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     Einar Daugaard was commonly known as Dan. He was born circa 1892 in Denmark. He was the son of Andreas Jens Peter Daugaard and Dorthea Hansen.
     Einar Daugaard married Ivy Boyle in 1917 in Victoria.
     Einar died in 1943 in Port Melbourne, Victoria.

     Erna Ane Dorthea Daugaard was born on 21 August 1909 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was the daughter of Ernst Victor Andreas Daugaard and Mary Ane Petrea Nielsen.
     Her vaccination certificate was dated 8 July 1913, at Copenhagen?.
     Erna and Valdemar immigrated with the family to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in March 1914 per "Orsova".
     Erna Ane Dorthea Daugaard married Aksel Christian Henriksen, son of Hans Martin Henriksen and Marie Pedersen, in April 1931 in Coburg, Victoria. It was Easter Saturday.
     Erna died on 20 January 1975 in Royal Melbourne Hospital, Carlton, Victoria, aged 65. Her usual residence was Pascoe Vale.

     Ernst Victor Andreas Daugaard was born on 28 August 1880 in Denmark. He was the son of Andreas Jens Peter Daugaard and Dorthea Hansen.
     Joan holds a Certificate for exemption from military service as unfit no. 2808 ....Aaret (the year) 1888, dated 29 Oct 1900.
     Ernst Victor Andreas Daugaard married Mary Ane Petrea Nielsen, daughter of Peter Nielsen, in 1909 in Denmark.
     Ernst Victor Andreas Daugaard and Mary Ane Petrea Nielsen arrived per "Orsova" in March 1914 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
     Ernst died on 27 March 1941 in Pascoe Vale, Victoria, Australia, aged 60.

     Unknown Daugaard arrived at South Australia. He was born in Denmark. He was the son of Andreas Jens Peter Daugaard and Dorthea Hansen.

     Valdemar George Peter Daugaard was born circa 1878 in Denmark. He was the son of Andreas Jens Peter Daugaard and Dorthea Hansen.
     Valdemar died in South Africa.

      Valdemar Peter Andrew Daugaard was also known as Dangaard in records. He was born in 1913 in Denmark. He was the son of Ernst Victor Andreas Daugaard and Mary Ane Petrea Nielsen.
     Erna and Valdemar immigrated with the family to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in March 1914 per "Orsova".
     Valdemar Peter Andrew Daugaard married Thelma Kennedy in 1934 in Victoria.

     Frances Daughtry married James Havelock Hooper, son of Dr William Wilberforce Hooper and Mary Jane Kearny, on 23 February 1880?.

     Achilles Daunt married Elizabeth Hungerford, daughter of Capt Thomas Hungerford and Mary Unknown (Hungerford).

     Ann Daunt married John Becher Hungerford, son of Richard Hungerford and Mary Cranfield Becher, in 1771.

      Robert was nick-named Guns.
     Vice Admiral Robert Clutterbuck Davenport married Gwladys Mabel Gwatkin-Williams on 2 October 1917 in Stebbington, Hampshire, England.
     Robert died in 1966.

     Frederick John Davey married Robinah Jane Hooper, daughter of John James Hooper and Sarah Elizabeth Horder, in 1872 in New Zealand.

     Georgina Olivia Davey was born on 26 December 1887 in Wattisfield, Suffolk, England.
     The marriage of Georgina Olivia Davey and Oliver Bland, son of Robert William Bland and Ellen Turner, was registered in the quarter ending in December 1909 in Stow RD, Suffolk.
     Georgina died on 1 August 1929 in Duke St, Stanton, Suffolk, aged 41.

     James Walter Davey was born circa 1842 in Tiverton, Devon.
     James Walter Davey married Mary Dawton, daughter of William Dawton and Elizabeth Ruby, on 23 February 1869 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England.
     James Walter Davey and Mary Dawton appeared on the 1871 census in 9 Gibson? Place, Paddington, London. James W Davey, 28 stationer, bookseller, born Tiverton, Devon; his wife Mary 26?, born Newton Abbott, Devon, children Clement W 1, born Exter and Sarah H Smallbridge?, visitor, unmarried, 24, dressmaker, born Exeter; with a lodger Henry A Graham, unmarried 58, formerly a lieutenant? in the Army, born Ireland.

