My ancestor (great/great/grandfather) was named Patrick Maghar (or Patrick Maher) and came to Montreal anywhere from 1826 to 1846 (although most likely on the earlier end of that time frame). Patrick Maghar was from Tipperary, Tipperary County Ireland. He travelled with an Uncle, whose name was HARRINGTON (I'm assuming that's his last name-- we have no first name). Eventually Patrick travelled down to New York State, and settled in Monticello, NY, sometime before 1849. Does anyone know of passenger lists of ships traveling from Ireland to Canada at that time? Does anyone know what departure ports were commonly used in Ireland at that time? (Especially for someone from Tipperary)? Also, was Montreal a common port of arrival at that time? I am reading that Canada does not have good records of passenger lists at that time, and I have had difficulty finding lists of ships leaving ports in Ireland, bound for Canada. I'm still hopeful though! Thanks VERY much, Janet

On 21 May 2006 at 10:04, Janet Prata wrote: > Does anyone know of passenger lists of ships traveling from > Ireland to Canada at that time? 1826-1846 is a challenging time frame. If you extend your search one more year (1847) here's an idea for you. There are some passenger lists which were kept by shipping agents in the originating country. For example, the Passenger Books of J & J Cooke, Shipping Agents gives sailings from Londonderry to Philadelphia PA, Quebec, and St. John New Brunswick from 1847 to 1871. Olive Tree has some passenger lists from these records online, and will be adding more as time permits. For an index of clickable links to those JJ Cooke passenger lists online to date, see http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/jjcooke.shtml The Hawke Papers, letterbooks of Chief Emigrant Agent Anthony B. Hawke are also available. They cover the years 1831 to 1892. See the searchable database at http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/db/hawke.htm If you want to search online, you may have limited success because only a very small percentage of ships to Canada have been transcribed and put online. You can also check out the pages for ships passenger lists to the following parts of Canada: Ships Passenger Lists to Quebec http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/qu_ships.shtml Ships Passenger Lists to New Brunswick http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/nb_ships.shtml Ships Passenger Lists to Nova Scotia http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/ns_ships.shtml Lorine -- 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

Hi Janet, At 10:04 AM 2006-05-21 -0400, Janet Prata wrote: >My ancestor (great/great/grandfather) was named Patrick Maghar (or Patrick >Maher) and came to Montreal anywhere from 1826 to 1846 (although most >likely on the earlier end of that time frame). I have been transcribing steamboat lists . . Quebec to Montreal (over 500 so far) . . for locals AND new immigrants who had arrived at Quebec by sailing vessel http://theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/1819_20index.htm >Patrick Maghar was from Tipperary, Tipperary County Ireland. He travelled >with an Uncle, whose name was HARRINGTON (I'm assuming that's his last >name-- we have no first name). I found this rather interesting entry Lady Sherbrooke - 4th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, May 24th 1825 http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/1825/lsmay24.htm 69 Dennis Harrington x x -/10/- -/10/- 70 Patrick Marr x x -/10/- -/10/- 1825 had an early shipping season for the port of Quebec and there are a couple of compelling entries in the few days prior to the steamboat trip above of ships arriving at Quebec from Waterford which fits well with a Tipperary emigrant !! http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/1825a.htm Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/