One thing I found interesting to read re ships from Britain to Canada. It put forth the supposition, and I am calling it a supposition, that if it were winter, the ships only went from Britain to the maritime provinces such as Nova Scotia. If it were summer time, the ships went on to Upper Canada, or the Toronto area. I am afraid my ancestor (Donald McGregor) whom I am most anxious to trace must have come in 1832 from Loch Rannoch, Perthshire, Scotland to Nova Scotia in winter, in the steerage, with no record, at least newspaper-wise, of the name of his ship, though there had to be a list at one time back in Scotland, which the captain of his ship had to keep. My guess is that his ship may have landed in Pictou, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, and it may also have stopped in Prince Edward Island, perhaps at Charlottetown PEI. If your ancestor was English, most likely your ancestor came to a port in Quebec where English settlers were heavily settled. Perhaps that narrows it down a bit for you. Pictou NS was heavily populated with Scots. Jean MacGregor Simon Huntsville, Alabama USA ----- Original Message ----- From: <jbatesangel01@msn.com> To: <CAN-SHIPSLISTS-PRE1865-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 8:21 AM Subject: [CanShipsPre1865] ship lists > Hello, list > I am fairly new to my Canadian ancestor search and have been helped vicariously by reading other list member's posts. My "ship" question is 2-fold: has anyone found an early-1830 ship list from ENG to Quebec? and 2nd question: is there a list of "most popular ports" to leave ENG and come to CAN around 1830? Thanks, much, > > Your neighbor to the south, > > Julie Bates - St. Paul, MN > > ______________________________

Jean, Before the rail lines went through (1850s but 1870s before Halifax was connected) the only way to get from Nova Scotia or New Brunswick to Quebec or Upper Canada was by ship. Thus, rarely did any emigrant use those ports to get to Lower or Upper Canada. Ships arrived at Quebec from late April (if it was a good year) to early November. Most vessels only made one crossing a year. Once the Erie Canal was built in the 1820s some emigrants went into New York and then up the canal to the lakes, crossed over by boat to Kingston, York (Toronto), etc. Ships stopped at Quebec or Montreal and then the emigrant moved up to Upper Canada by boat -- travel was a little easier as the canals opened in the late 1820s early 1830s. Some of the boats were large barges (no cover when it rained) so the trip was no great joy. You can read more about this from the emigrant handbook I have on my site For 1832 Quebec arrivals: http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/emigrants1832.html For 1834 New York arrivals: http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/emigrants1834.html Regards.. Marjorie Kohli Waterloo, ON Canada http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/ At 02:17 PM 04/06/2002 -0500, J Simon wrote: >One thing I found interesting to read re ships from Britain to Canada. It >put forth the supposition, and I am calling it a supposition, that if it >were winter, the ships only went from Britain to the maritime provinces such >as Nova Scotia. If it were summer time, the ships went on to Upper Canada, >or the Toronto area. > >I am afraid my ancestor (Donald McGregor) whom I am most anxious to trace >must have come in 1832 from Loch Rannoch, Perthshire, Scotland to Nova >Scotia in winter, in the steerage, with no record, at least newspaper-wise, >of the name of his ship, though there had to be a list at one time back in >Scotland, which the captain of his ship had to keep. My guess is that his >ship may have landed in Pictou, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, and it may also >have stopped in Prince Edward Island, perhaps at Charlottetown PEI. If your >ancestor was English, most likely your ancestor came to a port in Quebec >where English settlers were heavily settled. Perhaps that narrows it down a >bit for you. Pictou NS was heavily populated with Scots. > >Jean MacGregor Simon >Huntsville, Alabama USA > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <jbatesangel01@msn.com> >To: <CAN-SHIPSLISTS-PRE1865-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 8:21 AM >Subject: [CanShipsPre1865] ship lists > > > > Hello, list > > I am fairly new to my Canadian ancestor search and have been helped >vicariously by reading other list member's posts. My "ship" question is >2-fold: has anyone found an early-1830 ship list from ENG to Quebec? and >2nd question: is there a list of "most popular ports" to leave ENG and come >to CAN around 1830? Thanks, much, > > > > Your neighbor to the south, > > > > Julie Bates - St. Paul, MN > > > > ______________________________ > > >==== CAN-SHIPSLISTS-PRE1865 Mailing List ==== >Search ships passenger lists to Canada from 1850 to 1865 at >http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tocanp04.shtml > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 Marjorie Kohli Waterloo, ON Canada http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/