     Angharad ferch David ap Llewelyn married Robert ap Meredith, son of Maredudd ap Hywel and Morfudd ferch Ieuan Goch ap David, in Wales. He was 80 when he married Anghared. Angharad ferch David ap Llewelyn was born in Cardiganshire, Wales. She was the daughter of David ap Llewelyn ap David.
     Continue her line in Bartrum's Llowdden6..

     Hywel ap David was born. He was the third son.. He was the son of David Lord of Friw Lly ap Gruffudd and Eva ferch Griffith Vaughan.
     Hywel ap David married Efa ferch Ieuan ap Howel.

     Her niece is Dee Nicholl of Yarramlea, Yarram.. Amy Annie Davidson was born in 1879 in Beechworth?, Victoria.
     Amy Annie Davidson married William Hodgson MacKenzie, son of Donald Thomson MacKenzie and Mary Ann Hodgson, in 1911 in Victoria.
     Amy was registered in 'Calrossie', near Yarram, on the electoral roll dated 1966.
     Amy was registered as Amy Annie McKenzie, h.d. in 'Calrossie', Yarram, on the electoral roll dated 1972.
     Amy died in 1974 in Victoria.

     Charles T Davidson married Jane Harington Sutherland Steer, daughter of Charles Steer and Caroline Thompson, on 11 November 1852 in Dacca, Bengal, India (now Bangladesh). On the 11th November at St Thomas Church Dacca by the Revd H R Shepherd, Charles T Davidson Esq BCS to Jane Harrington Sutherland eldest daughter of Charles Steer Esq BCS .

     James Davidson married Margaret Hooper, daughter of Patriarch Hooper, on 14 June 1697 in Ednam, Roxburghshire. Margaret Hopper & James Davidson of the parish of Stitchell.

     Margaret Davidson was born before April 1815.
     Margaret Davidson married John Wafford, son of John Wafford and Ann Wilks, on 26 September 1839 in St Mary, Islington, Middlesex.
     Margaret Davidson and John Wafford appeared on the 1841 census in 15 Chatham Place, Hackney. John Wafford, 40, Professor of Music, Margaret Wafford 25, Francis Wafford 35, independent, and 2 female servants, all born in the county.
     Margaret Davidson and John Wafford were recorded on the 1851 census in Hackney. John Wafford, head, 53, born Hackney, Professor of Music, with his wife Margaret aged 36, born London, Frances Wafford, sister aged 50 born Hackney and niece Fanny A Dempster?, aged 15, born Middlesex, ditto? London/Hackney; with two servants.
     In John Wafford's will dated February 1855 in Chatham Place, Hackney, Margaret Davidson was named as heir; He left his property to his wife Margaret, absolutely.
     Margaret Davidson appeared on the 1861 census in Hackney. Margaret Wafford, head, widow, 46, no occupation, born London, Mdx; with Hannah B Davidson, mother, widow.. boarn London, Mdx; Hannah L Hughes, visitor, 27 and a servant.
     Margaret Davidson appeared on the 1881 census in Hackney. Margaret Walford, aged 66, widow, head, funded property, born Middlesex, living with two servants.
     Margaret died on 14 August 1887 in Hackney. On the 14th? August at Chatham Place, Hackney, Mrs Margaret Wafford. aged 72. She was buried on 19 August 1887 in Abney Park Cemetery, Hackney.

     Mary Davidson married Peter Forbes, son of Alexander Forbes and Isabella Horne, on 2 April 1862 in Eddington or Bet Bet, Victoria. See 2010 correspondence with Steve Whatmough for more on this family.
They were married on 2 April 1863 according to their marriage certificate
They had 14 children, 4 of whom predeceased their father. The first was born in 1864 and the last in 1892.
     Mary died on 14 May 1929 in Dunolly, Victoria. She was buried circa 16 May 1929 in Eddington.

     Mary Grace Davidson was born in 1860 in Victoria, Australia. She was the daughter of Sophia Eliza Hankinson & Robert Davidson and she is buried with them..
     Mary Grace Davidson married John Flockhart Sloan, son of David Sloan and Isabella Lydia Augusta Phillips, on 6 October 1881 in Queensland.
     Mary died on 8 October 1937 in Toowong, Queensland. She was buried in Toowong.

