Hi: Seems like about a year ago I was looking at a Kerry site that had lots of old Kerry Baptism (and maybe Marriage records) I think from Catholic Parish records. Can't recall the address. Can anyone help me? Thanks. Bill in Montana

It's most probable that ships embarking from Tralee and Limerick would have been sail powered. By 1870 or so, the large ocean liners began to ply the seas carrying thousands of passengers. Much safer, much healthier, much shorter passage time, more professional, steerage class probably roomier and probably cheaper. Most who lived near Cork met the Liverpool ships as the "topped off" their load at Cobh. Most other Irish after that probably went to Liverpool to catch the big ships.

My grandmother's grandmother sailed from Tralee approx. 1851. {I don't have the papers in front of me and I'm too lazy at the moment to get them out.} Anyway her ship's papers said she left from Tralee, and since the port was too shallow, another smaller boat took her out to her ship which lay just outside where the water was deeper. Just thought I'd tell you what I learned a few years back. FYI. Darlene > > > (Note that Tralee and Blennerville are the same port) > > There were no deep water ports in Ireland. So where did the Irish board > the > boats? Well, some sailed from Tralee, Cork City, and Cobh even before > 1862. > By that time a railroad had been completed from Tralee to Cobh, so few > left > from Tralee anymore, most went to Cobh or Cork to start their journey. > Making Cork the last port of call put the ships in warmer and more gentle > waters and were on the English route from Plymouth to the new world. Many > of > the people that "went from Cork" actually went from Cobh. Sailing out of > Cobh/Cove, the Port of Cork, the large ships would anchor at sea and they > would ferry the "topping off passengers" out to the ship. Ships also left > from Limerick to Canada, taking people and bringing back lumber. > > The only main ports of departure from Ireland were (1) going to Liverpool, > mostly families from the northern counties did that (2) Cobh/Queenstown, > mostly from the southern ports and (3) some northern people also went to > Glasgow. In much earlier years there were also departures from other > ports > such as Larne. The major ports for the years of 1846-1851 were Dublin, > Newery, Galway, Cork, Limerick, Belfast, Londonderry, Waterford, Liverpool > and Silgo. > > Kerry Census 1841: 293,880 > Estimated Census 1851: 238,000 > 1841 -1851 Populaton Decrease: 19% > Estimated Deaths 1845-1850: 32,000 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Reg Volk" <[email protected]> > To: "Jenny B" <[email protected]>; "'Kerry List'" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 6:46 AM > Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 > > >> It seems that Blennerville was mainly used during the Famine Years >> 1845-1848 but... >> >> I would ask your question of Riobard O'Dwyer or try this site: >> >> http://migration.ucc.ie/indexemigration.htm >> >> CHEERS-Reg-Canada >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jenny B" <[email protected]> >> To: "'Kerry List'" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 10:11 PM >> Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 >> >> >>>I appreciate I am in all probability not going to obtain a positive >>>location - I am looking more for the most likely departure point. >>> >>> My great grandfather Timothy SUGRUE left Gravesend on 18 September 1874 >>> bound for New Zealand aboard the Geraldine Paget. I have copies of the >>> passenger lists, Surgeons Report etc and the newspaper reports of the >>> voyage as published in the Christchurch Star after the arrival of the >>> ship at Lyttelton. >>> >>> The Captains report makes no mention of the ship having called at any >>> ports, for passengers to embark, after it had left Gravesend therefore >>> it >>> is safe to assume that Tim had to make his way from his townland of >>> Dromavalla in the Parish of Ballymacelligott to Gravesend. >>> >>> This was 1874 - was Blennerville being used as a port at that time for >>> ships between Kerry and England or was Blennerville used more in the >>> late >>> 1840's and 1850's as a departure point for Irish immigrants direct to >>> the >>> US during and after the famine? >>> >>> Is it more likely in 1874, Tim would have left Kerry for Gravesend from >>> Blennerville or the Cobh of Cork? Any other options? >>> >>> Would welcome thoughts of this topic or my being directed to a good web >>> site that covers this topic. >>> >>> With thanks. >>> Jenny >>> >>> >>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >>> signature database 5423 (20100904) __________ >>> >>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >>> >>> http://www.eset.com >>> >>> _______________ >>> --------------- >>> >>> Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: >>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.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. >>> >>> To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message. >>> >>> To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: >>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ >>> >>> Share your stuff! 