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Temperley

Posted 14 Jan 04 by Scott Andrew Bird. Filed in Shipping and Immigration.

British Colonial Steamship Company Limited/Temperley Line/Temperley-Ross Line

Officially named the British Colonial Steamship Company, Limited, the line became better known as the Temperley Line. The company started operations between London - Quebec - Montreal in June, 1864 and from 1871 westbound passengers were also embarked at Plymouth but most of their business was in the cattle trade.

After 1868 the name British Colonial Steamship Company was dropped, principally because Ontario and Quebec combined with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in 1867 to form the Dominion of Canada. No other name for the company was substituted for several years, enquiries being to the brokers - Temperley, Carter & Darke. In 1872 the name Temperley Line appeared in advertisements and the company was thenceforward known by that name.

From 1879 joint sailings with the King Line (Wm Ross & Co) commenced and lasted until 1893 when Temperley withdrew from ship owning, mostly due to intense competition from the Allan Line. Ross Line transferred most of their ships to the New Orleans service.

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Welcome.

Welcome to the Family Tree of noted Australian writer and photographer Scott Andrew Bird. Here you'll find a number of fascinating aspects to this ever-growing database, including :

• the tree itself (currently produced using Reunion and The Next Generation)
• Scott Andrew Bird's Ahnentafel (the first 20 generations, anyway)
• links to various genealogy articles by this site's authors
• an index of surnames found in the abovementioned tree, and their origins
• overviews of the key locations lived in by the families in this tree
• overviews of the key occupations held by people in this tree
• photographs of many family members

Additionally, there are a great many certificates, grave photos and other source material which is freely available to other people researching the same family lines. Send me an email or leave a comment on this site.

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