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BUTLER-SHIP POTOSI TO MELBOURNE 1880

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Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 19 Jan 2018 12:41

http://marinersandships.com.au/1880/07/082pot.htm

(you're right there AG!, not on above either, can see mention of Plymouth sailings (Newspapers) but no passenger names)

Chris :)

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 19 Jan 2018 11:08

They had originally been going to leave from London - the four names all scored out on this record, so obviously all travelling together:

(Sorry, can't copy from Ancestry again - recurrent problem, very annoying.)

The ages Bill gives are as stated on the London record. On the Plymouth record (same voyage) both children are said to be aged 7.



EDIT:
Later (1pm)

Now Ancestry's letting me copy - not that it helps answer Bill's question:


John Lanigan
in the Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923
Name: John Lanigan
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Age: 7
Arrival Date: 21 Jul 1880
Arrival Port: Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
Departure Port: London
Ship: Potosi
Nationality: English

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 19 Jan 2018 08:10

https://www.genesreunited.com.au/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1326110

(mentioned on above (Joseph John Lanigan) older query from another Member)

Chris :)

(Reference below)

All Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923 (Ancestry)

Mrs Butler abt 1838 21 Jul 1880 Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia Potosi Irish


https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ask-librarian

(would above be able to help more? (with any other incoming records) with no names on Passenger List, bit of a 'needle', I'd say)

Bill

Bill Report 19 Jan 2018 04:54

Ship left Plymouth June 1880 - listed together are Mrs. Butler (age 42), Miss Butler (22),John Lanigan (8) and his sister Anne Lanigan (7). Would like to know any connection ? Children's parents had died and brought to relations in Victoria -appears accompanied on ship by the Butlers. Possible connections could be Charles Butler MD had medical hall at 53/54 Sackville (now O"Connell) St., Dublin OR Edward Butler married to Mary Lanigan 12/2/1833 (8 children born 1835-56). BIll.