I am looking for the immigration of Isabella Rutherford who was in Lincoln County,Ontario in May, 1873. She was from Perthshire, Scotland and likely left from Glasgow, but I'm not sure when. I gather that there are no indexed passenger lists for this period. Where would she have most likely landed and where would be best to start searching for her? Presumably I would need to start in May of 1873 and work backwards. Advice would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Virginia

Hello Virginia Depending on her age you may be able to find her in the 1901 or 1911 census for Canada. They contain year of immigration to Canada. If she came after 1865, when lists were required, that would give you a place to start. There are several Isabella Rutherfords listed in Ontario LDS 1881 online census but not in Lincoln. Some additional info may help find her. Is Rutherford her married name, did she marry in Canada, etc.? Hope this helps. Murray Jones Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada .................................................... ----- Original Message ----- From: "virginia miller" <vjmill@telus.net> To: <TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 2:22 PM Subject: [TSL] Isabella Rutherford >I am looking for the immigration of Isabella Rutherford who was >in Lincoln County,Ontario in May, 1873. She was from Perthshire, >Scotland and likely left from Glasgow, but I'm not sure when. I >gather that there are no indexed passenger lists for this period. >Where would she have most likely landed and where would be best >to start searching for her? Presumably I would need to start in >May of 1873 and work backwards. > Advice would be greatly appreciated. > Regards, > Virginia > ------------------------------- > 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 >

At 01:22 PM 2006-09-15 -0700, virginia miller wrote: >I am looking for the immigration of Isabella Rutherford who was in Lincoln >County,Ontario in May, 1873. She was from Perthshire, Scotland and likely >left from Glasgow, but I'm not sure when. I gather that there are no >indexed passenger lists for this period. Where would she have most likely >landed and where would be best to start searching for her? Presumably I >would need to start in May of 1873 and work backwards. >Advice would be greatly appreciated. >Regards, >Virginia >She was identified as having assisted at the birth of her >granddaughter, Janet Stewart, in Lincoln Co. in 1873. I thought perhaps she >might have been visiting and returned to Scotland later. Virginia, Going back to your original emails . . . she might well have been on a visit. I am indexing the steamboat lists . .Quebec to Montreal from 1819-1836. These contain locals of course, but also many thousands of emigrants and visitors. As I transcribe the steamboat lists, I also transcribe from the newspapers the sailing vessels arriving and departing from Quebec for the corresponding years, as they indicate whether they were carrying settlers, as well as naming most 'cabin' passengers. I am working on 1826 now, but as I go through the years, I'm amazed at the people travelling back and forth between Britain and Canada . . .some, many many times. Even making holiday visits to the Mediterranean. St. Lawrence Steamboat Co. Passenger Records - 1819-1836: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/1819_20index.htm (606 + passenger lists to date) Never before published passenger lists for the Steamboats which carried arriving immigrants from Quebec, to Montreal, where they continued to their destinations in the United States and Canada. I had always dwelled on the hardships of sailing vessel travel and didn't think anyone would consider making a trip across the Atlantic or even to Australia &c. unless they had to, but they DID. Consider . . they had no other basis for comparison. There was no choice of Airbus or Boeing or sailing vessel <grin> So yes . . think about beginning with May 1873 and working backward. She would have arrived via the port of Quebec. You don't mention when Janet was born, but for 1873 . . there were 3 May arrivals from Scotland (the first ship of the 1873 navigation season arrived on April 26th from Liverpool) 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-4528 ST. PATRICK Glasgow, Scotland 1873-04-16 Quebec, Que. 1873-05-04 (MTL) Montreal Ocean Steamship Company (Allan Line) (U): Ottawa Valley Society (22) List Number: 4; Captain John G. Stephen; list very faded C-4528 MANITOBAN Glasgow, Scotland 1873-04-29 Quebec, Que. 1873-05-13 (MTL) Montreal Ocean Steamship Company (Allan Line) List Number: 9 C-4528 CORINTHIAN Glasgow, Scotland 1873-05-14 Quebec, Que. 1873-05-27 (MTL) Montreal Ocean Steamship Company (Allan Line) List Number: 17; Captain James Scott In 1872 there were 32 ships Glasgow-Quebec between May 8th and November 16th on microfilm C-4527 and C-4528. Don't discount a New York arrival either. It was relatively easy to get from New York to Canada at that time, and the season was longer. 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 also have copies of this microfilm. 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 --