Incoming Passenger Lists 1878-1960

[bell2]

It would seem that some parents may have been economical with their children's ages due to the cost of the ticket,( e.g, children under 3 went free)which would explain why my mum is down as being 9 in 1932 when she was born in 1921 her sister also is down as 11 and she was born about 1917,worth bearing in mind.
Belle

[Mean_genie]

Kooky

Passenger lists were not systematically kept before 1890 (so the 1878-1889 part of this collection is incomplete) or after 1960. There is more infro about passenger lists in general in TNA's research guide:

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/rdleaflet.asp?sLeafletID=106


Mean_genie

[BettyofKent]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who can't find people who should be on there.
My great-uncle Morris visited England from America in the 1920s. I've found him going back to America, but not arriving here in the first place.
It seems the records are not complete.

Betty

I know my British grandparents, Elizabeth (b.1862) and William Hills (b.1860) returned to the UK between 20 June 1891, when their dau. Elizabeth was born in the USA, and 2 Oct.1892 when their son was born in London.

I've tried full names, initials and just surname to no avail.

If anyone has any further suggestions I'd be very grateful.

forest

[redmr2red]

Could someone do a look up for me.   

I'm trying to find a departure from London to South Africa for the Harrington Family.

Arthur Benjamin Harrington, born 1860
Frances Emily Harrington (wife) born 1869
Elsie May Waller (step daughter) born 1894
Alice Mary Harrington (daughter) born 1899
Henry Harrington (son) born 1902

I'm told they left England for South Africa sometime between 1900 and 1915.  I would also like to discover their subsequent return to England during that period.

Elsie May Waller arrived in Australia in 1916, I have all that.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,336465.0.html

Many thanks.

Cheers, Kevin

[Mean_genie]

Aside from the 1878-1889 period the lists should be complete. The people you can't find are more likely to have been wrongly transcribed. Some of the handwritten lists are not easy to read, which would account for some of them, but, more worryingly, many people appear without surnames, even when their full names are on the lists.

I have also found the passengers of one ship sailing from Australia via India wrongly listed under the another ship from Quebec - all nine pages of them.   

Mean_genie

[dollylee]

forest

Do you have any idea of William Hills profession or where they had been living in the U.S. ?
 
I found this very curious entry which includes all the names you have given but has two Elizabeths in a cabin while a William is listed on the ordinary passenger page.  Could this be because Elizabeth is travelling with an infant and is also pregnant so for comfort was in a cabin?

The ages for the adults are a bit off but the other information seems to fit:

Ships Name:  Lord Gough
Port of Departure:  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Port of Arrival:  Liverpool
Date of Arrival:  May 22, 1892
Cabin Passengers:  Mrs. Eliz.h Hills age 28 Profession:  Lady
                                Miss Elizabeth Hills  age 9/12 infant

Passenger:  Wm. Hills age 28 Profession:  Engineer

Stranger things have happened   

dollylee

[forest]

I'm sure that's them - they returned in an emergency situation so probably took whatever passage they could find or afford.   Many thanks

forest

[Jojo]

I am so disappointed 
My grandmother (probably) returned to Britain from Canada on SS Montclare which ran aground in the Firth of Clyde 21/22 March 1931.

I have searched every way I can think of, but there doesn't appear to be a passenger list for this voyage.  The ship didn't actually sink but perhaps in the confusion the paperwork was forgotten.

Just needed to share that, it's so frustrating when the time comes to admit defeat.
Jojo

[hiraeth]

What a great resource.  I found myself on there twice in 1957 and 1959.  It even gives the address of the house we stayed in on leave from India in 1957 as well as the ship names - so now I have photos of those as well     Somewhat surreal to see yourself on ancestry though