Two Ship Study – Torilla and Roscommon (Updated 21 December 2024)

Project:

Analysis of passengers on the ships my parents arrived on in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in the early 1910s to establish if there were any links between the families on board prior to them departing England and after their arrival in Australia mainly on assisted passages. The aim of the research is to try and establish whether any passengers knew each other before their departure from London or arriving in Queensland.

Project Background:

I have now been researching my ancestors since 2010 and studying genealogy at the National Institute for Genealogical Studies since 2015 completing over 150 subjects and graduating nine times. I commenced the studies in an attempt to gain knowledge that would assist me in validating the results of my research on ancestors which has reached back to the early 900s.

It was a direct result of my studies and that they were reaching a point where I had run out of subjects of interest to me that I looked at how I could fill my retirement hours and gain more understanding of my parents and grandparents lives and why they decided to come to Australia.

From my research on ancestors I had found that my father departed London on the Torilla on 16 August 1911 arriving in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 10 October 1911 and my mother departed London on the Roscommon on 2 August 1912 arriving in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on the 27 September 1912. Both were young children in the company of their parents.

Progress to date:

I commenced looking at the project recently finding both departure and arrival passenger lists on Findmypast and Queensland Government Housing and Public Works website. I downloaded both lists with the departure list providing information including the following:

First Name, Last Name, Gender, Age, Birth Year, Occupation, Departure Year, Departure Day, Departure Month , Departure Port, Destination Port, Country, Destination Country, Ship Name, Ship Official Number, Name of Ship’s Master and details on size of ship and number of passengers.

The arrival list enables me to check for any passengers listed as departing for Brisbane and not arriving and passengers arriving who may have joined the ship during the journey. Both passenger lists have been downloaded.

During my research on passenger lists I found that I could download data covering departures and arrivals for any ships from earlier periods in time allowing me to progress the project coverage to conduct research into people with the same family surnames that may have arrived in Australia in years prior to the arrival of my parents.

It was evident from my early research on the departure and arrival lists that there were some variations in the names listed. I contacted Queensland Archives to see if they could explain these variations and while doing this I found copies of the Ship Manifests for each ship. These records are seen as the only accurate record of passengers and included details on several deaths during the passage.

Planned Research:

My initial research plan was to:

1. 1. Attempt to identify where the arriving passengers lived and whether they may have known the families of my parents;

1. 1. Where did the arriving passengers live in Queensland? Did they stay in Brisbane or move to other areas of Australia;

1. 1. What were the conditions under the assisted passage and were any organizations or persons already living in Australia involved in my families gaining such passage.

Obviously, there will be twists and turns in the research depending on what information is found before I move to the extension of my research to consider families with the same surnames who arrived in years prior to my parents.

Data Collection:

The initial step in the collection of data was to establish a list of passengers both departing on the two ships from London and arriving in Australia. Using both data sets would enable identification of new passengers who may have joined the ships during the passage from London and any who may have changed their destination port. It would also identify any events onboard the ships such as births or deaths during the passage.

My search for the passenger departure lists commenced with the guide on looking for records of passengers at The National Archives. This explained what I needed to know before I started my searches. Fortunately I knew the name and year of birth of my family related passengers, the ships they came to Australia on and their port of arrival. Fortunately, online records were available for outgoing passengers covering the period 1890 to 1960.  (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/passengers/).

A link in the guide took me to a search page on FindMyPast where I was able to search on the ship names and year of departure finding 321 passengers heading for Brisbane on the Roscommon in 1911 and 1,358 on the Torilla in 1911. (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/passenger-lists-leaving-uk-1890-1960)

For the arrival lists of passengers I searched Queensland Archives finding a page on Immigration which took me to passenger lists for Assisted Immigration 1848-1912. This database had departure and arrival dates and ports, surgeons and masters on board and types of passage.  It included links to scans of the register. (https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/heritage/archives/collection/immigration)

These lists revealed only 285 (105 family groups) passengers arriving on the Roscommon and 1,578 on the Torilla. The arrival data on the Torilla suggests that the departure details did not accurately indicate the destination port for the passengers.

After locating the manifests for each ship I was able to establish an accurate listing of the passengers and details such as names, gender, age or date of birth, occupation and county location in the United Kingdom or other country of origin, destination port in Queensland as well as their passage ticket type.

Ancestry Trees:

Using the ship manifest passenger lists I established two trees on Ancestry, the Roscommon and Tortilla including the known details from the passenger lists. My aim was to try and build these trees tracing passenger’s ancestors back several generations and forward to current generations.

My initial focus with these trees was to find information on where they had last lived prior to departure for Australia and where they lived after arriving in Queensland. However, I had hoped that tree hints would assist me to quickly track accurately the development of the life of the passengers after arriving in Queensland as well as their ancestry in the Northern hemisphere.

Early Issues:

The dominant early issue with the lists of passengers was establishing the correct spelling for the surnames and sorting out some family groupings with the same surnames. Fortunately most of these were relatively easy to resolve especially after locating the copies of the ship manifests. Another issue was related to passengers with common surnames was encountered in my attempts to identify details on their dates and places of birth, where they last lived prior to departure and after arrival in Queensland.

