Resource Materials for Research on Mary Hart born 1860 Co. Sligo Ireland

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: County Sligo, Ireland

Contents 1 Emigration and the Windsor Castle 2 Online resources 3 Books for purchase 4 Sources

Emigration and the Windsor Castle

• Details of the Windsor Castle
• Circumstances of Mary Hart departing from Plymouth when Sligo was also a departure port.
• Circumstances of Mary Hart being a Free passenger on the Windsor Castle
• Circumstances of Mary Hart arriving in Rockhampton and eventually being in the Bundaberg area.

Captains navigation details of the voyage of the Windsor Castle.^[1]

THE new arrivals from the mother country by the ship Windsor Castle, were all safely landed at the A.S.N. Company's wharf from the steam-tug Fitzroy, the landing being assisted by a detachment of the police under Senior-Sergeant Meldrum, who did service in keeping the energetic spectators on the wharf from crowding too closely. Dr. Salmond (Health Officer) visited the vessel on Saturday, and the usual inspection proving satisfactory pratique was granted. The voyage from Plymouth was made in ninety-one days, and proved an agreeable one, the weather encountered being fairly favourable. No deaths occurred, but several additions to the ship's living freight were made, the advent of the little strangers being received with tokens of approval. The imThe immigrants and their luggage left the ship shortly after nine yesterday morning, most of the single men with the luggage being towed in a punt. The Fitzroy berthed at the wharf about 3 p.m.: and her passengers then proceeded to the Depôt, where the Wardsman (Mr. .Beazley) had everything in readiness for them. Soon after their arrival a good number left for a stroll through the town, giving the Post Office a call for home letters, and viewing the appearance of their new home. The immigrants presented a very healthy and thoroughly respectable appearance, and seem a very desirable addition to the population. We append the following particulars respecting them :
Total number 303 or 281½ statute adults ;
29 males and 31 females are married ;
84 males and 119 females are single ;
19 males and 18 females are children between 1 and 12 years of age ; and 2 males and 1 female are infants. Their occupations are : 109 female domestic servants, 93 farm labourers, 2 gar- deners, 4 labourers, 1 mechanic, 1 builder, and 6 carpenters ; and their nationalities : English 107, Scotch 26, Irish 170.
Dr. Thurston is Surgeon-Superintendent and Miss Brown matron. The hiring will begin at the Depot this morning at ten o'clock.^[2]

Online resources

• Wikipedia - History of Sligo.^[3]
• Sligo Walking Tours: Whiskey in the Jar - A brief history of the original Sligo Distillery.^[4]

Books for purchase

• Deignan, Padraig Land and People in Nineteenth Century Sligo. Union of Local Government
  • Land and People in Nineteenth-Century Sligo: From Union to Local Government. This fascinating new book from Padraig Deignan examines the interactions of land, economics and politics in 19th century Sligo from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the Local Government act of 1898. ISBN: 9781782803966

Sources

1. ↑ Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), Tue 27 Jul 1880. p. 2. VESSELS IN HARBOUR.
2. ↑ Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), Tue 27 Jul 1880. p. 2. The Morning Bulletin, ROCKHAMPTON.
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Sligo
4. ↑ https://sligowalkingtours.com/whiskey-in-the-jar-a-brief-history-of-the-original-sligo-distillery/