On August 11, 1876 the family set out for Australia as assisted immigrants. They departed from Plymouth on the “Ninevah” of 1174 tons with a total of 403 immigrants for a voyage of 91 days, arriving at Sydney on November 10, 1876.[1] There were 8 deaths on the voyage and 3 children born. Immigration records shown that David was 39 with occupation given as Bricklayer, Catherine was 35, Julia 11, Emily 9, Laura 6 and David Junior an infant. The religion of all except Catherine, who was shown as Roman Catholic, was given as Church of England.
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