On 25 Jul 2002 at 22:28, Francine G. Weeks wrote: > In July of 1847, the small bark Ajax anchored at Grosse Ile > to discharge her cargo of desperately ill passengers. Ajax > had sailed from Liverpool, England >Dublin Harbor, Ireland, > to Grosse Ile, the quarantine station for Canada, before > leaving for her final leg of the journey to Quebec. My > gr-grandfather, Thomas GAVAGAN, age 16, had been aboard. A > fellow passenger, Timothy GAVAGHAN, age 67, had died and > been buried at sea in the harbor at Grosse Ile. Hi Fran, I couldn't find much, but try these URLs for a few tidbits on the AJAX http://www.theshipslist.com/1847/GIRegister1847.htm http://www.theshipslist.com/1847/shipsmay1847.html Lorine **Search Ships Passenger Lists to USA http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_ships.shtml **Search Ships Passenger Lists to Canada http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_shipscanada.shtml **Search Ships Passenger Lists to Australia/New Zealand http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/searchships_aus.shtml otg@csolve.net