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From: "bcunning" <>
Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] 1851 census lookup please. - Ports of Embarkation.
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 01:39:36 +1100
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Hello Adrian. Thanks for your most informative message. The area is
certainly steeped in history. My forebears came from Falkirk in Scotland, to
Gravesend and boarded a ship there, arriving here in Australia 100 days
later in 1849. They must have had quite a journey from Scotland to Gravesend
even before the long journey here. Cheers, Bob



----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian C Whittaker" <>
To: "bcunning" <>
Cc: <>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] 1851 census lookup please. - Ports of Embarkation.

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>
> I would say that Somerset to Gravesend would be quite a journey in the
19th
> century - even with the advent of the railways. And in their early days
the
> railways were quite an expensive form of transport.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Adrian C Whittaker, in Gravesend, Kent
> (last resting place of Pocahontas!).
>

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