Cornelius & Barbara Treadaway & their son William arrived in Sydney Australia on 27 May 1855. The ship Constitution was put in quarantine on arrival due to disease, there were many deaths on the voyage & in quarantine. Cornelius age 27 was a bricklayer born in Westminster, Barbara age 26 in Chelsea and William age 2 born in Pimlico. They apparently went to Melbourne after arrival because Barbara died at Port Melbourne in 1893. William married Annie Webb in 1873 & had at least 2 children Mary & Frederick. According to the ships passenger list Barbara had a brother George Chapman in Melbourne & Cornelius a sister Mary in Sydney.

A reunion of surviving Constitution passengers was held in 1905 at the North Head Quarantine Station at Manly & a monument was erected to honour those who died on the voyage, it survives today.

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the ships arrival in Sydney a gathering of descendants of passengers is to be held on 17 July 2005 at the Quarantine Station in Manly NSW. Contact Rob Wills at rob.syd.wills@bigpond.com for info.