For a handful of passengers I have found it very difficult to clearly identify clearly who they were or where they went. These include two young children with surname either Baher or Baker who came to Queensland in the care of a matron but no other details on why they were taking the voyage or who their parents were. Another group of young people listed as being Church Army members also caused some difficulties in my early research.

One surprise in the early stages of research was encountering Scottish families on the Roscommon with the surname Rae. The Rae surname was found in my own family tree linked to my maternal grandmother’s ancestry.

My early research also made me realize that there was a pattern emerging with some families indicating that the husband/father had already migrated to Australia and that the mother/spouse was now following him out or in the case of an adult male on his own that the rest of the family would follow once he had established a life in Australia. It was also surprising to find some children as passengers in the early months of life.

It became very evident in the early months of the research that the research would take at least two or three years to complete and that much could be gained by concentrating on the Roscommon which had only 285 in 105 family groups passengers making tracing their details a little easier than the 1,578 passengers on the Torilla. 

Passenger Data:

As one of the initial steps in my research I looked at the following basic data on the passengers including age groupings, gender, locations and occupations.

Gender – Roscommon:

Age Group	Male	Female	Total
	No.	% of Males	No.	% of Females	No.	% of Total
60+	1	0.6	1	0.8	2	0.7
50-59	3	1.8	4	3.4	7	2.5
40-49	3	1.8	8	6.8	11	3.9
30-39	28	16.8	29	24.6	57	20.0
20-29	34	20.4	25	21.2	59	20.7
10-19	38	22.8	15	12.7	53	18.6
<10	60	36.9	36	30.5	96	33.7
Total	167	100.0	118	100.0	285	100.0

Gender – Torilla:

Age Group	Male	Female	Total
	No.	% of Males	No.	% of Females	No.	% of Total
60+			1	0.1	1	0.1
50-59	13	1.5	10	1.4	23	1.5
40-49	43	4.9	56	7.9	99	6.3
30-39	150	17.2	128	18.1	279	17.7
20-29	275	31.6	143	20.2	418	26.5
10-19	169	19.4	163	23.0	332	21.0
<10	221	25.4	207	29.2	427	27.0
Total	871	100.0	708	100.0	1,579	100.0

Occupations – Roscommon:

I turned initially to the Ship Manifests for the Roscommon and Torilla for details on the trade or occupation of the passengers prior to boarding in London. For both ships the majority of passengers were recorded using terms such as wife, son or daughter. The Roscommon had 194 (68.1%) passengers recorded in these groupings while the Torilla had 1,226 (79.6%) in these groupings. Of the Roscommon passengers only 28 (9.8%) listed as having occupations that might be considered to be trades including baker, butcher, bricklayer, plumber, carpenter, painter, and tailor while, on the Torilla only 101 (6.4%) were found in these categories. Passengers classified as labourer accounted for 26 (9.1%) of passengers on the Roscommon and 192 (12.2%) passengers on the Torilla.

Locations – Roscommon:

As the passenger trees grew on Ancestry and I had difficulty keeping on top of the hints and I decided to simply search for information on where the passengers had lived prior to departure and after arrival in Queensland. To do this I focused mainly on the 1911 UK Census records and the 1910s Australian Electoral and Census records finding the following:

Location	Number of Passengers	Number of Family Groups	Location	Number of Passengers	Number of Family Groups
England	205	80	Ireland	5	4
Berkshire	10	2	County Down	5	4
Cheshire	4	1	Scotland	61	17
Derbyshire	6	2	Edinburgh	6	2
Devonshire	2	2	Fifeshire	5	1
Dorset	8	3	Lanarkshire	45	12
Durham	3	1	Stirlingshire	5	2
Essex	27	18	Wales	6	1
Gloucestershire	5	2	Mountmouthshire	6	1
Hampshire	6	3	Jersey	4	1
Kent	8	3	Jersey	4	1
Lancashire	52	15	Europe	1	1
Middlesex	12	6	Denmark	1	1
Shropshire	12	6	Other	3	1
Staffordshire	4	2	Not recorded	3	1
Surrey	3	2
Warwickshire	20	5	Total	285	105
Yorkshire	23	7

Locations – Torilla:

Unfortunately, most of the passenger locations in the Torilla manifest listed only if they were from England, Scotland, Ireland or a European country. This has resulted in an initial lack of detail on locations for the passengers on the Torilla.

Location	Number of Passengers	Number of Family Groups	Location	Number of Passengers	Number of Family Groups
England	912	365	Austria	3	2
Scotland	563	218	Germany	5	2
Ireland	72	48	Not Recorded	23	13
			Total	1,578	648

Passage Type – Roscommon:

The four types of passages allocated in the Ship Manifest for the Roscommon were Nominated, Assisted, Full Payers and Church Army.

