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