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From: "Janice Doughty" <>
Subject: Re: [TSL] "Demosthenes" Austrlaia 1911?
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:09:51 +1000
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Hi Sue,

Thank you very much for all this work you have put into my plea for help.
As you say, it gets more confusing, however 1911 does pop up all the time
and that was the year the Demosthenes was launched. Barbara's birthday was
15th May 1910, father Richard was born Dec Quarter 1883 and his wife Jessie
was born Sept Quarter 1876. I must have missed them on the Victorian
Website.

A son was born either in Qld or NSW after the family arrived here, he was
Jack R HUDSON. However, Jack died in Sydney in 1924, registered in Kogarah,
he would have been around 10 to 13 years old at the time of his death. I
have only been working on this family for my friend for the past three days
and the information I am putting together, she had no knowledge of. As she
has told me, she never listed to the grandparents stories as she was too
young, and her mother was too young to know about life in England or
anything about the voyage and the ship they arrived on.

Regards,
Janice
Belrose - Sydney

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Swiggum" <>
To: "Janice Doughty" <>;
<>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [TSL] "Demosthenes" Austrlaia 1911?


> Hi Janice,
>
> The Ancestry index says (don't know why it says Victoria)
>
> Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923
> about Miss B Hudson
> Name: Miss B Hudson
> Estimated birth year: abt 1911
> Age: 9 Months
> Arrival Date: 9 Oct 1911
> Arrival Port: Brisbane, Australia
> Departure Port: London
> Ship: Demosthenes
> Nationality: English
>
> This looks like the right Barbara but the age doesn't make sense because
> it would take so long for a Feb 1911 London departure to arrive in
> Brisbane. ..... confusing
>
> Findmypast has them listed twice, once for London and once for Plymouth
> departure, but only Brisbane destination. (I don't have a sub so I can't
> check the details)
>
> HUDSON B 1911 F 1911 London Australia Brisbane
> HUDSON B 1911 F 1911 Plymouth Australia Brisbane
> HUDSON J 1876 F 1911 London Australia Brisbane
> HUDSON J Unknown F 1911 Plymouth Australia
> Brisbane
> HUDSON R 1883 M 1911 London Australia Brisbane
> HUDSON R Unknown M 1911 Plymouth Australia
> Brisbane
>
> Barbara on FreeBMD
>
> Births Jun 1910
> HUDSON Barbara Irene Ormskirk 8b 906
>
> Being born in the June quarter 1910 would have her sailing in Feb 1911 in
> my mind, but the ship appears to have arrived at Melbourne, 9th October
> 1911, then to Sydney, then on to Brisbane. 950 passengers with provisions
> for a voyage taking 54 to 65 days.
>
> Maybe someone can find the London sailing dates in newspaper reports. I
> can't comment on the the age ... which _should_ be at the date of sailing
> ... has me wondering if she was 9 months old at the time of booking the
> passage ... just a thought. With adults a year +/- wouldn't be too much
> of a concern, but with an infant it can cause a lot of confusion.
>
> btw. the Demosthenes belonged to (new ship in 1911)
>
> Aberdeen Line / Aberdeen & Commonwealth Lines
> http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/aberdeen.html
>
> Maybe Ted can dig up her info which would include her maiden voyage which
> will probably nail down the voyage ... one website says five voyages to
> Australia in 1911 ... I find that hard to credit.
>
> Sue
> --
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> http://www.theshipslist.com/
>
> At 09:22 AM 2010-07-17 +1000, Janice Doughty wrote:
>>Good morning Listers,
>>
>>I have a mystery I hope SKS can help me solve.
>>


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