Passage Type
	Number of Males	% of Males	Number of Females	% of Females	Total	% of Total
Nominated	137	82.0	110	93.2	247	86.7
Assisted	6	3.6	4	3.4	10	3.5
Full Payers	9	5.4	4	3.4	13	5.2
Church Army	15	9.0	–	–	15	5.3
Total	167	58.6	118	41.4	285	100.0

Passage Type – Torilla:

Passage Type
	Number of Males	% of Males	Number of Females	% of Females	Total	% of Totals
Nominated	537	61.7	393	55.5	930	58.9
Assisted	299	34.3	234	33.1	533	33.8
Full Payers	11	1.3	6	0.8	17	1.1
Church Army	24	2.8	–	–	24	1.5
Free	–	–	75	10.6	75	4.7
Total	871	55.2	708	44.8	1,579	100.0

Further research:

My research is now steadily identifying details on specific locations for each passenger both prior to leaving London and after their arrival in Queensland. At this stage I have only 8 passengers from 7 family groups on the Roscommon who I am still trying to identify their Queensland address other than port of arrival. Of these I have been able to prove that all of these six returned to England at some stage leaving the two young Baker children who arrived escorted by a matron but simply disappear.    

Obviously, the Torilla with many more passengers is taking more time and I still have 97 passengers from 47 family groups on the Torilla who I am still trying to identify their Queensland address other than port of arrival and 102 passengers from 62 family groups that I have yet to locate a specific city where they were living prior to departure.  

It is hoped that with further research over the next six months that I will be able to not only find the missing location details but will further expand the knowledge on the passengers, their families and ancestry.

Past Year Research Update:

It has been a busy year on many fronts so my progress in my research has focussed on building the available data to include earlier generations and the changes  since arrival in Queensland. This has resulted in now having 2605 people on the Roscommon tree and 7312 on the Torilla Tree.

While this research will continue there have been some surprising problems with locating either their Australian location or even that back in the United Kingdom prior to their departure for Queensland. From available records it would also appear that some may have returned home after only a short period in Australia.

Roscommon:

The research to date has left only two passengers, Albert Hall and John Powell, with no record found for their location in Australia after disembarking in Brisbane. Albert Hall was classified in the passenger list as a Church Army member from Essex, England. John Powell was classified as a Nominated passenger. Research found that Albert Hall died in October 1960 at West Ham, Essex, England. John Powell died in April 1969 in Wellington, Shropshire, England. Some information collected on Albert Hall suggests that his name may have been Hill not Hall and this is undergoing further research. It also looks as if John Powell may have married in Ellesmere, Shropshire in March, 1928. Research continues to find a record of when they may have left Australia and on what ship.

Torilla:

Obviously, with a much larger passenger list, it was to be expected that I may encounter more issues in finding details on the locations for some of them. At the moment there are 321 passengers where I remain searching for their location details prior to embarkment and 243 without details on their location in Australia apart from port where they disembarked. These passengers come from the range of passage ticket  types.

Two Ship Study – Progress Update 2 January 2024

Now at the start of 2024 it feels appropriate that I let those interested know what I have been doing since I last updated the research report in September 2023.

Firstly, my time has been spent continuing to extend the original information on the passengers ship manifest list back at least five generations and forward to current times if this proved possible resulting in the current status for both ships.

SS Roscommon: Started with 285 passengers and now has 9,325 people in the database and 348 photographs and 36,251 unresolved hints covering 26583 records, 4,391 photographs, 383 stories from 4894 Ancestry family trees.

SS Torilla: Started with 1,585 passengers and now has 4,812 people in the database including 297 photographs and 16,049 unresolved hints covering 10,946 records, 2,265 photographs, 133 stories from 2,705 Ancestry family trees.

Secondly, from information gathered on the passenger locations gathered from census material, especially that from the 1911 and 1901 U censuses, it is doubtful that any possible relationship will be found for the majority of passengers. This has escalated the necessity to build Ancestry trees for each ship’s passengers in the hope of finding some ancestry connections or even common locations that may have brought them into contact.

Fortunately, a recent Family Tree Maker User Group meeting at the Society for Australian Genealogists caused me to look at a Relationship function in the software which will enable me to quickly look for any relationship between individual passengers from each group. I have already tested this on my own family tree and it is very informative and accurate.

To speed up this process I have now updated each ship tree to include my own close family ancestry and after evaluating this I am now looking at merging each ship tree with my family tree and even considering merging the Roscommon, Torilla and Maclachlan Ancestry Trees to investigate possible links.

Finally, I think you will now all understand that this study is not likely to be finalised without more work on my behalf so, given my Scottish heritage I am looking at escalating the research on Scottish passengers in the hope that this produces some positive results helping me to allocate more time to help finding more on all passengers.

Please remember that I welcome hearing from any people who may have ancestors who were passengers on either of the ships.

Two Ship Study – Progress Update December 2024

Now at the end of 2024 it feels more than appropriate that I let those interested know what I have been doing since I last updated the research report in January 2024.