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Actually, I have a copy, and there are seven or eight passenger lists in the back. Ann Marie In a message dated 9/6/2010 12:18:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: This book seems to be available at The National Library of Ireland and the Kerry library as well as the New Zealand national library. >From what I have read so far of reviews it does not have passenger lists. BUT would love to be corrected! Reg-Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Dow" <[email protected]> To: "Kerry List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 8:21 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 > Hi, > I am also interested in this information. My Slattery family came from > Tralee to Quebec around 1830. If they immigrated from Tralee, would they > be > recorded in this book? > > Thank you, Liz > In sunny and less humid Yarmouth Maine > > On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 9:50 AM, sandy stegmayer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Anne, >> >> Does the book give the names of the ships and where they were headed? If >> not, does anyone know where this info could be found? >> >> Thanks, >> Sandy >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Anne" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 6:49 AM >> To: "'Kerry List'" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 >> >> > Hi Jenny >> > I have a book called "Blennerville: Gateway to Tralee" and it gives >> > figures >> > of the immigration from Tralee for 1828 to 1867 but nothing after that. >> It >> > looks like immigration from Tralee gradually decline with only a few >> > people >> > leaving in 1865-1867. Mind you I don't know if the figures given here >> > are >> > complete. >> > It also says that as emigration declined from Tralee, the figures from >> > Kerry >> > did not reduce with more people travelling on the train to Cork (Cobh). >> > >> > Regards >> > Anne >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [email protected] >> > [mailto:[email protected]] >> > On Behalf Of Jenny B >> > Sent: Sunday, 5 September 2010 3:12 p.m. >> > To: 'Kerry List' >> > Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 >> > >> > I appreciate I am in all probability not going to obtain a positive >> > location >> > - I am looking more for the most likely departure point. >> > >> > My great grandfather Timothy SUGRUE left Gravesend on 18 September 1874 >> > bound for New Zealand aboard the Geraldine Paget. I have copies of the >> > passenger lists, Surgeons Report etc and the newspaper reports of the >> > voyage >> > as published in the Christchurch Star after the arrival of the ship at >> > Lyttelton. >> > >> > The Captains report makes no mention of the ship having called at any >> > ports, >> > for passengers to embark, after it had left Gravesend therefore it is >> safe >> > to assume that Tim had to make his way from his townland of Dromavalla >> > in >> > the Parish of Ballymacelligott to Gravesend. >> > >> > This was 1874 - was Blennerville being used as a port at that time for >> > ships >> > between Kerry and England or was Blennerville used more in the late >> 1840's >> > and 1850's as a departure point for Irish immigrants direct to the US >> > during >> > and after the famine? >> > >> > Is it more likely in 1874, Tim would have left Kerry for Gravesend from >> > Blennerville or the Cobh of Cork? 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Hi, I am also interested in this information. My Slattery family came from Tralee to Quebec around 1830. If they immigrated from Tralee, would they be recorded in this book? Thank you, Liz In sunny and less humid Yarmouth Maine On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 9:50 AM, sandy stegmayer <[email protected]> wrote: > Anne, > > Does the book give the names of the ships and where they were headed? If > not, does anyone know where this info could be found? > > Thanks, > Sandy > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Anne" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 6:49 AM > To: "'Kerry List'" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 > > > Hi Jenny > > I have a book called "Blennerville: Gateway to Tralee" and it gives > > figures > > of the immigration from Tralee for 1828 to 1867 but nothing after that. > It > > looks like immigration from Tralee gradually decline with only a few > > people > > leaving in 1865-1867. Mind you I don't know if the figures given here are > > complete. > > It also says that as emigration declined from Tralee, the figures from > > Kerry > > did not reduce with more people travelling on the train to Cork (Cobh). > > > > Regards > > Anne > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Jenny B > > Sent: Sunday, 5 September 2010 3:12 p.m. > > To: 'Kerry List' > > Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 > > > > I appreciate I am in all probability not going to obtain a positive > > location > > - I am looking more for the most likely departure point. > > > > My great grandfather Timothy SUGRUE left Gravesend on 18 September 1874 > > bound for New Zealand aboard the Geraldine Paget. I have copies of the > > passenger lists, Surgeons Report etc and the newspaper reports of the > > voyage > > as published in the Christchurch Star after the arrival of the ship at > > Lyttelton. > > > > The Captains report makes no mention of the ship having called at any > > ports, > > for passengers to embark, after it had left Gravesend therefore it is > safe > > to assume that Tim had to make his way from his townland of Dromavalla in > > the Parish of Ballymacelligott to Gravesend. > > > > This was 1874 - was Blennerville being used as a port at that time for > > ships > > between Kerry and England or was Blennerville used more in the late > 1840's > > and 1850's as a departure point for Irish immigrants direct to the US > > during > > and after the famine? > > > > Is it more likely in 1874, Tim would have left Kerry for Gravesend from > > Blennerville or the Cobh of Cork? Any other options? > > > > Would welcome thoughts of this topic or my being directed to a good web > > site > > that covers this topic. > > > > With thanks. > > Jenny > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > > signature > > database 5426 (20100906) __________ > > > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > _______________ > > --------------- > > > > Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.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. > > > > To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message. > > > > To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ > > > > Share your stuff! 