Abraham Joseph Choury / Khoury c1854 - 1925

[ModGipps]

@Dundee - I believe that he was married in Cyprus but dont have that information, also that when he arrived it was with a 2? year old child.

@maddys52 - yes the ship stopped at Melbourne on various dates and as per the attached I believe he was a passenger and not crew. (Cant attached the whole doc as its too big)

@sparret - yes same ship but he landed in Melbourne.

I guess its quite possible that the date on the naturalisation paper is wrong but I cant image that after spending all that time from Port Said that he wouldn't have the ships name forwever in his mind :-)

[sparrett]

On the crew list which seems to comprise men of French sounding names because it is a Fench ship, I can see this rather unlikely longshot.  Wrong given name, wrong age and transcribed as Thorey .

[ModGipps]

Ok

[shanreagh]

On the crew list which seems to comprise men of French sounding names because it is a Fench ship, I can see this rather unlikely longshot.  Wrong given name, wrong age and transcribed as Thorey .

I don't think this is a long shot at all.

I do a big Grrrr when I see capital C transcribed as  T.  My first name starts with C and my mother wrote her Cs like this but with a longer start-up tail. 

To me it reads Courey or Corey. Both are reasonable approximations of Choury etc. 

[ModGipps]

... and y's become i's or vice versa :-)

[sparrett]

Well,  no doubt ModGipps will soon use the REPLY button at the bottom of the last post on the thread to let us know their thoughts and to respond to questions asked.

Sue

[ModGipps]

Sparrette - waiting on Mods to approve….

[sparrett]

 

Sparrette - waiting on Mods to approve….

That happens sometimes.
Good for users' protection but does create a hold up from time to time

Sue

[ModGipps]

Agreed