Hi I have looked at so many passenger lists and have not found my Morrison family on any . They lived at Killala Bay co Mayo they are said to have left around 1835-1850 (I think it could have been 1841) with 5 other protestant families facing the similar crisis and came to canada they say they settled enbloc in an eastern township in the Quebec area for a a few years but being at enmity with the Roman Catholics again the Catholics invaded thier vicinity and these families moved again to upper Canada and others scattered to the states and to the east also.My Mathias Morrison and family went to Walton Ont. sons Matthew and Andrew cleared land and farmed abit, Mathias went back to shoemaking and alittle farming. I don't know why the Catholics sot them I do know Mathias married a girl with the last name Shannon which was Catholic!But this dosent explain the reason why .Can anyone help me out here? Thankyou for your time Diane

Diane, I don't know what I did with the reprint, but a few years ago a cousin sent me a reprint of an article about the Protestant exodus from Quebec. Evidently the federal government fearing French-Canadian unrest engaged in talks with Roman Catholic officials in the province of Quebec. A deal was struck whereby the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec would be allowed to tax all of the residents of Quebec. Roman Catholics in Quebec then did not have to pay Federal government taxes; however, Protestants had to pay both taxes - taxes to the Roman Catholic Church and taxes to the Canadian government. This led to protests by the Protestants residing in Quebec, to no avail. As a result many chose to leave the province of Quebec. It was a distasteful situation for many, but the Federal government got what it wanted as the Roman Catholic Church then proceeded to keep their "flock" in line and relatively peaceful. Politics does indeed make for strange bedfellows. By the way, this was never taught in history classes in Canada when I lived there and went to school... Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al&Diane Warren" <adwarren@sasktel.net> To: <NIR-DERRY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:48 AM Subject: [NIR-DERRY] passenger lists > Hi I have looked at so many passenger lists and have not found my Morrison > family on any . They lived at Killala Bay co Mayo they are said to have > left around 1835-1850 (I think it could have been 1841) with 5 other > protestant families facing the similar crisis and came to canada they say > they settled enbloc in an eastern township in the Quebec area for a a > few years but being at enmity with the Roman Catholics again the Catholics > invaded thier vicinity and these families moved again to upper Canada and > others scattered to the states and to the east also.My Mathias Morrison > and family went to Walton Ont. sons Matthew and Andrew cleared land and > farmed abit, Mathias went back to shoemaking and alittle farming. I don't > know why the Catholics sot them I do know Mathias married a girl with the > last name Shannon which was Catholic!But this dosent explain the reason > why .Can anyone help me out here? Thankyou for your time Diane > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message