That's a plausible idea, Declan. Thanks for the suggestion. But why would he not be listed on any ships lists? (And I've read so many that fit the time period and countries, I wouldn't think I'd have missed it.) I suppose that not all the lists of ships that went to Canada have been transcribed though... Loralee > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:57:13 -0000 > From: "Declan Barron" <newparkhouse.ennis@eircom.net> > Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] 12 year old Mystery Immigrant > To: <irl-clare@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <8B1BDDE1C82D47FFB684624EB029CA4D@7a63037b45a747d> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; > charset="iso-8859-1"; >     reply-type=original > > My thoughts are that he might have travelled with a neighbour > or friend of > the parents and met on his arrival by a relative, > Declan

There are a number of reasons why someone would not show up in shipping records. 1. Records were lost or destroyed or became illegible 2. People didn't have passports and didn't have to prove identity so may have travelled under another name. If a child travelled with another family maybe he was listed under their name. I am missing 2 ggrandmothers arrival into Melbourne in 1850's I suspect 1 travelled with her sister under their mothers maiden name & the other is on a passenger list that did not survive Regards Brenda On 22/01/2013, at 4:58 PM, Loralee Wellington <teacher.mom@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > But why would he not be listed on any ships lists? >