My research this year has been interrupted with my travels within Australia so the limited time available has basically been spent in attempts to find more information on passengers, especially those listed in the ship manifest as sugar labourers, railway labourers and church army lads. For some they arrive in a Queensland port but have no information after their arrival while for many I have difficulty in finding records in their recorded birth country mainly because I only have information such as name, age, occupation and birthplace (for example George McKenzie, 25, Farm Labourer, Scotland) so searching the likes of census records encounters many possible persons who fit the information I am looking at using census records from their birth year to 1921 in an attempt to identify the person who best fits my passenger. In theory this should work if the passenger didn’t return home before the 1921 census.

In looking forward to 2025 research I will continue to find more information on all passengers especially those who I have little details on. However, I have decided that I should also attack the aim of the study to see if there were any links between families especially in relationship to my own ancestry. Based on the information I have gathered to date the early indications are that simply looking at where passengers had lived will not achieve very much if anything at all for the majority of passenger groups. Hence, I intend starting during 2025 to commence searching for any links between the passengers and my own ancestry before checking for relationships between passenger groups. This will be undertaken using the Relationship Calculator on Family Tree Maker software. To assist with this research I have already merged each ship tree with my own pedigree branch but am also considering either merging each ship tree with my full family tree or even merging all three trees.     

I have returned to the records and preparing a list of passengers from the SS Torilla and Ss Roscommon that I am having issues finding information on them. I will post these in the hope that someone visiting datadedgenealogy may recognise them as being an ancestor and able to provide me with information on them. the first groups I am listing were shown in the SS Torilla ship manifest as either Sugar Labourers or Church Army Lads.

SS Torilla Passengers – Sugar Cane Labourers

Surname	Given Name	Age	Birthplace	Arrival Port
Armstrong	William	28	Hampshire	Townsville
Armstrong	William	27	England	Cairns
Arnold	Frederick	28	London	Townsville
Bannister	John	22	England	Mackay
Bates	John	22	England	Rockhampton
Bell	Albert	24	England	Mackay
Bellamy	George	24	Lincolnshire	Townsville
Blair	Snowdon	26	England	Townsville
Bradley	Thomas	19	Scotland	Townsville
Bradshaw	Harry	32	Northamptonshire	Townsville
Brown	John	29	Lancashire	Townsville
Burke	John	21	Ireland	Townsville
Clark	James	30	Scotland	Townsville
Clarke	Joseph	27	England	Townsville
Clarke	William	21	England	Townsville
Davidson	John	21	England	Townsville
Devins	Owen	23	Ireland	Townsville
Douglas	Robert	25	Scotland	Townsville
Evans	Harry	20	England	Townsville
Ferguson	James	32	Scotland	Townsville
Fitzpatrick	Patrick	23	Scotland	Townsville
Gate	John	21	Cumbria	Townsville
Glasson	Frank	20	England	Townsville
Gordon	Robert	26	England	Townsville
Graham	Frank	24	England	Townsville
Griffiths	Alfred	22	Yorkshire	Townsville
Harding	Robert	24	England	Townsville
Harris	John	25	Scotland	Townsville
Haynes	Frederick	19	Ireland	Townsville
Hendry	Charles	23	Scotland	Townsville
Hodgetts	John	18	Worcestershire	Townsville
Hodgetts	Walter	19	Warwickshire	Townsville
Holmes	George	34	England	Mackay
Holmes	Thomas	21	England	Townsville
Houghton	John	19	Lancashire	Townsville
Ireson	Thomas	18	Derbyshire	Townsville
Irving	John	25	Dumfriesshire	Townsville
Jackson	William	21	England	Townsville
Johnston	Frederick	20	Renfrewshire	Townsville
Jones	Harry	21	England	Townsville
Jones	William	25	England	Townsville
Jordon	Jack	23	England	Townsville
Kane	Daniel	24	Scotland	Townsville
Kane	Patrick	27	Scotland	Townsville
Kelly	Joseph	22	Scotland	Townsville
Kidd	Joseph	25	Scotland	Townsville
Ledbury	Thomas	22	England	Townsville
Lees	John	21	England	Townsville
Lester	Harry	20	England	Townsville
Lysaght	Patrick	19	Ireland	Townsville
MacKenzie	Ernest	20	Scotland	Townsville
Mallinson	Edward	31	England	Townsville
Manser	James	25	Scotland	Townsville
McCanon	John	25	Ireland	Townsville
McFarlane	James	28	Scotland	Townsville
McIntyre	Richard	20	Scotland	Townsville
McNally	James	23	Lanarkshire	Townsville
Mitchell	Robert	26	Scotland	Townsville
Morrison	William	23	Scotland	Townsville
Morrow	William	24	Ireland	Townsville
Murphy	Joseph	20	Ireland	Townsville
Newall	Thomas	21	Ayrshire	Townsville
Noble	James	21	Lanarkshire	Townsville
O’Connor	Phillip	21	Ireland	Townsville
O’Hair	James	24	England	Townsville
Pagan	John	24	Scotland	Mackay
Pardoe	Henry	20	England	Townsville
Parker	Ernest	20	Devon	Townsville
Parker	Edward	25	England	Townsville
Price	Phillip	23	England	Townsville
Reid	Alex	29	Scotland	Townsville
Reid	Hugh	22	Scotland	Townsville
Reid	James	26	Scotland	Townsville
Reilly	Frank	27	England	Townsville
Ridley	Thomas	20	Durham	Townsville
Riordan	William	30	Ireland	Townsville
Scott	Robert	23	Scotland	Townsville
Semple	John	31	Kirkcudbrightshire	Townsville
Sims	Walter	27	Scotland	Townsville
Stanley	Isaac	27	Cumberland	Townsville
Storey	George	18	Durham	Townsville
Strong	George	24	Dumfries	Townsville
Taylor	Norman	25	Lancashire	Townsville
Thexton	George	20	Cumberland	Townsville
Thompson	Henry	19	England	Townsville
Tippett	John	36	Scotland	Townsville
Wilson	David	34	Scotland	Townsville

