 Abt 1834 - 1902 ?
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| Name |
James MCKIM |
| Birth |
Abt 1834 |
Co. Tyrone, Ireland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1902 ? |
| Person ID |
I59 |
Mills/Rushton Family History |
| Last Modified |
27 Nov 2013 |
| Family |
Elizabeth HALL, b. Abt 1835, Co. Tyrone, Ireland d. 1897 (Age ~ 62 years) |
| Marriage |
26 Apr 1855 |
Clonfeacle, Co. Tyrone, Ireland |
- Name: James Mc Kim
Spouse's Name: Eliza Hall
Event Date: 26 Apr 1855
Event Place: Clonfeacle, Tyr, Ire.
Father's Name: James Mc Kim
Spouse's Father's Name: John Hall
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M70212-5
System Origin: Ireland-VR
GS Film number: 101366
Reference ID: 2:3Q847PJ
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| Emigration |
18 May 1878 |
East India Docks, London |
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Advert in the "London Standard" of 2nd May 1878 for the sailing of the Clipper Ship "Smyrna" to Sydney on the 18th May
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| Immigration |
19 Aug 1878 |
On the Clipper "Smyrna"
James recorded as a Farmer
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Arrival in Australia of McKinn (McKimm) family from Ireland.
Name SMYRNA
Construction IRON with 2 decks
Date 1876
Official Number 70457
Launched in July 1876
Poop 48' long and Forecastle 42' Long
Information from Ships' Register:
Port No. 15 in 1876; Sailing Ship
2 decks, 3 masts, rigged as a ship, round stern, clench build, no gallery, billet head, iron framework.
Length from fore part of stern to aft side of head of sternpost 232' and 3 tenths.
Main breadth to outside of planking or plating 38' 0.5 tenths.
Depth in hold from tonnage deck to ceiling amidships 22' 2.5 tenths.
Tonnage under tonnage deck: 1185.22 ton
Forecastle: 56.63 ton
Poop: 107.92 ton
Roundhouse: 22.37 ton
TOTAL: 1372.14 ton
Deduction for crew spaces: 67.54 ton
REGISTER TONNAGE: 1304.60 ton
WRECKED NEEDLES, ISLE OF WIGHT, 28 APRIL 1888:
SMYRNA was run into by the steamer MOTO on 28 April 1888, during a thick fog off the Isle of Wight, when outward bound to Sydney and sank with Captain Taylor and 11 crew. 17 survivors were rescued by the steamship MOTO and landed at Southampton.
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Smyrna shipping list - last page - Recapitulation
Having confirmed that James and Eliza had a daughter Elizabeth born in Ireland in 1867 and that she doesn't appear in the ships list, I first assumed that she died during the voyage but saw on looking at other pages, that all those who embarked were named and noted if they died. |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary Jane MCKIMM, b. Abt 1860, Co. Tyrone, Ireland |
| + | 2. James Robert MCKIMM, b. Abt 1862, Co. Tyrone, Ireland d. 31 Jan 1936, Concord West (Age ~ 74 years) |
| + | 3. John J MCKIMM, b. Abt 1864, Co. Tyrone, Ireland d. 1932 (Age ~ 68 years) |
| | 4. Elizabeth MCKIM, b. 7 Sep 1867, Clogher, Tyrone, Ireland d. Bef 1878, Ireland ? (Age 10 years) |
| + | 5. Thomas Johnston MCKIM, b. 30 Nov 1870, Clogher, Co. Tyrone, Ireland d. 1957 (Age 86 years) |
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| Family ID |
F19 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Nov 2013 |
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