| |
Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList
by Robert
Janmaat,
Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
Return to SA Passenger
Lists,1847-1886
ship Norman,
582 tons, Captain John Adams, from Southampton
4th December 1854, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 7th
March 1855
South Australian Register Thursday
8th March 1855
Wednesday March 7th, 1855:- the
ship Norman, 582 tons, J. Adams,
Master, from Southampton November 8th [sic] [1854], Elders
and Co., Agents.
Passengers: Mr.& Mrs. Fastlen ; Miss Chadwick ; Mr. Thomas Alexander,
surgeon-superintendent in the cabin and the following
emigrants
in the steerage. .
. .
— 7th
ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1855 ; 0
births and 0 deaths on the passage ; Mr. Thomas Alexander,
surgeon-superintendent.
| |
| South Australian Government Gazette 1855. |
| ship Norman |
Left Southampton on the 2nd December, 1854
and arrived in Port Adelaide on the 7th March, 1855.
No deaths nor births took place on the voyage. This has
not occurred in a Government emigrant ship since the
year 1850, when the barque British Empire arrived under
the same circumstances.
The Norman arrived in apparently
very excellent order, the passage decks were clean and
the people seemed a respectable and well selected class
of persons. Unfortunately, however, there was a want
of good feeling and mutual co-operation between the master
and the surgeon-superintendent of the ship. The surgeon-superintendent
refused to sign the certificate that the charter party
had been fulfilled ; and many complaints, and some of
serious character, were made by the emigrants. In consequence
of this, the Immigration Board assembled, and sat several
days investigating the nature of the complaints ; and
on the 23rd of March, presented to His Excellency their
report. They found that two charges were clearly proved
against the master of the ship.
1st:- That there had
been indecent familiarities with one or more of the single
women ;
and
2nd:- That the emigrants had been annoyed
on crossing the line.
The twenty-third clause of the
charter
party expressly stipulates that the emigrants shall not
be molested on crossing the line; and that the master
of the ship shall strictly prohibit and prevent, on the
part of the crew or officers of the ship, any intercourse
whatever with the female passengers on board. That any
breach of either of those regulations will entail forfeiture
of the passage money, and of any gratuities which might
otherwise have been payable to the offenders.
The Board
stated that the familiarities of which the master in
their opinion was guilty, though no attempt was made
by his accusers to infer any criminal intention on his
part, were yet of a nature, which if permitted in an
emigrant ship, were calculated to lead to serious evil.
The Board had also full proof given them that many of
the emigrants had water pumped upon them by the fire
engine on crossing the line ; in consequence of which,
many of them were thoroughly drenched, and some of the
young women attributed a long continued illness to that
cause. It was clearly proved that all this was done with
the consent of the master. The Immigration Board gave
it as their opinion, that, in the two respects above
mentioned, the twenty third clause of the charter party
had been vitiated ; and that according to the stipulations
therein contained, the passage money was forfeited, as
well as the gratuity otherwise payable to the master
of the ship. But, during the investigation, it appeared
to the Board that there was a most unfortunate want of
good feeling and cordial co-operation between the master
and the surgeon of the ship.
The Board could not discover
that the surgeon gave warning to the master of the consequences
which would follow ; and though the master of the ship
ought not to have required warning to avoid the two errors
which he committed, yet the Board felt convinced, had
fair warning been given, that on arrival no such clauses
of complaint would have existed. They state, that it
was painfully evident to them during the investigation
that there was a vindictive feeling of the surgeon-superintendent
towards the master of the ship, and that the surgeon
had watched in silence the master compromising himself
and the charter party, without entering a protest, or
giving warning of an irregularity, that a repetition
would be followed by a formal complaint to the Colonial
Government.