Surname	Given Name	Age	Birthplace	Arrival Port
Armstrong	William	28	Hampshire	Townsville
Armstrong	William	27	England	Cairns
Arnold	Frederick	28	London	Townsville
Bannister	John	22	England	Mackay
Bates	John	22	England	Rockhampton
Bell	Albert	24	England	Mackay
Bellamy	George	24	Lincolnshire	Townsville
Blair	Snowdon	26	England	Townsville
Bradley	Thomas	19	Scotland	Townsville
Bradshaw	Harry	32	Northamptonshire	Townsville
Brown	John	29	Lancashire	Townsville
Burke	John	21	Ireland	Townsville
Clark	James	30	Scotland	Townsville
Clarke	Joseph	27	England	Townsville
Clarke	William	21	England	Townsville
Davidson	John	21	England	Townsville
Devins	Owen	23	Ireland	Townsville
Douglas	Robert	25	Scotland	Townsville
Evans	Harry	20	England	Townsville
Ferguson	James	32	Scotland	Townsville
Fitzpatrick	Patrick	23	Scotland	Townsville
Gate	John	21	Cumbria	Townsville
Glasson	Frank	20	England	Townsville
Gordon	Robert	26	England	Townsville
Graham	Frank	24	England	Townsville
Griffiths	Alfred	22	Yorkshire	Townsville
Harding	Robert	24	England	Townsville
Harris	John	25	Scotland	Townsville
Haynes	Frederick	19	Ireland	Townsville
Hendry	Charles	23	Scotland	Townsville
Hodgetts	John	18	Worcester shire	Townsville
Hodgetts	Walter	19	Warwickshire	Townsville
Holmes	George	34	England	Mackay
Holmes	Thomas	21	England	Townsville
Houghton	John	19	Lancashire	Townsville
Ireson	Thomas	18	Derbyshire	Townsville
Irving	John	25	Dumfriesshire	Townsville
Jackson	William	21	England	Townsville
Johnston	Frederick	20	Renfrewshire	Townsville
Jones	Harry	21	England	Townsville
Jones	William	25	England	Townsville
Jordon	Jack	23	England	Townsville
Kane	Daniel	24	Scotland	Townsville
Kane	Patrick	27	Scotland	Townsville
Kelly	Joseph	22	Scotland	Townsville
Kidd	Joseph	25	Scotland	Townsville
Ledbury	Thomas	22	England	Townsville
Lees	John	21	England	Townsville
Lester	Harry	20	England	Townsville
Lysaght	Patrick	19	Ireland	Townsville
MacKenzie	Ernest	20	Scotland	Townsville
Mallinson	Edward	31	England	Townsville
Manser	James	25	Scotland	Townsville
McCanon	John	25	Ireland	Townsville
McFarlane	James	28	Scotland	Townsville
McIntyre	Richard	20	Scotland	Townsville
McNally	James	23	Lanarkshire	Townsville
Mitchell	Robert	26	Scotland	Townsville
Morrison	William	23	Scotland	Townsville
Morrow	William	24	Ireland	Townsville
Murphy	Joseph	20	Ireland	Townsville
Newall	Thomas	21	Ayrshire	Townsville
Noble	James	21	Lanarkshire	Townsville
O’Connor	Phillip	21	Ireland	Townsville
O’Hair	James	24	England	Townsville
Pagan	John	24	Scotland	Mackay
Pardoe	Henry	20	England	Townsville
Parker	Ernest	20	Devon	Townsville
Parker	Edward	25	England	Townsville
Price	Phillip	23	England	Townsville
Reid	Alex	29	Scotland	Townsville
Reid	Hugh	22	Scotland	Townsville
Reid	James	26	Scotland	Townsville
Reilly	Frank	27	England	Townsville
Ridley	Thomas	20	Durham	Townsville
Riordan	William	30	Ireland	Townsville
Scott	Robert	23	Scotland	Townsville
Semple	John	31	Kirkcudbrightshire	Townsville
Sims	Walter	27	Scotland	Townsville
Stanley	Isaac	27	Cumberland	Townsville
Storey	George	18	Durham	Townsville
Strong	George	24	Dumfries	Townsville
Taylor	Norman	25	Lancashire	Townsville
Thexton	George	20	Cumberland	Townsville
Thompson	Henry	19	England	Townsville
Tippett	John	36	Scotland	Townsville
Wilson	David	34	Scotland	Townsville

