Ship's Name | "Great Britain" |
Master's Names | John Gray |
Tons per Register | 3800? |
Superficial Feet | 9569 |
Number of Passengers | 620 |
Where Bound | Melbourne |
Date of Sailing | 16 February 1857 |
Names of Passengers | Age | Profession, Occupation, or Calling of Passengers |
Arthur Calvert | 23 | Clothier |
Margaret Calvert | 20 | Wife |
Charles Cookram? | 20 | Clothier |
It would appear from the record that these three were travelling together.
Charles Cookram is probably the Charles Cockerham who appears in the 1851 Census living at 39 Newcastle Place Leeds.
He was baptised Charles Cockram 22 May 1836 at Sandal Magna, Yorkshire.
He is mentioned in a number of Australian records as Charles Cockerham.
Source: Public Record Office Victoria, Australila;
VPRS 7666; Series Title: Unassisted Inward Overseas Passenger Lists
[Microfiche Copy of VPRS 947]
Source: Ancestry.com. Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted
Passenger Lists, 1839-1923