Hello, I am new to all this and hopfully going about it right. I am in search of ANY information on a ship called "Queen" OR passengers, James and Ann Davison and one of there sons Thomas Caldwell Davison, which are my ansectors. The few records I have ( Naturalization Documents) indcate that they arrived in the port of New Orleans, USA on Dec.25,1851 The master of the ship was named McCartney and they departed from Liverpool, England. Thank you for any help or information you can provide. Bob Davison bld@Cableone.net

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My g-grandfather obtained his passport on March 23, l846 and had been residing in Croix, but originated in Montignez, Canton of Jura. Does anyone have any ancestors coming to US at that particular time. Mary Lou in Indiana

Sue: Many thanks for the information. Will check reel # at my library as suggested. I have been looking for this info for a while and am glad I joined list....instant answers, hooray!. Karen

Hi Karen, welcome aboard At 06:39 PM 2006-05-09 -0700, Karen Woodworth wrote: >Hi...I'm new to this list and hope someone can help me. > >I'm looking for Hector Ridout and family on a passenger list. His birth >certificate shows "This child was born at sea on the Banks of >Newfoundland on board the steamship >Hector from London": I don't know where the ship landed. > >His birth date was 5 June 1872 and birth was registered in Toronto, >Ontario, Canada 18 July 1872. <snip> This fits your information like a glove :-} Ship Desciption & History http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsH.html From the CD-ROM --"TheShipsList Passenger Ship Arrivals Canadian Ports 1865-1899"-- http://theshipslist.com/cdrom/index.htm Reel Number Ship Name Departure Information Arrival Information Shipping Line Special Group(s) Remarks C-4527 HECTOR London, England 1872-05-21 / Plymouth, England 1872-05-24 Quebec, Que. 1872-06-11 (TEMP) Temperley Line - charter (U): Cow Cross Mission (22) & (U): National Emigration League (8) & (U): Mr. Haggs' Institution (6) & (J): Home for Little Boys (3) List Number: 33; Captain T.H. Sheen The passenger manifest is on Microfilm at the Library & Archives of Canada [LAC], in Ottawa. The Ships are placed on the reel, in order of arrival. You can borrow this reel on an Inter Library Loan [ILL]. You can find the details for this procedure at this LAC Genealogy Research URL http://www.collectionscanada.ca/ill/index-e.html You are also able to ILL from Ottawa, to libraries in the US, and outside North America. These microfilms contain arrivals from ALL ports, they are not indexed. The LDS do also have copies of this microfilm, their number LDS number 0889447 ~ 1872 ~ port of Quebec I see you have a Canadian email address. Here find a list of institutions in Canada who also have copies of this microfilm. You may have one close by http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/022-903-e.html Good Luck Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/

I am looking for a passenger list for John (Johann Golumback) Golumbeck b.Feb 1842 in Germany. A Naturalization Document shows that he arrived in Quebec on Nov 10, 1879. I have viewed 2 pass. list films from Canada (same film number) and one from Salt Lake City for 1879 but the films were of very poor quality, especially in the Sept.-Nov. period) with some of the arrival lists totally unreadable. His wife and 5 children immigrated in Oct 1880 thru New York and I do have that passenger list. 1900 census reports confirm the two different arrival years for this family. I suspect that other family members may have immigrated with John. Do you have any suggestions as to how to pursue this further. Thanks for any help.....Bill

Sue Given wrote 9th May 2006 ' I didn't think that they had stewardesses on ships in the 1800s. As the captain/master and the ship was the same on both voyages is it possible that the stewardess was a relative, or did they actually exist. I thought back then men went to sea and only females on board were the wives/families.' I was very surprised to read in a letter I have, a reference to 'the stewardess', on a Merchant ship in the late 1850s. I had not previously expected that a stewardess would be onboard at this time. Isobel Jones **************************************************************** This email has been scanned by the Manxnet Mail Plus anti-virus system. http://www.manx.net/mailplus ****************************************************************

Hi: Would any of the timber ships sailing between England, Ireland and Canada have stopped in Bandon, County Cork to deliver lumber and pick up passengers? I know that ships sailed from ports like Schull in southwest Cork. Regards, Carol Collins

I am searching for a picture of a sailing ship ca. 1695. My Huguenot ancestors fled France, via Germany and England, during that time. They landed in Kingston, NY, but moved to New Paltz, NY. The stone houses they built there are now a part of the Huguenot Historical Society. We have a copy of a diary written about their trip and I would like to include a picture of what their ship might have looked like. Thank you, Mary Deyo Kirby johnmary12@verizon.net.

