Fanny Shiels
| First name | Fanny |
|---|---|
| Last name | Shiels |
| Country of Origin | At Sea |
| Date of Birth | 1849 |
| Year of Arrival in Australia | 1849 |
| Submitted by | Sally Douglas |
Story
Fanny Shiels – a Scot – was born on the journey from London and Plymouth, England to Sydney, Australia in 1849 on the “Agenoria”. After 9 months the family moved on to Victoria, Australia
Lloyds Shipping Register – from Gilbert Provost, Canada
AGENORIA – 1849
Master: Captain R. Newby
Rigging: Barque; sheathed in yellow metal in 1848
Tonnage: 670 tons using old measurements and 724 tons using new measurements
Construction: 1846 in New Brunswick
Owners: Gray & Son
Port of registry: London
Port of survey: London
Voyage: sailed for Sydney
The National Library of Australia (online) – Re the Agenoria – Shipping Gazette No 271 Vol 6 of 26th May, 1849 (pages 123 to 126) “Ships in Harbour (Sydney) – Agenoria, barque, 724 tons, Newby, in the Stream; Captain, agent. Disembarking emigrants, and about to discharge…Arrivals May 25 – Agenoria, 724 tons, Captain Newby, from London 30th January and Plymouth the 7th February. Passengers…and 256 immigrants”
(pages 143 to 144) “This vessel has made a good passage of one hundred and seven days from Plymouth. She is commanded by Captain Newby. formerly of the Mary, and an old trader to this colony. …She has on board 256 immigrants (English, Irish and Scotch), of whom 97 are male and 88 female adults, 29 boys and 32 girls from one to fourteen years of age and ten infants. Seven deaths and six births occurred during the voyage. All on board are now in good health, and much credit is due to the commander,surgeon superintendant, and officers of the ship, for the remarkably clean condition in which she has arrived. On the 13th March, the Agenoria spoke (to) the barque Competitor, from Adelaide, bound for London, out seventy-five days in latitude 0.47N., longitude 21.52 W.”
Fanny Shiels was a daughter of William 7/3/1815 Markinch, Fife, Scotland and Elizabeth Shiels (nee Burrell) 26/3/1818 Abbotshall, Fife and her husband was to be Alfred Thompson 11/9/1836 St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England baptised in All Saints, Publow, Somerset, England on 23/10/1836.