John Creighton

   Another name for John was Alternate Spelling Craiton.

  General Notes:

Immigration

Per Mermaid (of the White Star Line), sailed from Liverpool to Melbou rn in 87 days ..... 12 weeks and 3 days .... Did this mean they came by t he faster, but colder and more dangerous sub-forties route??

A clipper ship built in 1853, John McDonald, St John's, Nova Scotia. Dimen sions 188'0"x34'3"x22'5" and tonnage 1321/1233 tons. [1106 GRT, 1077 NRT a nd 1032 tons under deck] Partly fastened with iron bolts and classed sev en years A1 at Lloyd's Register

1853
Launched at the shipyard of John McDonald, St John's, Nova Scotia for Jo hn & Arthur McDonald, St John's.

1854
Sold to Pilkington & Wilson, Liverpool, and was put on the White Star Line 's Australia trade. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 6024 and sign al JMCP.

1856
Voyage Liverpool to Melbourne 87 days ..... left Melbourne again in Mar ch 1856 for Liverpool .... therefore the ship must have left Liverpo ol in late November or early December of 1855. Captain was Edward Deve y. At least one other native of Gosforth travelled with John & his fami ly ... William Wainwright born abt 1835 who probably travelled with his fa mily given his age.

So the Creighton's travelled on a very modern, up to date, (and presumabl y) comfortable ship. This is consistent with them being unassisted immi grants.

Claire Hughes, May 2006 from www.Bruzelius.info/Nautica/ships/Clippers/Mer maid(1853).html
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration: Arrived on Barque Mermaid after 87 Days from Liverpool to Melbourne, 28 Feb 1856.

• Emigration: Left Liverpool, England on The Mermaid as Unassisted Immigrant to Victoria (4 children), 3 Dec 1855. arrived in Melbourne 28th Feb 1856

• source. & John & Heather Gilbert

• connection. Tony Saunders is researching the people of the Tungamah district in Victoria and who contacted me regarding Arthur Creighton (1891) who is linked to Robert in the following way:

Arthur Creighton (1891)
His father was Timothy Creighton (1859)
His father was John Creighton (1821) & he also had Hannah Creighton (1852) who married William Whitehouse (1844)
They had Ellen Whitehouse (1878) who married John Payne (1877)
His father was George Payne (1850)
His father was George Payne (1822) who married Zillah Aldous (1837)
Her father is Thomas Aldous (1798)
His father is John Aldous (1759)
His father is Richard Aldous (c1731)
His father is Richard Aldous (1705)
His father is William Aldous (1645)
His father is William Aldous (1610)
His father is Stephen the Third Aldous & he also had Stephen the Second Aldous (1607)
His had Stephen Aldous (1636)
His had John Aldous (1681)
He had William Aldous (1710)
He had William Aldous (1745)
He had Zephania Aldous (1778)
He had Amelia Aldous (1818) who married James Peck
They had Charlotte Peck (1843) who married
She had Annie Florence Dawes (1873) who married Arthur Augustus Bray
They had Albert Alan Bray (1896)
He had Robert Alfred Bray (1920)
He had Robert Arthur (1947) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

John married Hannah Singleton, daughter of William Singleton and Anne Holm, in 1846 in Muncaster, Cumberland England. (Hannah Singleton was born in 1822 in Muncaster, Cumberland England and died on 3 Apr 1896 in Bundora, Epping, Victoria Australia.)

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