Thomas Stewart born 1891, born either Whiteabbey or Woodburn, Co Antrim, N. Ireland. Arrived Melbourne, Victoria but later settled near Brisbane in Queensland. Aged somewhere between 19 and 24 at the time of embarkation. Unsure if travelling with anyone else.

Hello, I don't remember whether I've asked this question recently. But, I wondered if there is any information, or any data base, which tells of the ships which carried the "Former Child Migrants." I'm not sure of the years this particular scheme went on, but I had thought it was in the 1910 to 1960 timeframe. I've had trouble before finding a web site which had a good history of this "Child Migration Scheme" which involved sending the children from the United Kingdom to Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Malta, etc. But, I just now found this web site. But, I'm surprised it only mentions the 1938 to 1950 timeframe. http://www.childmigrantstrust.com/our-work/child-migration-history I clicked on other things on that web site and see the scheme went on possibly up to 1970. Another web site reminds us of all the "ABUSE" those children suffered from - which was slightly different from what happened in Canada. When the ships left the U.K. and were heading to Canada, there were sometimes 300 to 500 "unwanted children" on each ship. Young adults were sometimes allowed to get on the ships with them - if there was room. So, I'm curious whether that many "unwanted children" were on a particular ship heading to Australia. Or, were they put on a ship which was already heading there with other passengers? Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)

Hello, I was hoping that somebody could advise me . My ancestor was Jane BARKER. According to the arrivals in Tasmania archives, she arrived on the Princess Royal in Hobart in 1832. On the list she was described as a widow with one child. I am trying to find out if there would be any more information available for her. I would appreciate any help or information. Regards Wendy Queensland, Australia

Hi Barbara, The Canadian passenger lists are online (searchable if you have Ancestry) at the Library and Archives, Canada. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/passenger/index-e.html Ship: MEGANTIC Shipping Line: White Star Line Departure Port and Date (yyyy/mm/dd): Liverpool, England - 1910-10-01 Port and Date of Arrival: Montreal, Que. - [1910-10] Quebec, Que. - 1910-10-09 List includes: Mrs. Francis party Reference: RG 76 Microfilm: T-4772 Percy 11 was with Rose 38, Mable 18 and James 17 ... going to husband (& father), farmer in Ontario .. Post Office Dereham. In the 1911 Canada census they are in Ontario working on a farm of the Campbell brothers. Name: Percy Douglas Strange Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Age: 13 Birth Date: Jun 1897 Birthplace: England Relation to Head of House: Lab Son Immigration Year: 1910 Tribal: English Province: Ontario District: Oxford South District Number: 107 Sub-District: Dereham Sub-District Number: 2 Place of Habitation: Township Dereham Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age McIntish Campbell 36 Neil Campbell 38 James W Strange 40 Rose Strange 40 Rosette Mable Strange 19 James Richard Strange 18 Percy Douglas Strange 13 In the 1916 Prairie census they are in Saskatchewan. Name: Percy D Strange Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Age: 18 Est. Birth Year: 1898 Birthplace: England Year of Immigration: 1910 Home in 1916: 03E, Regina, Saskatchewan Address: 26, 36, Garnett Street racial_or_tribal_origin: English Relation to Head of Household: Son Household Members: Name Age James W Strange 44 Rose Strange 44 Mable R Strange 24 James R Strange 23 Percy D Strange 18 I was looking for James W. arrival which he stated was 1910 as well ... that wasn't unusual, for husband / father to preceed the family, but he didn't really pop out. I had a look at the 1901 UK census .. they were from Hertfordshire ... there was another child in 1901, Albert 1 month old. If you have an Ancestry subscription, you'll be able to search around lots of records for your family. Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/ At 09:02 AM 2010-05-26 -0700, BG Kennedy wrote: good morning to you all. I am researching my grandfather ,who came over from England in 1910. here's what I have to date its not much but a start. PERCY STRANGE age:11 yrs. from: England SS MEGANTIC,October 09,1910 landed in Nanaimo,British Columbia Canada. I have suspicions he came with his sister MABEL STRANGE. at one point also had him listed at Gross Ille Quebec does anyone have the correct landing for him ? any help would be appreciated thank you for your help in advance Barbara Kennedy

