------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 15:49:22 -0600 From: af877@freenet.carleton.ca (Harry Dodsworth) To: CAN-SHIPSLISTS-PRE1865-L@rootsweb.com, marjorie@abacom.com Send reply to: af877@freenet.carleton.ca Subject: Re: Steerage passengers "Marjorie Goodfellow" <marjorie@abacom.com> posted 25 names from a Quebec notary's archives - presumably heads of families. These people were paid some money on arrival from the parishes which had sent them. This was not uncommon when a group was sent by a parish or by an estate owner - however it is uncommon for the record of the payment to survive. I must admit notary's archives aren't on my usual reading list. Here is the report of the ship's arrival (Montreal Gazette) Bark Dochfour, [captain] Johns, Bristol, [agents] Goldsworthy, cargo, 83 settlers. and: In the Dochfour, Mr. Levy & nephew [probably cabin passengers] Lloyd's Register (1836) shows the Dochfour as 383 tons, built Bristol in 1810, owned by Beeston and others of Bristol, and AE 1 in class (not very seaworthy :-) Although I havn't seen the film, I suggest that George Spredberg and Benj Spredburg might in fact be Spradburys, related to Herman Spradbury, who is also on the list :-) I also wonder about Herman as a given name in England. I gather the film lacked legibility! -- Harry Dodsworth Ottawa Ontario Canada af877@freenet.carleton.ca ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------- End of forwarded message ------- Lorine McGinnis Schulze -- * The Olive Tree Genealogy http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ * Past Voices:Letters Home http://pastvoices.com/ * USA Genealogy http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/usa_genealogy/ * My Family Branches http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~myfamilybranches/ otg@csolve.net or olivetreegen@netscape.net