PART III CATALOGUE OF CORK-BASED EMIGRANT SHIPS 1815-60
1846/49 James Guest b.1809 (Crosshaven) 1848 Arthur Herbert b.1812 (Cork)
Master:
1846 William Cole b.1817 (Bona Vista Newfoundland)
Mate:
Seaman: Fate of ship:
Voyaged to St John NB, Boston and New York
Newfoundland at the time of William Cole’s birth possessed a large Irish diaspora and by the 1840s they accounted for 50% of the population of the colony of Newfoundland and Labrador. The fishing industry was the main draw and 90% of the Irish came from within a forty-mile radius of Waterford City (Waterford, Wexford, Cork, Tipperary, and Kilkenny), Historian John Manion.
Additional information:
Lloyds, Cove Ship News, UK M&M
References:
Fig. 81.
James Guest - Particulars of Service
ROBERT MCWILLIAM Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
New Brunswick 1824
298t Brig
Cork
Home port:
R Catto
Owner: Activity: Master:
Emigrant years: 1832, 33, 34
1832 A Johnson 1833 Williamson
Mate:
230
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