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Anne, Does the book give the names of the ships and where they were headed? If not, does anyone know where this info could be found? Thanks, Sandy -------------------------------------------------- From: "Anne" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 6:49 AM To: "'Kerry List'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 > Hi Jenny > I have a book called "Blennerville: Gateway to Tralee" and it gives > figures > of the immigration from Tralee for 1828 to 1867 but nothing after that. It > looks like immigration from Tralee gradually decline with only a few > people > leaving in 1865-1867. Mind you I don't know if the figures given here are > complete. > It also says that as emigration declined from Tralee, the figures from > Kerry > did not reduce with more people travelling on the train to Cork (Cobh). > > Regards > Anne > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jenny B > Sent: Sunday, 5 September 2010 3:12 p.m. > To: 'Kerry List' > Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 > > I appreciate I am in all probability not going to obtain a positive > location > - I am looking more for the most likely departure point. > > My great grandfather Timothy SUGRUE left Gravesend on 18 September 1874 > bound for New Zealand aboard the Geraldine Paget. I have copies of the > passenger lists, Surgeons Report etc and the newspaper reports of the > voyage > as published in the Christchurch Star after the arrival of the ship at > Lyttelton. > > The Captains report makes no mention of the ship having called at any > ports, > for passengers to embark, after it had left Gravesend therefore it is safe > to assume that Tim had to make his way from his townland of Dromavalla in > the Parish of Ballymacelligott to Gravesend. > > This was 1874 - was Blennerville being used as a port at that time for > ships > between Kerry and England or was Blennerville used more in the late 1840's > and 1850's as a departure point for Irish immigrants direct to the US > during > and after the famine? > > Is it more likely in 1874, Tim would have left Kerry for Gravesend from > Blennerville or the Cobh of Cork? Any other options? > > Would welcome thoughts of this topic or my being directed to a good web > site > that covers this topic. > > With thanks. > Jenny > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature > database 5426 (20100906) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > _______________ > --------------- > > Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.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. > > To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message. > > To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ > > Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the > Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a > wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is > at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.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

This book seems to be available at The National Library of Ireland and the Kerry library as well as the New Zealand national library. >From what I have read so far of reviews it does not have passenger lists. BUT would love to be corrected! Reg-Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Dow" <[email protected]> To: "Kerry List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 8:21 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 > Hi, > I am also interested in this information. My Slattery family came from > Tralee to Quebec around 1830. If they immigrated from Tralee, would they > be > recorded in this book? > > Thank you, Liz > In sunny and less humid Yarmouth Maine > > On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 9:50 AM, sandy stegmayer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Anne, >> >> Does the book give the names of the ships and where they were headed? If >> not, does anyone know where this info could be found? >> >> Thanks, >> Sandy >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Anne" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 6:49 AM >> To: "'Kerry List'" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 >> >> > Hi Jenny >> > I have a book called "Blennerville: Gateway to Tralee" and it gives >> > figures >> > of the immigration from Tralee for 1828 to 1867 but nothing after that. >> It >> > looks like immigration from Tralee gradually decline with only a few >> > people >> > leaving in 1865-1867. Mind you I don't know if the figures given here >> > are >> > complete. >> > It also says that as emigration declined from Tralee, the figures from >> > Kerry >> > did not reduce with more people travelling on the train to Cork (Cobh). >> > >> > Regards >> > Anne >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [email protected] >> > [mailto:[email protected]] >> > On Behalf Of Jenny B >> > Sent: Sunday, 5 September 2010 3:12 p.m. >> > To: 'Kerry List' >> > Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 >> > >> > I appreciate I am in all probability not going to obtain a positive >> > location >> > - I am looking more for the most likely departure point. >> > >> > My great grandfather Timothy SUGRUE left Gravesend on 18 September 1874 >> > bound for New Zealand aboard the Geraldine Paget. I have copies of the >> > passenger lists, Surgeons Report etc and the newspaper reports of the >> > voyage >> > as published in the Christchurch Star after the arrival of the ship at >> > Lyttelton. >> > >> > The Captains report makes no mention of the ship having called at any >> > ports, >> > for passengers to embark, after it had left Gravesend therefore it is >> safe >> > to assume that Tim had to make his way from his townland of Dromavalla >> > in >> > the Parish of Ballymacelligott to Gravesend. >> > >> > This was 1874 - was Blennerville being used as a port at that time for >> > ships >> > between Kerry and England or was Blennerville used more in the late >> 1840's >> > and 1850's as a departure point for Irish immigrants direct to the US >> > during >> > and after the famine? >> > >> > Is it more likely in 1874, Tim would have left Kerry for Gravesend from >> > Blennerville or the Cobh of Cork? Any other options? >> > >> > Would welcome thoughts of this topic or my being directed to a good web >> > site >> > that covers this topic. >> > >> > With thanks. >> > Jenny >> > >> > >> > >> > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >> > signature >> > database 5426 (20100906) __________ >> > >> > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> > >> > http://www.eset.com >> > >> > >> > _______________ >> > --------------- >> > >> > Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: >> > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.