Where are you? I found a certificate of birth for my great grandfather whose place of birth was 2940 Hereford 1873, Kubootory and my great grandmother whose place of birth was 2738 Hereford - I tried googling but got nowhere with it in India. I'm wondering whether this was really the boat they arrived in or whether it is where they came from in India.
In 1882 the Hereford was purchased by the Nourse Line. In 1883 she made a voyage to Townsville, Australia from Plymouth, England, in 101 days, with 451 passengers, including 1 Fare paying, 113 Assisted and 337 Free. She left Townsville for Calcutta from where she picked up Indian indentured labourers for Guyana and brought sugar back to England.[1]
The Hereford made three voyages to Trinidad carrying Indian indentured labourers. On the first voyage she arrived in on 31 October 1888 carrying 601 passengers. There were 13 deaths during the voyage. She then arrived on 5 February 1890 with 598 passengers (6 deaths) and later on 27 December 1894 with 565 passengers (37 deaths). [2]
The Hereford was used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to Suriname as well, making four voyages on 17 May 1891, 19 April 1893, 11 November 1895 and 17 December 1896. She was also involved in the repatriation of labourers from St Lucia back to India in 1890. [3]
She made three voyages to Fiji, the first on 24 April 1888 carrying 539 Indian indentured labourers, the second on 15 June 1892 carrying 479 labourers and the third on 28 June 1894 carrying 511 labourers.
The Hereford was sold to Norwegian owners in 1898[4] and in April 1907 was wrecked at Hatteras on route from Pensacola to Buenos Aires.[edit] See also
- [li]Indian Indenture Ships to Fiji[/li]
[li]Indians in Fiji[/li]
[li]Indian indenture system[/li]
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