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The emigrant ship SUCCESS left London, England on 27 November, 1842 and arrived in the Swan River Colony on 22 March, 1843. She weighed 621 tons and her master was Sampson KEEN.
The voyage took 115 days and no ports were visited along the way. A total of 67 male and 64 female passengers were landed in the Swan River Colony on arrival.
There were 8 deaths on the voyage (1 male, 2 females, 2 juvenile males and 3 juvenile females). There were also 4 births on the voyage (3 males and 1 female).
Later the SUCCESS was driven ashore off Fremantle, Western Australia on 11 April, 1843. She was successfully refloated but did run aground again, that time off Western Australia's northern coast in 1844.
Ron GIBLETT's book, "Eastward to the Avon," [ISBN 0-646-13089-7], tells the story of the GIBLETT family of Northam, W.A. and many other associated families who lived in Western Australia's Avon District. Since the author's ancestors migrated on the SUCCESS he has devoted two chapters to the ship (pp. 27-41) and gives a comprehensive account of the vessel, its passengers, the journey and many other interesting facts.
Name Age Family/Single Quarantine Comments ANDERSON William 22 F ...... ...... ANDERSON Sophie 21 F ...... ...... BAGSHAW John 31 F ...... ...... BAGSHAW Hannah 30 F ...... ...... BAGSHAW Emma 4 F ...... ...... BAGSHAW Rebecca 1 F ...... ...... BAKER Thomas 19 S 6 days ...... BAKER George 17 S 6 days ...... BALDWIN Benjamin 31 F ...... ...... BALDWIN Ann 27 F ...... ...... BALDWIN Sarah 1 F ...... ...... [Top] Name Age Family/Single Quarantine Comments BELL Robert 16 S 3 days ...... BRICE Thomas 17 S 4 days ...... BRIXTON John 33 S ...... ...... CAWOOD Samuel 24 F 8 days Child EMMA died at sea CAWOOD Mary Ann 23 F 8 days ...... CAWOOD William Infant F 8 days ...... CHITTY George 26 F ...... ...... CHITTY Mary 26 F ...... ...... CHITTY Charles 4 F ...... ...... CHITTY William 2 F ...... ...... CHITTY Infant Male 1 F ...... ...... [Top] Name Age Family/Single Quarantine Comments CLEAVER John 40 F ...... ...... CLEAVER Mary 38 F ...... ...... CLEAVER Emma 15 F 8 days ...... CLEAVER John 14 F ...... ...... CLEAVER George 11 F ...... ...... CLEAVER Jane 8 F ...... ...... CLEAVER Elizabeth 6 F ...... ...... CLEAVER Martha 4 F ...... ...... CLEAVER Fanny Infant F ...... ...... COLE Thomas 30 F ...... ...... COLE Frances 29 F ...... ...... COLE Frances 4 F ...... ...... COLE Thomas 2 F ...... ...... [Top] Name Age Family/Single Quarantine Comments DEACON William 24 F ...... ...... DEACON Louisa 23 F ...... ...... DEACON William Infant F ...... ...... DESMOND Dennis 26 F 8 days ...... DESMOND Maria 21 F 8 days ...... DUNKLEY A. Maria 20 S ...... ...... DUNKLEY Emma 19 S ...... ...... ELLIS Edward 30 F ...... ...... ELLIS Elizabeth 28 F ...... ...... ELLIS Jane 8 F ...... ...... ELLIS Harriet 6 F ...... ...... ELLIS Sarah 1 F ...... ...... [Top] Name Age Family/Single Quarantine Comments FISHER William 35 F ...... ...... FISHER Elizabeth 35 F ...... ...... FISHER Samuel 16 S ...... ...... FISHER Ann 14 S 7 days ...... FISHER James 12 F 8 days ...... FISHER