At 10:47 AM 2006-05-09 -0700, Bill Hetherman wrote: >The above (Subject) arrived in Boston, MA. on 18 June 1848. From that >info, is it possible that someone can tell me what port in Europe did it >set out from? Much obliged, in any event. > > Bill Hetherman Bill, This below perfectly illustrates what Harry wrote <<..several ships named Acadia trading to Boston in the 1840s..>> I used Steve Morse's one-step website to establish how many times a vessel named ACADIA arrived at Boston in 1848 . . . http://www.stevemorse.org/ 1848 April Acadia steamer, 'of Glasgow' 612 tons, Capt. James Stone, from Liverpool 1848 June Acadia ship, 'of Liverpool' 802 tons, Capt. Galilee, from Cork 1848 August Acadia steamer, 'of Glasgow' 612 tons, Capt. James Stone, from Liverpool 1848 September Acadia steamer, 'of Glasgow' 612 tons, Capt. James Stone, from Liverpool 1848 November Acadia schooner, 'of Nova Scotia' 59 tons, Capt. Amos Barnes, from Cumberland 1848 December Acadia brig, 'of Boston' 157 tons, Capt. Thomas H. Wood, from Halifax. . . . the answer was six times with 4 different vessels from four different ports. The June arrival is a sailing vessel, from Cork, Ireland. Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/

Hi...I'm new to this list and hope someone can help me. I'm looking for Hector Ridout and family on a passenger list. His birth certificate shows "This child was born at sea on the Banks of Newfoundland on board the steamship Hector from London": I don't know where the ship landed. His birth date was 5 June 1872 and birth was registered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 18 July 1872. Family : Father - John Ridout Mother - Elizabeth Shepherd Brothers - John, Edmund, William, Henry, Samuel Sister - Elizabeth (I believe they were all born in or around London, England) Any info appreciated. Karen Woodworth Vancouver, B.C. Canada

Bill Hetherman <hawkman923@yahoo.com> posted [edited]: > The Acadia arrived in Boston, MA. on 18 June 1848. From that info, is it > possible that someone can tell me what port in Europe it set out from? There were probably several ships named Acadia trading to Boston in the 1840s, but the most likely is the Cunard paddle steamer from Liverpool. -- Harry Dodsworth Ottawa Ontario Canada af877@freenet.carleton.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------

At 11:44 AM 2006-05-09 -0400, Vldg11@aol.com wrote: >Actual pictures of ships may be obtained from the Peabody Museum in Boston. >However, are there any websites that show any of these immigration >ships?..............Virginia Hi Virginia, There are lots of great sites for ship pictures, some free, some commercial. I have listed some of them here on TheShipList resource page . . http://theshipslist.com/Research/Resource.htm#pictures Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/

Hi, I have posted to both lists because the questions covers both personnel and ship questions. I found this entry by accident and this question is just to satisfy my curiosity. I didn't think that they had stewardesses on ships in the 1800s. As the captain/master and the ship was the same on both voyages is it possible that the stewardess was a relative, or did they actually exist. I thought back then men went to sea and only females on board were the wives/families. I found the following on the NSW mariner records The GEELONG appeared to be a passenger ship. The second voyage had a crew of about 211 including Lascars and Natives. What size ship would have taken a crew of 211 in 1870 and 102 in 1869? Would it have been becauee about 160 of the crew were Lascars/Natives and they "didn't rate a mention" when recording incoming people. How else could a ship use 211 crew one voyage and 102 in the next? GEELONG of London, ROBERT T. DUNDAS, Master, Burthen 1219 Tons from the Port of POINT DE GALLE to SYDNEY, New South Wales, 24th Dec. 1869 BILLOWS AMEE STEWARDESS GREAT BRITAIN CREW No age was given in this entry - maybe it was not polite to ask a female her age? On this voyage was PEMBROKE LORD PASSENGER & SERVANT GEELONG of London, ROBERT T. DUNDAS, Master, Burthen 1217 Tons from POINT DE GALLE to SYDNEY, New South Wales, 1st Sept 1870 BILLOWS ANNE STEWARDESS 38 DORSET CREW On this voyage was CANTERBURY H. E. VISCOUNT PASSENGER CABIN CANTERBURY VISCOUNTESS PASSENGER CABIN Thanks for any answers I might get, hope this hasn't upset the administration, if so, I apologise. I thought it would be the right sites to find answers seeing as how the questions relate to sailors and ships. Have a good day. Sue in Australia