Hi Ray, If you have a Ancestry.com subscription you'll be able to find her online because the period she arrived was called the "Form 30A" period ... 1919-1924 ... where a seperate manifest page was kept for each person and Ancestry has scanned them and made they searchable. Canada Records information (with links to record sources) http://www.theshipslist.com/Research/canadarecords.htm This will be her voyage details. EMPRESS OF FRANCE Southampton, England 1924-06-07 / Cherbourg, France Quebec, Que. / Montreal, Que. 1924-06-13 (CPSSC) Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ltd. I had a peek at her Form 30A and she was going to William Alfred Poole at Buttress, Saskatchewan. Hope this helps Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/ At 02:56 PM 2010-05-26 +0100, raymond wrote: >Grace Agnes Beach left England on the 7th June 1924 on the Empress of >France shwe was 27 years of age and travelling alone. > >I believe she was heading to Quebec with the intention of travelling >inland to be married to a William Poole. > >I would be most grateful if anyone can add any information at all to this >as I can find nothing of what became of Grace. > >Thanks for reading this. > >Ray raymond.bocking@tesco.net

Grace Agnes Beach left England on the 7th June 1924 on the Empress of France shwe was 27 years of age and travelling alone. I believe she was heading to Quebec with the intention of travelling inland to be married to a William Poole. I would be most grateful if anyone can add any information at all to this as I can find nothing of what became of Grace. Thanks for reading this. Ray raymond.bocking@tesco.net

good morning to you all. I am researching my grandfather ,who came over from England in 1910. here's what I have to date its not much but a start. PERCY STRANGE age:11 yrs. from: England SS MEGANTIC,October 09,1910 landed in Nanaimo,British Columbia Canada. I have suspicions he came with his sister MABEL STRANGE. at one point also had him listed at Gross Ille Quebec does anyone have the correct landing for him ? any help would be appreciated thank you for your help in advance Barbara Kennedy

May I ask if there is a way to solve this family story that has been passed down through the generations? In 1855 the RHYASON family sailed from Ireland to New York. The father died on the voyage. The mother carried on & their child was born in New York state & named Parker Rhyason. A date of the birth is given as 18 May 1855 in Utica, Oneida, New York..... some records say 1856 was the birth year. What was the ship¹s name and would the death of the father have been recorded? Thank you for any information that might be available. Mrs. P. Lindsay plindsay@islandnet.com

Is it possible to find the ship for Karl Fredrik Ekholm Abrahamsson, born 22 Nov 1852 in Motala, Ostergotland.? Son of Johan Kristian Abrahamsson (1819-1870) & Inga Lisa Jakobsdotter (1825-?). He left Motala on 22 August 1873 and boards a ship on 29 August 1873 for North America. I believe he arrived in New York 15 September 1873 but do not know the ship's name. I don't know if his final destination was Chicago or New York. All his siblings ended up in Minnesota before they spread out to other states. His elder brother, Johan Edward (b.1848) arrived here in America, 1868. An older sibling, Fredrika Karolina, (b.1855) immigrated 24 August 1875. The mother, Inga Lisa Jakobsdotter (b.1825) (they have her listed as Elis Abrahamsson and as male) came with the remaining four younger children (the children's birth dates 1857 1863, 1866, 1870). They left Sweden on 23 May 1876, arriving in New York, 19 Jun 1876 on the Britannic. New York Port, Ship Images, 1851-1891 Name: Elis Abrahamson (S/B Inga Lisa Jakobsdotter) Arrival Date: 19 Jun 1876 Age: 51 Gender: Male (s/b female) Port of Departure: Liverpool, England Ship route: Liverpool-Queenstown-NY Port of Arrival: New York, United States Ship Name: Britannic Ship built: 1874 Shipping Line: White Star Line Ship tonnage: 5,004 tons; 455' x 45' Ship Description: 4 masts, 2 funnels Thank you for any information. ~ Marilyn Powers

