Passenger List - Royal Albert, Plymouth to Adelaide, 1855

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Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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barque Royal Albert, 663 tons, Captain William Robinson, from Plymouth 16th August 1855, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 1st December 1855

South Australian Register Monday 3rd December 1855

Saturday December 1st, 1855:- the barque Royal Albert, 596 tons, Robinson, Master, from Plymouth August 16th.
Passengers: Mr. S.L. Crane, surgeon-superintendent in the cabin and the following emigrants in the steerage. . . .
— 36th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1855 ; 1 birth and 2 deaths on the passage ; Mr. S. Leonard Crane, surgeon-superintendent.

note: this ship was a Charter for the Highland and Island Emigration Society (HIES) . . those passengers are on their own three lists below the first three lists :: i families, ii single men, iii single women :: . . see also . .
http://www.angelfire.com/ns/bkeddy/HIES/2.html . . for more details on this and other voyages. Regards Robert, Adelaide

barque Royal Albert — from Lloyds Register 1860
ROYAL ALBERT - 1860 Master: Captain Robinson Rigging: Ship; sheathed in felt and yellow metal in 1856 Tonnage: 550 tons using old measurements and 663 tons using new measurements Construction: 1844 in London; some repairs in 1856 Owners: Bryant Port of registry: London

The South Australian Government Gazette 1866 p. 91
Name	Age	Date of Death	Cause of Death	Where buried
McLeod, Julia	2	September 12th, 1855	Convulsions	at sea
Macdonald, Flora	inf	December 19th, 1855	Diarrhoea	on shore ?

Surgeon Superintendent Report
Name of Mother	Date of Birth	Sex of Infant
McLean, Catherine	December 21st, 1855	male

— both the birth and the second death appear to have been in port . . there is no record for either in the BDM indexes

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 in italics

Names		Age	Occupation	B-index	Residence	Remarks
Last	Given	Age	Occupation	B-index	Residence	Remarks
Families
Dufty	Richard	23	Miner	434/3	Bedminster, Somerset
	Sarah Ann (Taylor)	20
Fowler	William	30	Smith	523/3	Kent
	Catherine	32
Jones	Christopher	23	Labourer	856/3	South Molton, Devon
	Mary Jane (Fairchild)	24				with family
Rogers	George	44	Schoolmaster	1378/1	Somerset
	Elizabeth	43
Symons	Walter	28	Miner	1570/3	Liskeard, Cornwall
	Jane (Inch)	26
	George	2

Names		Age	Occupation	B-index	Residence	Remarks
Last	Given	Age	Occupation	B-index	Residence	Remarks
Single Men
Coyle	Patrick	20	Labourer	335/1	Tyrone
Elliott	Joseph	24	Labourer	-	Fermanagh
Fairchild	Thomas	15	Labourer	481/3	South Molton, Devon	with sister Mary Jane Jones, above \| 1851 census, age 14
Fawcett	John	21	Labourer	488/3	Fermanagh
Gamble	Samuel	20	Labourer	-	Fermanagh
Houlden	Levi	21	Bricklayer	780/2	Cornwall	residence ?
Johnston	Thomas	19	Labourer	853/3	Tyrone
Layo / Layo	David	18	Labourer	-	Tyrone
McKean / McKeon	James	18	Labourer	-	Tyrone
Moore	John	21	Labourer	-	Tyrone
Mutton	William	21	Miner	1160/1	Cornwall
Norton	Robert	25	Labourer	-	Tyrone
Pascoe	William	19	Labourer	1245/1	Cornwall
Rogers	Alexander	22	Labourer	1377/2	Tyrone
Scully	James	38	Labourer	1457/2	Wicklow
Taggart	James	20	Labourer	1572/2	Tyrone
Trevery	William	21	Baker	-	Cornwall
Wilson	Hugh	25	Labourer	-	Derry
Wilson	John	29	Labourer	-	Derry

