Hi Anne, Thanks, but I was asking in general. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find out from where my ancestors sailed and to which ports in NA they Arrived. Still short too much info. Sandy -------------------------------------------------- From: "Anne" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 4:54 AM To: "'Kerry List'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 > Hi Sandy > > There is a list of sailing dates which shows the boats and the > destinations > and some general information about some boats. Do you have a particular > one > in mind? I am happy to look it up? > > Anne > -----Original Message----- > From: sandy stegmayer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, 6 September 2010 11:50 p.m. > To: Anne; 'Kerry List' > Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 > > 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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