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Ann

Ann Report 5 Jun 2012 18:06

Hi

Looking for passenger list for November 1959 for ship "Orion" which sailed from England to Austrailia

Passenger Ada Wigglesworth possibly travelling with Arthur Wigglesworth her husband

Many thanks

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 5 Jun 2012 18:19

This isn't the Orion but thought I'd post anyway.

Passenger lists leaving UK 1890-1960

Name: Ada WIGGLESWORTH
Date of departure: 17 September 1959
Port of departure: London
Destination port: Sydney
Destination country: Australia

Date of Birth: 28 October 1908
Age: 51 (calculated from DOB)
Marital Status: Married
Sex: Female
Occupation: Shop Asst
Notes:
Passenger recorded on: Page 30 of 33
Ship: IBERIA
Official Number:
Master's name: ?
Steamship Line:
Where bound: Sydney, Australia
Square feet:
Registered tonnage:
Passengers on voyage:

Transcription © brightsolid online publishing ltd

Her last address was 64 Church Street, Westhoughton.

No mention of Arthur but she was travelling with a John Wharton of the same address. He was an electrician born 13 Oct 1895.

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 5 Jun 2012 18:24

Hi Ann - I've just edited the post to show further info.

I can't see an outgoing record for an Arthur Wigglesworth anywhere around that time.

I have found that couple who travelled living together in 1963.

Ann

Ann Report 5 Jun 2012 18:26

Thank you the name Wharton appears to be a connection with my family

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 5 Jun 2012 18:30

If you want to tell us more about Ada and Arthur and what you're trying to find then we'll see if we can help.

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 5 Jun 2012 18:32

Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 about Ada Wigglesworth
Name: Ada Wigglesworth
Gender: Female
Electoral Year: 1963
State: New South Wales
District: Kingsford-Smith
Subdistrict: Kogarah

Canteen Assistant. Living 3/7 Park Street Carlton with John Wharton, no occupation.

** Same situation in 1968

Ann

Ann Report 5 Jun 2012 18:42

Ada married John Wharton in Sydney in 1973

Ann

Ann Report 5 Jun 2012 18:50

Ada Wharton (1973) Wigglesworth died in Sydney in 1990
Ada born Thornley
1st Marriage = Frank Walker died 1942
2nd Marriage = Arthur Wigglesworth ?
3rd Marriage = John Wharton married 1973

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 5 Jun 2012 18:50

Sorry Ann, should that be 1973?

So what happened to Arthur?

Ann

Ann Report 5 Jun 2012 18:52

Dont know looks like he may have stayed in Westhoughton, Lancashire

She probably wasn't divorced from him when she went to Australia as her status on the passenger list say's married

May be Ada and John waited to get married until Arthur had died this is something I will now have to research

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 5 Jun 2012 19:01

When was your Arthur born?

Just wondering about this:

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2006
Name: Arthur Wigglesworth
Birth Date: 4 Jun 1898
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1972
Age at Death: 74
Registration district: Wharfedale
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 2d
Page: 1697

Might 1973 be significant if Ada was waiting to be free to marry?

Ann

Ann Report 5 Jun 2012 19:24

Not sure I would have thought that Arthur would have died in either Westhoughton or Bolton area of lancashire

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 5 Jun 2012 19:31

Do you know anything at all about Arthur (birth details?)

Ann

Ann Report 5 Jun 2012 19:35

Sorry don't no anything about him I don't remember him as I wasn't born till 1956 and Ada my grandmother had already gone to Australia and only saw her about 4 times between 1959 and 1990.

Arthur s birth would have been registered in Bolton, Lancashire but lived in Westhoughton

The only Birth I can find at the moment is on Free BMD
is June 1912 Bolton 8c 780 Mothers maiden name : Prescott