Alfred Bicknell was one of 209 passengers and crew members on the sailing ship Sweden which left Boston Harbor on March 1, 1849. Their destination was San Francisco, via the waters off of Cape Horn, South America. The ship arrived in San Francisco on August 3rd, after a five month voyage. The link below shows “A Bicknell”, a 24 year old mason from Augusta, Maine, listed in a logbook kept by passenger Benjamin Bailey: Logbook page
Another account of the trip, by passenger George K. Goodwin, including a passenger list (with many spelling errors) is at Goodwin book
Besides the above two accounts of the 1849 Sweden voyage, there are more accounts by four different passengers that are not online, but are at libraries.
A newspaper also printed a list of the passengers onboard the Sweden, the day after the ship left Boston: Newspaper passenger list
That list includes some first names, instead of just initials as were recorded by some of the passengers. That list includes the name of “Alfred Bicknell of Augusta” on the 25th line of the third paragraph.
An original-size advertising poster for that 1849 Sweden voyage from Boston to San Francisco: Advertisment
Alfred apparently didn't have much success in California, because he was shown living back in Augusta, Maine in the 1850 U.S. census. He was living with his friend or relative William O. Pillsbury, who had traveled to California with Alfred, and who had likewise returned to Maine after only a few weeks or months in California.
By 1854 at the latest, Alfred, his wife Sarah, and their daughter Kate had moved permanently to Middlesex County, Massachusetts. There, the couple had at least three more children.
Another account of the trip, by passenger George K. Goodwin, including a passenger list (with many spelling errors) is at Goodwin book
Besides the above two accounts of the 1849 Sweden voyage, there are more accounts by four different passengers that are not online, but are at libraries.
A newspaper also printed a list of the passengers onboard the Sweden, the day after the ship left Boston: Newspaper passenger list
That list includes some first names, instead of just initials as were recorded by some of the passengers. That list includes the name of “Alfred Bicknell of Augusta” on the 25th line of the third paragraph.
An original-size advertising poster for that 1849 Sweden voyage from Boston to San Francisco: Advertisment
Alfred apparently didn't have much success in California, because he was shown living back in Augusta, Maine in the 1850 U.S. census. He was living with his friend or relative William O. Pillsbury, who had traveled to California with Alfred, and who had likewise returned to Maine after only a few weeks or months in California.
By 1854 at the latest, Alfred, his wife Sarah, and their daughter Kate had moved permanently to Middlesex County, Massachusetts. There, the couple had at least three more children.
Alfred Bicknell was one of 209 passengers and crew members on the sailing ship Sweden which left Boston Harbor on March 1, 1849. Their destination was San Francisco, via the waters off of Cape Horn, South America. The ship arrived in San Francisco on August 3rd, after a five month voyage. The link below shows “A Bicknell”, a 24 year old mason from Augusta, Maine, listed in a logbook kept by passenger Benjamin Bailey: Logbook page
Another account of the trip, by passenger George K. Goodwin, including a passenger list (with many spelling errors) is at Goodwin book
Besides the above two accounts of the 1849 Sweden voyage, there are more accounts by four different passengers that are not online, but are at libraries.
A newspaper also printed a list of the passengers onboard the Sweden, the day after the ship left Boston: Newspaper passenger list
That list includes some first names, instead of just initials as were recorded by some of the passengers. That list includes the name of “Alfred Bicknell of Augusta” on the 25th line of the third paragraph.
An original-size advertising poster for that 1849 Sweden voyage from Boston to San Francisco: Advertisment
Alfred apparently didn't have much success in California, because he was shown living back in Augusta, Maine in the 1850 U.S. census. He was living with his friend or relative William O. Pillsbury, who had traveled to California with Alfred, and who had likewise returned to Maine after only a few weeks or months in California.
By 1854 at the latest, Alfred, his wife Sarah, and their daughter Kate had moved permanently to Middlesex County, Massachusetts. There, the couple had at least three more children.
Another account of the trip, by passenger George K. Goodwin, including a passenger list (with many spelling errors) is at Goodwin book
Besides the above two accounts of the 1849 Sweden voyage, there are more accounts by four different passengers that are not online, but are at libraries.
A newspaper also printed a list of the passengers onboard the Sweden, the day after the ship left Boston: Newspaper passenger list
That list includes some first names, instead of just initials as were recorded by some of the passengers. That list includes the name of “Alfred Bicknell of Augusta” on the 25th line of the third paragraph.
An original-size advertising poster for that 1849 Sweden voyage from Boston to San Francisco: Advertisment
Alfred apparently didn't have much success in California, because he was shown living back in Augusta, Maine in the 1850 U.S. census. He was living with his friend or relative William O. Pillsbury, who had traveled to California with Alfred, and who had likewise returned to Maine after only a few weeks or months in California.
By 1854 at the latest, Alfred, his wife Sarah, and their daughter Kate had moved permanently to Middlesex County, Massachusetts. There, the couple had at least three more children.
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