     Miss (?) Davies was born in Galway.
     Miss (?) Davies married Samuel Handy Wade, son of Thomas Wade and Margaret Ann Handy.
     Miss (?) Davies and Samuel Handy Wade appeared on the 1841 census in Roscommon St, Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire. Samuel Wade, 60,cotton broker & Eliza Wade, 50, neither born in the county.

     Ann Davies was born circa 1806.
     Ann Davies married Charles Thomas William Kellow on 5 February 1824 in St John, Clerkenwell, London, England.
     Ann died before 24 June 1832 in Upper John St, Islington, England. She was buried on 24 June 1832 in St Mary, Islington.

     The marriage of Betty Davies and John Colpoys Breese, son of Charles Dempster Breese, was registered in the quarter ending in December 1945 in Sleaford RD, Lincolnshire.

      Eleanor Ann Davies was also known as Elenora in records. Eleanor Ann Davies was also known as Ellen Davis in records. She was born circa 1843.
     Eleanor Ann Davies married Cornelius Stanley Mackglew, son of Robert Mackglew and Elizabeth Wilkinson, on 26 January 1866 in Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. On the 26th January, at St Paul's, Redfern, by special license, by the Rev. A. H. Stephen, B.A., CORNELIUS STANLEY McGLEW, Esq., of Surrey, England to ELENORA ANN, eldest daughter of Mr. JOHN DAVIES, Redfern, late of Goswell Road, London.
     Eleanor died on 25 September 1927 in Belair, South Australia.

     Frances Davies was born circa 1844 in Holywell RD, Wales.
     The marriage of Frances Davies and Thomas William Thompson, son of Thomas Thompson and Sophia Elizabeth Ball, was registered in the quarter ending in September 1861 in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales.
     Frances's death was registered in the quarter ending in June 1888 in Wirral RD, Cheshire, England.
     Frances Davies appeared on the 1891 census in Litherland, Lancashire. Sophia Thompson, 19, born New Ferry, visitor; Marion Thompson, 18, born New Ferry, Musical Student; Lilian Thompson, 14, born New Ferry, scholar; in the household of Frederic German, GP, of Litherland, Lancs.

     George Felix Davies was born on 30 December 1836 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. December 30th 1835 This day at 3 o'clock P.M. was born George Felix son of the Revd Thos Davies and Mary Davies.. He was the son of Rev Thomas Davies and Mary Reddish. George Felix Davies was christened on 26 March 1837 in St James, Montego Bay, Jamaica. He was the informant at the death of Rev Thomas Davies, on 15 March 1852.
     Dorothy, George and Maria immigrated with the family to Victoria, Australia, on 12 December 1852 per "Washington Irving". George Felix Davies and George Dempster witnessed William Dempster and Margaret Herbert Davies's wedding on 1 May 1861 in Holy Trinity Church of England, Williamstown, Victoria, Australia.
     Mary mentioned her son George in letters dated Jan 12 1863 "my only son 850 miles away", May 19 1865 " received 17 guineas from her son", Dec 25 1868? "self willed son is still at the diggings".
     George died on 14 September 1891 in Croydon, Queensland, Australia, aged 54. DAVIES.-On the 14th Septembor, at Croydon, George Felix Davies, brother ot Mrs. M. Hume Black, and only son of the late Rev. Thomas Davies, Rector of Montego Bay, Jamaica.
The Argus also reported: DAVIES- On the14th inst, at the residence of his nephew, Walter Hume Black, Croydon, Queens land, George Felix Davies, only son of the late Rev Thomas Davies, Incumbent of St James's (Church of Egland), Montego Bay, Jamaica, East Indies, and dear!y loved brother of Mrs Hume Black, Brisbane, and Mrs William Dcmpster, Williamstown.