The Immigration Board recommended that the
gratuity of the master of the ship should be withheld,
which they hoped would act as a warning to him to avoid
hereafter the errors which have now taken place ; as
in all other respects it appeared to the Board that he
acted
with kindness and consideration to the emigrants; and
although, according to the strict letter of the charter-party,
the passage money was forfeited, yet the board suggested
to His Excellency, that the Colonial Land and Emigration
Commissioners should be requested not to arrest the passage
money, as the Board thought that the object sought to
be obtained could be accomplished without such severity.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government
was pleased to approve of the report and of the suggestions
therein contained and to direct that a copy should be
forwarded to the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners. |
note: where maiden name
of
wife is indicated,
it has been included in the given name column within ( ) ; the passenger
list comprises three sections arranged alphabetically, i families,
ii single men, iii single women & children ; transcriber notes
| Names |
Age |
Occupation |
B-index |
Residence |
Remarks |
| Last |
Given |
| Families |
| Allcock |
John Ephraim |
29 |
Agr. Labourer |
12/3 |
Long Sutton, Lincoln |
|
| |
Elizabeth (Seamer) |
25 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Mary Elizabeth |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Tom |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Allen |
David |
24 |
Agr. Labourer |
16/3 |
Cambridge |
|
| |
Sarah (Downes ?) |
26 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Mary |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| Baker |
George |
21 |
Agr. Labourer |
60/3 |
Surrey |
|
| |
Mary A. |
19 |
|
|
|
|
| Bell |
Joseph |
59 |
Agr. Labourer |
107/3 |
Blyborough, Lincoln |
|
| |
Sarah |
59 |
|
|
|
|
| Bowyer |
Thomas Henry |
44 |
Labourer |
157/2 |
Cowlinge, Suffolk |
|
| |
Rebecca (Boot) |
44 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Henry |
13 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Sarah |
11 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Eliza |
8 |
|
|
|
|
| |
George |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Hannah |
inf |
|
|
|
|
| Boyse |
Charles |
36 |
Bricklayer |
159/3 |
Kent |
|
| |
Susan |
39 |
|
|
|
|
| |
William |
12 |
|
|
|
|
| |
John |
10 |
|
|
|
|
| |
George |
9 |
|
|
|
|
| Bradley |
George |
22 |
Carpenter |
161/1 |
St. George, Hanover Square, Middlesex |
|
| |
Elizabeth |
24 |
|
|
|
Elizabeth (Dobbinson ?) |
| Brooks |
Thomas |
38 |
Agr. Labourer |
184/1 |
Cambridge |
|
| |
Sarah |
36 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Rebecca |
12 |
|
|
|
|
| Buckwell |
William |
22 |
Agr. Labourer |
198/2 |
Lewes, Sussex |
|
| |
Esther (Bailey) |
24 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Arthur |
inf |
|
|
|
|
| Dean |
Robert |
40 |
Agr. Labourer |
392/1 |
Lower Halstow, Kent |
|
| |
Emily (Seager) |
32 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Jane |
11 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Sarah |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| Denny |
Mary |
48 |
Domestic Servant |
399/1 |
St. Marylebone, Middlesex |
widow ? 1851 census, husband Thomas, age 54 |
| |
Mary |
17 |
Housemaid |
|
|
|
| |
Thomas |
15 |
Errand Boy |
|
|
|
| |
Christopher |
13 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Catherine |
5 |
|
|
|
|
| Drayton |
Joseph |
30 |
Gardener |
428/1 |
— ? |
|
| |
Susan |
27 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Mary |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Dowling |
William |
24 |
Carpenter |
424/3 |
Chelsea, Middlesex |
|
| |
Eliza (Page) |
21 |
|
|
|
|
| Gann |
Austin |
37 |
Agr. Labourer |
546/2 |
Sutton St. Mary, Lincoln |
|
| |
Mary (Clay) |
32 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Elizabeth |
