William Creaser, his wife Alice, sons William, John, Philip and daughter Alice - all from Yorkshire, Eng.-arrived at Montreal 14 or 15 June, 1819. Alice, the mother, and Alice, the daughter, died either on the trip or when in port. They are buried in Christ Church burial ground. I am looking for the name of the ship, its passenger list and a picture if possible. Thanks for anything that can be found. Lil DeHart
Hi Lil, At 11:13 AM 2006-09-02 -0400, Wilbur DeHart wrote: >William Creaser, his wife Alice, sons William, John, Philip and daughter >Alice - all from Yorkshire, Eng.-arrived at Montreal 14 or 15 June, 1819. >Alice, the mother, and Alice, the daughter, died either on the trip or when >in port. They are buried in Christ Church burial ground. I am looking for >the name of the ship, its passenger list and a picture if possible. > >Thanks for anything that can be found. > >Lil DeHart I sure wish they'd arrived just a little later as our steamboat lists, Quebec to Montreal, only survive from early July 1819 http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/1819_20index.htm St. Lawrence Steamboat Co. Passenger Records Pt. 1 - 1819-1825: St. Lawrence Steamboat Co. Passenger Records Pt. 2 - 1826-1836: (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. We do have the newspaper extractions for the sailing ships' arrivals at the port of Quebec, for the whole year though. Those begin here http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/ships1819.htm and there three more pages. They were a bit illegible in some places as you will notice by the [ ] and ? In early June I notice ships with settlers from Sunderland and Shields for example, which might be good possibilities. They must have died after they arrived, for if they'd died at sea they would have been buried at sea. Have you checked the Quebec / Montreal papers yourself for death notices ? I've seen such notices which indicate "recently arrived" or "who arrived xx date on the brig xxxx" for example. Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/