170 years since the Australian arrival of the Crespigny family on the ‘Cambodia’ 31 March 1852 — Anne’s Family History

In late 1851 my 3rd great grandparents, Philip Robert and Charlotte Frances Champion Crespigny, decided to emigrate to Australia. They first travelled from St Malo in France back to England. They left their youngest child, six months old, with his grandparents and his aunt, presumably deciding the baby was not able to make the voyage. On 4 December husband and wife, with two of their children and a servant, took passage on the Cambodia from Plymouth. They were the only cabin passengers; three hundred travelled in steerage.

170 years since the Australian arrival of the Crespigny family on the ‘Cambodia’ 31 March 1852

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