Last weekend we visited the Jeanie Johnson, a replica of an 1847 packet ship that carried immigrants from Ireland to the US and Canada. A real interesting time.One of the interesting diplays on the ship were records about passengers and where they ended up - Canada/Quebec or Baltimore, MD. Anyhow chances are your ancestors, if going to Canada, probably went to Mirmache or Grosse Isle first - these served the same purpose as Ellis Island did in the US.
larry >I am sure that is *exactly* what happened -- I have been doing a little >geneology and the north shore way out east is where the ships landed. I >forget the name of the town where my people landed but its some tiny blip >on the map I had never heard of before or since. Mind you, my family moved >to around Joliet, then Assomption, no hillbillies we.... > >Dana > >Larry C. Lyons writes: > >> Exactly. very much like my neighbours when I was living in south west >> Virginia, if your family did not move into this valley before 1820, >> you were a newcomer and your opinion didn't count nohow. I suspected >> in both cases a lot of inbreeding over the years - both with these >> habitants and the hillbillies. >> >> larry >> >> ><g> Their ancestors landed there in the 17th century and nobody ever moved >> >:) >> > >> >Dana >> > >> >Larry C. Lyons writes: >> > >> >> They were from places like Shawinnigan and similar very small places >> >> on the north shore. Not the brightest of the lot believe me. >> >> >> >> larry >> >> >> >> >not real literate in french either from the sound of it :) >> >> > >> >> >Larry C. Lyons writes: >> >> > >> >> >> >see, listening to Poison *can* be harmful!!! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Years ago when I was taking a Canadian Armed Forces ground survival >> >> >> course, about half the people in the class were francophone (French >> >> >> Canadian). several of them had really terrible English language >> >> >> skills. In our ration packs there were some solid fuel tables for >> >> >> heating food and water. The were plainly labeled in English Poison. >> >> >> These tables did not have any French on them. I had to stop a couple >> >> >> of francophone guys from eating these tablets - "But Larry its >> >> >> poisson - fish" >> >> >> >> >> >> go figure. >> >> >> >> >> >> larry >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> Larry C. Lyons >> >> >> >> >> >> ======================================================== >> >> >> Life is Complex. It has both real and imaginary parts. >> >> >> ======================================================== >> >> >> Chaos, Panic and Disorder. My work here is done. >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
