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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: nic82au on Tuesday 19 January 16 02:57 GMT (UK)
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This was a line on NSW immigration records for a Thomas and Sarah Frazer, who arrived aboard 'Briton' in 1844.
It is on the third page of their personal records, where the children are listed.
I can understand a couple of the words but not all. Help would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou in advance.
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............. claim further child ?
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... + Wife & daughter
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I think it's the name of a company?
Mi... & Cr...le & Co. claim for this child or further child ?
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Wife &
Smith & Co ? No think I now agree with Bookbox - Cr...le bit like Crucible?
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claim for their child?
Carol
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something & co claim for this child?
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Hi,
Going with something slightly different to answers already given:
I wonder if it is the name of the person who sponsored them to come?
It looks a bit like Wife of ? McPherson to me.
Leanne
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As it's & Co., probably the name of the shipping agent. Should be findable online somewhere - directory? newspaper?
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An article on Trove shows the Sydney agent for the Briton being A B Smith
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/37125499
And an advert in the Carlisle Journal 27 Jan 1844 has the name of William Smith & Co Liverpool as agent for freight & passage, also Edward Jobling at the Steam Navigation Office.
ADDED: Is it Messrs Smith & Co?
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Can you post a capital 'S' in the same hand [say from Sarah]? Is there another capital 'M' or 'W' as well?
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Thanks for all the help so far. These are the four pages of their immigration records.
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I think a few of the things written on the page where the children are listed, have been added later by a different person. As the T in John Thomas is different to that of Thomas.
On another page in their records there is a notation beside son Thomas 'under age - Claim withdrawn'.
It something like - + wife of .... & Co. claim further child???