Westward Cork Migration by Sail 1815-1860 by John Sutton

PART I CALENDAR OF CORK EMIGRANT SHIP SAILINGS 1815-60

Brig Emerald

– of Kinsale, Capt. Mark Leonard, arrived at New York from Cork 24 Jul with emigrants. -- of Yarmouth sailed for Boston from Cork 17 Jun with emigrants. Arrived 31 Jul. – of Quebec sailed for Quebec from Cork 26 Jun with emigrants. – (port unknown) arrived at New York 4 Aug with emigrants. – (port unknown) sailed for Boston from Cork 4 Jul with emigrants. – of Boston sailed for Boston from Cork 15 Jul with emigrants. Arrived 20 Aug. – (port unknown) sailed for Baltimore from Cork 29 Jul with emigrants. – (port unknown) sailed for New York from Cork 30 Oct with emigrants .

Brig Competitor

Lumley

Brig Orion

Norma

St Petersburg

Ruth

Aaron J Harvey

RELATED NEWS and EVENTS * Shipping News

S ize and capacity of emigrant ships was increasing. The New World (1404t) arrived at New York from Liverpool 26 May 1849 with 722 emigrants and the Constellation arrived from Liverpool with 860 passengers.

Fig. 11: The Port of New York at South Street on the East River.

* Cholera Epidemics Mortality associated with transatlantic voyages from Liverpool or any Irish port to the Port of New York 1845-53 exceeded 3% only in the Cholera years of 1849 and 1853 . The average

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