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From: vicki evans <>
Subject: Re: [TSL] "Demosthenes" Austrlaia 1911?
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:26:23 +0000
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Hi



Just one thought on the date of birth, I found someone else with my grandmother in their tree and the date of birth they had was about 5 months out and had her born in 1911 and not December 13th 1910 which I knew to be true. Turns out her birth was not registered until May 1911, so the person researching my Grandmother had taken this as her date of birth. Maybe its a similar thing and the 9 months on the ships manifest is based on when her birth was registered rather than her actual birth.



Vicki

> From:
> To: ; ;
> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:52:50 +1000
> Subject: Re: [TSL] "Demosthenes" Austrlaia 1911?
>
> Good morning Marj and Listers,
>
> I would love a copy of the write up Marj, that would be great.
>
> I with to thank Marj and everyone else on the List who have so kindly
> responded to my enquiry regarding the "Demosthenes" with great information
> about the ship, the Captain, the crew she carried and also about the Hudson
> family.
>
> I suppose we will never discover why Barbara Irene Hudson's age was give as
> 9 months, when in fact she was 15 months old when the ship sailed from
> England on 1st Sept 1911 and 17 months old when the family disembarked in
> Brisbane on 23rd October 1911, once on board no one would check out a
> child's age, with the ship carrying so many passengers.
>
> One suggestion was that a child under one would have travelled free and
> maybe the family was short of funds at the time. Another was that the
> Barbara born in 1910 may have died and a second daughter was born and given
> the same name. However, there was not enough time for Jessie to have
> another child and also my friend Pat, who I am helping to research her
> family, has her mother's birth certificate and she was definitely born on
> 15th May 1910.
>
> Once again thank you for such great information, this is a very helpful List
> and some Listers went to a great deal of time and trouble, especially Sue.
>
> Regards,
> Janice
> Belrose - Sydney
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marj Kohli" <>
> To: "Sue Swiggum" <>; "Janice Doughty"
> <>; <>
> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 11:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [TSL] "Demosthenes" Austrlaia 1911?
>
>
> > Hi Janice,
> >
> > London Times has an item March 8, 1911 about the launches and trial trips
> > of the Demosthenes. Her first sailing was in an ad of June 9, and she was
> > due to sail Aug 31. On Aug 18, the Times reported she was "lying in the
> > royal Albert Docks preparatory to her departure for South Africa and
> > Australia on the 31st of this month." She was 11,300 tons with a
> > displacement of 20,000 tons. It says she would make the trip to Australia
> > in 40 days and carry 100 first, 1,200 third-class passengers. This was
> > some fancy ship. If you would like the write up let me know.
> >
> > Regards..
> >
> > Marj
> >
>
>
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