that only carried 150 passengers, so this seems feasible.