     Margaret Herbert Davies was born on 14 September 1835 in 'Enmore Cottage', Montego Bay, Jamaica. The family bible reads: September 14th 1835 This morning at five minutes before ten o'clock, was born at Enmore Cottage near Montego Bay, St James, Jamaica, Margaret Herbert, daughter of the Reverend Thomas Davies and Mary his wife.. She was the daughter of Rev Thomas Davies and Mary Reddish. Margaret Herbert Davies was christened on 22 November 1835 in St James, Montego Bay, Jamaica. Her father was the curate & master of St James Free School.
     For an account of her voyage to Australia see her mother's references. A Mrs Dempster ran the Napier Hotel in Williamstown (1850s - 1919) for some time, but it seems unlikely to be this Mrs Dempster.
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     Margaret Herbert Davies and Mary Reddish arrived per "Washington Irving" on 12 December 1852 at Victoria, Australia. They were cabin passengers on the Washington Irving which departed 3 Sep 1852: Mary Davis aged 49, Dorothy Reddish aged 69, Mary Davis aged 23, Maria H Davis aged 13, Felix Geo Davis aged 15. Steerage: Ann Davis, aged 30, domestic, no nationality. The family story was that they were accompanied by a black servant Ann Wills. On the 26 January 1895 the Australasian & The Argus reported the death of: Wilson - On the 20th inst., at her cottage, North Williamstown, in the 75th year of her age Ann Shene Wilson (Wils), for upwards of 30 years a faithful, honoured, and much loved servant in the family of Mrs Hume Black and Mrs William Dempster. The Victorian BDM indexes show that she was aged 77, no parents listed. She was buried at Williamstown 22 Jan 1895 as Ann Wilson

     Her diary: The question as to a home was decided, a skilful physician a kind and friendly surgeon had equally come to the conclusion that the climate of Brighton?? (Barbadoes??) would not suit my mother - what then was to be done? Barbadoes, with the friendly, social people was too warm, Jamaica, Earth's paradise as to natural advantages, was too ... and too degen.., Madeira too expensive for poor people a Catholic country too and ... where a school mistress aught not be ... and while a widow's son might find no opening for his energies no ... for his inde... Australia the modern El Dorado seemed to offer the best prospects even to us so that... ... our dear friend Mr ... this conviction he daily strove to impress upon my mother's friends. When she shrank from accounting/encountering the difficulties of a strange land and? became nervous from the apparition of traversing the torrid zone our ... ... tried early ... in turn to bring her to his opinion which at length she agreed with him, that it would be desirable for me to see the far ... Miss Chisholm, and leave ... for the inc... vessels equipped by the Family Colonisation Society might approach the comforts ... to an... and the ... respectability indispensable for gentlewomen.
     
     The morning the bustle and the ... of the ... was.. s... I was dis... from the Waterloo Station located in a .. ... and .. ...a fine ...to... the end of July ... .. at ... at an insignificant street in Islington at which ... the ... before was had attended with anxious hearts to hear the verdict which this lady prov... upon this prospect and chance of success. I had expected to see a respectable ... son and to be received by our ... ... on her the ... of gentlewoman I was disappointed, a shabby dirty old woman answered my knock and ushered me into a parlour which seemed to have been long ... to any ... in the house maids labours. This was Mrs Chisholm's office. In a s.. ... the lady made her appearance she was dressed in black, and her hair drawn straight back from her forehead showed the whole extent of a heavy Chinese looking face. Pa... she listened to the detail of any ... and wishes or the subject of our acc.. ... and then she began to speak and to smile and the s... was like a sunbeam lightening and beautifying her face _ which before wasto ... To my enquiry whether the plan of the Society's ships admitted of additional space and comfort being had for additional expense Mrs Chisholm said she thought they did and ... ... see to ... sl.. then and fitting at the East India Docks after which she would see me again. To the East India Docks I therefore ... and after up and ... and in and out in every imaginable direction we ...search .. was at that ... to ... the Chalmers lay - crowds of dirty looking people were going in and out of her and unnoticed and unaided my child and I made our way among the throng. And was it in such a den as this that we are to make our home was the question I asked myself as with difficulty we progressed among open hatches and carpenters tools. The question was only to be solved in the negation and the following evening punctual to my appointment, I was at Charlton Crescent just as the clock struck six. and thought the lady will have been put off the Official and be disencumbered of the d..t and shreds by which she was surrounded - vain hopes - the Portress, the little parlour and Mrs Chisholm herself was just as I had seen them before - and after a little ineffectual talk and a direction to see the Ballenglish which was outfitting at Southampton I took my leave of the originator of the Family Colonisation Society. No practicable effort was to be ... which might further the great object we had in view. To Southampton therefore we went and to the Bellenglish which we found very superior in size and accommodation to the Chalmers. My tale was told - accommodation was ... for an invalid lady who had been accustomed to comfort and could not be ...ed as the emigrants generally were. The owner or the agents were all accommodation - such a case had never before come under their notice but they did not think there would be any objection to their meeting our needs. The owner Mr. T with bustling and good natured alacrity led us into two cabins opening into the saloon which he said might be spared we could have these, doubtless there could be no other passengers in that part of the ship, so that we should have the saloon to ourselves except when the officers were at their meals, and if we could be satisfied with the ships fare the expenses could be supposed be moderate.

