Would anyone know of any sort of a place like this for folks coming to the Maritime provinces? And if so where might now be any records from then? I am looking for my gr gr grandparents who seem to have come to Nova Scotia sometime between when they were born in the mid to late 1820s and their marriage in 1851. I can find no information about them prior to that marriage. I believe they came from England - they were Samuel Rudolph and Mary Boyd/Boid(unless it was Samuel Rudolph and Mary Walters.. sigh) thanks faye ---- Garth Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: > Grosse Ile is located down river or east from Quebec City and all > ships inbound to ports on the St Lawrence had to call here first for > health clearance from early 1800's to 1937. Those ships with ill > passengers had to disembark and stay here until quarantine period was > over before moving on.

There are more quarantine stations in Canada than these but to answer your question directly try the following: websites. As is indicated below there may not be any records at all. < http://www.newirelandnb.ca/Irish-Trail-Quarantine-Stations/Hospital-Island .html > Shrouded in mist and mystery is a tiny island, less than three acres in size, sitting in the north-east section of Passamaquoddy Bay, three and one half nautical miles from the port of St. Andrews. Just west of Hardwood Island, it was originally called Little Hardwood Island; later, Quarantine Island, and Hospital Island. In 1832 it was chosen as the site of a quarantine station and cholera hospital to serve Charlotte County, part of a province-wide attempt by government to control the importation of infectious diseases, particularly cholera, an epidemic which was then raging in Europe. AND < http://www.tourismsaintjohn.com/files/fuse.cfm?section=13&screen=186 > Partridge Island was the first quarantine station in Canada and as such is a National and Provincial Historic Site. First used as a quarantine station as early as 1785, it received its largest influx of immigrants in the 1840s during the Great Famine in Ireland (the "Potato Famine"). A shortage of potatoes occurred because the British exported their potatoes leaving millions of Irish to starve to death. During this time period over 4,500 sick people were cared for on the Island. The hospitals could only accommodate 200 people. The island had no source of fresh water and had to get it from the mainland. Dr. Collins, the practicing doctor on the island, died of typhus in 1847. There is no record of those who died or were buried there. The cemeteries on the island were consecrated in 1925. Reburial of remains took place in August 1988 in St. Mary's Cemetery on Loch Lomond Road. Gordon in Ottawa -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Faye Sent: September 10, 2008 8:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Grosse Ile Would anyone know of any sort of a place like this for folks coming to the Maritime provinces? And if so where might now be any records from then? I am looking for my gr gr grandparents who seem to have come to Nova Scotia sometime between when they were born in the mid to late 1820s and their marriage in 1851. I can find no information about them prior to that marriage. I believe they came from England - they were Samuel Rudolph and Mary Boyd/Boid(unless it was Samuel Rudolph and Mary Walters.. sigh) thanks faye ---- Garth Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: > Grosse Ile is located down river or east from Quebec City and all > ships inbound to ports on the St Lawrence had to call here first for > health clearance from early 1800's to 1937. Those ships with ill > passengers had to disembark and stay here until quarantine period was > over before moving on. When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message