Research Projects

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

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

    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