Hello friends To respond to Willi Laurie's question to our mailing list;
"In what year were the famine ships sent on to Kingston (Ontario) for quarantine?" The Irish famine was 1845-1849. However, even after 1849 cholera and fever were rampant in Canada, and emigrants were still being quarantined. And indeed, the Grosse Isle Quarantine station was open. Regarding your lead for your BUCHANAN'S of their ship having "returned to port for repairs".... There were many ships that returned to port. An example from this 1 news article of 15 Oct. 1846 Disasters at Sea Kingstown, Oct. 9. Report of the brig 'Torrent', put back Dublin, dismasted, bound from Wexford to Quebec, met with heavy gales 20th and 21st ult. On the 20th she was struck by a heavy sea which nearly cleared the decks and carried away the wheel; cut away mainmast to get her before the wind and prevent her foundering, On the 22nd, the gale having partially subsided, spoke the ship 'Victoria', of and from Belfast, bound to Quebec, dismasted and on beam ends and rudder gone; lay by her until next day; in the interim, the crew was taken out by brig 'Trafalgar', of Maryport, bound to Quebec; On the 23rd, boarded the 'Victoria' and took from her sails and provisions, which enabled us to proceed for the nearest port. Same day, boarded the brig 'Violet', of Belfast, from Liverpool, with decks swept, loss of sails and jib-boom; she had on board 17 of the crew of the ship 'Emerald', of and from St. John's. On the 24th, spoke the brig 'Belize' of Dundee, from Quebec, had on board the crew of the 'Cushlamachree'; same day saw a large ship dismasted, steering to the Eastward September 30, in lat. 49.4 N., long. 22.31 W. at 10 p.m., passed close windward of a large vessel on fire, burned in parts nearly to the water’s edge and from the appearance of her sharp bows, short bowsprit, two tiers of stern windows and irons amidships on both sides, still standing. Captain ROACHE is of opinion that she must have been a large steemer. Newry Telegraph During 1846-49, there were not only a number of severe storms in the Atlantic, but also the normal sorts of accidents which took place, and accidents due to it being an old ship, or not having been properly inspected at the originating port by the authorities. In general, for anyone searching, I have found no comprehensive lists of ships arriving at Quebec, Montreal, or Grosse Isle. If someone knows of them, please do share where we can find the information. There are books available, a couple being Irish Passenger lists 1847-1871 by Brian Mitchell "Index of Passengers who Emigrated to Canada Between 1817 and 1849", by the Ontario Genealogical Society 1999. it says "an index to a small number of British passenger lists" found among the British Colonial Office records. An Irish Heart: How A Small Immigrant Community Shaped Canada .... by Sharon Driedger https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/product/9780006394884-item.html https://www.ebay.ca/i/193126400845 Robert Whyte's Famine Ship Diary 1847 March 15, 1994 by James Mangan "Sea of Sorrows" at http://www.scholastic.ca/dearcanada/books/seaofsorrows.htm And at E-Bay today https://bit.ly/2JplRhv Google Books online, has many Parliamentary reports that include reports of A.C. BUCHANAN (who was the chief Emigration Officer at Quebec). On the rare occasion, he mentions the specific names of an emigrant or where a group of emigrants was headed to Canada or the US. some extracts - "The passengers per the "Macoa" 282 passengers sailed from Londonderry on the 10th May and after being a few days at sea were obliged to put into Belfast in distress and were detained there until the 19th June As these people were delayed at that port upwards of four weeks attended with a good deal extra expense the funds of many of the families were completely exhaust on arrival here and I found it necessary to grant some assistance to enable them to reach their friends The master Mr MILLIGAN was most kind and attentive to their wants during the voyage and they all speak most favourably of his attention They are all proceeding to Canada West." (Canada West was Ontario & Upper Canada was Quebec) "A passenger by this vessel named Patrick Quincy jumped overboard during the night while the ship was at anchor at Grosse Isle and was drowned leaving a wife and eight children who was sent to the hospital with fever." (he was from a ship arriving from Limerick) Depending on the church of your ancestors, they may be recorded in the local Parish Record transcripts for the time. I do know, from having searched them myself, that St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Quebec city recorded some of the deaths of the emigrants at Grosse Isle. The Gazette's of both Quebec and Montreal sometimes published the lists of the dead. My access to these are only those available to search online. As my own ancestors did not emigrate until 1911, my knowledge of particular details during the Irish famine time frame, is limited to what I have learned through helping others. Here are some links for further investigation (members may have to copy & paste the link into your browser) http://www.bytown.net/famineireland.htm https://www.digitalkingston.ca/ https://www.kingstonhistoricalsociety.ca/ http://www.geneofun.on.ca/ontariogenweb/ http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tocan1820-1850.shtml https://www.tvo.org/article/remembering-the-great-famine-and-the-irish-refugees-who-came-to-ontario https://journals.openedition.org/mimmoc/1787?lang=en https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol2/002/NR80549.PDF Happy Searching-Teena -- www.cotyrone.com http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] UlsterAncestry Mailing List Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry Website: https://cotyrone.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/