Single Women
Bambrick	Ellen	23	Servant		co. Down
Barnett	Elizabeth	18	Servant		Somerset
Bergen	Mary	18	Servant		Kilkenny
Campbell	Maria	n/a	-		-
Coffey	Jane	18	Servant		Roscommon
Dunseith	Jane	19	Servant		Tyrone
Dunseith	Margaret	21	Servant		Tyrone
Davey	Catherine	18	Servant		Limerick
Dillon	Margaret	19	Servant		Tipperary
Downs	Margaret	23	Servant		Carlow
Egan	Catherine	25	Servant	459/1	Kings co.
Elliott	Jane	19	Servant		Cavan
Fairchild	Eliza	15	Servant		South Molton, Devon	with sister Mary Jane Jones, above
Fitzgerald	Johanna	19	Servant		Limerick
Fogarty	Mary	19	Servant		Tipperary
Foy	Sarah	23	Servant		Dublin
Goodfellow	Catherine	22	Servant		Tyrone
Hall	Elizabeth	23	Servant		Tyrone
Hamel	Matilda	24	Servant		Tyrone
Header	Mary	21	Servant		Carlow
Heffernan	Catherine	22	Servant		Louth
Keaty	Alice	17	Servant		Limerick
Keaty	Mary	19	Servant		Limerick
Kelly	Anne	18	Servant		Westmeath
Laughlin	Sarah	20	Servant		Dublin
Lennon	Winnie	19	Servant		Dublin
McArdle	Mary	18	Servant		Tyrone
McKeason	Anen	21	Servant		Tyrone
Mergan	Catherine	19	Servant		Wexford
Morris	Mary	22	Servant		Tyrone
Mulcahy	Johanna	22	Servant		Carlow
Nolan	Catherine	22	Servant		Queens Co.
Owen	Jane	22	Servant		Fermanagh
Perry	Sarah	25	Servant		Somerset
Phelan	Margaret	20	Servant		Kilkenny
Phillips	Mary	22	Servant		Kilkenny
Rathwell	Anne	21	Servant		Wexford
Rathwell	Susannah	18	Servant		Wexford
Ridgway	Amelia	18	Servant		Chatham, Kent
Ridgway	Caroline	20	Servant		Chatham, Kent
Ridgway	Elizabeth	23	Servant		Kent
Scully	Anne	13	child		Wicklow
Scully	Catherine	16	Servant		Wicklow
Shanahan	Jane	28	Servant		Limerick
Shea	Margaret	22	Servant		Kilkenny
Shutterworth	jane	25	Servant		Sligo
Stanley	Sarah	28	Servant		Kings co.
Timble	Elizabeth	21	Servant		Tyrone
Wall	Elizabeth	20	Servant		Somerset
Wall	Matilda	25	Servant		Somerset
Wright	Margaret	24	Servant		Antrim
Wynn	Jane	21	Servant		Roscommon