SS Torilla Passengers – Church Army Lads

Surname	Given Name	Age	Birthplace	Arrival Port
Baker	George	20	England	Brisbane
Brown	William	20	England	Brisbane
Chapple	Ernest	20	England	Brisbane
Fincher	George	19	England	Brisbane
Francis	W J	26	England	Brisbane
King	Percy	20	England	Brisbane
Kinniance	Arthur	18	England	Brisbane
Lucas	William	19	England	Brisbane
Scott	Robert	19	England	Townsville
Walker	Percy	18	England	Brisbane

SS Torilla –  Scottish birthplace Passengers

No	Surname	Given Name	Maiden Name	Age	Relationship or occupation	Birthplace	Arrival Port
1	Cooper	Mary		12	Daughter	Stirlingshire	Brisbane
1	Cooper	Jane	Campbell	39	Housewife	Stirlingshire	Brisbane
2	Carson	Ambrose		25	Labourer	Scotland	Rockhampton
4	Graham	Isabella		8	Daughter	Edinburgh	Brisbane
4	Graham	Margaret		18	Daughter	Edinburgh	Brisbane
4	Graham	Maria		11	Daughter	Edinburgh	Brisbane
4	Graham	Mary		13	Daughter	Edinburgh	Brisbane
4	Graham	Agnes	Tosh	42	Housewife	Edinburgh	Brisbane
4	Graham	George		6	Son	Edinburgh	Brisbane
4	Graham	John		14	Son	Edinburgh	Brisbane
4	Graham	William		16	Son	Edinburgh	Brisbane
8	Horton	Elizabeth		34	Cook	Aberdeenshire	Townsville
11	Kennedy	William		36	Miner	Scotland	Brisbane
13	McDonald	Elizabeth		8	Daughter	Ayrshire	Brisbane
13	McDonald	Ellen		10	Daughter	Ayrshire	Brisbane
13	McDonald	Margaret		0.7	Daughter	Ayrshire	Brisbane
13	McDonald	Sarah		5	Daughter	Ayrshire	Brisbane
13	McDonald	Alexander		3	Son	Ayrshire	Brisbane
13	McDonald	Robert		38	Warehouseman	Ayrshire	Brisbane
13	McDonald	Elizabeth	Porter	35	Wife	Ayrshire	Brisbane
13	McDonald	Florence		11	Daughter	Isle of Skye	Brisbane
13	McDonald	Catherine	Unknown	40	Housewife	Isle of Skye	Brisbane
13	McDonald	John		14	Son	Isle of Skye	Brisbane
14	McDonald	Ellen		12		Scotland	Brisbane
14	McDonald	John		13		Scotland	Brisbane
14	McDonald	Bessie		15	Daughter	Scotland	Brisbane
14	McDonald	Agnes		8	Daughter	Scotland	Brisbane
14	McDonald	John		47	Engine Driver	Scotland	Brisbane
14	McDonald	Alexander		13	Son	Scotland	Brisbane
14	McDonald	Charles		9	Son	Scotland	Brisbane
14	McDonald	John		38	Tailor	Scotland	Brisbane
14	McDonald	Maggie	Unknown	47	Wife	Scotland	Brisbane
14	McDonald	Marion	Stewart	36	Wife	Scotland	Brisbane
19	Reid	David		32	Gardener	Edinburgh	Brisbane
20	Stewart	John		38	Warehouseman	Scotland	Brisbane
40	Brown	Anne		17	Daughter	Dumfries	Brisbane
40	Brown	Effie		12	Daughter	Dumfries	Brisbane
40	Brown	Ellen		9	Daughter	Dumfries	Brisbane
40	Brown	Janet		17	Daughter	Dumfries	Brisbane
40	Brown	Jeannie		8	Daughter	Dumfries	Brisbane
40	Brown	John		45	Farmer	Dumfries	Brisbane
40	Brown	Alex		15	Son	Dumfries	Brisbane
40	Brown	James		13	Son	Dumfries	Brisbane
40	Brown	John		7	Son	Dumfries	Brisbane
40	Brown	Samuel		5	Son	Dumfries	Brisbane
40	Brown	Janet	Unknown	46	Wife	Dumfries	Brisbane
51	Miller	Margaret		6	Daughter	Scotland	Brisbane
51	Miller	Robert		31	Farm Labourer	Scotland	Brisbane
51	Miller	Barbara	Hoxworth	31	Wife	Scotland	Brisbane
54	McKenzie	George		25	Farm Labourer	Scotland	Brisbane
56	Ross	Alex		22	Farm Labourer	Scotland	Brisbane
57	Spence	Alex		26	Farm Labourer	Lanarkshire	Brisbane
57	Spence	Alex		1	Son	Lanarkshire	Brisbane
57	Spence	Samuel		3	Son	Lanarkshire	Brisbane
57	Spence	Margaret	Unknown	25	Wife	Lanarkshire	Brisbane
58	Pine	Alex		23	Farm Labourer	Scotland	Brisbane
59	Robertson	John		25	Farm Labourer	Scotland	Brisbane
59	Robertson	Mary	Macfarlane	22	Wife	Scotland	Brisbane
62	Blackbed	James		21	Farm Labourer	Scotland	Brisbane
71	Barr	Elizabeth		22	Housemaid	Scotland	Cairns
76	Callander	Elizabeth		27	General	Midlothian	Brisbane
81	Cooke	Catherine		33	General	Scotland	Brisbane
82	Corson	Daisy		18	General	Scotland	Brisbane
83	Crawley	Catherine		20	General	Scotland	Brisbane
84	Currie	Dora		19	General	Scotland	Brisbane
85	Currie	Edith		21	General	Scotland	Brisbane
86	Dalrymple	Sarah		23	General	Ayrshire	Brisbane
93	Farrell	Margaret		33	General	Scotland	Brisbane
95	Goode	Evelyn		22	General	Scotland	Brisbane
99	Hannah	Catherine		18	General	Scotland	Brisbane
100	Hughes	Mary		20	General	Scotland	Brisbane
101	Hunter	Jane		18	General	Scotland	Brisbane
102	Johnstone	Georgina		17	General	Scotland	Brisbane
103	Kinland	Mary		29	General	Scotland	Brisbane
104	Hannah	Isabella		17	General	Scotland	Brisbane
105	McLeod	Agnes		34	Cook	Scotland	Brisbane
108	Russell	Catherine		23	Parlourmaid	Scotland	Brisbane
112	Somerville	Mary		19	General	Scotland	Brisbane
115	Thompson	Mary		24	General	Scotland	Brisbane
120	Watson	Annie		17	General	Scotland	Brisbane
121	White	Rose		20	General	Scotland	Brisbane

