Westward Cork Migration by Sail 1815-1860 by John Sutton

PART I CALENDAR OF CORK EMIGRANT SHIP SAILINGS 1815-60

UNION

Wm Burton

New York 20 Aug 1827 New York 31 Aug 1827 Quebec 1 Sep Quebec 2 Sep Quebec 7 Sep Quebec 9 Sep Quebec/New York 11 Sep Quebec 15 Sep New York 11 May 1827 Bay Chaleur New York New York 31 Oct 1827

69 emigrants

4 8

LIVERPOOL

Alex Robinson

101 emigrants 4 8

VOLUNTEER R Thompson

9 Jul

91 settlers 4 settlers 16 settlers 100 settlers 36 emigrants 20 settlers passengers 65 emigrants passengers passengers 39 emigrants

2 8 2 8 2 8

CHAMPLAIN Sam… Hughes 23 Jul

FIDELITY MARGARET TRAVELER

A. English

29 Jul

James Attridge 4 Jul

2 8 9 1 4 8

Joseph Carr

4 Aug

ALBION ALBION

Abel Isaacs John Mills

8 Aug 28 Feb

2 8 9

1 8 4 8 1 8 1 8 4 8

BUSTEED BROTHERS

M Driscoll

17 Apr

LYDIA TRIO

J Sylvia

11 Sep

A Patterson

B-LIST Wellington Agenora

– of Liverpool sailed for Richibucto from Cork 3 May with passengers. – (port unknown) arrived at Quebec from Cork 17 Aug with 36 settlers. – (port unknown) departed Cove 25 Jun 1827 and arrived at Quebec 30 Aug with 19/49 settlers. -- of Liverpool sailed from Cork 4 Aug to Rio Janeiro with passengers. – of Liverpool sailed from Cork 17 Aug to Rio Janeiro with emigrants. – of London sailed from Cork 19 Sep to Rio Janeiro with emigrants.

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Retrieve Clarence Euphrates

RELATED NEWS and EVENTS * Cork Ship News Albion (Capt. Mills), departed for New York from Cork 28 Feb, put back, then sailed again 18 Mar. *Large numbers of Irish arriving on ships from Great Britain Focusing on US arrivals, 70% of all immigrants from the UK for every year between 1825 and 1846 were Irish (Cohn 2009, 24-31). * Fast Atlantic Crossings Spring 1827 was notable for some remarkably speedy transatlantic westbound voyages (see above). The Southern Reporter documented Captain Henry Bowman on Dominica of Cork arriving at St John’s Newfoundland on 24 April, 10 days out from Cork. This voyage matched the Cork Fish Trader, Clara , that would make a 10-day eastbound voyage from St

John’s to Cork in 1862. * Lachine Canal Update

‘Since the Lachine Canal opened for the season on the 16th ultimo, till the 16th instant, 290 Boats of different descriptions have passed through it. — This is independent of Rafts of Timber and Firewood. A number of boats, owing to the highness of the waters, have,