Thomas William Philpott

1864 - 1911  (47 years)

• Name	Thomas William Philpott
  Born	Between Jan 1864 and Mar 1864	Isle of Wight, , England, United Kingdom   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	26 Dec 1866	Brisbane, , Queensland, Australia   [2, 3]
  	Ocean Empress
  	THE OCEAN EMPRESS. This vessel arrived in Brisbane Roads on December 26, after a very tedious passage of 123 days from Milford Haven. The extraordinary length of the passage is owing to prevalence of foul winds through a great part of the passage, but chiefly to the northward of the line. She was forty-two days in making the equator, having had to contend against head winds and heavy weather the whole of the time. She sailed from Milford on August 23, and off the Cape de Verde Islands on September 17, at noon, she fell in with a heavy gale from south to south-west, which lasted until the following evening. During the storm several sails were split, including the three topsails, fore and main courses, and the jib and spanker. The line was crossed on October 3, and shortly after she fell in with the south-east trades, which were fair but light. The meridian of the Cape of Good Hope was crossed on November 14, and thence to Kergulen's Land she had strong westerly winds, with smart gales at intervals. The east- ing was run down between the forty-sixth and forty-seventh parallels, and while on it the ship made good daily averages. She made Tasmania on December 11, and was baffled on the coast of that island until December 17, by light and contrary winds. The passage up the east coast of Australia occupied eight days, and at 6 a.m. on Christ mas Day, December 25, the ship anchored off the Yellow Patch, inside Cape Moreton. She came up to the anchorage next day.. The Ocean Empress lands on our shores 268 souls, from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ire land. Throughout the passage they were under the medical supervision of Dr. Old- meadow, who formerly visited this colony as surgeon of the Queen of the Colonies, and sub- sequently practiced in South Brisbane. He informs us that throughout the voyage the health of the passengers was very good, not withstanding the severity of the weather. Some few cases of measles occurred, but nothing of any moment. There were eight deaths and three births. The passengers, taken as a whole, seem a very respectable class of people, and both the captain and surgeon speak in the highest terms of their orderly behaviour, and obedience to discipline while on board. They are thus classed with reference to their sexes and ages:—Married—men, 38; women, 40. Single—men, 68; women, 53. Children, from one to twelve—boys, 26; girls, 21. In fants— boys, 4 ; -girls, M). Total, 270. To this number three must be added for births on the passage, and eight deducted for deaths, leaving Names of the saloon passengers: Mr. and Mrs. William Williams, and Messrs. B. Wood ward and H. Schofield. Captain McDonald and Dr. Oldmeadow have both won the good-will and respect of their passengers by their attention to the wants and comforts of all on board. Each gentleman has been presented with a laudatory address signed by all the passengers in the ship. . The passengers were brought up to town yesterday by the Kate, s., and were landed at the Queen's wharf shortly before 6 o'clock p.m. On the passage up the river a very distressing affair took place, which resulted in the drowning of Joseph Strickland, a young man, aged 21. Strickland, it seems, was slightly deranged in his intellects. He was standing at the stern of the Kate, and when she had fairly entered the river he fell overboard, according to one account, though others state that he jumped over the vessel's side before he could be prevented. The steamer was instantly stopped and backed astern, and a couple of hands jumped into the boat and pushed off to where the unfortunate young fellow was struggling in the water. When they were within two or three yards of him he suddenly disappeared and was seen no more. Search was continued until there was no chance of his being picked up alive, when the Kate continued her course. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20311163?searchTerm=%22Ocean%20Empress%22#
  Died	05 Nov 1911	St. Leonards, , New South Wales, Australia   [4]
  Buried	05 Nov 1911	New South Wales, , , Australia
  	Address: Gore Hill Cemetry
  Person ID	I576	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	John May Philpott,   b. 06 May 1839, Ramsgate, Kent, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 16 Oct 1923, Marrickville, , New South Wales, Australia  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Maria Bulstrode,   b. About 1841, Newchurch, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
  Married	11 May 1861	Isle of Wight, , England, United Kingdom   [5, 6, 7]
  Residence (Fam)	Glebe, , New South Wales, Australia   [6]
  Family ID	65837736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Immigration - Ocean Empress - 26 Dec 1866 - Brisbane, , Queensland, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Alive in 1870.

  
  

• Sources

  [S381] ENG, GRO Online Indexes, General Register Office (Reliability: 2). PHILPOTT, THOMAS WILLIAM MORRIS BULSTRODE GRO Reference: 1864 M Quarter in ISLE OF WIGHT Volume 02B Page 558 [86755852] Register of passengers on immigrant ships arriving in Queensland, (Register of passengers on immigrant ships arriving in Queensland), IMM/112; PRV8879/1/1; A1 Item ID 18474., Page 2; DR8401 (Reliability: 3). [91565751] 6 (Reliability: 3). [S158] AUS; NSW; Federation Index; CD-Rom, RMIT Publishing, (NSW Federation Index: (Births Deaths & Marriages, 1889-1918)), Birth, Death & Marriage Records (Reliability: 2). [S187] ENG; Marriages, FamilySearch, Accessed; 13 December 2020; Marriage of John May Philpott & Maria Bulstrode (Reliability: 2). First name(s) John May Last name Philpott Name note - Marriage year 1861 Marriage date 1861 Marriage place Newchurch Father's first name(s) John May Father's last name Philpott Spouse's first name(s) Maria Spouse's last name Bulstrode Spouse's age 20 Spouse's birth year 1841 Spouse's birth date 1841 Spouse's father's first name(s) Thomas Spouse's father's last name Bulstrode Residence Newchurch, Hampshire, England County Hampshire Country England Record set England Marriages 1538-1973 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Parish Marriages Collections from England, Great Britain [53897094] NSW; Births; Henry Edwin Philpott, NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, (NSW Birth registration), 1872/3522., 3522 (Reliability: 3). [23506663] NSW; Death; John May Philpott, NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, (NSW Death registration), 1923/17798., 17798 (Reliability: 3).