I believe my great grandfather, Robert Knox, sailed from Londonderry to Quebec April 18, 1872. But his wife, Ann Knox and two children, Robert and James, did not accompany them. Does anyone have any info on this ship or passenger list? If a married man was traveling alone, would the ship's documents show him as being married or single? Thanks for your help. Shirley

On 25 Apr 2006 at 16:27, Shirley Benshoff wrote: > I believe my great grandfather, Robert Knox, sailed from > Londonderry to Quebec April 18, 1872. But his wife, Ann > Knox and two children, Robert and James, did not accompany > them. Does anyone have any info on this ship or passenger > list? The National Archives of Canada (NAC) holds immigration records from 1865 to 1935. Ships are on the reel, in order of arrival. You can find the details at this URL http://www.archives.ca/02/020202_e.html If you want to order filmed passenger lists (remember they aren't indexed!), a list of NAC microfilm numbers for passenger lists to Canada 1865-1922 can be found at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/filmnos_can1865.shtml -- Lorine McGinnis Schulze * Olive Tree Genealogy (Ships Passenger Lists) http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ * Naturalization Records http://naturalizationrecords.com/ * Images of Ships Lists http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/ otg@csolve.net or olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com

At 04:27 PM 2006-04-25 -0400, Shirley Benshoff wrote: >I believe my great grandfather, Robert Knox, sailed from Londonderry to >Quebec April 18, 1872. But his wife, Ann Knox and two children, Robert and >James, did not accompany them. Does anyone have any info on this ship or >passenger list? If a married man was traveling alone, would the ship's >documents show him as being married or single? Hello Shirley, Here are the passenger list details for that sailing Reel Number Ship Name Departure Information Arrival Information Shipping Line Special Group(s) Remarks C-4527 SCANDINAVIAN Liverpool, England 1872-04-18 / Londonderry, Ireland 1872-04-19 Quebec, Que. 1872-04-29 / Montreal, Que. 1872-05-05 (MTL) Montreal Ocean Steamship Company (Allan Line) (U): Mr. Stiperlay, Bristol (6) & (U): National Emigration League (3) & (U): Rev. Mr. Fletcher, Devon (5) & (U): Rev. Mr. Herring, London (99) List Number: 1; Gold-headed Cane, Capt. W. Ballantine All things being equal, the passenger list should indicate Robert's marital status. The passenger manifest format for that period includes a field, four columns wide, headed Age of each adult of 12 years and upward ........then a double column under that Married | Single ........then four columns below that M | F | M | F It was a very common practise for "dad" to arrive first, to find a job, a home for the family and get settled before 'mum and the children' arrived. The Scandinavian was the first passenger ship to arrive at the port of Montreal for the 1872 shipping season, which is why Captain Ballantine won the coveted "gold-headed cane." Ann and the children likely arrived a little later in the season . . maybe even on the same ship, or at least on another from the same shipping line http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/allan.html We have the ship description and voyage history for SCANDINAVIAN here http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsS.html 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/