Westward Cork Migration by Sail 1815-1860 by John Sutton

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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