Could a researcher help find details of Passengers on the Sarah 1835 to Hobart

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i am looking for any details for John Eldridge who traveled to Hobart on the Sarah in 1835. My iPad is not compatible with the site and I can not see anything beyond this.

https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/names/search/results?qf=NI_INDEX%09Record+type%09Arrivals%09Arrivals&qu=John&qu=Eldridge

I have not started a profile for him. He may be the John Eldridge who was witness to Elizabeth Smith’s [Smith-95922] marriage to Andreas George Kulenkamp in Heidelberg in 1854. It would be useful to know any information about him. I believe Elizabeth’s mother travelled on the same ship. Her name was Susan Capel or Caple. Susan married Samuel Smith on 08 Aug 1836 in New Norfolk but died in Melbourne in 1840.

Many thanks for any assistance

WikiTree profile: Elizabeth Schmidt
in Genealogy Help by Dee Baker G2G6 (6.5k points)

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I have a fiber connection with 500MB download speed. Even for me, the images have a lag before loading. I searched through many records but did not find John Eldridge.

I took me a minute to figure out that the names were alphabetized by the given name, not the surname, but the records jumped from G to M, skipping over J.

I think the only way you're going to find his record is to laboriously view every single record until you find him, and to do that, you need to be on a network with at least 10MB speed, and it would be more helpful if it was 100MB or higher. Perhaps a local library might have that type of connection or a local college?

Good luck. You have a lot of drudgerous work ahead of you.

An alternative would be to contact the Libraries Tasmania and ask them to locate the actual record and forward you a copy. Kudos to them for putting these records online, but their indexing system leaves something to be desired.

I tried selecting the Sarah and then drilling down to 1835, but even then, the names were in some sort of odd order that made no sense at all. They certainly weren't in alphabetical order. When I finally found John, it brought me to the record that Marion posted, and that record doesn't include John.
by Paul Schmehl G2G6 Pilot (148k points)
selected by Dee Baker
Thank you very much for trying, Paul. I have a think about the options. Paying the library to search might be the only one realistically on the cards.

Dee
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Record Type:
Title:
Mr
Arrival date:
14 Feb 1835
Ship:
Remarks:
with wife
Record ID:
NAME_INDEXES:423804
Resource:
image
MB2/39/1/2CSO1/1/787/16814 
image
GO33/1/19 P281
by Living Poole G2G Astronaut (1.3m points)
Hi Marion,

Can you see the original page? P281 I hope it has details of his Work or Profession which might help me trace him in Australia.
If you click on the picture it should take you to the page, let me know if it doesn’t work.
Thank you. Yes that works but the page doesn’t mention John Eldridge only Henrietta Eldridge who may be his daughter. Maybe I am blind??
Sorry, yes Henrietta, daughter on Sarah. You might need to scroll through the other pages listed to find him.
I will have to find a friend with a computer. The site doesn’t scan through on my iPad

Thanks for helping
+8 votes
Name Susan Caple & Samuel Smith
Marriage Aug 8 1836 New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia
Wife Susan Caple
Husband Samuel Smith
Indexing Project  M39040-1
System Origin Australia
GS Film number

1368285

by Vivienne Powell G2G Crew (440 points)
Thanks Viviene, I have that record. I am hoping to find out more about Susan through John Eldridge. A John Eldridge arrived in Hobart on the same ship as Susan. Susan died in Melbourne in 1840. Her daughter Elizabeth Smith married in Heidelberg Colony of Victoria in 1854. A John Eldridge was a witness. I would like to know where the John Eldridge on the Sarah came from and his profession or work if possible.
+3 votes

Hi Dee. The image you want is MB2-39-1-2 Image 126A at

https://stors.tas.gov.au/1555622

It has a list of passengers. The relevant detail is

John Eldridge Wife & 3 Children

This image is of an inserted or extra sheet of paper attached to the main record for the arrival of the Sarah, which is MB2-39-1-2 Image 126 at

https://stors.tas.gov.au/MB2-39-1-2

That one has details about the arrival, including

Arrived at the Port of Hobart Town the Ship Sarah 14 Feby 1835

Van Diemens Land

From Whence Lizard 26 Oct

Health Good

Master Whiteside

Owners J. Worbing [not sure of that name]

Tons 488

Guns 6

Register British

Built London

Crew 28

Convicts —

Cargo General

Pilot Lawrence

Then there is a list of cabin passengers followed by steerage passengers. The extra sheet probably continues the steerage list, but that is not certain.

The images load perfectly well on my iPad using the Safari browser.

by Jim Richardson G2G Astronaut (1.0m points)

Here is a direct link to image 126:

https://stors.tas.gov.au/MB2-39-1-2P126

The link to the metadata page Marion copied is

https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/423804

That has details you can use in a citation, together with the image links I've given.

Here is a full source citation:

<ref>Tasmanian Archives. Arrivals. [https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/423804 Eldridge, John]. Title: Mr. Arrival date: 14 Feb 1835. Ship: Sarah. Remarks: with wife and three children. Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:423804. Resources: [https://stors.tas.gov.au/MB2-39-1-2P126 main image]; [https://stors.tas.gov.au/1555622 image of extra sheet mentioning John Eldridge]. Accessed 1 December 2023.</ref>
Thank you very much for taking the time to find these Jim. I appreciate it very much. The links work perfectly for me. Now to make some use/sense of them.

Regards

Dee Baker
I'm glad this was helpful, Dee! It's good you can access the images. Something may have changed since 2020.

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