The Voyage of the Immigrant ship Sibella to the South Australian Colony in 1848

The barque Sibella, 618 tons, Edward R. Colman, master, from London via Plymouth 6th April 1848. arrived at Port Adelaide, 16th July 1848.

Dr. E. (Edmund) Gregory, Surgeon-superintendent in the cabin; and 274 Government emigrants in the steerage.

Passenger List

From Barry Leadbeater's South Australian Shipping & Immigration webpage at: [1]

Passengers arriving 1848-07-16 in SA aboard the Sibella (618/722 t ship 1845) from London via Plymouth 48-04-06, Captain Ed R Coleman

• ADAMS Peter
• ANDREWS Walter
• ARBON Abraham, Christiana COOKMAN, Alf
• ATWELL Samuel, Mary (wife)
• BAKER George
• BARRETT Martha
• BEER Joseph, wife
• BIGGS Elizabeth, Sarah
• BILLINGHAM Samuel, Hannah (wife), Isaac, Sarah, Wm
• BLISS Emily/(Ellen)
• BRAMBLY / BRAMBY William
• BRIDLE James
• BROWN Prudence
• BUNNEY Thomas, Caroline SPARGO, Louisa (d@sea), Louisa Sibella (b@sea)
• BURTON Caroline Adela
• CAUST Amelia
• CHURCH Isaac, Hannah CRAXTON, son (Thos?) (d@sea)
• COSBY Jabez
• COX Richard, wife (Mary TURLAND?)
• DARLING Henry Waldern Smith, Rosina OSMOND, Ida Amelia, Grace
• DARVILLE / (DHERVILLE?) / (DUNVILLE?) Joseph
• DAVEY Henry, Mary Ann SMITH, 2 ch, Christiana My (b@sea)
• DAVIDSON Ewen/Owen, wife, child
• DRIVER George, Mary Ann MEADOWS
• EDDY John Curnow, wife (Grace MITCHELL?), child (Sarah?)
• EDSON William, Mary Ann MORRISH, Chas, Wm, My Jane
• ELLIOTT Edward
• ELLIOTT Emanuel
• ELLIOTT Mary Ann
• EMERY John, wife (Hannah SAGE?), 3 ch
• EMSLIE Alexander, Elspeth Emilie GRANT, Ann, son (Herb?)
• FARRAR / FARRER Charlotte
• FOLEY John, wife, 2 ch (Mary Ann, Susan?)
• FRANKLIN John
• FRASER Finlay, Janet (wife), Duncan, John, Emily, Cath
• GILDING Edmund, Elizabeth YOUNG, Em (d@sea)
• GORDON James Rankin, Mary CARLISLE, Jas Rankin, Agnes, Coleman Gregory, Ed (b@sea)
• GRANT Isabella
• GREGORY Edward (d@sea)
• GREGORY R
• GULWELL Mary
• HADLEY John, wife, 2 ch (inc Emma Matilda?)
• HARRIS John, wife, child
• HARVEY Thomas, wife (Eliza ODGERS?), 4 ch (Paul Mtn, Wm, Thos, Ann?)
• HAWKER Joseph
• HEATHER Matthew, wife, child
• HEY / (HAY?) Edward, wife
• HICKS William, Virtue FRAY, Eliza, My Ann, Geo Ed
• HIRST Edwin/Edward, Hannah BOOTH, My, Em
• HODGE Martin, Mary HARRIS, child
• HODGE / HODGES Francis
• HODGE / HODGES Jane
• HOSKIN / HISKEN David J
• HOSKIN Thomas, Catherine MAY
• HUDD James, Naomi AXFORD
• HUDSON Edward, wife, 3 ch
• HUNT William Henry, Elizabeth TOOGOOD, Hy Wm (d@sea), John, Frank Ladson, Fdk, Thos Edwin
• HUTCHENS John, Elizabeth KNOTT, 2 ch (inc Susan?)
• JACKSON John (Bestall?), Mary Ann PAYNE, 6 ch (inc My Ann, Sarah Bestall, Rd Bestall?)
• JAMES Samuel, Elizabeth WILLIAMS (d aft arr)
• JOBLING John, Mary ROBINSON, Sarah Ann (d@sea), Rebecca Ellen
• KIRK William
• LENNON William, wife, 2 ch
• LIES Rebecca
• LOMAX (John?)
• MARSHMAN Joshua, Emma HAGUE, Geo, Mic (d@sea)
• MARSHMAN Robert, Hannah MILLS
• MARTIN Edmund, Catherine PETERS, 5 ch inc Cath, Jas Peters
• MARTIN William, wife
• MASTERS Jane
• MATTHEWS Esther
