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Parmelia Outcomes
An attempt to group passengers of the Parmelia (arrived June 1829) with regard to whether they
1. were 'successful' in making some kind of go it in the Colony
2. left asap
3. died well before their three-score-and-ten years
4. left no trace
Stayed
Captain James Stirling, RN (Lieutenant-Governor) Mrs Ellen Stirling & Andrew; dep. 1838
George Eliot, relative of Stirling's, junior clerk
Peter Broun (Colonial Secretary) aka Brown while in the colony and Mrs Caroline Broun with MacBride & Ann Broun; 1797-1846 d. Frem.
John Septimus Roe (Surveyor-General) & Mrs Matilda Roe; 1797-1878, d. Perth
Henry C. Sutherland (assistant surveyor) and Mrs Ann Sutherland; b. 1804, he d. Perth 1855
James Drummond (agriculturist), Mrs Sarah Drummond and Thomas (18), Jane (16), James (15), John (13), Johnson (9) and Euphemia (3); b. 1784, he d. Toodyay 1863
Elizabeth Gamble (Drummond's servant); still here 1841
Left
George Mangles, Ellen's cousin, Director of Stock; ret. Engl. 1832
Thomas Blakey & Mrs Sarah Blakey (Stirling's servants); he transp. VDL 1838; she dep. 1837
John Kelly and Mrs Elizabeth Kelly (also Stirling's servants); may have left 1832
Richard Evans, Margaret McLeod, Mary Ann Smith (Broun's servants); Evans d. 1830; McLeod ret. Eng. 1832
William Shilton (clerk to the Colonial Secretary) aka Sheldon; dep. Eng. 1835
Commander Mark J. Currie RN (Harbour Master) with Mrs Jane Currie, his wife, an artist; dep. Eng. 1832
Frederick Ludlow & Mrs Mildred Kitts Ludlow, Jane Fruin (Currie's servants); Fruin dep. Eng. 1832 with Curries
James C. Smith (boatbuilder) and Mrs Sarah Smith; ret. Eng. 1832
Died
William Stirling, James's cousin, his PS; d. 1831
Charles Simmons (colonial surgeon, died 1831)
Tully Davy (assistant surgeon to the 63rd regiment) - drowned in Cape Town; Mrs Jane Davy and Jessie Jane (8), Joseph T. (6), Henry John (4), Edward N. (2) and Eliza Rose (2 months); no record of this family in the colony
Unknown
Charles D. Wright (Roe's servant)
../people/sutherlandhenry.htmlJames Elliott, Patrick Murphy (Daly's servants)
Alexander Fendam (cooper) and Mrs Mary Fandam
William Hokin (artificer/bricklayer), Mrs Mary Hokin and John (14), William (12), Mary (10), Thomas (8), David (6), and Charles (2)
Thomas Davis (smith), Mrs Catherine Davis and John (3), Charlotte (2)
References and Links
Berryman, Ian 1979 ed., A Colony Detailed: The First Census of Western Australia 1832, Creative Research, Perth.
See the Family History WA page for 1829 ship arrivals.
Wikipedia page
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 9 September, 2023 and hosted at freotopia.org/ships/parmeliaanalysis.html (it was last updated on 9 September, 2023), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.