> The definitive facts as I have them are as follows:- > a.. Sarah Catherine Coppard was born on in September 1847 at 28 > Chapel Street, Worthing. > b.. Her parents were George Coppard, a tailor and Eliza Coppard, a > laundress. > c.. At the time of the 1861 census she was 13 and living at 33 > Chapel Street, Worthing. > d.. By 1872 she was married to Joseph Seth Lander, and gave birth to > her first child, Anna Rhoda Lander in April of that year. > Accepting that the American Civil War ended in 1865, Sarah would have > been 18 or 19 at the time, so chronologically the story is possible. > She certainly didn't emigrate as such as by 1871 she was probably back > in Worthing starting her family. We have reason to believe that in > later life, her widowed mother, Eliza, either went or returned to the > USA in 1877. We have always assumed that if Sarah went to America in > the early 1860s she wouldn't have travelled by herself. So we need to > put her on a ship...... > > As I'm totally new to passenger lists, I have little or no idea what > my next move might be. Sometime ago we tentatively tried the Port of > New York authority, but with little knowledge and no expertise soon > gave up on that avenue. Coming from a religious background we also > pursued church, chapel and missionary possibilities, but with no > success. The thought had also occurred to me that living in Worthing > her most likely port of embarkation would have been London - or is > that naive? <snipped>
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