     The prospect was delightful. I left the Ballenglish full of hope and after one or two days more in London to show my child those great national monuments of Westminster Abbey and St Pauls returned to the sweet and pleasant home in which I had so lately entered and which I was so soon to leave.

     Oh how disappointing are the hopes of Earths - How is that hope depends which maketh the heart seek sweet though sad had been the ... with which but there I had taken this lovely house it is f... token comfort it that long been my hearts fond ... to ... was ...in the Bristol Vol His letter just ... from the calls of mortality. Got he had left ... ius a legacy the support the ta.. the .. of his three children and the comfort of their dear mother. He had sacrificed every thing to me - was altogether dependant .. the remaining years of his existence - and fondly though painfully were whose remaining bonds to life interwoven with the b... so painfully discovered, which had first found me to this quiet secluded spot. cherished hopes - it remained only to pay bills, to extricate myself from a years engagements for ... to pack up that ought well be taken, to sacrifice what has been ... bought - to plant flowers over the graves so the departed and ... to .. to the stranger land.

     On the 10th of August my mother having p... for ... was under the care of a
valued relative - my children, my faithful servant and myself took our places in the train and after a day gl... and b... a mthe moral ... of our existence found
ourselves at N.. the High Street... friends been expecting us. A nights bed at a good hotel had sufficiently refreshed us so well ...to toil and b. .. - and at
eleven the next day I started accompanied by G to the accommodations we had bespoken aboard the Ballenglish. Had I dreamt before or was I dreaming ... the whole arrangement was entirely changed the accommodation between the chief cabin, and ... quarters was cut off by a Jac... the more.... had been diminished by several berths being taken from it - an at the door of the room which was our sitting and eating as well as our sleeping room a step and ... ladder led down to the passengers decks.