Mary 10 F ...... ...... FISHER Elizabeth 8 F ...... ...... FISHER Eliza 6 F ...... ...... FISHER William 1 F ...... ...... FISHER George 32 F ...... ...... FISHER Sarah 28 F ...... ...... FISHER Eliza 8 F ...... ...... FISHER George 7 F ...... ...... FISHER Ruth 3 F ...... ...... FISHER James 1 F ...... ...... [Top] Name Age Family/Single Quarantine Comments GIBLETT John 24 F ...... ...... GIBLETT Bridget 23 F ...... ...... GIBLETT John 4 F ...... ...... GIBLETT Susan 2 F ...... ...... GIBLETT James 21 S ...... ...... GIBSON William 33 F ...... ...... GIBSON Ellen 32 F ...... ...... GIBSON Henry 10 F ...... ...... GIBSON William 1 F ...... ...... GREAVES Robert 23 S ...... ...... HARDING Samuel 30 S 5 days ...... [Top] Name Age Family/Single Quarantine Comments HAW Thomas 22 F 8 days ...... HAW Elizabeth 22 F 8 days ...... HAW Ellen 3 F 8 days ...... HAW Samuel 1 F 8 days ...... JOYCE John 16 S 4 days ...... JOYCE Betsy 13 S ...... ...... LAUDER James 29 F ...... Child Marion Elizabeth Murray LAUDER born at sea LAUDER Mary Ann 25 F ...... ...... LONGBOTTOM Stephen 22 F ...... ...... LONGBOTTOM Rose Hannah 21 F ...... ...... LONGBOTTOM John Infant F ...... ...... LONGBOTTOM George 25 S ...... ...... [Top] Name Age Family/Single Quarantine Comments MASON Thomas 19 S ...... ...... MILSON Isaac 31 F ...... ...... MILSON Ann 21 F ...... ...... MOORE Matthew 38 F 3 days ...... MOORE Sarah 38 F 3 days ...... MOORE Matthew 10 F 3 days ...... PRINCE Edward 20 F ...... ...... PRINCE Hannah 20 F ...... ...... REYNOLDS Thomas 31 F ...... ...... REYNOLDS Mary 31 F ...... ...... REYNOLDS Sarah 9 F ...... ...... REYNOLDS Selina 7 F ...... ...... REYNOLDS Emma 4 F ...... ...... [Top] Name Age Family/Single Quarantine Comments ROBINSON Margaret Mary 33 F ...... ...... ROBINSON William 12 F ...... ...... ROBINSON Mary 8 F ...... ...... ROBINSON Maria 7 F ...... ...... ROBINSON Edward 3 F ...... ...... ROBINSON Rosa Infant F ...... ...... SCALES Edward 28 F ...... His wife ANN and son died on board in childbirth SCALES Jane 4 F ...... ...... SCALES George 2 F ...... ...... SMITH Samuel 33 F ...... ...... SMITH Caroline 34 F ...... ...... SMITH Sarah 9 F ...... ...... SMITH George 5 F ...... ...... SMITH Caroline 2 F ...... ...... [Top] Name Age Family/Single Quarantine Comments STEWART Charles 28 F ...... ...... STEWART Eliza 19 F ...... ...... STEWART Charles Infant F ...... ...... STEWART Mary 53 S ...... ...... TAIT John 23 F ...... ...... TAIT Janet 22 F ...... ...... TAIT Janet 2 F ...... ...... TASKER Thomas 21 F ...... ...... TASKER Elizabeth 22 F ...... ...... TASKER James 1 F ...... ...... THOMSON Peter 29 F ...... ...... THOMSON Elizabeth 29 F ...... ...... THOMSON Robert 8 F ...... ...... WARD Thomas 20 F ...... ...... WARD Sarah 24 F ...... ...... WILKINS Nelson 22 F ...... ...... WILKINS Mary Ann 20 F ...... ...... WILKINS Jane 17 S ...... ......
John BAGSHAW, son of Richard BAGSHAW and Rebecca DOWNEND, chr. 14 April 1811 (Barnbrough Yorkshire ENG) d. 27 Jun 1890 (York, W.A.), m. 10 April 1837 (Barnbrough, Yorkshire ENG), Hannah BAGSHAW (nee MASON) b. circa 1813, d. 22 Nov 1877 (Madgekine, York, W.A.)