9 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Mary |
7 |
|
|
|
|
| Griffiths |
John |
34 |
Smith |
620/3 |
Nottingham |
|
| |
Harriet (Wood) |
25 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Byron John |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Gurney |
Joseph |
45 |
Agr. Labourer |
630/2 |
Bury St. Edmunds St. James, Suffolk |
|
| |
Frances |
39 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Eliza |
10 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Frances |
8 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Frederick |
5 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Emma |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| Harmer |
Thomas |
19 |
Agr. Labourer |
673/3 |
Erpingham, Norfolk |
|
| |
Alice Matilda (Franklin) |
21 |
|
|
|
|
| Heath |
William |
37 |
Carpenter |
709/1 |
Nottingham St. Mary, Nottingham |
|
| |
Fanny (Brown) |
35 |
|
|
|
|
| |
John |
12 |
|
|
|
|
| Hebblewaite |
Thomas |
45 |
Carpenter |
709/2 |
Surrey |
Hebblethwaite / Hebblewhite ? |
| |
Eleanor |
42 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Jessie |
11 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Celia |
8 |
|
|
|
|
| |
George |
5 |
|
|
|
|
| Hutton |
George |
25 |
Agr. Labourer |
805/1 |
Basingstoke, Hampshire |
|
| |
Jane (Trimmer) |
18 |
|
|
|
|
| Keen |
William |
24 |
Bricklayer |
881/3 |
Islington, Middlesex |
|
| |
Sophia |
28 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Emma Sophia |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Lamerton |
William John |
23 |
Bricklayer |
949/1 |
St. George Southwark, Surrey |
|
| |
Mary (Hinchliffe) |
21 |
|
|
|
|
| Lander |
James |
53 |
Carpenter |
949/3 |
St. Pancras, Middlesex |
|
| |
Harriet |
39 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Eliza |
12 |
|
|
|
|
| |
James |
10 |
|
|
|
|
| Lanthios / Lanthios |
George |
21 |
Carpenter |
- |
Bethnal Green, Middlesex |
|
| |
Jane (Cox) |
23 |
|
|
|
|
| Mason |
George |
22 |
Agr. Labourer |
1033/1 |
Dunmow, Essex |
|
| |
Harriet (Webb) |
21 |
|
|
|
|
| Mason |
John |
41 |
Agr. Labourer |
1033/2 |
Gedney, Lincoln |
|
| |
Susan |
33 |
|
|
|
|
| Clifton |
George |
9 |
step-son |
|
|
|
| Mason |
Elizabeth |
5 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Caroline |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Mills |
Edward |
30 |
Agr. Labourer |
1113/2 |
Cambridge |
|
| |
Elizabeth |
30 |
|
|
|
|
| Paddle |
George |
43 |
Carpenter |
1228/1 |
St Marylebone, Middlesex |
|
| |
Betty |
37 |
|
|
|
|
| Parsons |
George |
51 |
Labourer |
1242/2 |
Dorset |
|
| |
Alice |
57 |
|
|
|
|
| Pearce |
John |
26 |
Agr. Labourer |
1256/2 |
Jersey |
|
| |
Maria |
24 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Jane |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| Perry |
William |
33 |
Carpenter |
1271/1 |
Middlesex |
|
| |
Charlotte (Cover ?) |
38 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Walter |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Esther |
inf |
|
|
|
|
| Pickett |
William |
25 |
Carpenter |
1282/3 |
Middlesex |
|
| |
Sarah |
23 |
|
|
|
|
| Pink |
Thomas |
23 |
Carpenter |
1286/3 |
Middlesex |
|
| |
Jane |
27 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Thomas |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Eliza |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Pywell |
George |
36 |
Agr. Labourer |
1319/3 |
Thame, Oxford |
|
| |
Sarah |
31 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Esther |
12 |
|
|
|
|
| Ramsay / Ramsey |
Joseph |
43 |
Carter |
1329/1 |
Ipswich St. Clement, Suffolk |
|
| |
Eliza (Stevens) |
31 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Joseph |
11 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Eliza |
9 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Allen |
7 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Henry |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| Robinson |
Samuel |
48 |
Shepherd |
1373/1 |
