Kindly transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
Return to SA Passenger Lists,1847-1886

(barque) Macedon, 338/429 tons, Captain Taylor, from London / Plymouth 15th September 1852, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 9th January 1853

South Australian Register Tuesday 11 January 1853

January 9th, 1853:-The Macedon: Passengers; Master Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Baylin and child in the cabin, and Mr. and Mrs. Whitebread and child in the intermediate; and 212 Government Emigrants in the steerage.—1st ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1853 ; nine births and seventeen deaths on the passage, —?—, surgeon-superintendent.

South Australian Register Thursday 13 January 1853: List of the Emigrants by the Macedon.....Among the emigrants 8 adults and 8 children died during the passage; and 1 child namely the son of Mr.Reylin, cabin passenger. Eight (8) births have also occurred since leaving England namely, 5 males and 3 females among the emigrants; and one male child, a son of Mrs.Rayline, one of the cabin passengers.

Sydney Shipping Gazette: There has been much fever, some diarrhoea and dysentery among the passengers of the Macedon; and the result has been 16 deaths, 8 of which were adults:—South Australian Register Jan. 7th.

note: where maiden name of wife is indicated, it has been included in the given name column within ( ) ; the passenger list comprises three sections arranged alphabetically, i families, ii single men, iii single women & children ; transcriber notes in italics; there are discrepancies in the numbers of births and deaths, from various sources . . also name variations eg. cabin passenger name spelled . .Baylin . .Reylin . .Rayline

Sources: State Library South Australia, official passenger lists, mainly of immigrants arriving in South Australia under United Kingdom assisted passage schemes, 1847-1886 GRG 35/48a (formely ACC 313); Sydney Shipping Gazette; South Australian Register; The South Australian Government Gazette; Biographical index SA 1836-1885 (the B-index column indicates individuals who may be found in that index, with corresponding reference number for further research)

TheShipsList | SA Passenger Lists

TheShipsList®™ - (Swiggum) All Rights Reserved - Copyright © 1997-2013
These pages may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any fashion without written consent of .
Last updated: March 28, 2006 and maintained by and M. Kohli