Highland and Island Emigration Society (HIES) Emigrants

Names		Age	Occupation	B-index	Residence	Remarks
Last	Given	Age	Occupation	B-index	Residence	Remarks
Families
Cameron	Ewen	40	Labourer	230/1	Inverness
	Mary	35
Campbell	John	34	Labourer	232/3	Strond, Harris, Inverness	brother-in-law of Donald McLean
	Christian / Christy (McLean)	22
	Margaret	7
	Kate	5
	Malcolm	1
Campbell	Roderick	38	Labourer	233/2	Finsbay, Harris, Inverness	brother John sailed in the Hercules, 1853
	Marion (Macsween)	35
	Angus	10
	Isabella	8
	Alexander	4
	Mary	2
Macaskill	Donald	25	Labourer	1049/2	Berneray, Harris, Inverness	brother of James
	Christine	25
	Norman	1
Macaskill	James	32	Labourer	1049/2	Berneray, Harris, Inverness	brother of Donald
	Marion (Mackinnon)	29
	John	4
	Marion	2
Macaskill	Malcolm	50	Labourer	-	Berneray, Harris, Inverness	with family
	Catherine	50
	Effie	10
Macdonald	Angus	44	Labourer	1858/1	Drinishader, Harris, Inverness	McDonald \| with family
	Mary (Ross)	38				sister of Angus & Peter Ross
	Marianne	13
	John	10
	Marion	6
	Donald	1
Macdonald	Angus	40	Labourer	1058/3	Cluer, Harris, Inverness	McDonald \| with family
	Catherine (Munro)	40
	Donald	11
	Peter	7
	Mary	4
	Flora	inf				died after arrival, Dec. 19th
Macdonald	John	48	Labourer	1058/3	Cluer, Harris, Inverness	McDonald \| with family
	Catherine (Morrison)	40
	Angus	12
	Margaret	8
	Alexander	4				whose child ?
	Thomas	1
Mackinnon	John	53	Labourer	1073/1	Cluer, Harris, Inverness	with family
	Penny (McLeod)	36				2nd wife
	Christy	2
	Mary	inf
	two daughters sailed on Hercules, 1853, with uncle Malcolm Mackinnon
Mackinnon	Kenneth	48	Labourer	-	Likisto, Harris, Inveness	Morrison ? see Kenneth Morrison family below
	Mary (McPhee)	39
Mackinnon	Roderick	48	Labourer	1075/3	Lackalee, Harris, Inverness	with family
	Peggy (Matheson)	38
	Margaret	12
	Marion	10
	Christy	8
	Mary Isobel	6
	Murdoch	1
Maclean	Allan	38	Labourer	1079/1	Isle Pabay, Harris, Inverness	Macleod ?
	Margaret	20				age 35 ?
	Ann	12
	Margaret	9
	Mary	6
	Catherine	1
Maclean	Donald	32	Labourer	1077/2	Strond, Harris, Inverness	McLean \| brother of Angus Maclean, below
	Catherine	28
	Isabella	1
Maclean	Kenneth	30	Labourer	1079/1	Borve, Harris, Inverness	McLean
	Mary	36
Macleod	Allan	50	Labourer	1079/1	Ardhasaig, Harris, Inverness	single parent \| with family \| brother of Donald McLeod
	Mary	20	daughter
	Ann	11
	Kenneth	8
	Ann	4				Christy ?
Macleod	Donald	48	Labourer	1079/2	Isle Pabay, Harris, Inverness	with family \| brother of Allan McLeod
	Annie	46
	Alexander	13
	Ann	10
Macleod	John	30	Labourer	1079/2	Isle Pabay, Harris, Inverness
	Catherine (Macaskill)	26				brother Neil & sister Rachel, below
	Duncan	1
Macleod	John	55	Labourer	1079/2	Berneray, Harris, Inverness	with family
	Catherine	46
	Donald	12
	Margaret	10
	Mary	7
	Alexander	2
MacLeod	Neil	32	Labourer	1080/1	Berneray, Harris, Inverness
	Marion (Macaskill)	28
	John	13
	William John	10
	Norman	6
	Julia	2				died at sea, Sept. 12th
Macleod	Rory	35	Labourer	1080/1	Berneray, Harris, Inverness
	Emma / Jane (Morrison)	28				mother Flora Morrison
	Donald	1
McLeod	John	40	Labourer	1079/2	Isle Taransay, Harris, Inverness	with family
	Margaret (McLean)	35
	Donald	10
	John	7
	Donald	4
	Christy	1
McCuspaig	Donald	50	Labourer	1057/3	Inverness	McCuspie / McCusbic \| with family ?
	Effie (McLeod)	48
McCuspaig	Malcolm	30	Labourer	1057/3	Berneray, Harris, Inverness	McCuspie / McCusbic
	Margaret (Morrison)	30				mother Flora, below
	Donald	8
	John	5
	Christy	1
McDiarmid	John	61	Labourer	1058/1	Finsbay, Harris, Inverness	with family
	Catherine (Mackay)	60				2nd wife
Morrison	Catherine (Macaskill)	53	Servant		Finsbay, Harris, Inverness	widow of Neil Morrison
	Elizabeth	32	Servant
	Catherine	30	Servant
	Ann	28	Servant
	Donald	26	Labourer
	Alexander	24	Labourer
	Marion	20	Servant
	Catherine	18	Servant
	Norman	11
Morrison	Flora (Paterson)	50	Servant		Berneray, Harris, Inverness	widow of John Morrison
	Angus	29	Labourer	-
	Ann	27	Servant
	Janet	24	Servant
	Archibald	20	Labourer	1136/2
	Rachel	15	Servant
Campbell	John	9	nephew
Campbell	John	5	nephew
Morrison	James	44	Labourer	1136/3	Obe, Harris, Inverness
	Marion (Ross)	29
	Murdoch	11
	Donald	8
	Christy	5
	Mary	3
Morrison	Kenneth	48	Labourer	1136/3	Likisto, Harris, Inverness	Mackinnon ? see Kenneth Mackinnon family above \| with family
	Mary (McPhee)	39
	Marion	13
	Murdoch	10
	Norman	7
	Donald	4
Ross	Angus	36	Labourer	1388/2	Borve, Harris, Inverness	brother of Peter Ross
	Christina	35
Ross	Peter	28	Labourer	1389/3	Borve, Harris, Inverness	brother of Angus ; both brothers of Mary Macdonald, above
	Mary (Salmean / Salmon?)	28				sister Sally, below
	John	5
	Christy	inf

Names		Age	Occupation	B-index	Residence	Remarks
Last	Given	Age	Occupation	B-index	Residence	Remarks
Single Men
Macaskill	Angus	26	Labourer	1049/2	Berneray, Harris, Inverness	with parents (Malcolm)
Macaskill	Murdoch	20	Labourer	1049/2	Berneray, Harris, Inverness	with parents (Malcolm)
Macaskill	Neil	18	Labourer	1049/2	Isle Pabay, Harris, Inverness	brother of Rachel Macaskill below & Catherine Macleod, above
Macdonald	Angus	18	Labourer	1060/2	Cluer, Harris, Inverness	with parents (John & Catherine)
Macdonald	Murdo	16	Labourer	-	Cluer, Harris, Inverness	with parents (John & Catherine)
Mackinnon	Alexander	15	Smith	-	Lackalee, Harris, Inverness	with parents (Roderick)
Mackinnon	Donald	22	Labourer		Cluer, Harris, Inverness	twin \| with parents (John)
Mackinnon	Roderick	22	Labourer	1075/3	Cluer, Harris, Inverness	twin \| with parents (John)
Mackinnon	John	20	Labourer		Cluer, Harris, Inverness	with parents (John)
Maclean	Angus	19	Labourer	1077/2	Strond, Harris, Inverness	brother of Donald Maclean, above
Macleod	Alexander	24	Labourer		Berneray, Harris, Inverness	with parents (John & Catherine)
Macleod	Donald	14	Labourer		Ardhasaig, Harris, Inverness	with father Allan
Macleod	John	16	Labourer		Ardhasaig, Harris, Inverness	with father Allan
Macleod	John	14	Labourer		Berneray, Harris, Inverness	with parents (John & Catherine)
Macleod	John	20	Labourer		Isle Pabay, Harris, Inverness	with parents (Donald)
Macleod	Malcolm	17	Labourer		Isle Pabay, Harris, Inverness	with parents (Donald)
Macleod	Murdo	22	Labourer		Isle Pabay, Harris, Inverness	with parents (Donald)
McDiarmid	Donald	28	Labourer	-	Finsbay, Harris, Inverness	with parents
McDiarmid	Kenneth	26	Labourer	1058/1	Finsbay, Harris, Inverness	with parents