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. >> > >> > To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to >> > [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message. >> > >> > To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: >> > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ >> > >> > Share your stuff! 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Hi, Marge, For what it's worth, I have O'Connors as well. My only info is Bartholomew O'Connor, b. Ireland, married to Margaret ( ?), b. Ireland , and who was in the Middletown/Portland area of Connecticut when their son William H. was born in 1852. I have only tentative information after that on Barth. Margaret may have died between Wm's birth and 1860, when I find a Barth. O'Connor, with a different wife in Boston. There is a son William, of the right age to be his son. William married Margaret L. McCarty in Boston in 1872. There were three sons born, Bartholomew, Charles and William, all of whom died very young. the only daughter, Mary Ann, (b.1877), survived. She became my grandmother. I will send the information on Bartholomew's second wife and all children in a separate email. Ann

Who out there is searching for Connor/O'Connors? I am looking for anyone connected to Catherine O'Connor who married John Kelly and lived in the RC parish of Causeway. Her daughter Mary Kelly who married John Golden about 1850 is my great grandmother. I would like to find Catherine's parents and siblings. -- Slán, Marge in Southern California Searching: Golden, Sullivan, Kelly, Shea, in Kerry and Connecticut O'Connor in Kerry Fee, Cassidy, Gilbride in Fermanagh, Cavan and Connecticut Lynch in Limerick and Connecticut Walsh, Stackpole, Garry/Garrey/McGarrey, Donovan in Kildare

I appreciate I am in all probability not going to obtain a positive location - I am looking more for the most likely departure point. My great grandfather Timothy SUGRUE left Gravesend on 18 September 1874 bound for New Zealand aboard the Geraldine Paget. I have copies of the passenger lists, Surgeons Report etc and the newspaper reports of the voyage as published in the Christchurch Star after the arrival of the ship at Lyttelton. The Captains report makes no mention of the ship having called at any ports, for passengers to embark, after it had left Gravesend therefore it is safe to assume that Tim had to make his way from his townland of Dromavalla in the Parish of Ballymacelligott to Gravesend. This was 1874 - was Blennerville being used as a port at that time for ships between Kerry and England or was Blennerville used more in the late 1840's and 1850's as a departure point for Irish immigrants direct to the US during and after the famine? Is it more likely in 1874, Tim would have left Kerry for Gravesend from Blennerville or the Cobh of Cork? Any other options? Would welcome thoughts of this topic or my being directed to a good web site that covers this topic. With thanks. Jenny __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5423 (20100904) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

Kerry Kerry Genealogical Project, Blennerville, Co. Kerry Records being collated by John Griffin at the Urban District Council offices in Tralee. Telephone: 066 21633 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reg Volk" <[email protected]> To: "Jenny B" <[email protected]>; "'Kerry List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 > > > (Note that Tralee and Blennerville are the same port) > > There were no deep water ports in Ireland. So where did the Irish board > the boats? Well, some sailed from Tralee, Cork City, and Cobh even before > 1862. By that time a railroad had been completed from Tralee to Cobh, so > few left from Tralee anymore, most went to Cobh or Cork to start their > journey. Making Cork the last port of call put the ships in warmer and > more gentle waters and were on the English route from Plymouth to the new > world. Many of the people that "went from Cork" actually went from Cobh. > Sailing out of Cobh/Cove, the Port of Cork, the large ships would anchor > at sea and they would ferry the "topping off passengers" out to the ship. > Ships also left from Limerick to Canada, taking people and bringing back > lumber. > > The only main ports of departure from Ireland were (1) going to Liverpool, > mostly families from the northern counties did that (2) Cobh/Queenstown, > mostly from the southern ports and (3) some northern people also went to > Glasgow. In much earlier years there were also departures from other > ports such as Larne. The major ports for the years of 1846-1851 were > Dublin, Newery, Galway, Cork, Limerick, Belfast, Londonderry, Waterford, > Liverpool and Silgo. > > Kerry Census 1841: 293,880 > Estimated Census 1851: 238,000 > 1841 -1851 Populaton Decrease: 19% > Estimated Deaths 1845-1850: 32,000 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Reg Volk" <[email protected]> > To: "Jenny B" <[email protected]>; "'Kerry List'" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 6:46 AM > Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 > > >> It seems that