1845 George William Slorach b.1823 (Cork) 1847 David Murphy b.1817 (Queenstown) 1847 – 8 Edward Burke b.1817 (Queenstown) 1861 William Foster b.1829 (Cork)
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1936 – 7 Thomas Kennefick b.1816 (Crosshaven)#529 1839 Michael Donohue b.1816 (Passage West) #6057 1853 Robert Francis Reynolds b.1832 (Passage West) 1853 Patrick Spillane b.1833 (Crosshaven) 1854 – 5 Patrick Buckley b.1824 (Cork) 1828 Arthur Herbert b.1812 (Cork) 1832 Thomas Murphy b.1811 (Passage West) Participated under Captain George Slorack, in emigrant transportation to Canada in 1847 (Charbonneau & Sévigny; . Appendix: Emigrant ships). Whitby is in Yorkshire and home to the Captain Cook Memorial Museum and Whitby Abbey was Bram Stoker’s inspiration for Dracula. George Bickerton, who died in 1863, was a ship broker and managing director of George Bickerton & Sons, shipping agency. He was also a Cork Harbour Commissioner 1814 – 20. Captain Henry Bowman described Dominica to have been in the timber trade with Canadian ports. Captain Bowman’s name came up with reference to the opening of the Passage West Dry Docks . The docks were completed in the summer of 1833 and Captain Henry Bowman was the first to demonstrate their capability when he entered the new dock with the 386t Dominica for repairs in a gale on 26 Nov 1833. The dock could accommodate ships up to 1,200t. Prior to that time large ships in need of major repairs had to be brought to Plymouth or Milford, which was a great inconvenience (O’Mahony). Captain George William Slorach, I suspect, to have been related to Slorah & Co. with an ownership interest in this vessel. Captain William Felkins, who obtained his Master Certificate in 1853, was likely to have been the Captain W Felcon named in Lloyd’s. Seaman (and future Captain) Robert Francis Reynolds was a younger brother of Captain Nicholas Reynolds (b.1822, Cork) and an older brother of Captains Benjamin Vincent Reynolds (b.1834, Passage West) and John Reynolds (b.1842, Cork).
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