Westward Cork Migration by Sail 1815-1860 by John Sutton

PART I CALENDAR OF CORK EMIGRANT SHIP SAILINGS 1815-60

ROBERT MCWILLIAMS PAN MOOR BARBADOES

Jackson

10 Apr

Quebec 2 Jun 1832 Quebec 4 Jun Quebec 5 Jun Quebec 7 Jul Quebec 19 Jul Quebec 5 Aug 1832 Quebec 5 Aug Quebec 6 Aug Quebec 5 Sep Quebec 8 Oct Quebec8 Oct Quebec 9 Oct

250 settlers

2 8

J Gray

16 Apr 18 Apr 17 May 29 May 26 Jun 14 May 19 Jul 23 Aug 25 Aug 7 Jun 26 Aug

36 settlers 127 settlers 131 settlers 150 settlers Passengers/ 118 settlers 92 settlers 28 settlers 87 settlers 10 settlers 17 settlers 4 settlers

2 8 2 8

Thomas Lee

JOHN PEDDER G Atkinson ANN & MARY Lloyd

1 2 8

2 8

VITTORIA

Mitchel

1 2 8

PONS AELII WILLIAM VOLUNTEER ELIZA ANN PALLAS

? Callender J Phillips Robert Hall Thompson Dagerville D Irving

2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8

RACHEL

B-LIST Champlain Brig Jane

– of Cork arrived at Quebec from Youghal 4 Jun (41 d) with 98 settlers. – ( port unknown) arrived at Halifax from Cork 7 Jun (55 d) with 101 passengers. – of Cork sailed for St John NB from Kinsale 1 Jul with passengers. --(port unknown) arrived at Quebec from Cork 5 Aug 1832 with 118 settlers. – of London arrived at Halifax from Cork 23 Aug (62 d) with 145 passengers.

Independence

Victoria Barque Minstrel

RELATED NEWS and EVENTS * Cholera

A great cholera epidemic arrived in the port cities of London and Liverpool in 1832 and reached Cork in April. Cork’s North Infirmary became a designated treatment center, and hundreds died. Carried across the Atlantic from Dublin to Quebec by Irish emigrants on the Carrick , it spread onward to Montreal, Upper and Lower Canada with many deaths. * Safety Standards Compromised (1832). ‘An order has been received at this Custom-house from the Board, in consequence of a memorial from the general ship-owners’ Society, directing the officers of customs not to interfere with ships carrying less than 50 passengers to North America, and in all cases, the necessity of carrying a surgeon throughout the voyage is rescinded, and a strict examination into the health of the passengers is directed to be made by a medical superintendent previous to sailing. This indicates a decided disposition on the part of Government to afford every possible facility and encouragement to emigration’ ( Plymouth Journal). * The Ohio and Erie Canal Completed (1832) This 308-mile segment of the US canal system, completed in 1832, linked Lake Erie at Cleveland to Portsmouth on the Ohio River, opening Lake Erie to the vast Ohio-Mississippi water transportation system (Part ll). Shipping on the canal between Cleveland and Akron was already operational by 1827. The canal was built by Irish and German immigrants. * Rideau Canal Completed (1832) The Rideau Canal was built to facilitate shipping between Bytown (future Ottawa) and Kingston on Lake Ontario because of British concern, after the War of 1812, that the United