Westward Cork Migration by Sail 1815-1860 by John Sutton

PART III CATALOGUE OF CORK-BASED EMIGRANT SHIPS 1815-60

JOHN FRANCIS Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Montreal 1827

362t Ship

Cork

Home port:

Carroll & c

Owner: Activity: Master:

Emigrant years: 1842, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52 1842 John Kent b.1814 (Cork) 1846/50 Henry Deaves b.1809 (Cork) #3145 1847 John Ronayne b 1816 (Queenstown) 1846 Josiah Hughes b.1818 (Youghal) 1847 John Ronayne b.1816 (Queenstown)

Mate:

Seaman: Fate of ship:

Voyaged to St John NB, Quebec and Boston

1842. 237 emigrants in the Spring, only 16 in the Autumn. She was registered in Quebec 1830-32 and under the command of Captain Walter McGrath b.1789 in the transatlantic timber trade. Future Captain William Henry Deane Hargrave b.1827 (Cork) served as an Apprentice in 1844 under Captain Henry Deaves. Cove Ship News, Lloyds, UK M&M, UK Nat Arch

Additional information:

References:

Fig. 68.

John Ronayne - Particulars of Service

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