Voyage to Adelaide in 1870

Voyage to Adelaide in 1870
Under command of	Captain John Bruce
Departure port	London
Departure date	24th May 1870
Arrival port	Semaphore
Arrival date	18th August 1870
Voyage duration	86 days
Port of Call
Port of call	Dartmouth
Arrival
Departure

On 24th May 1870 the City of Adelaide departed London before calling at Dartmouth on the way to South Australia for the seventh time. The master was Captain Alexander Bruce.

Among the passengers on board were Mr. John D. Mayer and his wife (formerly Miss Eugenie Boileau). Mr. Mayer was the heir to the Italian title of Count Rossi, and his wife was a descendant of Prince Boilaeu of France. Mr Mayer ascended to the title of Count Rossi in 1896.

Both Mr and Mrs Mayer were musically gifted. Mrs Mayer had performed at the first Handel Festival held at the Crystal Palace in London in 1857, while Mr Mayer had been a boy soprano in St Paul's Cathedral in London.

Mr Mayer was a school teacher and later at various mid-north and York Peninsula schools and a lay preacher. He is also credited with the invention of a specialist needle threader, which he no doubt invented to assist his wife who was gifted in the ancient handicraft of tatting.

Passenger List

The following is a list of passengers on the voyage that arrived in Port Adelaide on 18th August 1870 after a 86 day passage.

No.	Name on Passenger List	GEDCOM Name	Cabin Class	Birth Date	Age	Comment
1	Carey, Miss	Carey,	First Class (Saloon)
2	Dack, Mrs.	Dack,	First Class (Saloon)
3	Ellis, Mr.	Ellis,	First Class (Saloon)
4	Smith, Miss Marian	Smith, Marian	First Class (Saloon)
5	Smith, Miss	Smith, Ellen Priscilla	First Class (Saloon)	Abt 1835
6	Goyder, Miss E.	Goyder, Florence	First Class (Saloon)	Abt 1854
7	Goyder, Master Geo.	Goyder, George	First Class (Saloon)	Abt 1855
8	Goyder, Miss Gertrude	Goyder, Gertrude	First Class (Saloon)	Abt 1856
9	Goyder, Miss M.	Goyder, Mary	First Class (Saloon)	Abt 1858
10	Goyder, Miss J.	Goyder, Isabella	First Class (Saloon)	Abt 1859
11	Goyder, Master David	Goyder, David	First Class (Saloon)	Abt 1862
12	Goyder, Master Alex.	Goyder, Alex.	First Class (Saloon)	Abt 1864
13	Goyder, Master Frank	Goyder, Frank	First Class (Saloon)	Abt 1865
14	Goyder, Master Norman	Goyder, Norman	First Class (Saloon)	Abt 1867
15	Hare, Mr.	Hare,	First Class (Saloon)
16	Hunt, Miss	Hunt,	First Class (Saloon)
17	Lipscombe, Miss	Lipscombe,	First Class (Saloon)
18	Mayer, Eugene Catherine	Mayer, Eugene Catherine	First Class (Saloon)	23 Feb 1845
19	Mayer, Mr. John David	Mayer, John David	First Class (Saloon)	30 Dec 1846
20	Creber, Mrs.	Creber,	Second Class Cabins
21	Creber, Child	Creber,	Second Class Cabins
22	Judell, Mr.	Judell,	Second Class Cabins
23	Lyons, Mr.	Lyons,	Second Class Cabins
24	Lyons, Mrs.	Lyons,	Second Class Cabins
25	Lyons, Child	Lyons,	Second Class Cabins
26	Lyons, Child	Lyons,	Second Class Cabins
27	Peck, Mrs.	Peck,	Second Class Cabins
28	Peck, Child	Peck,	Second Class Cabins
29	Peck, Child	Peck,	Second Class Cabins
30	Pick, Miss	Pick,	Second Class Cabins
31	Pitcher, Mrs.	Pitcher,	Second Class Cabins
32	Pitcher, Child	Pitcher,	Second Class Cabins
33	Smith, Emma	Smith, Emma	Second Class Cabins

Crew List

The following is a list of the crew on the voyage.

#	Name	Position	Wage	Last ship	Date joined	Place joined	Date Left	Place Left	Reason left	Age	Comment
1	Bruce, John	Master								30	Assumed on crew, no list held
2	Robins, Edwd Joseph	1st Mate								50	Assumed on crew, no list held
3	McIntosh, William	Carpenter								29	Assumed on crew, no list held
4	Brown, William	Sailmaker								55	Assumed on crew, no list held
5	Brinsmead, Horace G	Apprentice		Indentured	14 November 1869	London	Remains			17	Assumed on crew, no list held