SS Torilla – English birthplace Passengers

No	Surname	Given Name	Maiden Name	Age	Relationship or occupation	Birthplace	Arrival Port
6	Graham	Robert		27	Blacksmith	Dover	Brisbane
6	Graham	Louise	Leadbetter	14	Stepdaughter	Dover	Brisbane
6	Graham	William	Leadbetter	12	Stepson	Dover	Brisbane
6	Graham	John	Makin	15	Stepson	Dover	Brisbane
6	Graham	Annie	Lloyd	33	Wife	Dover	Brisbane
7	Hall	Victoria		24	Nurse	Kent	Cairns
9	Hunt	Florence		23	Daughter	Worcestershire	Brisbane
9	Hunt	Jane		55	Housewife	Worcestershire	Brisbane
10	Johnston	Elizabeth		19	Domestic	England	Brisbane
15	Medhurst	Madge	Morgan	45	Housewife	London	Rockhampton
15	Medhurst	Arthur		13	Son	London	Rockhampton
16	Prentice	Joan		0.6	Daughter	England	Brisbane
16	Prentice	Jane	Unknown	25	Housewife	England	Brisbane
17	Palmer	Henry		18	Labourer	England	Mackay
21	Smith	Florence		26	Machinist	England	Brisbane
22	Shore	Donald		3	NS	Hertfordshire	Brisbane
23	Turner	Isabella		3	Daughter	London	Brisbane
23	Turner	William		29	Engineer	London	Brisbane
23	Turner	Ellen	Haslam	29	Wife	London	Brisbane
33	Allen	William		21	Farm Labourer	England	Brisbane
34	Allen	Mary		35	Wife	England	Brisbane
36	Brady	John		23	Farm Labourer	England	Brisbane
37	Baxter	Norman		27	Farm Labourer	England	Brisbane
38	Bates	Arthur		20	Farm Labourer	Northampton shire	Brisbane
38	Bates	Fanny		18	Farm Labourer	Northampton shire	Brisbane
39	Blakey	Ethel		0.7	Daughter	Yorkshire	Brisbane
39	Blakey	Mary	Hutchison	36	Housewife	Yorkshire	Brisbane
39	Blakey	John		3	Son	Yorkshire	Brisbane
41	Cooper	Francis		21	Assistant	England	Cairns
42	Doulay	Eillene		1	Daughter	Surrey	Brisbane
42	Doulay	Margaret		5	Daughter	Surrey	Brisbane
42	Doulay	Mary		3	Daughter	Surrey	Brisbane
42	Doulay	Edmond		32	Farm Labourer	Surrey	Brisbane
42	Doulay	Margaret	Unknown	31	Wife	Surrey	Brisbane
43	Fowler	Charles		24	Gardener	England	Brisbane
44	Field	Thomas		25	Farm Labourer	England	Brisbane
44	Field	Unknown	Unknown	25	Wife	England	Brisbane
45	Gothom	Reginald		31	Farm Labourer	England	Brisbane
46	Hedges	Jack		18	Farm Labourer	Liverpool	Brisbane
47	Johnson	Albert		22	Farm Labourer	England	Cairns
48	Bryan	John		17	Farm Labourer	England	Brisbane
49	King	Alfred		26	Son	England	Brisbane
50	Lloyd	Mabel		18	Daughter	England	Brisbane
50	Lloyd	Rose		4	Daughter	England	Brisbane
50	Lloyd	Albert		39	Farmer	England	Brisbane
50	Lloyd	Minnie	Smith	38	Wife	England	Brisbane
53	McBrian	James		26	Farm Labourer	England	Brisbane
55	McKenzie	Doris		3	Daughter	England	Brisbane
55	McKenzie	Winnifred		1	Daughter	England	Brisbane
55	McKenzie	John		28	Farm Labourer	England	Brisbane
55	McKenzie	Martha	Unknown	28	Wife	England	Brisbane
60	Talbot	Harold		20	Farm Labourer	Lancashire	Brisbane
63	Wheeler	George		21	Farm Labourer	England	Brisbane
64	Woolman	Arthur		29	Farm Labourer	England	Brisbane
64	Woolman	Fanny	Unknown	29	Wife	England	Brisbane
65	Yates	Marion		2	Daughter	London	Brisbane
65	Yates	John		28	Farm Labourer	London	Brisbane
65	Yates	Florence	Unknown	26	Wife	London	Brisbane
66	Hunter	Robert		36	Farm Labourer	England	Brisbane
67	Heddon	Reginald		29	Labourer	London	Brisbane
69	Alexander	Elizabeth		20	General	England	Brisbane
72	Bell	Hariet		33	General	England	Brisbane
73	Bonniface	Amy	Lillywhite	33	Parlourmaid	Sussex	Brisbane
74	Bonner	Margaret	Beardsall	30	General	England	Brisbane
75	Brewer	Elizabeth		19	General	Middlesex	Brisbane
77	Curtis	Florence	Rudling	21	General	England	Brisbane
78	Caseley	Alice		20	General	England	Brisbane
80	Conway	Margaret		16	General	England	Brisbane
87	Dunn	Florence		18	General	Lancashire	Brisbane
88	Davies	Elizabeth		34	General	England	Brisbane
89	Davis	Gladys		29	Cook	England	Brisbane
90	Dunn	Lilian		20	Cook General	England	Brisbane
91	Edwards	Elizabeth		23	General	England	Brisbane
92	Elliott	Alice		32	General	England	Brisbane
94	Formiston	Rose		27	General	Durham	Rockhampton
96	Griffiths	Jennie		28	General	England	Brisbane
97	Guy	Jane		21	General	England	Brisbane
98	Hamilton	Annie		32	Cook	England	Brisbane
106	Ruff	Elizabeth		18	Housemaid	England	Brisbane
109	Sanderson	Edith		21	General	Hertfordshire	Brisbane
111	Slater	Ellen		25	General	England	Brisbane
113	Stevens	Catherine		23	General	England	Brisbane
116	Turnbull	Maude		24	General	England	Brisbane