Actual pictures of ships may be obtained from the Peabody Museum in Boston. However, are there any websites that show any of these immigration ships?..............Virginia

"Sue Given" (suegiven@vti.com.au) posted <snipped>: >> I didn't think that they had stewardesses on ships in the 1800s. As the captain/master and the ship was the same on both voyages is it possible that the stewardess was a relative, or did they actually exist. I thought back then men went to sea and only females on board were the wives/families. >> The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary records 1837 as the first occurrence of stewardess in the sense of a female attendant on ships. I once spent some time looking through the LDS census index to the 1861 census of people on ships and stewardesses were the only women I saw who were apparently crew. I don't know about the practice in the 1800s but later on stewardesses were sometimes widows of seamen who were given the job to support themselves and family. I think before stewardesses, ladies travelling would have a maid with them, while poor women would just look after themselves (and some had very rough passages indeed). -- Harry Dodsworth Ottawa Ontario Canada af877@freenet.carleton.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------

The above (Subject) arrived in Boston, MA. on 18 June 1848. From that info, is it possible that someone can tell me what port in Europe did it set out from? Much obliged, in any event. Bill Hetherman --------------------------------- Get amazing travel prices for air and hotel in one click on Yahoo! FareChase

Hi All! Can someone please tell me how to locate ancestors classified as a seaman in the Netherlands. about 1870 Thank you, Genie British Columbia

At 01:19 PM 2006-05-08 -0700, Diane Marvin wrote: >I am looking for ship's list for S.S. Lake Simcoe. It >sailed from Liverpool and landed in Saint John's New >Brunswick about March 14, or 15, l903. The names I am >looking for are Samoila or Samoil. First name Trifu. > >thank you for your help. > >Diane Hi Diane, What interesting names you are looking for. Don't be concerned if their nationality isn't mentioned below, as I have just indicated largish 'blocks' of immigrants by nationality. Canadian records for this period are not indexed or online yet, but I have read that film . . from my database . . Reel Number Ship Name Departure Information Arrival Information Shipping Line Special Group(s) Remarks T-505 LAKE SIMCOE Liverpool, England 1903-03-04 St. John, N.B. 1903-03-14 (BEA) Beaver Line of Steamers (Elder Dempster & Co.) (J): Mrs. Birt's boys & girls to Knowlton, Quebec (66) Mr. Drummond in charge & (O): Russian; Hungarian; Austrian; Roumanian; Greek; Italian to Canadian destinations & (O): Russian; German; Italian &c. to US destinations List Number: 42; Captain Clarence Troop; faded messy manifest I hope it isn't TOO faded and messy . . . I must have had a good reason to make that 'messy' notation, but I can't recall why :-} It is the only Canadian record for this arrival. Even when a manifest is faded, when someone is looking for a specific individual in which name / age etc. is known, they are relatively easy to find. When a manifest is faded, especially with names you are looking for, which would be unfamiliar to most others, they would probably defy accurate transcription by a non family member. Let us know if your passengers were only in transit, to the US, because if they were, there are also the St. Albans records which are CAN-US border records. The passenger manifest is on Microfilm at the Library & Archives of Canada [LAC], in Ottawa. The Ships are placed on the reel, in order of arrival. You can borrow this reel on an Inter Library Loan [ILL]. You can find the details for this procedure at this LAC Genealogy Research URL http://www.collectionscanada.ca/ill/index-e.html You are also able to ILL free of charge, from Ottawa, to libraries in the US, and outside North America. These microfilms contain arrivals from ALL ports, they are not indexed. The LAC will allow your Library to borrow up to six microfilms on your behalf, per request. The LDS now have copies of the post-1900 Canadian arrivals, so check here for links and details http://www.theshipslist.com/Research/canadarecords.htm#lds Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/

Hi Julie, The picture of SINAIA: http://www.auladeletras.net/webquest/documentos/leonfelipe/newfile2.html Regards Michael >> sirs, >> looking for a description of the ship my mother came to US on, from >> Persia. orginated at port in Beirut, Lebanon. >> >> Name is, "Sinaia" ship. 1932 arrival to RI. >> >> Julie Lazar Taylor >> Flint, Michigan >> lazar1946@aol.com