tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852951230627756964.post4521785142944137773..comments2023-08-29T22:02:14.566+10:00Comments on Family Connections: S S SomersetshireUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852951230627756964.post-32408615000576727122021-11-03T21:55:45.528+11:002021-11-03T21:55:45.528+11:00Thanks John. My great great grandmother Elisa died...Thanks John. My great great grandmother Elisa died on this ship of natural causes in March 1870 when returning to Australia from visiting her UK family. She was buried at sea. At the time she was accompanied only by her three children, including my great grandmother, then aged 11 (the others were 13 and 14). Just imagine what that would have been like. To add insult to injury, shortly after the children were returned to their father in Melbourne, he left them with another family and went off and started another life and family under a new name. Thank goodness that other family turned out to be splendid parents to my relatives. <br />Thanks for your research. Liz D. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852951230627756964.post-79696013437171222902021-09-15T09:42:18.317+10:002021-09-15T09:42:18.317+10:00Thank you for this information, JohnThank you for this information, JohnVicki's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12961247452188983147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852951230627756964.post-27050337517684521272021-09-15T04:38:07.865+10:002021-09-15T04:38:07.865+10:00Your website is very interesting. My great uncle T...Your website is very interesting. My great uncle Tomaso Marchesi aged 21, from Poschiavo, Canton Grigioni, Switzerland, sailed to Australia during the Victorian Gold Rush on SS Somersetshire, departing from Gravesend on 21 Dec 1872 with 189 adults and 40 children on board. Captain J S Attwood was the master. The ship called at Plymouth on 27 Dec 1872 and an additional 62 adults, and 6 children embarked. The voyage from Gravesend was estimated at 90 days and the ship arrived at Melbourne on 21 March 1873. Several companions from the same mountain village accompanied him, all described as miners. Three of his brothers went to Australia at different times, but only one stayed, and his descendants are there today. My website - http://poschiavo.marchesifamily.co.uk/ has the story. John Marchesihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11615734386520265455noreply@blogger.com