• MCKEEVOR Patrick James
• MCPHERSON Jane
• MCPHERSON Joshua, wife, child
• MEDLEY Francis, Maria BENTLEY, Hy, My Ellen, Albert, Wm, Sarah Ann
• MERCHANT William Ball
• MIDDLETON Greenwood, Mary GOULD, child, Hannah (d@sea)
• MILLS David, Emma HILL, Geo
• MILLS Ebenezer, Ann HUMPHRIES, child, Ann (d@sea)
• MOORE William, wife (Elizabeth HANNAH?)
• NORRIS Edward Hale, Caroline (wife), Ed Hale
• ODGERS William, Faith TREGONNING, Eliza Jane, Crln, Josiah, Alf
• OGILVIE John
• PASCOE John, wife (Phillippa HOCKING?), child
• PATTERSON Adam, Ann YOUNG
• PEARCE Thomas, Caroline HARRIS
• PETERS Robert Merton, Ann OATEY, Frances My (d@sea)
• PURCHASE Mary Ann
• REECE Mary
• RICHARDSON Rosanna
• ROBERTS George Ralph, Mary BASTIAN, Maria, Thos, John, Rd
• ROBINSON Ezra, Dorothy (wife)
• ROBINSON William, wife (Sophia POCOCK?), child
• ROGERS John
• SHIPP James, Lavinia BLUNT, child, Leoni (b@sea, d aft arr)
• SIMCOCK / (SINCOCK?) Elizabeth (Ann?)
• SIMCOCK / (SINCOCK?) Mary, 2 ch
• SINCOCK Edward, Mary Jane EDDY, child (b@sea)
• SMART Emily
• SMART Samuel, Lydia LAMBLEY, John
• SMITH Amos, wife (Mary Ann WALDEN / WALDING?)
• SMITH Andrew (William Skene?), wife
• SMITH James, wife
• SQUIRE William, (wife)
• TEARLE William
• THOMAS Robert
• THOMAS William Joseph
• THOMAS William, wife
• THOMSON James Graham, Mary MAHONEY
• THOMSON William, wife
• TREBILCOCK Margaret
• TREBILCOCK Martin
• TRELOAR Francis
• TREWELLA / TREWILLA Elizabeth
• WALLBRIDGE / WALEBRIDGE Hannah
• WALTERS Frederick
• WALTERS Gregory Seal
• WARREN Thomas, wife
• WHITE Sarah Ann
• WRIGHT Benjamin, Mary MYERS, 2 ch inc Sarah Ann, dau (b & d@sea)
• YARD Joseph, Elizabeth BAYLEY, 2 dau, child
• YOUNG John

Further Sources

• SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. from the South Australian (Adelaide, SA : 1844 - 1851) of Tuesday 18 July 1848, Page 2. first accessed 1st of March, 2020 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71611880?

• ADELAIDE WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1848 from the South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) of Wednesday 19 July 1848, Page 2. first accessed 1st of March, 2020 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48727635?

• SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. from the South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) of Wednesday 19 July 1848, Page 3. first accessed 1st of March, 2020 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48727628?

• Passengers arriving 1848-07-16 in SA aboard the Sibella (618/722 t ship 1845) from London via Plymouth 48-04-06, Captain Ed R Coleman. from the Family History SA's Shipping and Passenger Lists Immigration South Australia. first accessed online on the 1st of March, 2020 at: http://www.familyhistorysa.org/shipping/passengerlists.html

• 06/04/1848 - 16/07/1848 from the PASSENGERS IN HISTORY website, An initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum. first accessed online on the 1st of March, 2020 at: http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au/node/942018