Joseph Henry BENNETT on SS Great Britain

[Johnsam93]

Please accept apologies of this enquiry is in the wrong place, only first topic I have posted.

I have just received some info that my ancestor Joseph Henry Bennett born 1852 in Hillingdon, Middlesex travelled to Australia aboard the SS Great Britain around September 1868.

Would anyone with access to passenger lists for the SS Great Britain be able to confirm this at all, only he did arrive in Australia and married twice there, so there is a possibility he might have travelled on the great ship!!

If so, was he travelling with anyone else as he would only have been around 16 years old?

Thank you for any information and for any inconvenience if I posted on the wrong thread.

[LoganH]

 You are able to see here

http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/indexes/index_search.asp?searchid=23

Joseph H BENNETT age 16 Sept 1868 on Great Britain, looks like he was by himself.

however a  Elizabeth  Bennett age 16 arrived earlier in  February 1868 on the Great Britain.

[XXXX]

Hi Johnsam93,

Joseph H Bennett was the only "Bennett" on that voyage in Sep 1868.

Cheers,

Janet.

[Treadsoftly]

A marriage
Joseph Henry Bennett (birth place Middlesex) married a Charlotte Eliza THREADWELL in 1876. reg no. 4680.

Children to Joseph Henry and Charlotte Eliza Threadwell.
Charles Joseph born Hawthorn 1878 reg no. 9527
Mary Louisa born Hawthorn 1880 reg no. 16345
Syndey Thomas born Hawthorn 1886 reg no. 3366

[majm]

Hi Johnsam93,

Welcome to RChat,

If so, was he travelling with anyone else as he would only have been around 16 years old?

I am not at all surprised that he was not travelling with any immediate family, there's many passenger lists from that decade and from the 1850's with teenage boys and girls travelling half way around the globe to come to either Australia or New Zealand.  In my own tree I have noticed a 15 year old boy, and an 11 year old boy, both in the 1850's, a 16 year old girl in the late 1840's, an 18 year old in the 1860's.  The 16 year old girl could read and write, but the others had not yet learned those skills.   

He would have paid adult fare at age 16, and perhaps the motivating factor was the gold rush that had commenced in the early 1850's.   

I note that a Miss Bennett (no initials) age 17, returned to Britain on the SS Great Britain in March 1868 ... if this is the Elizabeth Bennett who arrived in Feb 1868m then she celebrated her birthday in Victoria before returning... perhaps she was a member of the crew 

Outward and Inward for Victoria (are indexes, and may not include all arrivals/departures)

http://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/content.php?pid=99868&sid=753618

Cheers,  JM

[Johnsam93]

Dear Treadsoftly,

Thank you for your reply and for the info re marriage of JHB and children, as do not have access to Australian records, that was very kind. Most grateful to you.

Regards

John

[Johnsam93]

Dear Janet66,

Thanks for your reply and for the details about JHB being the only Bennett on that particular voyage.

Regards

John

[Johnsam93]

Dear LoganH,

Thank you for you time taken to reply and for the info on JHB and perhaps Elizabeth.  I will have to look into that as I don't recall Joseph having a sister of that name, but you never know.  You always miss something along the line.

The web link was great and many thanks for that, most useful indeed.  You never know what is out there on this www, it's amazing what you can find these days.

Cheers John

[Johnsam93]

Hi JM,

Thanks for your detailed reply as to possibility of JHB being onbaord etc. As posted ona previous one just now, not sure JHB had a sister called Elizabeth and so may just have the same surname and be about his age, will have to check carefully.

Thanks for the link also, will prove quite useful indeed not only for this enquiry, but others too.

Cheers John