Queensland arrivals - Emma GARDINER

[james evans]

I would be very grateful for any further info on Emma GARDINER, passenger on the Conway arriving  Queensland 27 Nov 1862, particularly her occupation and where she came from.
Many thanks
Jim

[mum mum]

Hi
All I can see is origin, Oxfordshire. Can't see any other Gardiner arrivals at the same time.
mum mum

[Jamjar]

May be useful: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/AUS-QLD/2011-04/1302574938

Jamjar

[mum mum]

Hi
From the passenger list on the Qld state Archives site, Emma appears to be the only Gardiner, or any similar name, on the Conroy so I would guess she was alone and most likely not a young child.
Are you searching for an Emma who left England and you dont know what happened to her, or are you searching for an Emma who married here?
mum mum
The Emma Gardiner mentioned in the link posted can't be the one born 1854 if she married in 1865, I know they did marry young, but 12 without parental consent is a bit young I think?
Is this the Emma you are after?

[james evans]

Many thanks indeed mum mum and jamjar.
The fact that Emma came from Oxfordshire is very useful - that is the place of origin stated on the marriage certificate of Emma GARDNER and Henry HIGHATT in Taroom 1865. There is a strong possibility therefore that the two Emmas are one and the same.
The "Emma" GARDINER born 1854 mentioned in the posted link was in fact Louisa GARDINER who came over in the Royal Dane in 1867. She would marry Henry HIGHATT in 1875, in Sydney, although they were based in Rockhampton, where they had a greengrocer's shop in William St for nearly fifty years.
Thanks again to both of you for your kind help.

[mum mum]

Hi
I see that the Henry Highatt marriage in 1875 is Henry Slogdon Highatt, are they one and the same?
mum mum

[james evans]

Sorry for the delayed response. Yes they are one and the same, although second name should read 'Stogdon'.

[james evans]

I was surprised that you came up Emma's place of origin so quickly- the list on the Qld State Archive site gives only name and age, so do you have sight of actual passenger lists or is there another source online of which I am not aware?
Regarding Louisa Gardiner it seems she was the only Gardiner on the Royal Dane, arriving Brisbane, 12 Apr 1867. As she was only 12 years old, she must have had a guardian. In 1861 she was lodging with the Walton family in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and I see there was a George Walton on board.
Would be very interested to learn if George came from Cheshire and if his name was listed next to Louisa's.