Seeking information on James Corbett Barry, age 10 in 1862. He arrived from Ireland (port unknown) in New York City sometime between 1861-1863. He was the father of Philip Jerome Quinn Barry (playwright), born in Rochester, NY in 1896. Would like to know who was with him (father, mother, siblings), on what ship they sailed and from where. Michael Barry Michael V. Barry mvbarry1@cox.net

Hello, A couple weeks ago I watched part of a documentary on TV about all the shipwrecks at the bottom of the sea - in Thunder Bay ! They are mentioned on these web sites and many others. http://web1.msue.msu.edu/iosco/thunbaywrecks.htm http://thunderbay.noaa.gov/shipwrecks/known.html http://www.michiganpreserves.org/thunder.htm http://www.divemagazine.co.uk/news/article.asp?sp=332203698551328310310&v=5&UAN=322 http://www.pbs.org/kqed/oceanadventures/episodes/treasures/guide/thunder-bay.html I'm just curious if anyone had a loved one or ancestor who was on a ship which traveled the Great Lakes. And are there lists of the people who were on those ships. And, while watching the documentary, I found out there are "canals" between the Lakes. http://thunderbay.noaa.gov/history/vessels/sailing.html Just an FYI for you. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) (By the way, a reminder is that you can go to the Mailing List "Find a List" feature and search for "Canada" and find hundreds of Lists about it.) www.rootsweb.com

Hi Sue, I didn't see the original question, but I thought I'd mention that some of the "Home Children" ships were forced to come into Portland, Maine, during the winter. And probably a few come into Boston, MA. I was just trying to find a child in a BHC data base this week, and saw a child mentioned where the ship came into Portland. And, I can remind researchers that there is ship information in that BHC data base. And, you can search for "ship name only." http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/home-children/index-e.html http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/home-children/001015-100.01-e.php Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) (Home Children arrived between 1860's and 1940's.) OOPS. I just noticed the original question at the bottom of this message. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Swiggum" <swig@ns.sympatico.ca> To: "Hans Faber" <hans.faber@planet.nl>; <theshipslist@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [TSL] Winter stop > Hello Hans, >

Hello Hans, You don't mention where they were sailing from / to, but I'll make a few comments ... In the later 19th and early 20th century, ships sailing from European ports to North America, sailed year round. In the case of Canada, those normally sailing to Quebec city during the "summer" months, would sail instead to east coast ports such as Saint John, N.B. or Halifax, N.S. (summer = May-Nov arrival dates) Earlier in the 19th century with sailing ships and once again in the case of Quebec, many vessels made as many as 2 or 3 voyages a year before the St. Lawrence froze. If they were unable to sail before the river froze (late November, early December), they wintered over and sailed eastbound in the Spring, after the thaw. Those that didn't make more than one trip, or sailed in time, sometimes used to sail to the southern hemishere (Australia, New Zealand) during the northern hemisphere winter. Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/ At 10:50 PM 2010-05-16 +0200, Hans Faber wrote: >Hello, > >Can anyone tell me if the migrant ships in the 19th and early 20th century >sailed the year around or did they stop during the winter time. >If so between about which dates they didn't sail? > >Many thanks, > >Hans

There is a new website online: In the Wake of Dark Passage: Irish Famine Migration to New Brunswick, 1845-1852 at http://archives.gnb.ca/Irish/IWDP/en/Default.aspx Annette

Hello I am searching for information on a ship called the Welseby or similar. I have information that this may have sailed from England to New Zealand, or if not NZ, Australia in or around 1858. My forebear, Richard Fellows may have been on board. Information comes from a listing put in Lloyds Weekly looking for long lost relatives. He may have been a mariner on this vessel as a brother or his later went to see at or about the same age, 16 years, but I am not sure about this. As a starter, I would like to identify the ship and its identity number and potentially where it was heading so I can then look for ships lists and crew lists. Many thanks for any help you are able to give on this, KESTON. _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now

