PART I CALENDAR OF CORK EMIGRANT SHIP SAILINGS 1815-60
1818
A-LIST
Ship
Captain A Young Donohue J Crawley
Cork Dep
Arrival
Voyage
Emigrants
Source
LADY HAMILTON NELSON NORTH STAR
Quebec 30 Jun 1818 Quebec 2 Aug 1 Quebec 29 Aug Philadelphia 7 Sep
42 d
7 officers 167 men 12 settlers
2 8
61 d 56 d
39 settlers 15 settlers passengers
2 8 2 8 5 8
AURORA
William Harris
B-LIST Prince Coburg – (port unknown) arrived at Quebec from Cork via Boston (50 d) 7 Jun with 15 settlers, ‘taken to Boston by force by the passengers.’ Had the captain perchance tried to bring some Boston-bound passengers to Quebec? Superior – ( port unknown) arrived at Philadelphia from Cork 24 Jul with passengers. Brunswick – of London arrived at Quebec from Cork (45 d) 29 Jul with 230 settlers.
RELATED NEWS and EVENTS * Halifax Emigrants
A moderate number of passengers (100-250) arrived at Halifax from each of the ports of Belfast, Newry, Dublin, and Waterford ( The Ships List ). Halifax, Nova Scotia was the third emigration port of importance in BNA, after Quebec and St John, New Brunswick. * USA adds new States The House of Representatives of the United States passed Acts, authorizing the Missouri Territory, west of the Mississippi River, and the Illinois Territory, lying east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio River, to form constitutions, so they might be admitted into the Union as States. The State of Missouri in three decades would become the prime starting point of the Oregon Trail, one of the greatest land migrations in history. 1819 A-LIST
Ship
Captain
Cork Dep
Arrival
Voyage Emigrants
Source
MARSHLAND John Ditchburn
Quebec 3 May Philadelphia 22 Jul 1819 Quebec 27 Jul Quebec 11 Sep Quebec 13 Sep
29 d
8 passengers 2 8
JAMES FITZPATRICK
John Salter
passengers
5 8
BROTHERS
James Young
46 d
44 settlers 52 settlers 4 settlers
2 8 2 8 2 8
MARSHLAND John Ditchburn
8 wks.
BROTHERS
James Young
44 d
6
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