     Our party could hold no communication with the Deck except by going down one steep and .. ladder, and ascending another an arrangement which could ... our visiting it difficult to a fact .. but impossible to my mother. On ....ing to
the agent's and other corrected the injustice done to our party by the change
they admitted that it was not to be justified but seemed to leave no ... to rectify it. They would make application - in London and I should receive an answer at an appointed time, two or three days distant. On the day appointed I returned accompanied by my kind and dear N and by my other clerical cousin Dr N at the office where I saw young Chisholm, from whom I could get no satisfactory answer but on board the Ballenglish I saw many various other gentlemen. The agent Mr Hodd... and the pleasant friendly old Scotch gentleman whom I had before seen and who was owner of the vessel. He looked gruff and displeased on this occasion but I ... my cause was right and felt no way discouraged. I was ushered into the d... cabin whose dimensions ... barely admitted of the central table with seats round it, at which our party were soon arranged and I opened my case in from.. - after a courteous and attentive hearing the justice of my complaint was admitted, and as it seemed that the change had been affected by an authority which was not to be overrided they consented to refund the deposit money £81.0.0 and Mr T Immediately wrote out a draft for the amount on a Southampton House. I then asked by what ... a change had been mad e which entailed upon me so much disappointment and ... less expense, and tow or three voices answered by Mrs Chisholm - Yes said the old Scotch gentleman whose apparent displeasure had quite vanished on my plain statement - it was Mrs Chisholm who came down and herself chalked out all the alteration. It was vexatious that this female philanthropist whose exertions had been employed on so large a ... for the accommodation of the fellow creatures should have ... opposed to ... edly to the arrangements which I had ent... for our comfort -and the s... so us I had full detailed to her my mother's precarious state of health and the necessity ... of ...ing her as much as possible against the inconveniences of an emigrant ship. But vexatious as it might be there was no remedy for it but in seeking some other mode of conveyance and as there was not prospect of another vessel from Southampton for several weeks our . ... seemed to be to proceed to London where there were always to be found vessels of every sort for Australia. A few days longer we remained that my children might enjoy the pleasant sea breeze and some about the ent ... neighbourhood of Southampton.
We spent a happy Sabbath ... attending morning and evening the Primitive Chapel built into the city wall and formerly attended solely by the French Protestants and known as the Maison de Dieu. The midday service is still performed there weekly in French but there is now a faithful English rector over its little ernest congregation. This gentleman was absent on an excursion and had appointed our dear N his deputy - and it was very sweet to us to listen to the precious talks and ... of his God's holy word, from his lips in the primitive and secluded place where the utter simplicity of the building and the devotion of the small body of worshippers who filled it seemed to belong to ... the early ages of Christianity than to our present bustling worldly days and generation. A pleasant afternoon was also spent in visiting N... Abbey - a beautiful and excursion about three miles from Southampton - and about unrivalled in England as specimens of the ancient Monastic edifices - Artists were scattered about taking sketches and adding by their appearance to the picturesque appearance of the ruins they were endeavouring to describe. The soft light of evening was streaming through beautiful ..th.. arches in some places perfect while others broken down and ... by the destroying ... while trees apparently of ancient growth t.. up a ... to the height of the walls, showed how long they had usurped their places as tenants of the roofless apartments. It was a lovely spot on which seemed in sweet accordance with a sorrow stricken spirit - while to the young and joyous it seemed to say - How beautiful is Earth with its records of the past with its joyous anticipations for the future. But we would not linger there for the busy realities of life were demanding my ... and away from Nethey Abbey away from Southampton its pleasant bay.... ooded shores and the busy ... hanging .. away once more into the noisy shrieking train and one more to London. after a fortnight spent in seeking a more eligible conveyance and making preparations for our voyage we embarked on the 3rd September on board the Washington Irving for Melbourne. Even at the place of embarkation the sickening contrast between an emigrant ship and these is which our foreign voyages had been made was forced upon us. We had been told that the ship would leave ... Basin at 4 o'clock we had therefore hastened there at 2 o'clock we had ... on the edge of the dock surrounded by our baggage for about four hours before the vessel appeared insight, gradually the throng around us had thickened ... of baggage had been piled around ours or which we were p .... old by the .... we must keep a watchful eye until our position became anxious .. as distasteful ... At length the ship became stationary just opposite to the spot at which my mother had long been sitting his her cab and then we hoped that some effort would be made to get us on board. But ... the dirty and clamorous ... through the side of that .. there seemed no thought but of themselves and the officials who .. and ... upon her decks then ... no reason ... that ... the party of ladies sho... paid our ... on the faith of finding comfort and consideration occupants of the second saloon. of the l... orders ... to the .... and others who had not c... that claim .... ships ladder along the side of the vessel and it seemed as if we were expected to do likewise - at length a handsome young Scotchman who had been holding ... with my mother and aunt? at the door of the ... into the c... of the vessel ... that he would obtain
alternative for us and after another half hour of ... waiting the ... daily meeting place and since then ... to my mother's comfort. and being lowered from the yard arm my mother, my two daughters and myself .... into the vessel. The chair we .ay sailed to such a .. was th.. was used for any other females who might have .... in their favour while my ... faithful and .... was told to climb up the sides as others had done. On board all was clamour and confusion of the ... two of the three. and we had difficulty in finding the cabin assigned to our party whose weary and disquieted we ... to our beds and did not rise until the ship had left Shadwell basin and was wending her way towards the mouth of the Thames.

     "Thous hast dealt bountifully with thy servant" was the feeling which was to my lips the next morning when . of the breakfast tell S ... the handsome and
spacious saloon a good breakfast had been served up and two or three quite manly looking persons were already seated at it giving a promise of ... table association - and when I .... the prospective comforts of our present situation with those which the Ballenglish offered I felt that I had indeed been guided by a better judgement than my own. As the day proceeded the throng seemed to .. the deck was crowded with dirty looking people whose mere approach and assumption of equality and good fellowship ... our indulging as we ... might a desire to watch the shores of England. Still we made intimate acquaintance with the sea ... of S.... which is rather pretty? these days I am as sick an many others back on shore and .... sundry articles for us. Had we known had barely second cabin passengers in the W. I. were furnished with necessities for comfort and decency our purchases would have been much more e.... After anchoring there for some hours we again weighed anchor and proceeded to Gravesend where we remained for the next tide. There a fresh crowd joined the ship which seemed before over full. Amongst the new arrivals was a rather handsome bold looking woman in a Bloomer ..t who struck me at first as being a Frenchwoman but soon the ... accents of Cockney .. flowed from her tongue in tones most audible as she h... to fro the space between her berth in a cabin adjoining ours at one end of the saloon and a ... cabin occupied by eight gentlemen at the other. Happy woman thought I you have a dear brother, a loved companion and protector in this conc... group and your are naturally anxious to secure his comforts. Alas painfully but steadily grew upon me the conviction that a conviction of a different sort excited ... the parties, and that any association between this
female, and those of my own party would be degrading to us in the highest degree.

