Hamilton Cornwall Emmett (1815 - 1894)

Born 13 Aug 1815 in Chelsea, London, England

Ancestors

Died 8 Apr 1894 at age 78 in Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

HAMILTON CORNWALL EMMETT (Emmett-211)

PARENTS. Henry James Emmett (II) & Mary Elizabeth Thompson (Townsend) Emmett

BIRTH. 3 Aug 1815, Chelsea, London, England,

IMMIGRATION. 1819. On the REGALIA. Departed London 1819, via Rio de Janerio, Arrived Hobart Town 30 Nov 1819.

HOBART TOWN. On Tuesday arrived from England, the ship Regalia, Captain Dixon, with a most valuable and extensive cargo of British and other goods. She left England immediately after the David Shaw; and on her passage she put in at Rio de Janerio, where she staid five weeks. - Passengers, Mr. and Mrs. J. Emmett and family, who intend to reside here; Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Slade; Mr. and Mrs. John Raine and family; Mr. Joseph Whitfield; Mr. Thomas Morris; Sir. Charles Roberts; Mr. William Maycock; Lieut. J. P. Gellaher, of the 103d Regt.; Mr. Robert Graves; Mr. William Eldridge; Mr. John Blackwell; Mr. John Wood; Mr. John Byfield; and Mr. John Harden, who embarked at Rio. The

Tas Gov Archives: Arrival on the REGALIA:

Name: Emmett, J

Record Type: Arrivals

Title: Mr & Mrs

Arrival date: 30 Nov 1819

Ship: Regalia

Remarks: & family

Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:439495

Resource HTG 4 DEC 1819

DEATH. 8 Apr 1894, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

DEATH. NSW BDM Death Reg: #9540/1894:EMMETT HAMILTON C, Father: Unknown, Mother: Unknown, District of NEWTOWN

Sources

• Immigration: The Hobart Town Gazette and Southern Reporter (Tas. : 1816 - 1821) Saturday 4 December 1819, p1 S, http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/656898

• Tas Gov Archives: Arrival on the Regalia: http://bit.ly/1Rr5grA

• Death: NSW BDM Death Reg: #9540/1894