Hi All, i am wondering if anyone has any more information about a Wilhelm Vanderbilt (1827-1891) of Middelburg, Zeeland and his friend Willem Willemsen of Amsterdam (born c 1833) who emigrated to Adelaide together from Rotterdam, arriving in August, 1852 aboard the Jacoba Cornelia. This 480 ton barque, built in 1851 by Vaessen & St., was shipwrecked off the Great Barrier Reef two years later, on 1 January, 1854 when enroute from Melbourne to Batavia. I would be interested in a passenger list if possible or if anyone has more information particularly about Vanderbilt and his family. Parents were Antoine Vanderbilt and Yarnie Domicie. Thankyou regards Jane

*new* for TheShipsList website http://www.theshipslist.com/ All the new and updated files and databases have been placed on their own page(s) Find them on the front page in between the big arrows --------------> <--------------- At the bottom of each of these pages I have placed links named " previous month " and " next month " so you are able to navigate back and forth between the monthly *new & updated* pages, as I only keep three months of *new* page links on the Home page. New for May 2010 is . . . o Passengers: o barque Johann Caesar, from Hamburg, to Port Adelaide 1st January 1855 o ship Australia, from Hamburg, to Port Adelaide 4th March 1855 o ... o John Molson - Crew List - 1832 o John Molson - 1st trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 10th May 1832 o John Molson - 2nd trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 14th May 1832 . . partial o John Molson - 3rd trip up, Quebec to Montreal, 18th May 1832 . . nearly 800 passengers The first two passenger lists for 1855 assisted Germans to South Australia. As I've mentioned before, many sources have been checked to try and get these passengers as correct as possible, but if anyone can add to what Robert and I have put online, or offer corrections or omissions, please contact Robert or myself. Usually we have the Quebec newspapers completed first, which show the sailing ship arrivals showing how many setters on each emigrant ship, before we start the steamboat lists, Quebec to Montreal. They will be coming soon, but I couldn't wait as I hadn't added steamboats for a while and I know that there are many people waiting for 1832. ... caveat -- I have included the link to the newspaper on the steamboat lists, but if you click on it right now it will just return a generic template with "coming soon" typed in red. I was just saving myself from having to go back later and add the links to each steamboat list ... I am anxious to get the newspapers for this particular year because there was quite a bit of controversy about how many passengers each boat was carrying. Note that the third JOHN MOLSON trip carried almost 800 passengers !! The 4th also carried 800 and the 6th 900 !!! Those are incredible numbers and as 1832 was a cholera year, authorities were concerned about the overcrowding on the steamboats they made new regulations with limitations .. eg >Boats of the first class to embark 300. These are the John Bull, British >America, Hercules, John Molson, St. George and Voyageur. So .. you can see that they consider the JOHN MOLSON was carrying almost three times the number of passengers which they could safely carry. We have access to the Grosse-Ile Register online, so through the 1832 arrivals, I can hopefully identify some particular families arriving on a particular ship, although 1832 was the first year for the register, so they are a bit spotty. o Fleets: o Ward Line / New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Company Previously we just had the four Ward vessels (2 chartered) which sailed transatlantic, but now Ted has sent the whole Fleet .. 78 vessels. Please share this *new* for TheShipsList website email, with any other list to which you belong if you think it might be of interest or value to those list members (in other words, on-topic). Enjoy Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/

Hi Mary, Photo of the wreck at http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=malta also at http://snipurl.com/wdujm History and description at http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsM.html These are the only pictures I can find. regards Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Dess" <kendess@comcast.net> To: <theshipslist-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 3:53 AM Subject: [TSL] Ship Malta 1868 > > I am looking for a picture of the ship Malta, June 29, 1868 from > Liverpool to Queenstown, Ireland to New York. I have found some but not > with this date. Appreciate any help and thanks. Mary > ------------------------------- > visit TheShipsList Website > http://www.theshipslist.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THESHIPSLIST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2877 - Release Date: 05/16/10 06:26:00

I am looking for a picture of the ship Malta, June 29, 1868 from Liverpool to Queenstown, Ireland to New York. I have found some but not with this date. Appreciate any help and thanks. Mary

Hello, Can anyone tell me if the migrant ships in the 19th and early 20th century sailed the year around or did they stop during the winter time. If so between about which dates they didn't sail? Many thanks, Hans