Nottingham St. Mary, Nottingham |
|
| |
Elizabeth |
47 |
|
|
|
|
| Rollerson |
James |
28 |
Agr. Labourer |
1382/3 |
Peterboro', Huntingdon |
|
| |
Sarah (Isaac) |
21 |
|
|
|
|
| Savage |
George |
23 |
Gardener |
1430/3 |
Camberwell, Surrey |
|
| |
Hannah Rebecca (Tydeman) |
23 |
|
|
|
|
| Scott |
William |
38 |
Smith |
1455/3 |
Derby St. Peter, Derbyshire |
|
| |
Mary |
44 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Agnes Mary |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| Smith |
Edward |
57 |
Agr. Labourer |
1502/3 |
Betteshanger, Kent |
1851 census, age 47 |
| |
Mary |
48 |
|
|
|
1851 census, age 44 |
| |
James |
12 |
|
|
|
|
| |
John |
9 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Martha |
7 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Charles |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| Tanner |
William |
46 |
Agr. Labourer |
1574/3 |
Boldre, Hampshire |
|
| |
Anna |
50 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Henrietta |
12 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Eli |
9 |
|
|
|
|
| Townsend |
William |
34 |
Sawyer |
1616/1 |
Andover, Hampshire |
1851 census, age 36 |
| |
Sarah |
47 |
|
|
|
|
| Vowles |
Henry |
21 |
Carpenter |
1653/2 |
Kensington, Middlesex |
|
| |
Ellen |
22 |
|
|
|
|
| Waterfield |
Joseph |
21 |
Agr. Labourer |
1678/3 |
Lincoln |
|
| |
Anne |
21 |
|
|
|
|
| Wheatley |
James John |
28 |
Carpenter |
- |
Newington, Surrey |
|
| |
Sarah (Wallis) |
28 |
|
|
|
|
| Williams |
William |
30 |
Carpenter |
1722/2 |
Middlesex |
|
| |
Caroline |
31 |
|
|
|
|
| |
William |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| |
Caroline |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| Williamson |
John |
65 |
Agr. Labourer |
1723/3 |
Gedney, Lincoln |
|
| |
Mary |
54 |
|
|
|
|
| Willis |
Stewart ? |
32 |
Agr. Labourer |
- |
Essex |
|
| |
Emily |
30 |
|
|
|
|
| Wilkinson |
John |
30 |
Agr. Labourer |
1712/3 |
Spilsby, Lincoln |
|
| |
Betsey (Toin) |
30 |
|
|
|
|
| Wiseman |
Charles |
42 |
Agr. Labourer |
1733/3 |
Mulbarton, Norfolk |
|
| |
Emma |
45 |
|
|
|
|
| |
| Names |
Age |
Occupation |
B-index |
Residence |
Remarks |
| Last |
Given |
| Single Men |
| Baker |
James |
16 |
Agr. Labourer |
61/2 |
Surrey |
with family |
| Bowyer |
David |
19 |
Agr. Labourer |
147/2 |
Cowlinge, Suffolk |
with parents |
| Brown |
Edward |
17 |
Dairyman |
186/2 |
Kent |
|
| Foster |
George |
49 |
Agr. Labourer |
- |
Buckingham |
with family |
| Fraser |
Simon |
24 |
Mason |
- |
Surrey |
|
| Gardiner |
William |
20 |
Agr. Labourer |
- |
Suffolk |
|
| Gurney |
John |
19 |
Agr. Labourer |
630/2 |
Bury St. Edmunds St. James, Suffolk |
with parents |
| Gurney |
Joseph |
17 |
Agr. Labourer |
630/3 |
Bury St. Edmunds St. James, Suffolk |
with parents |
| Hailes |
Thomas |
74 |
Agr. Labourer |
- |
Leighton, Huntingdon |
with family (Johnson) |
| Heblewhaite |
Alfred |
17 |
Carpenter |
- |
Surrey |
with parents |
| Johnson |
Morris |
16 |
Agr. Labourer |
850/2 |
Leighton, Huntingdon |
with grandfather Thomas Hailes |
| Lander |
John |
14 |
Errand Boy |
949/3 |
St. Pancras, Middlesex |
with parents |
| Moore |
Richard |
27 |
Bricklayer |
1130/3 |
Middlesex |
|
| Thomson / Thompson |
Robert |
23 |
Baker |
1602/3 |
Middlesex |
|
| Tilbrook |
William |
23 |
Agr. Labourer |
- |
Suffolk |
|
| Wallis |
Benbow |
17 |
Carpenter |
1663/3 |
Newington, Surrey |
brother of Sarah (Wallis) Wheatley |
| Williamson |
William |
16 |
Agr. Labourer |
1724/1 |
Gedney, Lincoln |
with parents (grandparents?) |
| |
| Single Women |
| Baker |
Elizabeth |
19 |
Laundrymaid |
|
Surrey |
with family |
| Baker |
Bertha |
25 |
Cook |
|
Surrey |
with family |
| Bell |
Jane |
16 |
Nursemaid |
|
Blyborough, Lincoln |
with parents |
| Bowyer |
Susanna |
16 |
Servant |
|
Cowlinge, Suffolk |
with parents |
| Bresney |
Ellen |
26 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Brooks |
Emma |
14 |
Nursemaid |
|
Cambridge |
with parents |
| Boniface |
