Hi: I have a question about emigration. Would a man, a former miner turned farmer, with a wife and two small daughters, be willing to travel overland with his family from St. Merryn to Malpas, near Truro in 1844 to take passage aboard the ship "Clio"? Or would he be more likely to take passage on the ship "Belle" of Padstow? St. Merryn is only stone's throw away from Padstow. According to this link, the "Clio" was a bigger ship than most and offered better accomodation: http://www.wwjohnston.net/famhist/pedlar1841.htm According to the West Briton for April 1844, under the second heading of Emigration, there seems to have been a lot of people travelling to Malpas, and a lot sailing from Padstow. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wbritonad/cornwall/1844/misc/apr.html Any thoughts? Thanks. Regards, Carol Collins
Depends where the ship was leaving for. It may have been that the only ship to Canada in the near future was from a particular port. Tony On 11/10/12 8:44 AM, Carol Collins wrote: > Hi: I have a question about emigration. Would a man, a former miner turned farmer, with a wife and two small daughters, be willing to travel overland with his family from St. Merryn to Malpas, near Truro in 1844 to take passage aboard the ship "Clio"? Or would he be more likely to take passage on the ship "Belle" of Padstow? St. Merryn is only stone's throw away from Padstow. According to this link, the "Clio" was a bigger ship than most and offered better accomodation: http://www.wwjohnston.net/famhist/pedlar1841.htm According to the West Briton for April 1844, under the second heading of Emigration, there seems to have been a lot of people travelling to Malpas, and a lot sailing from Padstow. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wbritonad/cornwall/1844/misc/apr.html Any thoughts? Thanks. Regards, Carol Collins > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > 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