     I must ever remember one anchorage off Gravesend with feelings of no ordinary nature. There we lay dulling the long hours of a beautiful Summer's Sabbath. The church bells sounded sweetly in our ears, but their invitation was not for us. There was no accommodation ladder to ascend and descend from the ship and although hundreds of visitors came on board many of them females the ... seemed to me neither safe nor dec.. We heard that a clergyman would come on board for the performance of divine service but no such welcome visitor appeared; in his stead were the officials of ... Marslak > Ed.ridge setting disputed ... and bringing forward unpaid bills of lading. The day was to be in great measure one of pounds, shillings and pence. Gold and silver rattled on the table and God's holy Sabbath was in all ppearances given to Mammon, by those who were about to traverse the might deep to shout one ration of prospect of safety save in the protection of that ar.. power they ... defying. Oh, why should these things be. How is it that ... weekly if not off.. go in professing .. to the Thr.. of Gods - and there declaring his dependence on Him. his protective, and yet when embarking on a situation of danger provoke them to anger by a direct violation of His commands "Remember thou the Sabbath day to keep it holy"

[:TAB:]Monday 6th Sept: On rising I went up to the poop deck and at the top of the
companion ladder, I was accosted by a Frenchman, Francois by name with whom I had had some conversation on religious subjects on the previous days, as follows. Madame, seroit il p... je l'ai ende.. dire qu'il y a quelqu ... de mort. Je Neu ai ... was my answer but I was long to remain in ignorance. What a shocking occurrence, was .. addressed by another passenger who came up to me at the next moment. I looked surprised - have you not heard that the Head .. has hanged himself: It was indeed awfully true - the man who was a tall elderly man with an ... of countenance had it appeared come on board in rather a dejected state, the bustle the confusion of the preceding days had overpowered him, some petty thefts which had occurred for which he had been severely taken to task by the Captain at a late hour of the night had increased his perplexity and unable to bear the discomforts of his present situation, he had rushed to meet the judgements of his offended God. How differently might the day have begun to him if the Sabbath had been properly regarded instead of ... into it more business? than could have been ... performed even in one week day - we had been soothed and tranquillised by its Holy duties - and had spent its closing hours in seeking as a body His holy protection who alone cold enable us to dwell in safety during our journey across the great deep.

     The body of the wretched man was left in its position until we should reach Deal where having been inspected by persons from the shore and a verdict passed upon the ... into canvas, and lowered into the deep. The horror of this whole transaction was ... to us by the fact that the sounds of music singing up from the steerage passengers were no way interrupted by it, and the evening closed in as much apparent merriment as those which had preceded it. Deal is rather a pretty town, and near it is Walmers Castle, a seat of the Duke of Wellington. Some of the young men of the 3rd cabin had gone to shore for a f... visit my Scotch friend Mr Robertson among them and were very nearly left behind. Mr R who had bought us a beautiful nosegay from Gravesend, came into the cabin, came into the saloon with a bunch of England.... it is a stupid place said he, I could get no flowers for you but these. It was a simple attention but long were these last flowers from England cherished and they would doubtly have been just ... by my children as cherished .. had not our matter of fact steward grown weary of seeing them and thrown them when they were quite withered.

