Passenger List of "The Princess Royal -
1854"
Which
arrived in Esquimalt in November, 1854 was constructed of solid oak and teak
with a copper bottom. It was 145 feet in length, 18.2 feet in depth and
29.5 feet in beam and weighed 583 tons. It replaced the Norman Morison.
These are the miners that were bound for Nanaimo under
contract to the Hudson's Bay Company.
Baker, George - wife Marianne
Cook
Baker, John - wife Isabella
Bevilockway, Joseph Lewis - wife
Ann Frost, sons Moses & George, daughter Catharine
Biggs, John - wife Mary Jane
Bull, George - wife Ann and daughter
Dunn, Daniel - wife Eliza Ann
Ganner, Elijah - wife Frances Pagett,
sons Joseph and Elijah, daughters Sarah and Eliza
Gough, Edwin - wife Elizabeth Ellis,
sons Samuel and Reuben, daughter Amanda
Harrison, William - wife Ann
Hawks, Thomas - wife Mary, son James,
daughter Jane Ellen
Incher, William - wife Sarah
Jones, Thomas
Lowndes, Thomas - wife Charlotte
Malpass, John
- wife Lavinia Webb Fudge, son James, daughter Eliza
Meakin, John - wife Mary Ann Elson,
sons John and Frederick
Miller, Matthew - wife Caroline,
daughters Maria and Polly
Richardson, Abraham John - wife
Seadonah Pearson, sons Peter and Andrew, daughter Esther
Richardson, Richard - wife Elizabeth
Robinson, George
- wife Ann Saunders, son Victor, daughter Amanda
Sage, Jesse - wife Mary Ann Dando,
sons William and George, daughter Selena
Thompson, John - wife Elizabeth
Turner, Richard, daughter Christiana
Webb, Joseph - wife Naomi Westwood
York, Thomas - wife Anna Marie,
daughter Phoebe
It is interesting
to note that at embarkation there were:
Men....................23
Women..............22
Children.............38
Total...................83
Upon their arrival
their numbers were:
Men....................22(*)
Women..............21(**)
Children.............35(***)
Total...................78
* Thomas Lowndes
deceased
** Sarah Incher deceased
*** Mrs. Bull's infant deceased, Mrs.
Malpasss' infant deceased, Mrs. Ganner's infant deceased, Mrs. Richardson's
infant deceased, Mrs. Sage infant born)
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