looking for Daniel Park on a ships list going to Australia from Scotland 1901

[dobelove]

Hi Ros, no sorry, Daniel did'nt have a middle name according to the list my cousin gave me from the I.G.I. index it lists all the possible children of John Park and Isabella Wilson and none of them have a middle name. (someone was helping him research but he gave up) You asked about a Mrs Dick but she is'nt a family member as I think Margaret Conn was working for her as a nursemaid at Unley road. Margaret Conn died in Ayres consumption home Adelaide and was buried in a paupers grave much to our distress as we thought she was in touch with her uncle Dan but obviously not. I have asked my mum and she said he was always called Dan or Daniel but as you said he could have changed his name for some reason or another. Thank you for the ongoing research, you are very kind. Kind regards Dobelove.

[geneaglutton]

Debelove,

I checked an unassisted passenger list for New South Wales to which I have access.  I find only one Daniel Park.  He arrived in Sydney on 29 Apr 1906 from Cape Town on the Persic.  He was 26.  There are some entries for "Mr. Park," but they all were ships traveling between Austalian ports or between New Zealand and Australia.  Sorry.

Kathy

[dobelove]

Hi Kathy, thank you so much for the information on Daniel Park, he has been a bit of a mystery as Ros managed to find Daniels brother Thomas Park arriving in Sydney 1907 but no info on Daniel arriving with him however now that you have given me your info, I wonder if Daniel had travelled the year before Thomas in 1906 and stopped off at Cape Town for a time and then travelled to Sydney as I noticed from the ships list that someone sent me regarding Margaret Conn(Daniels niece) that some of the ships from the UK stopped off at Cape Town and onwards to Australia. Daniel was age 35 in 1906 but I know that most of the time they seemed to knock some years off their age, so the Daniel you have found hopefully is mine as I have been told it is not a very common name. I cant even find a death record for him or his brother Thomas, so I dont know what has happened there. My gran always said that Daniel stayed in Perth Australia but I no one can seem to trace him there either. Thank you so much for your help, Kind regards Dobelove.

[geneaglutton]

Hi Dobelove,

My source is arrivals in Sydney, NSW.  I notice that the passengers are often just identified with a single initial.  The crew sometimes have full names.

Seamen named Park in 1901:  W. Park, 35, several entries from Brisbane or Tasmania; Thomas, 30, from Liverpool; Benjamin, 29, from London; and J., 24, from Liverpool.

Passengers named Park in 1901:
Miss, from Brisbane, 9 Feb on the "Burwah"
Mr. and Mrs. and 4 children, from Launceton and Devonport, 6 Jul, on the "Wakatipu"
Mr., from Cairns via Brisbane, 24 Oct, saloon class, "Alinga"
Mr. from New Zealand, steerage, "Waikare"
Miss from Singapore, 27 Dec, owner "Mary Park"
Mr. F., 23 Mar, from Brisbane, steerage, "Peregrine"
Mr. F., 2 Apr, from Brisbane, British citizenship, saloon, "Adelaide"
J., 22 Apr, from Frenault via Melbourne, single, male, "Coolgardie"
Messieur L. J., 7 Oct, saloon class, "Innamincka"
Ws., 21 Apr, "Afric"

My grandmother and 10 family members traveled from Scotland in 1910.  On the passenger list, they are all named only by first initial.

I doubt if this is the only collection of arrivals.  It's just what I could access easily.

Good luck.
Kathy

[dobelove]

Hi Kathy, Thank you once again for the information, you have been very kind to do the research for me, I will try and piece the info to gether to see if I can figure out what is the most likely story. It would help if I could narrow it down a bit, but I only know that after the 1901 census he was not in Scotland and according to my gran he went to Perth Australia, he must have been writing to his family in Scotland as my gran could tell us that Daniel eventually went blind, however, you know how stories can get mixed up, so I'm not sure how accurate my info is, anyway, thank you so much for your help, it is very much appreciated. Kind regards from Dobelove. (Christine)