I am reposting this with some corrections to it. List of Azorean participants in an expedition to
New Holland (Australia) to look for Gold. They left S. Miguel in 28 July 1853 aboard the English boat “Water Lily”. The trip took 108 days. They arrived on the 13th November. The expedition landed in Geelong, main port of Por-Philip, a town as big as Ponta Delgada in the 19th century. Then they took a ship to Melbourn and from there they went to Fores Crick mines. The adventure was not profitable for them. The investors had a very big loss. João de Sousa Dourado, from Ponta Graça, was one of the feww who profited from. For a long period of time he received interest on the money he invested there. Jacinto António dos Reis married there and succeded in Melbourn. They were a well knownand very considered family there. Commander and ship owner was Mr. John Busk (he had his wife and little daughter on board). Crew members: - William Percey Notprued Luck - Squire Midshipman, son of an English millionaire - 2 pilots, one English, another American, a master Cook and 7 sailors Passengers were: >From Faial da Terra: - Joaquim Pereira - Francisco Pereira - João de Freitas - José de Freitas - José Raposo Cipriano - José Nogueira >From Povoação: - Manuel Carreiro >From Ponta Garça: - Jacinto Carreiro (sailor) - João de Sousa (sailor) - Francisco Estrela - José de Sousa Dourado (It appears to be the only one who did well in the expedition) >From Ribeira das Taínhas: - André - Miguel Furtado >From Ribeira Seca , Vila Franca do Campo: - Francisco de Andrade - Manuel Furtado - António Furtado - José Furtado - Manuel de Amaral >From Vila Franca do Campo: - José Furtado - António de Hilário - mestre Mariano de Sousa (nickname: batata), (today the word mestre is used to designate a man who is a knower of his art; also means a mason) - mestre José de Oliveira - António de Sales - mestre João da Estrela - João Correia >From Água d’Alto: - mestre Felício Botelho - Francisco Botelho (nickname: pataca) - Francisco Furtado >From Porto Formoso: - Manuel Bento >From Ponta Delgada: - João Gomes, mestre canteiro (mason who worked/carving the stone) - Manuel José (nickname:bispo) - mestre Manuel Dias - António de Freitas - António José de Lima - José de Lima >From Capelas: - Manuel Raposo >From S. Vicente: - Inácio de Viveiros - Nicolau da Câmara - Manuel Vicente >From Arrifes: - Bento Ferreira - José da Câmara >From S. Jorge : - Manuel de Amarante >From Lagoa: - João José Tavares - Francisco José Tavares - António José Tavares - FrancIsco Inácio Botelho Âmbar Passengers who have paid the ticket: (Because of the names, I can say some of them belonged to the whealthy/noble families of Ponta Delgada) - João Francisco Gomes, (brother of the expedition doctor) - Jose Manuel Gomes, expedition doctor - Jacinto António dos Reis - João Lourenço - Simplício Gago da Câmara - Diniz Gago da Câmara (brother of the above, partner in the investment with his brother ) - José de Arruda Botelho - Nicolau de Arruda - António Borges da Câmara Medeiros - Victorino Augusto Soares - João Jacinto Borges - Jacinto José de Lima, - J. Girard, french, interpreter - Frederico or Henrique José de Sampaio, bookeeper, clerck . 4 women were amongst the passengers but no names… Please let me know if you have any information about these people! Thanks Eliseu -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