John worked for Geo. Leake as an Agricultural Labourer; as a Blacksmith in York (Partner of Isaac Laning - until 1850); as a carter in Toodyay and as a farmer in Beverley.
Children:
* Please contact Christine Uphill for further information on this family.
[ * W.A. BDM; W.A Pioneers Index; Karrakatta Cemetery
Records; Bi-Centennial Dictionary of Western Australians ]
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James BAKER b. 1824, d. Mar 1843. He did not
marry.
James was the brother of George (below) and worked for W.L Brockman as an
Agricultural Labourer.
[ * Bi-Centennial Dictionary of Western
Australians ]
George BAKER b. 1826 m. Apr 1847
Ann FISHER, b. circa 1828. Ann travelled to W.A. on the same voyage of
the SUCCESS. They had no children.
George was the brother of James BAKER (above) and worked for Geo. Leake as
an Agricultural Labourer.
[ * Bi-Centennial Dictionary of Western
Australians ]
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Benjamin BALDWIN b.1811, d. 12 Jul 1887
(Serpentine, W.A.), m. (U.K.) Anne Amelia BALDWIN
(nee BRIGGS) b. circa 1815, d. 1875 (W.A.)
He was employed by Clarkson in the Northam District in 1844; farmed at
Dale in 1849 and at Serpentine in 1859. His wife was a postmistress.
Children:
[ * W.A. BDM; W.A Pioneers Index; Bi-Centennial
Dictionary of Western Australians ]
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Samuel CAWOOD, b. 1818 and Mary Ann
CAWOOD, b. 1820 arrived with their infant son William
CAWOOD, b. 1842, their daughter Emma CAWOOD having
died at sea.
They gave birth to another son, John (b. 1847) in Western Australia.
The family departed for South Australia with their PRINCE
relatives on the FERGUS on March 21, 1855.
The PRINCEs were my husband's great great grandparents
and the CAWOODs were his great great great uncle and aunt;
the two women being sisters. They spent 13 years in Australia before traveling to
New Zealand from Melbourne.
* Please contact Jan Pickering for further information on this family.
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George Edward CHITTY and Helen
Mary CHITTY (nee FRENCH) arrived with Charles CHITTY
(4) and William CHITTY (2) and an infant
son. He was later known as George Edward CHITTY, but there is no mention of
Mary CHITTY who is recorded in the Bicentennial Dictionary of Western
Australians? (Is George Chitty BAKER a descendent? - There were Baker's on board
SUCCESS as well.) * Please contact Liz McLennan for further information on this family.
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John CLEAVER b. 1803, m. Mary
CLEAVER. They brought seven children to W.A. Two of their daughters,
Emma CLEAVER and Sarah Jane
CLEAVER, both married Charles Hole DUFFIELD in later life.
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Thomas COLE b. 1813 m. Frances
COLE (nee SOUTHAM) and travelled to W.A. with two children. They had
six more children in W.A.
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Denis Henry DESMOND m. Maria
DESMOND (nee BOLDS or BOWLER) and had they had 10 children after they
arrived in W.A.
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Anne Maria DUNKLEY, b. 1824, married fellow
passenger George LONGBOTTOM b. abt 1807. They were
married in 1849 in York and their 7 children were all born in York.
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William FISHER, b. c1806 (Bradford-on Avon,
Wiltshire, England), m. Elizabeth FISHER (nee
WITTLE) (Wiltshire, England) and arrived in W.A. with 7 children. Children:
George FISHER, b. 1809 (Bradford-on Avon,
Wiltshire, England), m. Sarah Mary FISHER (nee
JORDAN), 4th May, 1835. Sarah was b. c1810 (Bradford-on Avon, Wiltshire,
England). They arrived in W.A. with 4 children. George d. Jan 1855 (York, W.A.), bd. 24 Jan. 1855 (Old Pioneer Cemetery).
Sarah m. Henry STEVENS 1856 and they had one daughter.