     On the following morning (Sept 7) we had last sight of land. The party was now assembled and we could judge what our society was to be. Besides our own family ten gentlemen were to be occupants of the .... saloon, they were the most of them rather prepossessing in appearance and ... ... over singularly handsome and there was nothing apparently ... trouble among them. Besides the female before alluded to - a Scotch woman of very medium appearance had a sleeping place in an adjoining cabin, but wit ... f these were to be in the cabin by day - and we had our female fellow passenger, a young simple Scotch girl. I congratulated myself on the prospect of pleasant society during our long voyage but my anticipations had in store a grievous and unlooked for disappointment. Mean time I found that however comfortable I might be in the saloon there was no chance of enjoyment on the Deck. Delightful it had even been to see without to enjoy the freshness of the sea breeze and to gaze on the majesty of ocean beautiful and sublime its ever varying aspects a something too there is in the .. of one's .. on a sea voyage different to and far more gl.... than the feeling of everyday life on shore. The entire cessation of petty calls and vexations, the rest from rhouging... the absence of daily provedencey of "the meat that perished" all this leaves the mind at rest - while the .. of the land and the friends we have left made dearer by .. sh.. ... with sweet and soothing power. Again the untried future fo the land we are about to visit is never devoid of interest even to the heart weary and heavy laden with the burden of sorrow. Hope now has some cheering whisper of the days to come. But [To be cont.] .
     Margaret Herbert Davies married William Dempster, son of Robert Osborn Dempster and Mary Ann Denman, on 1 May 1861 in Holy Trinity Church of England, Williamstown, Victoria, Australia.
     Margaret died on 25 May 1896 in Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, aged 60. Obituary: Intimation of the decease of Mrs Dempster, wife of Mr W. Dempster, of the English, Scottish. Bank, Nelson Place, Williamstown, came as a great shock on Monday to both friends of the family and our community. Flags, shutters, and other marks of mourning were at once displayed at all the business places of the town, and the deepest sympathy was manifested. The deceased lady was born at Montego Bay, Jamaica, and was the daughter of' the Rev. Thomas Davis.M.A., Church of England clergyman. Upon the death of her father, Mrs Dempster came to Australia in 1852, with her mother, grandmother, and sister who afterwards married the Hon. M. Hume Black, of Brisbane. The deceased lady came of a good old English family, be ing a grand-neice of the eminent states man George Canning, whose monument, with those of his sonLord Canning, Gov ernor General of India, and nephew Vis count Stratford de Redcliffe now stand in Westminster Abbey, the family title now being Lord Garvagh, of Garvagh. The death of her daughter, Mrs Wesley Hall, came as a severe shock to Mrs Dempster,from which it was apparent to her family that she would never fully recover. On Saturday evening last she complained of indisposition, but no ser ious symptoms appeared until early on Monday morning. Dr. Honman was then called in, and was in constant attendance until death came in the form of a peaceful sleep, shortly after mid day. Mrs Dempster's was one of those kindly natures which went about doing good by stealth, and many a poor home now grieves the removal of one who brought sunshine within the door when distress was keenest. On Wed nesday morning, in respect to a wish of the deceased lady, her mortal remains were laid at rest in the picturesque cemetery at Booroondara. The funeral procession moved from her late residence, and was met at the church gate by the Rev. Geo. F. Cross and the Rev. J. McTaggart Evans. On entering the church door the intro ductory sentences were read by the Vicar and the Rev. J. McTaggart Evans alternately, while'the procession slowly moved up the aisle of the church. After the coffin, which was covered in flowers, had been placed at the Chancel steps, the proper psalms appointed to be used at funerals were read' by the vicar and the. Rev. J. McTaggart Evans, after which the solemn lesson from I Cor. xv. 20 to the end was read by the vicar. The bearers then came forward and lifted the coffin, whilst " The Dead March from Saul" was very touchingly played by Miss Ada Browne. Mr Dempster was accompanied by his son-in-law, Mr. J. Wesley Hall, Colonel Bull and Mr H. C. Harrison, two early and well-known residents of Williamstown and close friends of the deceased lady. A long train of old family friends and local residents fol lowed the cortege to the Kew cemetery where it was met on entering by the Rev. W. G. Hindley, vicar of Kew, the Rev. G. F. Cross, vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Williamstown, and 'the Rev. J. McTaggart Evans of Middle Park, and by them preceded to the grave, where the concluding portions of the beautiful burial service were read by the three officiating clergymen reciting sentences, com mittal to the earth, and prayers alternately. The coffin was completely covered in delicate floral tributes, amongst which were noticeable one from the staff of the Melbourne head office, and another from the Williamstown branch. She was buried on 27 May 1896 in Boroondara cemetery, grave 67, Kew. The Friends of Mr. William Dempster are respectfully informed that the remains of his late wife will be interred in the Boroondara Cemetery, Kew. Her funeral will leave his residence, the E, S and A bank, Nelson place Williamstown, at, half past 1« and will pass the corner of Swanston and Victoria Street Melbourne, at 2 o'clock en route for the cemetery, tomorrow (Wednesday, the 27th ...). H Lonsdale and Son, Undertakers.