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From: Marj Kohli <>
Subject: Re: [TSL] "John Vanner"
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:36:45 -0500
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Barry

From the London Times of May 12, 1862:

Governmnet Emigration--The Government emigrant-ship John Vanner, of 726
tons, Captain William Moore, belonging to Messrs. John Lidgett and Sons, of
London, which sailed from Southampton on the 4th of January, arrived at
Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, in the 10th of March, with 38 married
couples, 94 single men, 75 single women, 15 boys between the ages of 1 and
12, 15 girls between the same ages, and 1 infant, making a total of
238souls, equal to 222 statute adults, under the charge of
Surgeon-Superintendent William Domett Stone, M.R.C.S., Eng., &c., assisted
by the services of Annie Maria Payne, matron, and George Cracknell,
schoolmaster. Though between 30 and 40 were afflicted with scarlet fever
and measles we are happy to state that only one, an infant, died on the voyage.

Regards..

Marj

At 02:05 AM 1/19/2007, Barry Lawrence wrote:
>I am looking for any details and pictures of the ship "John Vanner", which
>sailed from
>Southampton to Cape Town in January/March 1862. I think my
>great-grandfather Alexander
>LAWRENCE sailed in her to South Africa.
>
>Thanks for any help.
>Barry in Western Australia
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