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From: Marlene <>
Subject: Ship Susanne Godeffroy
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 18:20:39 +1100

Happy New Year Everyone

Does anyone have any info on the above ship in 1865? I received a copy
of a page from the book Migrant Sailing Ships from Hamburg in which it
said; "For J.C.Godeffroy,VI,ships were an important part of the overall
business activities of the firm & the treatment aboard their ships was
considered to be excellent etc etc........It went on to say "Despite
this by 1865 the Qld press was beginning to carry stories about alleged
shortages of provisions in the Godeffroy ships conveying migrants to
Qld. One or two vessels certainly experienced a high mortality rate
...."

My Boge family came on that ship in 1865, my gg g/mother & 4 of her 7
children died at sea just days before the ship docked on 8th Sept. Would
anyone have access to the newspapers of that time or tell me where I can
access them in Sydney?

Many thanks
Marlene
Sydney

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