Single Women
Campbell	Marion	24	Servant		Finsbay, Harris, Inverness	sister of Roderick Campbell
Hutton	Mrs.	32	Matron		Inverness
Macaskill	Ann	18	Servant		Berneray, Harris, Inverness	with parents (Malcolm)
Macaskill	Christy	24	Servant		Berneray, Harris, Inverness	with parents (Malcolm)
Macaskill	Mary	22	Servant		Berneray, Harris, Inverness	with parents (Malcolm)
Macaskill	Rachel	23	Servant		Isle Pabay, Harris, Inverness	sister of Neil Macaskill & Catherine Macleod, above
Macdonald	Catherine	19	Servant		Strond, Harris, Inverness
Macdonald	Christy	18	Servant		Drinishader, Harris, Inverness	with parents (Angus & Mary)
Macdonald	Effy	17	Servant		Cluer, Harris, Inverness	with parents (Angus & Catherine)
Macdonald	Elizabeth	15	Servant		Cluer, Harris, Inverness	with parents (Angus & Catherine)
Macdonald	Mary	15	Servant		Drinishader, Harris, Inverness	with parents (Angus & Mary)
Macdonald	Mary	14	Servant		Cluer, Harris, Inverness	with parents (John & Catherine)
Maclennan	Mary	22	Servant		Berneray, Harris, Inverness
Macleod	Ann	19	Servant		Berneray, Harris, Inverness	with parents (John & Catherine)
Macleod	Ann	20	Servant		Obe, Harris, Inverness
Macleod	Catherine	16	Servant		Berneray, Harris, Inverness	with parents (John & Catherine)
Macleod	Margaret	25	Servant		Finsbay, Harris, Inverness
Macleod	Marion	28	Servant		Berneray, Harris, Inverness	with parents (John & Catherine)
McLean	Ann	21	Servant		Inverness	did not sail ?
McLean	Catherine	24	Servant		Scalpay, Harris, Inverness
McLeod	Ann	16	Servant		Isle Taransay, Harris, Inverness	with parents (John & Margaret)
McLeod	Mary	14	Servant		Isle Taransay, Harris, Inverness	with parents (John & Margaret)
McCuspaig	Catherine	20	Servant		Berneray, Harris, Inverness	McCuspie / McCusbic \| with parents (Donald) ?
McCuspaig	Flora	24	Servant		Berneray, Harris, Inverness	McCuspie / McCusbic \| with parents (Donald) ?
McCuspaig	Marion	28	Servant		Berneray, Harris, Inverness	McCuspie / McCusbic \| with parents (Donald) ?
McCuspaig	Mary	15	Servant		Berneray, Harris, Inverness	McCuspie / McCusbic \| with parents (Donald) ?
McCuspig	Mary	24	Servant		Urgha, Harris, Inverness	McCuspaig / McCuspie / McCusbic
McDiarmid	Ann	24	Servant	1058/1	Finsbay, Harris, Inverness	with parents
McDiarmid	Rachel	22	Servant	1058/1	Finsbay, Harris, Inverness	with parents
McLennan	Elizabeth	18	Servant		Berneray, Harris, Inverness
McLennan	Flora	20	Servant		Borve, Harris, Inverness
McScannan ?	Mary	33	Servant		Inverness
Morrison	Ann	18	Servant		West Tarbut, Harris, Inverness
Morrison	Christy	15	Servant		Likisto, Harris, Inverness	with parents (Kenneth)
Morrison	Effy	25	Servant		Borve, Harris, Inverness
Morrison	Mary	18	Servant		Likisto, Harris, Inverness	with parents (Kenneth)
Salmean / Salmon	Sally	17	Servant		Borve, Harris, Inverness	sister of Mary Ross, above

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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