Westward Cork Migration by Sail 1815-1860 by John Sutton

PART I CALENDAR OF CORK EMIGRANT SHIP SAILINGS 1815-60

– possibly of Cork arrived at St John NB from Cork 21 May with emigrants. --(port unknown) arrived at Boston from Cork 14 May with emigrants. – of Liverpool sailed for New York from Cork 14 Apr with emigrants. – of Seaton sailed for St John NB from Cork 22 Apr with emigrants. Arrived 3 Jun. – of Newcastle arrived at St John from Cork 27 May with emigrants. – probably of Cork arrived at St John NB from Cork with emigrants.

Isadore

Brig Hiram

Mersey Martha

Coxon

Nonpareil Brothers

– probably of London arrived at St John NB from Cork 21 Jun with emigrants. Lady Mary Fox – of Waterford sailed for St John NB from Cork 22 Apr with emigrants. Arrived 3 Jun. Sarah – (port unknown) arrived at St John NB from Cork 23 Jun with emigrants. Henry Warburton – of London sailed for St John NB from Cork 23 Apr with emigrants. Time – (possibly of Cork) sailed for St John NB from Cork 10 May with emigrants. Arrived 3 Jul. Atlas – of London sailed for Quebec from Cork 15 May with 340 passengers! Listed to have arrived at St John NB at unknown date!! Catherine – (possibly of Cork) sailed for St John NB from Cork 2 Jun with emigrants. Jane – (likely of London or Cork) arrived at St John NB from Cork 2 Jul with emigrants. RELATED NEWS and EVENTS * Shipping News No Quebec arrivals of Cork ships documented on The Ships List . Conflicting departure date and destination reports for Nonpareil and George on Cove Ship News. Bank record (EISB) indicated the arrival of Urania at Quebec, rather than St John, from Cork 6 May with emigrants. * Emigration Increase in 1845 While the potato blight was making its way from the east coast of America to Europe, emigration was increasing at a moderate rate from the UK and Ireland. Emigrant departures from the UK: 93,501 ; distribution: BNA: 34%, US: 63%, Australia: minor. Cork became the main emigrant port in Ireland in 1845. BNA: 4,478 , US: 358 (McCarthy, 2019, 270). These statistics are much in line with the voyages in the Cork Calendar of Ships for 1845. * Texas Becomes 28th State A Mexican dispute about the Texas border and the US annexation of Texas , would precipitate a declaration of war ( the Mexican American War 1846-48 ), a one-sided conflict leading to the capture of Mexico City by Major-General Winfield Scott in September 1847. The huge Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo would be concluded 2 Feb 1848, reducing Mexican territory by 55% and ceding to the USA: Texas, California, Nevada, and Utah, as well as parts of present-day Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming (see 1848 below and Part ll).