At 02:00 PM 2002-10-16 -0500, Dan Pyne wrote: >My great grandfather and great grandmother Kinnerk, sailed from Sligo, >Ireland to Quebec, Canada in May 1847. After leaving Ile Grosse in Canada >the ship ran into weather going north to the mouth of the Saint Lawrence >River. The ship wrecked about four miles east of Cap Rosier. Many of the >Irish drowned. I have found the shipwreck and the ship's name but nothing >else. Can you help me? >Dan Pyne Hi Dan, She never reached Grosse Isle, and wrecked May - see the contemporary newspaper reports http://www.theshipslist.com/1847/shipsnb1847j.html She sailed April 9th http://www.theshipslist.com/1847/shipsmay1847.html Quebec report http://www.theshipslist.com/1847/shipsjune1847.html Grosse Isle is only about 30 miles from Quebec City. I don't see any mention of how the survivors reached Quebec. Sue http://www.theshipslist.com/ --