Children: Child of Sarah and Henry STEVENS: * Please contact Gail Pascoe
for further information on this family.
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John GIBLETT and his wife
Bridget GIBLETT travelled to W.A. with John's two step-children,
John and Susan. Bridget
was the widow MEARS (nee COLLINS) before she married John. They had 5
children after they arrived in W.A. * Please contact Allan Creswell
for further information on this family.
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Thomas HAW m. Elizabeth HAW
(nee BLACKSTONE) in England before departing on the SUCCESS in 1842.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Samuel BLACKSTONE. She was b. 1820 (England)
and d. 1880 (Victoria, Australia) aged 60 years. Children:
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John JOYCE m. Jane REED in 1857 in Fremantle.
She d. in 1861 and he remarried Bridget LENANE in 1865 and had 10 children.
John's sister Betsy (Elisabeth) travelled to W.A. with him on the
SUCCESS.
Betsy JOYCE, (Elizabeth) b. 1824, m. Emanuel
Walter BURGESS in 1851. They had 1 child. Elizabeth's brother John JOYCE
was on the same voyage.
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Stephen LONGBOTTOM and his wife
Rose Hannah LONGBOTTOM. Their son
John LONGBOTTOM was b. 1842 and travelled with them. * Please contact Liz McLennan for further information on this family.
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After Edward PRINCE, b. 1823 and Hannah PRINCE (nee SMITH), b. 1823 arrived in Western Australia they gave birth to
Mary (b. 1844), Emma (b. 1846) and Thomas (b. 1850).
Edward was employed as a labourer by Mr Clarkson in Perth and later held an
Avon district leasehold in the 1850s at York.
The family departed for South Australia with their CAWOOD
relatives on the FERGUS on March 21, 1855.
The PRINCEs were my husband's great great grandparents
and the CAWOODs were his great great great uncle and aunt;
the two women being sisters. They spent 13 years in Australia before traveling to
New Zealand from Melbourne.
* Please contact Jan Pickering for further information on this family.
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Thomas REYNOLDS, b. 31 Dec 1810, married
Mary REYNOLDS (nee HAWKINS) 26 May 1831 (Piddington,
Oxfordshire England). Children born in Piddington, Oxfordshire, England: Children born at sea: Children born in Western Australia: * Please contact Judy Reynolds Decker
for further information on this family.
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Mary ROBINSON, (Margaret Maria) arrived in W.A.
with her five children. Her husband William ROBINSON
was a veterinarian who died on board SUCCESS during the voyage.
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Edward SCALES, aged 28 years, arrived in W.A.
with his two children, Jane SCALES, aged 4 years
and George SCALES, aged 2 years. His wife
Ann SCALES and their newborn son died in childbirth
on board SUCCESS during the voyage. Edward SCALES later married Eliza TYLER in 1843 (Perth, W.A.) and had
eight more children. Children:
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Nelson WILKINS, b. abt 1821 in England, d. 30
Dec 1861 (York W.A.) He married May Anne WILKINS
(nee COOPER) about 1843 in England. Mary Anne was the daughter of James
Cooper. After Nelson's death, Mary Anne remarried Levi INGRAM. (Nelson's
sister Jane WILKINS travelled out on the same voyage.) Children of Nelson and Mary Anne:
Jane WILKINS, b. 1826, m. John PARSONS in 1844
in W.A. Her brother Nelson WILKINS travelled to W.A. on the same voyage.
* Please contact Judy Reynolds Decker
for further information on this family.
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"BAKER"
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"BALDWIN"
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m. 11 Apr 1870 (Busselton W.A.) Walter Rashleigh Pugh SMITH.
"CAWOOD"
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"CHITTY"
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"CLEAVER"
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"COLE"
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"DESMOND"
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"DUNKLEY"
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"FISHER"
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"GIBLETT"
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"HAW"
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"JOYCE"
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"LONGBOTTOM"
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"PRINCE"
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"REYNOLDS"
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"ROBINSON"
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"SCALES"
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"WILKINS"
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Apr 9, 2001
Rob Nelson.
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