Westward Cork Migration by Sail 1815-1860 by John Sutton

PART I CALENDAR OF CORK EMIGRANT SHIP SAILINGS 1815-60

RELATED NEWS and EVENTS * Shipping News. No Quebec arrivals of Cork vessels documented on The Ships List . The second half of 1844 documented the usual Cork emigrant ships voyaging to America only in ballast. However, direct emigration from Cork to America increased in 1844 with a distribution: BNA – 1,185 , USA - 61 (McCarthy 2019, 270).

1845 A-LIST

Ship

Captain

Cork Dep

Arrival

Voyage Emigrants Source

PALLAS

Robert Hall

24 Mar 3 Apr 9 Apr 15 Apr 15 Apr 15 Apr 16 Apr 17 Apr 18 Apr

St John NB

42 d 48 d

emigrants 1 8 12 emigrants 1 8 11 12 emigrants 1 8 12 emigrants 1 8 12 emigrants 1 8 13 emigrants 8 12 emigrants 1 8 12 emigrants 1 8 emigrants 1 8 emigrants 1 9 emigrants 8 9 12

ELIZA ANN

Clarke

St John 21 May 1845 St John NB

PONS AELII

J Mock

1 Jun

JOHN WESLEY David Davis

St John 23 May 37 d

URANIA

Thomas Cooper Clarke

St John NB

ST LAWRENCE B Askey

St John 21 May

ALBION

Tardiff Heacock

St John 29 May 43 d

TRY AGAIN

Quebec

PERO IDEA

T Meredith T Howell John Keohan

St John NB St John NB St John NB 15 Jun 1845 St John NB 4 Jun 1845 St John NB 30 Jun 1845 St John 3 Jun

HENRY PATTERSON DOMINICA

Bowman / Wemyss

22 Apr

36 d

emigrants 1 8 12

CHAMPLAIN

Robert William Peirce

emigrants 8 9 12

MARY

J Dunbar J Coughlin Driscoll T Huldie

5 May 6 May 10/11 May 7/9 May

49 d

emigrants 1 8 12 emigrants 1 8 emigrants 1 8 12 emigrants 1 8

GASPAR

Quebec

NONPAREIL

St John NB St Andrews or Quebec St John NB 3 Jul 1845

GEORGE

TIME

Denis Driscoll (b.1815) James Goonan b.1815

emigrants 9 12

ELLEN & MARGARET WOODLAND CASTLE LUCY ANNE

31 May

St John NB

emigrants 1 8 12

Williams

St John NB 7 Aug 1845

emigrants 8 12

Ben Askey

16 Jun

Quebec

emigrants 1 8

B-LIST Ocean

– (probably of London) sailed for St John NB from Cork 9 Apr with emigrants. Arrived 22 May. – of Plymouth sailed for St John NB from Cork 10 Apr with emigrants.

Southampton

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