Blennerville was mainly used during the Famine Years >> 1845-1848 but... >> >> I would ask your question of Riobard O'Dwyer or try this site: >> >> http://migration.ucc.ie/indexemigration.htm >> >> CHEERS-Reg-Canada >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jenny B" <[email protected]> >> To: "'Kerry List'" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 10:11 PM >> Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 >> >> >>>I appreciate I am in all probability not going to obtain a positive >>>location - I am looking more for the most likely departure point. >>> >>> My great grandfather Timothy SUGRUE left Gravesend on 18 September 1874 >>> bound for New Zealand aboard the Geraldine Paget. I have copies of the >>> passenger lists, Surgeons Report etc and the newspaper reports of the >>> voyage as published in the Christchurch Star after the arrival of the >>> ship at Lyttelton. >>> >>> The Captains report makes no mention of the ship having called at any >>> ports, for passengers to embark, after it had left Gravesend therefore >>> it is safe to assume that Tim had to make his way from his townland of >>> Dromavalla in the Parish of Ballymacelligott to Gravesend. >>> >>> This was 1874 - was Blennerville being used as a port at that time for >>> ships between Kerry and England or was Blennerville used more in the >>> late 1840's and 1850's as a departure point for Irish immigrants direct >>> to the US during and after the famine? >>> >>> Is it more likely in 1874, Tim would have left Kerry for Gravesend from >>> Blennerville or the Cobh of Cork? Any other options? >>> >>> Would welcome thoughts of this topic or my being directed to a good web >>> site that covers this topic. >>> >>> With thanks. >>> Jenny >>> >>> >>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >>> signature database 5423 (20100904) __________ >>> >>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >>> >>> http://www.eset.com >>> >>> _______________ >>> --------------- >>> >>> Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: >>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.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. >>> >>> To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message. >>> >>> To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: >>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ >>> >>> Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the >>> Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a >>> wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info >>> is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.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 >> >

(Note that Tralee and Blennerville are the same port) There were no deep water ports in Ireland. So where did the Irish board the boats? Well, some sailed from Tralee, Cork City, and Cobh even before 1862. By that time a railroad had been completed from Tralee to Cobh, so few left from Tralee anymore, most went to Cobh or Cork to start their journey. Making Cork the last port of call put the ships in warmer and more gentle waters and were on the English route from Plymouth to the new world. Many of the people that "went from Cork" actually went from Cobh. Sailing out of Cobh/Cove, the Port of Cork, the large ships would anchor at sea and they would ferry the "topping off passengers" out to the ship. Ships also left from Limerick to Canada, taking people and bringing back lumber. The only main ports of departure from Ireland were (1) going to Liverpool, mostly families from the northern counties did that (2) Cobh/Queenstown, mostly from the southern ports and (3) some northern people also went to Glasgow. In much earlier years there were also departures from other ports such as Larne. The major ports for the years of 1846-1851 were Dublin, Newery, Galway, Cork, Limerick, Belfast, Londonderry, Waterford, Liverpool and Silgo. Kerry Census 1841: 293,880 Estimated Census 1851: 238,000 1841 -1851 Populaton Decrease: 19% Estimated Deaths 1845-1850: 32,000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reg Volk" <[email protected]> To: "Jenny B" <[email protected]>; "'Kerry List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 6:46 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 > It seems that Blennerville was mainly used during the Famine Years > 1845-1848 but... > > I would ask your question of Riobard O'Dwyer or try this site: > > http://migration.ucc.ie/indexemigration.htm > > CHEERS-Reg-Canada > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jenny B" <[email protected]> > To: "'Kerry List'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 10:11 PM > Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 > > >>I appreciate I am in all probability not going to obtain a positive >>location - I am looking more for the most likely departure point. >> >> My great grandfather Timothy SUGRUE left Gravesend on 18 September 1874 >> bound for New Zealand aboard the Geraldine Paget. I have copies of the >> passenger lists, Surgeons Report etc and the newspaper reports of the >> voyage as published in the Christchurch Star after the arrival of the >> ship at Lyttelton. >> >> The Captains report makes no mention of the ship having called at any >> ports, for passengers to embark, after it had left Gravesend therefore it >> is safe to assume that Tim had to make his way from his townland of >> Dromavalla in the Parish of Ballymacelligott to Gravesend. >> >> This was 1874 - was Blennerville being used as a port at that time for >> ships between Kerry and England or was Blennerville used more in the late >> 1840's and 1850's as a departure point for Irish immigrants direct to the >> US during and after the famine? >> >> Is it more likely in 1874, Tim would have left Kerry for Gravesend from >> Blennerville or the Cobh of Cork? Any other options? >> >> Would welcome thoughts of this topic or my being directed to a good web >> site that covers this topic. >> >> With thanks. >> Jenny >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 5423 (20100904) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> _______________ >> --------------- >> >> Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.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. >> >> To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message. >> >> To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ >> >> Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the >> Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a >> wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is >> at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.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 >

