Had a quick look at the family tree on ancestry. Info detailed there includes the death of Sarah WAGHORN nee BRYNNING in 1885 and the emigration of Leander to Sydney [the voyage's origin was Sweden] in Mar 1892 and Sarah Ann in June 1892 also from Sweden. Also details Sarah in Sands Directory for 1912 living in Balmain. Noted also that Leander died at sea on one record and the another mentions Fiji.
I checked the Unassisted Passenger records and it shows Leander only as L and Sarah Anne as S A, but their ages appear to be correct. However no other proof that these records are correct.
I would be purchasing the marriage cert of Leander and Sarah in 1885 and Sarah's death cert. I can't find a birth reg for Leander c1864 in England.
Cando
this above confirms for me that we're looking at the right people. my grandmother was adamant come hell or high water that Leander was finnish/swedish...
the next thing i suppose is to find a marriage record for leander and sarah annie... and possibly birth certificates??
Belinda I doubt very much that these are the passenger records of your family. If you read my previous post you will see that crew are named as unassisted immigrants...and it only gives initials. Don't you think the records found by Carol and confirmed by Jenn are more likely to be your family with Sarah's mother accompanying them. There are many ships' passenger' lists that have not been transcribed and many trips may have originated in Sweden but may have been all over the world before arriving in Australia eg the Passenger record of L JOHNSON on the
W H Fitzeman shows the
Port of Departure as Kaupo which in Hawaii.
Family stories are vital to helping us with research but over the years events do become distorted eg you thought that Leander and Sarah were married in NZ....perhaps they lived there for a while...you would have to find them on electoral records.
If you ancestor was born in Finland or Sweden it may be quite difficult to find a record...and his name may have been Anglicised ie it could have been Johansen, Jensen or a couple of other variations. The marriage certificate is the only way to find out if it is your couple. It is very easy to grasp at straws when researching our families....I think we have all been guilty of doing it at times
I have attempted to find the birth details of my OH's great grandfather b. 1857 in Norway and so far it has been a very frustrating ordeal!
The only way you can move forward or backwards, is to purchase some certificates. I will be interested to see what is on the certs and then we may be able to help you further.
Cheers
Cando...
