(These links all open in a new window) Have a go at making this pop up galleon "We can have free passage": activities from an Australia Digital Classroom "Migration to Australia in the 1800s" more digital classroom activites from the State Library of New South Wales...
People
A community would not be a community without it’s people of course and here you can read of some of those who have lived in Chrishall over the years. Click on a photograph or article title to read more.
Corby Family
The Chrishall Archive Group receives correspondence from time to time from the descendants of people who emigrated from Chrishall and last year David Corby in Australia emailed with information about his family history. His great-grandfather, William Corby was born in...
Exodus – the Ships
These are the ships that we know took Chrishall people on their way to their new life in Australia. A 'Bark' or 'Barque' was a ship with at least three masts. ConstantThe Constant was a 535 tonne Bark built in Durham in 1843, initially as a convict ship. She made four...
The Woods Family
The Woods family information is a little scattered but I hope by recording what we have here we might be able to pull it together. There is no doubt about their religion however. The first report I have is from an article written by Margaret Richardson and published...
The Button Family
On Thursday 21st May 1857, Betsey Button and her family boarded The Talbot, a ship that would take them from England to Victoria Australia where they were to make a new life. They arrived in Victoria on Tuesday 25th August 1857[1] with 366 other immigrants to the...
Exodus – Pig stealing, missing brothers and other random facts
While researching Exodus there were a few facts that seemed too interesting to pass over but we haven't found any more details yet. If you have further information on the following please let us know! Ancestry connections show William Harvey and son were sent to...
Mary Ann Wright, Primitive Methodist
The following article appeared in the Spectator and Methodist Chronicle on Wednesday 5 September 1917. "A Methodist Nonagenarian Readers of the "Spectator" will be interested in this photograph of a nonagenarian - a Methodist - Mrs Mary Ann Wright, who was born in the...
James and Sarah Kemp
(Written by Kathy and Mal Kemp of Australia) James Kemp and Sarah Wisbey married on the 20th November, 1847 in Chrishall, England. On 9th January 1851 James (aged 23) and Sarah with their one year old son William, left Plymouth on the ship Wanderer, arriving in South...
Exodus Interactive map
Click on the blue place markers below to find out who lived there. NB: These are general markers to give you a visual impression and are not related to specific addresses. Do zoom in to these maps as several places are quite close and therefore their blue markers are...
Exodus
Welcome to Exodus! - an online exhibition of articles and activities exploring the Chrishall villagers who left the village for Australia in the mid to late 1800s. CAG (Chrishall Archive Group) are very grateful to ALL the people who have contributed to these articles...
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