It seems that Blennerville was mainly used during the Famine Years 1845-1848 but... I would ask your question of Riobard O'Dwyer or try this site: http://migration.ucc.ie/indexemigration.htm CHEERS-Reg-Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny B" <[email protected]> To: "'Kerry List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 10:11 PM Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 >I appreciate I am in all probability not going to obtain a positive >location - I am looking more for the most likely departure point. > > My great grandfather Timothy SUGRUE left Gravesend on 18 September 1874 > bound for New Zealand aboard the Geraldine Paget. I have copies of the > passenger lists, Surgeons Report etc and the newspaper reports of the > voyage as published in the Christchurch Star after the arrival of the ship > at Lyttelton. > > The Captains report makes no mention of the ship having called at any > ports, for passengers to embark, after it had left Gravesend therefore it > is safe to assume that Tim had to make his way from his townland of > Dromavalla in the Parish of Ballymacelligott to Gravesend. > > This was 1874 - was Blennerville being used as a port at that time for > ships between Kerry and England or was Blennerville used more in the late > 1840's and 1850's as a departure point for Irish immigrants direct to the > US during and after the famine? > > Is it more likely in 1874, Tim would have left Kerry for Gravesend from > Blennerville or the Cobh of Cork? Any other options? > > Would welcome thoughts of this topic or my being directed to a good web > site that covers this topic. > > With thanks. > Jenny > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5423 (20100904) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > _______________ > --------------- > > Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.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. > > To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message. > > To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ > > Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the > Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a > wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is > at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.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

I haven't heard anything about the quake on my news, but do hope all our Kerry friends are well and safe. Liz in Space Coast Florida In a message dated 9/3/2010 3:15:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Thanks Eileen for thinking of us down under. Yes it was a massive shake but thankfully no people casualties that we know of at this stage - plenty of damage to buildings etc. It has been described as 7.4 magnitude, centred 30km west of Christchurch and 33km deep. Aftershocks are still happening 90 mins later and even as I write this. Crockery and other damage to our house but nothing serious. There goes another one (aftershock). Cheers and thanks for your thoughts Brian Moriarty Christchurch NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 6:36 AM Subject: [IRL-KERRY] New Zealand Quake > 7.2 Magnitude Quake Strikes New Zealand > > > A 7.2 magnitude earthquake has struck near Christchurch, New Zealand, > according > to the U.S. Geological Survey. > > As we get ready for Hurricane Earl-mostlikely a big fizzle, > we wonder if our NZ list members are all okay today. > > Eileen in Mass > > > In a message dated 9/3/2010 4:41:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Trish asks: > > === Does any one know what has happened to Pete our expert on Irish > maps > > === > > Trish, > > I'm here, but I haven't seen many queries to which I felt qualified - or > which remained - to answer. Many reasons, I suppose, for that. The > traffic > on the lists has been very light. The few questions regarding geography > have > often been answered by others using Google maps, etc. before I am able to > reply (I'm on the digest form of all of my lists, so others often respond > before I even see the original request). That's fine - I don't feel > "slighted" > by that.....and it gives me time for other things [gr]. Google maps > don't > really work well with my slow dial-up connection in any case, and I've > never > felt a need for them. I still get a number of off-list inquiries to keep > life interesting. > > The "interesting life" has kept me occupied (and pre-occupied) all > summer. > > Once Dad hit his 100th birthday on July 7th (the rest of the family > converged on the Buffalo - western NY state - area where my parents live, > for the > event), he seemed to have reached a realization that life is finite, > after > all. Within days, he had a protracted series of TIAs (transient ischemic > attacks) and had more "bad days" than good ones. Mom looked after him as > well > as she could, and I stayed with them for several weeks during this > period. > > My daughter could see continuing problems with their situation and > offered > to > have them come live with her (just a few miles from me, here, in western > Mass.). > > They agreed. Dad felt uncomfortable driving at his age and, living alone > together at home, they were frequently on the road for shopping, visiting > friends, etc. My parents realized that their life would be much simpler > and > relaxed if they moved-in to my daughter's house (I don't have any room in > my > house). My daughter started preparing an unused ground-floor room for > them > to stay, and I remained in Buffalo with them while the room was evolving. > After a couple of weeks, it was time. My daughter made the 700-mile > round-trip from her home and returned there with my parents along. I > remained in > Buffalo while movers loaded all of the major furniture to take to my > daughter's > house. I have been driving back-and-forth frequently (one trip with a > large box truck), to move other belongings. > > All in all, my daughter and grandson and myself have moved essentially > everything from the house other than the furniture moved by the > professionals. > It is piled-up in two bays of my daughter's garage and everywhere > throughout > my house. It will take months to get it organized. My parents had > lived > in that house for 75 of their 78 years of marriage.......so they had > accumulated quite a few things [gr]. Now, we are trying to prepare the > house for > sale. Not an easy job - at such a distance. > > Yesterday, we celebrated Mom's 100th birthday. Nothing fancy. Mom and > Dad > are just "taking it easy", as centenarians are entitled to do. > > Pete > .................................................... > Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western > Massachusetts > > _______________ > --------------- > > Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.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. > > To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message. > > To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ > > Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the > Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a > wide > audience. 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Pete: What a beautiful, heart-warming story. God bless your whole family. Andy in Kitchener, Canada. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]>

It's amazing lives were not lost after seeing the TV coverage of bridge gone and all. By the way, did I hear the announcer correctly? NZ has 14,000 quakes a year but only 150 of them can be felt? I now understand your comment below: There goes another one (aftershock). Eileen

Thanks Eileen for thinking of us down under. Yes it was a massive shake but thankfully no people casualties that we know of at this stage - plenty of damage to buildings etc. It has been described as 7.4 magnitude, centred 30km west of Christchurch and 33km deep. Aftershocks are still happening 90 mins later and even as I write this. Crockery and other damage to our house but nothing serious. There goes another one (aftershock). Cheers and thanks for your thoughts Brian Moriarty Christchurch NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 6:36 AM Subject: [IRL-KERRY] New Zealand Quake > 7.2 Magnitude Quake Strikes New Zealand > > > A 7.2 magnitude earthquake has struck near Christchurch, New Zealand, > according > to the U.S. Geological Survey. > > As we get ready for Hurricane Earl-mostlikely a big fizzle, > we wonder if our NZ list members are all okay today. > > Eileen in Mass > > > In a message dated 9/3/2010 4:41:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Trish asks: > > === Does any one know what has happened to Pete our expert on Irish > maps > > === > > Trish, > > I'm here, but I haven't seen many queries to which I felt qualified - or > which remained - to answer. Many reasons, I suppose, for that. The > traffic > on the lists has been very light. The few questions regarding geography > have > often been answered by others using Google maps, etc. before I am able to > reply (I'm on the digest form of all of my lists, so others often respond > before I even see the original request). That's fine - I don't feel > "slighted" > by that.....and it gives me time for other things [gr]. Google maps > don't > really work well with my slow dial-up connection in any case, and I've > never > felt a need for them. I still get a number of off-list inquiries to keep > life interesting. > > The "interesting life" has kept me occupied (and pre-occupied) all > summer. > > Once Dad hit his 100th birthday on July 7th (the rest of the family > converged on the Buffalo - western NY state - area where my parents live, > for the > event), he seemed to have reached a realization that life is finite, > after > all. Within days, he had a protracted series of TIAs (transient ischemic > attacks) and had more "bad days" than good ones. Mom looked after him as > well > as she could, and I stayed with them for several weeks during this > period. > > My daughter could see continuing problems with their situation and > offered > to > have them come live with her (just a few miles from me, here, in western > Mass.). > > They agreed. Dad felt uncomfortable driving at his age and, living alone > together at home, they were frequently on the road for shopping, visiting > friends, etc. My parents realized that their life would be much simpler > and > relaxed if they moved-in to my daughter's house (I don't have any room in > my > house). My daughter started preparing an unused ground-floor room for > them > to stay, and I remained in Buffalo with them while the room was evolving. > After a couple of weeks, it was time. My daughter made the 700-mile > round-trip from her home and returned there with my parents along. I > remained in > Buffalo while movers loaded all of the major furniture to take to my > daughter's > house. I have been driving back-and-forth frequently (one trip with a > large box truck), to move other belongings. > > All in all, my daughter and grandson and myself have moved essentially > everything from the house other than the furniture moved by the > professionals. > It is piled-up in two bays of my daughter's garage and everywhere > throughout > my house. It will take months to get it organized. My parents had > lived > in that house for 75 of their 78 years of marriage.......so they had > accumulated quite a few things [gr]. Now, we are trying to prepare the > house for > sale. Not an easy job - at such a distance. > > Yesterday, we celebrated Mom's 100th birthday. Nothing fancy. Mom and > Dad > are just "taking it easy", as centenarians are entitled to do. > > Pete > .................................................... > Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western > Massachusetts > > _______________ > --------------- > > Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.