At 12:35 PM 2002-04-29 -02-30, Donna Burden wrote: >Family lore has it that in about 1842, the ship on which our Irish >(Ulster) ancestors (surname Moncrieff) sailed to Quebec struck rocks east >of Quebec City, and the passengers had to bail water to reach Quebec City. >All of their posessions were lost. > >I know there were many shipwrecks in the St. Lawrence at this time, so I >wonder if someone knows of any documentation of these accidents? I have >been scanning the shipping articles in the Montreal Gazette of the time, >but so far found no mention of it there. > >Donna Hi Donna, These occurrences were pretty common-place so often never rated a mention in the contemporary newspapers, which could sell more copies if there was loss of life, or WORSE still, loss of cargo! <grin> Gilbert R. Bossé has produced a CD about shipping in the Lower St. Lawrence during this period. I intend to buy one for my use, but Gil has some great excerpts on his website, extracted from many different sources. http://www.geocities.com/grbosse.geo/Intro.html http://www.geocities.com/grbosse.geo/ Sue http://theshipslist.com/
Hi Sue, What a worthwhile project Gilbert Bossé has embarked upon. His website has a wealth of information. Thanks for telling me about it, Donna ************ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Swiggum" <Sue@TheShipsList.com> To: <CAN-SHIPSLISTS-PRE1865-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:40 PM Subject: [CanShipsListsPre1865] Re: Irish immigrant ship wrecked in St. Lawrence ca. 1842 At 12:35 PM 2002-04-29 -02-30, Donna Burden wrote: Family lore has it that in about 1842, the ship on which our Irish (Ulster) ancestors (surname Moncrieff) sailed to Quebec struck rocks east of Quebec City, and the passengers had to bail water to reach Quebec City. All of their posessions were lost. I know there were many shipwrecks in the St. Lawrence at this time, so I wonder if someone knows of any documentation of these accidents? I have been scanning the shipping articles in the Montreal Gazette of the time, but so far found no mention of it there. Donna ************** Hi Donna, These occurrences were pretty common-place so often never rated a mention in the contemporary newspapers, which could sell more copies if there was loss of life, or WORSE still, loss of cargo! <grin> Gilbert R. Bossé has produced a CD about shipping in the Lower St. Lawrence during this period. I intend to buy one for my use, but Gil has some great excerpts on his website, extracted from many different sources. http://www.geocities.com/grbosse.geo/Intro.html http://www.geocities.com/grbosse.geo/ Sue http://theshipslist.com/