State Archives have now digitized their official assisted passenger lists. Using the index you can then search for different family members and the ships that they arrived on when emigrating to South Australia. The alphabetical index is available from 1845 to 1886. Using the index you can then download and search the shipping records for... Continue Reading →

In July 1889 Mary Jane Loades contested the will of her late husband in the South Australian Supreme Court. She was not successful. The will was upheld. Newspaper report of will being contested. Mary Jane Loades was the second wife of Edward Waller Loades. They were married at Trinity Church North Terrace in 1871.At the... Continue Reading →

Clerkenwell Workhouse 1880 Harriet Loades died a pauper’s death. She died on the 26th June, 1854 aged 59. Her death certificate tells us that she died from liver disease and paralysis while a resident of the Coppice Row Workhouse, Clerkenwell. At the time of her death she was a widow. The cause of her death... Continue Reading →

On the 26th of January 1896 Lesley Howard LOADES drowned in the River Torrens while playing with his younger brother Edward Waller LOADES. The verdict from the inquest at the time was that it was an accidental drowning (South Australian Police Gazette). Lesley Howard was born on the 12th February 1880 the eldest boy to... Continue Reading →

When the Caroline weighed anchor in January 1855, everyone including the Loades family rejoiced that they were sailing. It was the practice of the day to have the emigrants board first. Where they then sat for two to three days on the docks waiting for the ship to be loaded. The Caroline was a British government emigrant ship. Her... Continue Reading →

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