Many times passengers were transported from shore to larger ships by tenders. My mother arrived in the US on a ship which originated in Liverpool and stopped in Cork (Queenstown) (Cobh). She boarded the tender and was transported about a mile to the waiting ship which then proceeded to New York. <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > Just to add my 2 cents worth, if it's even worth that much: > > In October, 2005, I found my gggrandmother on the Barque Stambone which > sailed from > Tralee, Ireland, 6 June, 1851, on the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild. > She is listed as > age 13, alone! I did not find her aunt, with whom she was supposed to be > traveling, nor her parents who came after she left. > > At the port of New York: "I, John Farrow, Master of the Br Barque > Stambone, do solemnly, > sincerely and truly swear that the ..........the said Barque at Tralee, > from which port said Barque has now arrived............" > > Somewhere I have read that the port waters were too shallow for the larger > ships to sail > into and so passengers had to take another ship out to where the larger > ones waited. > > The Stambone might have sailed from Liverpool to Tralee - who knows. > > Darlene >

Trans-Atlantic steamers were generally served by tenders at Queenstown/Cobh. It's unlikely, however, that a barque whose passenger manifest says it departed from Tralee in County Kerry, would have originated in Liverpool, unless of course it was carrying some cargo that was to be delivered to Tralee. Keep in mind that many such smaller sailing vessels served mostly as freight transporters and took on passengers as accomodations were available. The number of people listed as passengers is often an indication of size. Smaller vessels often left from smaller ports, but if you look at a map you would see that it is unlikely a passenger vessel bound for America would detour from its route to pick up passengers in Tralee. Also, if the ship had originated in Liverpool, the manifest should read "Liverpool/Tralee". See http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Maps/England_Sea_Routes.html for the major railway and shipping routes in 1900. -dja curraveha <[email protected]> wrote: : Many times passengers were transported from shore to larger ships by : tenders. My mother arrived in the US on a ship which originated in : Liverpool and stopped in Cork (Queenstown) (Cobh). She boarded the tender : and was transported about a mile to the waiting ship which then proceeded to : New York. : <[email protected]> wrote in message : news:[email protected] :> Just to add my 2 cents worth, if it's even worth that much: :> :> In October, 2005, I found my gggrandmother on the Barque Stambone which :> sailed from :> Tralee, Ireland, 6 June, 1851, on the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild. :> She is listed as :> age 13, alone! I did not find her aunt, with whom she was supposed to be :> traveling, nor her parents who came after she left. :> :> At the port of New York: "I, John Farrow, Master of the Br Barque :> Stambone, do solemnly, :> sincerely and truly swear that the ..........the said Barque at Tralee, :> from which port said Barque has now arrived............" :> :> Somewhere I have read that the port waters were too shallow for the larger :> ships to sail :> into and so passengers had to take another ship out to where the larger :> ones waited. :> :> The Stambone might have sailed from Liverpool to Tralee - who knows. :> :> Darlene :>