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. > > To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message. > > To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ > > Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the > Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a > wide > audience. 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Thank you, Brien, for letting us know that you, and I hope all of our other members from NZ, are okay. -- Slán, Marge in Southern California Searching: Golden, Sullivan, Kelly, Shea, in Kerry and Connecticut O'Connor in Kerry Fee, Cassidy, Gilbride in Fermanagh, Cavan and Connecticut Lynch in Limerick and Connecticut Walsh, Stackpole, Garry/Garrey/McGarrey, Donovan in Kildare On 9/3/10, Brian Moriarty <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Eileen for thinking of us down under. Yes it was a massive shake but > thankfully no people casualties that we know of at this stage - plenty of > damage to buildings etc. > It has been described as 7.4 magnitude, centred 30km west of Christchurch > and 33km deep. Aftershocks are still happening 90 mins later and even as I > write this. > Crockery and other damage to our house but nothing serious. > > There goes another one (aftershock). > > Cheers and thanks for your thoughts > > Brian Moriarty > Christchurch NZ >

7.2 Magnitude Quake Strikes New Zealand A 7.2 magnitude earthquake has struck near Christchurch, New Zealand, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. As we get ready for Hurricane Earl-mostlikely a big fizzle, we wonder if our NZ list members are all okay today. Eileen in Mass In a message dated 9/3/2010 4:41:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Trish asks: === Does any one know what has happened to Pete our expert on Irish maps === Trish, I'm here, but I haven't seen many queries to which I felt qualified - or which remained - to answer. Many reasons, I suppose, for that. The traffic on the lists has been very light. The few questions regarding geography have often been answered by others using Google maps, etc. before I am able to reply (I'm on the digest form of all of my lists, so others often respond before I even see the original request). That's fine - I don't feel "slighted" by that.....and it gives me time for other things [gr]. Google maps don't really work well with my slow dial-up connection in any case, and I've never felt a need for them. I still get a number of off-list inquiries to keep life interesting. The "interesting life" has kept me occupied (and pre-occupied) all summer. Once Dad hit his 100th birthday on July 7th (the rest of the family converged on the Buffalo - western NY state - area where my parents live, for the event), he seemed to have reached a realization that life is finite, after all. Within days, he had a protracted series of TIAs (transient ischemic attacks) and had more "bad days" than good ones. Mom looked after him as well as she could, and I stayed with them for several weeks during this period. My daughter could see continuing problems with their situation and offered to have them come live with her (just a few miles from me, here, in western Mass.). They agreed. Dad felt uncomfortable driving at his age and, living alone together at home, they were frequently on the road for shopping, visiting friends, etc. My parents realized that their life would be much simpler and relaxed if they moved-in to my daughter's house (I don't have any room in my house). My daughter started preparing an unused ground-floor room for them to stay, and I remained in Buffalo with them while the room was evolving. After a couple of weeks, it was time. My daughter made the 700-mile round-trip from her home and returned there with my parents along. I remained in Buffalo while movers loaded all of the major furniture to take to my daughter's house. I have been driving back-and-forth frequently (one trip with a large box truck), to move other belongings. All in all, my daughter and grandson and myself have moved essentially everything from the house other than the furniture moved by the professionals. It is piled-up in two bays of my daughter's garage and everywhere throughout my house. It will take months to get it organized. My parents had lived in that house for 75 of their 78 years of marriage.......so they had accumulated quite a few things [gr]. Now, we are trying to prepare the house for sale. Not an easy job - at such a distance. Yesterday, we celebrated Mom's 100th birthday. Nothing fancy. Mom and Dad are just "taking it easy", as centenarians are entitled to do. Pete .................................................... Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts _______________ --------------- Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.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. To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ Share your stuff! If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance. Her contact info is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ contrib.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

Does any one know what has happened to Pete our expert on Irish maps Just thinking he has not been around for some time Ray. Any idea Could not still be having computer problems !!! Trish in Sydney