Elizabeth |
28 |
Servant |
|
Cambridge |
|
| Carroll |
Sarah |
20 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Cleve |
Mary |
21 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Cleve |
Sarah |
23 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Davis |
Caroline |
19 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Debor / Deboo |
Emma |
22 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Dobinson |
Margaret |
26 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Dodds |
Martha |
28 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Driscoll |
Kate |
20 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Edgworth |
Mary A. |
27 |
Servant |
|
Gloucester |
|
| Foster |
Jane |
27 |
Servant |
|
Buckingham |
with family |
| Garyon |
Bessy |
19 |
Servant |
|
Dublin |
|
| Heblewaite |
Emma |
22 |
Servant |
|
Surrey |
with parents |
| Heblewaite |
Agnes |
14 |
Servant |
|
Surrey |
with parents |
| Hall |
Harriet |
21 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Hemmings |
Eliza |
18 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Henby |
Elizabeth |
28 |
Servant |
|
Kent |
|
| Hunt |
Amelia |
26 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Johnson |
Lucy |
40 |
widow / Servant |
|
Leighton, Huntingdon |
with son Morris & father, Thomas Hailes |
| Johnson |
Elizabeth |
26 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Johns |
Matilda |
31 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Landers / Lander |
Sarah |
23 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
with family ? |
| McMahon |
Eliza |
19 |
Laundrymaid |
|
Middlesex |
|
| McPherson |
Elizabeth |
25 |
Housemaid |
|
Middlesex |
|
| McPherson |
Flora |
22 |
Housemaid |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Murphy |
Mary |
27 |
Laundrymaid |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Norton |
Hannah |
24 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Painter |
Elizabeth |
47 |
Cook |
|
Surrey |
|
| Perrett |
Harriet |
28 |
Housemaid |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Pincher |
Ellen |
28 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Pointen |
Sophia |
21 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Pritchard |
Mary A. |
18 |
Weaver |
|
Hampshire |
|
| Randell |
Jane |
19 |
Housemaid |
|
Essex |
|
| Robinson |
Sarah Ann |
15 |
Servant |
|
Nottingham St. Mary, Nottingham |
with parents |
| Robinson |
Lydia |
20 |
Servant |
|
Nottingham St. Mary, Nottingham |
with parents |
| Smith |
Mary |
29 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Speed |
Martha |
43 |
widow / Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Speed |
Martha |
23 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Speed |
Mary |
21 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Tanner |
Eliza |
14 |
Servant |
|
Boldre, Hampshire |
with parents |
| Taylor |
Olivia |
19 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Wallis |
Maria |
24 |
Sevant |
|
Newington, Surrey |
sister of Sarah (Wallis) Wheatley |
| Webb |
Winifred |
24 |
Servant |
|
Surrey |
|
| Williams |
Elizabeth |
22 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Williamson |
Eliza |
15 |
Servant |
|
Gedney, Lincoln |
with grand-parents |
| Wood |
Ruth |
23 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
| Wyatt |
Mary |
28 |
Servant |
|
Middlesex |
|
Sources: State
Library South Australia, official passenger lists, mainly of immigrants
arriving in South Australia under United
Kingdom assisted passage schemes, 1847-1886
GRG 35/48a (formely ACC 313); Sydney Shipping Gazette; South Australian Register;
The South Australian Government Gazette; GRG 35/48/2 Crown lands and
Immigrant ships papers; Biographical index SA 1836-1885 (the B-index column
indicates individuals who may be found in that index, with corresponding
reference
number for further research) ; FreeBMD ; 1851 UK census'
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