SS Torilla – Ireland birthplace Passengers

No	Surname	Given Name	Maiden Name	Age	Relationship or occupation	Birthplace	Arrival Port
12	McGough	Patrick		25	Plowman	Ireland	Brisbane
52	McAllister	John		23	Farm Labourer	Ireland	Brisbane
61	Thompson	James		21	Farm Labourer	Down	Brisbane
61	Thompson	John		55	Farm Labourer	Down	Brisbane
61	Thompson	Agnes	Greer	55	Wife	Down	Brisbane
70	Allen	Edith		18	General	Ireland	Brisbane
79	Clarke	Esther		20	General	Ireland	Brisbane
110	Sharkey	Winnifred		17	General	Roscommon	Brisbane
114	Sullivan	Lizzie		19	General	Cork	Brisbane
117	Williams	Ellen J		33	General	Ireland	Brisbane
118	Williams	Lily		25	General	Ireland	Brisbane
119	Williams	Florence		30	General	Ireland	Brisbane

SS Torilla – Wales birthplace Passengers

No	Surname	Given Name	Maiden Name	Age	Relationship or occupation	Birthplace	Arrival Port
107	Ruddick	Jane		21	General	Cumbria	Brisbane

SS Torilla – Europe birthplace Passengers

No	Surname	Given Name	Maiden Name	Age	Relationship or occupation	Birthplace	Arrival Port
5	Grossler	Henry		17	Labourer	Austria	Brisbane
18	Pudaric	Iona		10	Daughter	Austria	Cairns
18	Pudaric	Yaka L	Unknown	30	Housewife	Austria	Cairns
35	Autman	Elsie		7	Daughter	Germany	Brisbane
35	Autman	Gertrude		4	Daughter	Germany	Brisbane
35	Autman	Fritz		28	Farmer	Germany	Brisbane
35	Autman	Agnes	Unknown	28	Wife	Germany	Brisbane

I will next upload lists of passengers that I am having difficulty tracing either prior to departure on the  SS Roscommon or after arrival in Australia. Obviously, this will take more time so any questions comments or assistance especially if you had ancestors on either ship is always appreciated. However, please keep in mind that the data on the ship manifests such as birthplace and spelling of names may not be accurate.

Cheers

Brian