Our gggrandmother, Jane WATKINS, born abt 1812, supposedly left Ireland for Canada in the 1820s on the CAMPERDOWN...."during the potatoe famine"...but that was before the potatoe famine....so it's been hard to know from the family accounts what was true. I recorded a website site about the Camperdown a few years ago that is now "page cannot be displayed" I've been unable to find the surname WATKINS on any ship list of the CAMPERDOWN......I would love some help on this if there is anyone who could help me.... Barbara Lewis Gillonca,[er

Hi Barbara, We have learned through anecdotal information that there is always some seed of truth to every family oral history. The bark (barque) CAMPERDOWN made several trips to Canada. Bruce Elliott makes mention of several of those passengers in 1819 in his book . . mentioned here on this steamboat list http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/1819ns10sep.htm http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/ships1819d.htm#camperdown Althought that vessel sailed several times to Quebec, it seems that 1819 was the only time it carried a large number of emigrants. Here are the Lloyds details from Gilbert Provost's website http://www.reach.net/~sc001198/ShipsC.htm CAMPERDOWN - 1819-1826 (Green Book - Underwriters) Master: Captain J. Evans (1819-20); Captain W. Dails (1821-22); Captain W. Raisebeck (1823-25) Captain Gall (1826) Rigging: Ship; single deck with beams; sheathed in 1814, 1819 & 1825; sheating repaired in 1822; fastened with iron bolts Tonnage: 355 tons Construction: in Whitby; vessel 22 years old (1819); major repairs in 1814, 1818, 1821 & 1825; some repairs in 1823; new keel in 1825 Owners: Kirkman & Co. (1819-23); Wharton (1824-26) Draught under load: 16 feet Port of survey: Hull (1819-24/1826); London (1825) Voyage: sailed for Miramichi (1819-20); America (1821-22); Québec (1823/1825); Pictou (1824); Baltic Sea (1826) (Red Book - Shipowners) Master: Captain Evans (1819-20); Captain Dales (1821-23); Captain Raisebeck (1824-26) Rigging: Ship; single deck with beams; sheathed in 1814 & 1821 Tonnage: 356 tons Construction: 1798 in Whitby; partial new wales in 1813; some repairs in 1814 & 1825; new keel & major repairs in 1820 Owners: Captain (1819-23); Wharton (1824-26) Draught under load: 16 feet Port of survey: Hull (1819-22/1824); Liverpool (1823); London (1825-26) Voyage: sailed for the Baltic Sea (1819-20); America (1821-22/1824); Elsinborg (1823); St. Petersburg (1825-26) Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/ At 05:51 PM 2008-06-30 -0600, Barbara Gillon wrote: >Our gggrandmother, Jane WATKINS, born abt 1812, supposedly left Ireland >for Canada in the 1820s on the CAMPERDOWN...."during the potatoe >famine"...but that was before the potatoe famine....so it's been hard to >know from the family accounts what was true. I recorded a website site >about the Camperdown a few years ago that is now "page cannot be >displayed" > > I've been unable to find the surname WATKINS on any ship list of the > CAMPERDOWN......I would love some help on this if there is anyone who > could help me.... > >Barbara Lewis Gillonca,[er