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Title: help reading old assisted immigrant record - australis
Post by: noelwcamogie on Friday 16 January 15 21:51 GMT (UK)
HI folks,
 can anyone make sense of the main body of handwriting atteched. I think its an Eliza wilson ..possibly to marry someone nephew . and who wil be 20 in 1841 ?  Eliza was from castlecomer, kilkenny,ireland
The ship is the MARYANN
thanks
Title: Re: help reading old assisted immigrant record - australis
Post by: Bookbox on Friday 16 January 15 23:58 GMT (UK)
Very difficult. Looks a bit like ...

Dr of Axder a labouring(?) and
Mary his wife...(?)

(Daughter of Alexander a labouring man and
Mary his wife)

 ... but it doesn't quite fit, and the last word appears to be longer than 'wife'.

Calling - Child's nurse(?)
Age - 20 yrs in Ap(ri)l 1841
Title: Re: help reading old assisted immigrant record - australis
Post by: Wiggy on Saturday 17 January 15 04:44 GMT (UK)
It is very tircky isn't it!

the letter beginning  possibly 'Nurse' and 'wife' appear to be formed very similarly, so . . . . ?      :-\   :-\
Title: Re: help reading old assisted immigrant record - australis
Post by: crowsfeet on Saturday 17 January 15 07:02 GMT (UK)
I think similar to bookbox
Brought out by either J. or I. Marshall

Dr [dau.] of Axder [Alexander] a labourer

Mary his wife- -

Childs nurse

age: 20 yrs in Apr 1841 [ the 4 is not that clear to me]

The writing seems to me to be rather elongated as if the writer was tired of transcribing lots of details and the letters are inperfectly formed and tend to 'flatline' towards the end of the word.

Difficult as others say.

Regards Crowsfeet.
Title: Re: help reading old assisted immigrant record - australis
Post by: Billyblue on Sunday 18 January 15 10:30 GMT (UK)
I think Crowsfeet has nailed it! 
The writer may well have been tired.  Can you imagine writing out all these details for maybe well over a hundred people, many of whom could not read or write so could not tell if wrong detail was being written.

I think the agent was J Marshall.  NSW State Records would probably know, if they came into Port Jackson. 

Dawn M