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116059
Surname: -
First Name: -
Ship: Lady McNaughten 1837
Date: 1837 21 April
Place: Sydney
Source: Hobart Town Courier
Details: Article re typhoid fever on the female emigrant ship Lady Macnaughten
166961
Surname: -
First Name: -
Ship: Lady McNaughten 1837
Date: 1837
Place: Sydney
Source: Parbury's Oriental Herald
Details: EMIGRATION SYSTEM In the papers before us are many documents upon this subject, said to be authentic, and which, if so, afford irrefragable evidence of the necessity of some vital alteration in the system of emigration as at present pursued. The unfortunate voyage of the Lady Macnaghten will be in the recollection of most of our readers; and, after perusing the documents alluded to, our only cause of surprise is, that the deaths on board her were not far more numerous than they appear to have been. The local Government, and the Board of Enquiry convened at its instance, with regard to the above vessel, not only acquit the commander and his officers of all blame, but award to him the highest praise: and from Captain Hustwick's letter, and the journal of the deceased surgeon (who himself fell a victim to the disease which carried off so many of the emigrants) it is evident the evil existed ab initio. The vessel it appears was of 538 tons burthen, and the aggregate number of souls embarked in her 420. The hold, fore and aft, was filled with stores, provisions, and cargo belonging to the affreighters, so that the only space allotted for the baggage of so many emigrants was between decks (and they were allowed to bring on board whatever they pleased), leaving only a narrow alley on each side for the inmates to get to their berths, and of course obstructing all free circulation of air. The Mayor of Cork, who went on board previous to the sailing of the vessel, remarked, "that never such a scene was witnessed, and that it was his opinion one half would die before they reached their destination." The scarlet fever had been raging in Cork, and there is no doubt it was taken on board by the emigrants, no precaution being adopted to ascertain the state of their health, or whether they were provided generally with sufficient changes of the most indispensable articles of wearing apparel. The late surgeon's journal teems with regret that the vessel was so badly supplied with medical comforts, which were entirely exhausted long before the termination of the voyage; and that they ought to have been supplied with at least six times the original quantity; "half a dozen sheep," he writes, "might save a dozen lives." The great increase of sickness is attributed, however, by Captain H., to the extreme indolence and filthiness of many individuals in the ship, whom nothing could induce to remove from their berths below to obtain fresh air on deck, force having been used to bring healthy persons up in many instances. The excitement caused in Sydney by the melancholy details of the Lady Macnaghten's voyage, and the length of time she underwent quarantine, had hardly subsided when it was renewed by the arrival of the John Barry, on the 13th July, on board of which vessel the results of the system had been nearly similar. The typhus fever had broken out, and of thirteen cabin passengers two had died; and among the emigrants in the steerage, twenty-six out of three hundred and twenty-five. She was still in quarantine by the last accounts, and the disease was assuming a more malignant character. Dr. Neale, the surgeon, sent down by the Government to take charge of the quarantine station, had been seized with it. The cabin passengers had been released, it appears, whilst the greatest part of the emigrants had been detained. This has caused no little dissatisfaction among the latter, as they state the fever first appeared in the cabin, and was communicated to the emigrants by some of their number who acted as servants to the cabin passengers
132197
Surname: Allen
First Name: Daniel
Ship: Lady McNaughten 1837
Date: -
Place: Jerry's Plains
Source: Singleton Pioneer Register p. 9
Details: Born 1781 in Cork, Ireland. Spouse Margaret Jeffers. See Pioneer Register for details of descendants
150364
Surname: Daunt
First Name: George Thomas and Achilles
Ship: Lady McNaughten 1837......
Date: 1837 20 April
Place: Sydney
Source: SH
Details: Passengers on the emigrant ship 'Lady McNaughten'. Signed addres to the Colonial Secretary
132454
Surname: Duff (Allen)
First Name: Margaret
Ship: Lady McNaughten 1837
Date: -
Place: Durham Hills, Jerrys Plains
Source: Singleton Pioneer Register p. 30
Details: Born 1813 Queenstown, Co. Cork, daughter of Daniel Allen and Margaret Jefferies. Spouse James Duff. See Pioneer Register for details of descendants
104004
Surname: Galbraith
First Name: Margaret
Ship: Lady McNaughten 1837
Date: -
Place: -
Source: Maitland Family History Circle's Pre 1900 Pioneer Register
Details: Born 1832 Ireland. Spouse Abraham Pilgrim. For information about descendants see Pioneer Register Entry No. 1181
103444
Surname: Galbraith
First Name: Matthew
Ship: Lady McNaughten 1837
Date: -
Place: -
Source: Maitland Family History Circle's Pre 1900 Pioneer Register
Details: Born 1806 Co. Kerry. Spouse Sarah Carter. For more information see Pioneer Register Entry No. 483
103758
Surname: Logan
First Name: John
Ship: Lady McNaughten 1837
Date: -
Place: -
Source: Maitland Family History Circle's Pre 1900 Pioneer Register
Details: Born c. 1777. Died 1872. Spouse Margaret Deering. For more information see Pioneer Register Entry No. 840
150365
Surname: Logan
First Name: John (senior), William, Thomas, John (junior)
Ship: Lady McNaughten 1837
Date: 1837 20 April
Place: Sydney
Source: SH
Details: Passengers on the emigrant ship 'Lady McNaughten'. Signed addres to the Colonial Secretary
134054
Surname: Quinn
First Name: James Patrick
Ship: Lady McNaughten 1837
Date: -
Place: George Street, Singleton
Source: Singleton Pioneer Register p. 73
Details: Born 1835 Limerick, Ireland, son of William Quinn and Mary McMahon. Occupation Auctioneer. Spouse Ellen Mary Peters. J.P. Quinn arrived in Singleton in 1865 where he operated a Tobaconnist shop in George Street.' See Pioneer Register for details of descendants