Hendersons of Linlithgowshire

[Forfarian]

If s/m means Sydney/Melbourne why would it be lower case? And what would s/w mean then?

[tidybooks]

Hi All,


Worked it out ,"trans to s/w" is transfer to Single Women passenger list,
and "trans to s/m" is transfer to Single Men passenger list.

Tom

[kiwican]

i dont really know what it stands for some one in shipping history might know

[Forfarian]

Worked it out ,"trans to s/w" is transfer to Single Women passenger list,
and "trans to s/m" is transfer to Single Men passenger list.

Oh, very good, Tom

[kiwican]

ok i know the single women wore sent to an island near wellington quarantine  much line north head in sydney and alice island in new york

[kiwican]

a place in wellington called somes island it is said single woman went there

[tidybooks]

Hi All,

I suspect that William Henderson aged 24 and John Henderson aged 20 are brothers, and I have managed to get 2 of them on SP website.

William Henderson parents James Henderson/Agnes Marshal 25 Jun 1850 Kilsyth, Stirlingshire.
John Henderson parents James Henderson/Agnes Marshal 26 Mar 1854 Kilsyth, Stirlingshire.

Kilsyth is a mining area, so can imagine these miners moving about for work etc.

Tom Buchanan

[kiwican]

thank you tom i hope its a lead to marriage papers sooner or later

[Forfarian]

There are also Barbara Smith Henderson, baptised 24 December 1851, and an unnamed child born 9 February 1856.

1851 Census, Birngreen Schoolhouse, Kilsyth
James Henderson, 41, parochial schoolmaster, born Airdrie; wife Agnes, 26, born Linlithgow; son William, 11 months, born Kilsyth, and a servant lass. No mention of Bo'ness anywhere.