Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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barque Violet, 561 tons, Captain Henry Hall, from Southampton 20th December 1855, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 13th April 1856

— 8th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1856 ; 3 births and 6 deaths on the passage ; J.R. Tunmer , surgeon-superintendent.

The Violet arrived on the 13th April with 237 immigrants ; three births and six deaths were the casualties before final disembarkation. The immigrants seemed generally a well-selected class of persons. Mr. T.R. Sumner [sic], the surgeon-superintendent, acted very efficiently, and received every support and co-operation from Mr. Henry Hall, the master of the ship.

GRG 35/48/2 Crown lands and Immigrant ships papers , Surgeon Superintendent report. " Deaths on the voyage"
Name	Age	Date of Death	Cause of Death	Where buried
Williams, James	10mo	January 13th, 1856	Diarrhoea	at sea
Richards, Joseph	11mo	February 7th, 1856	Diarrhoea	at sea
Strange, Thomas	1	February 19th, 1856	Diarrhoea	at sea
Healey, Johanna	45	March 28th, 1856	Breast cancer	at sea
Ward, Alfred	10	March 30th, 1856	Bronchitis	at sea
Harper, Mary Ann	2	April 19th, 1856	Croup	at sea

Surgeon Superintendent Report "Births on Board"
Name of Mother		Date of Birth	Sex of Infant
Gardner, Ann		January 11th, 1856	female
Bigmore, Mary Ann		January 31st, 1856	female
Harding, Eliza		March 6th, 1856	male

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

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) ; "1857 Session 2 (306) Papers relative to Emigration to Australian Colonies: ..... Part II. S. and W. Australia, Van Diemen's Land" ; FreeBMD ; 1851 UK census'

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