Good afternoon from Riderville The Reverend, along with his wife Jane and son William, came to eastern Ontario from Belfast after he was posted as a missionary to Canada by the Presbyterian Church of Ireland on August 25, 1856. Might anyone be able to suggest a typical route for that time? I'm not sure where to start looking for possible passenger lists. Thanks very much and have a great day. Murray Jones Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Hi Murray, At 03:43 PM 2006-08-17 -0600, Murray Jones wrote: >Good afternoon from Riderville > >The Reverend, along with his wife Jane and son William, came to eastern >Ontario from Belfast after he was posted as a missionary to Canada by the >Presbyterian Church of Ireland on August 25, 1856. > >Might anyone be able to suggest a typical route for that time? I'm not >sure where to start looking for possible passenger lists. As a long time TSL lister, I think that you probably know that Canada did not begin to archive passenger lists before 1865 :-{ We are so grateful for any kind of record we can find . . before that year. We do have 1856 . . 1857 reports from the Canadian News and British American Intelligencer http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/Canada1856.htm http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/Canada1857.htm (3 pages) Not sure if they managed to grab the names of those who sailed from Irish ports too, even if the ship stopped there. Murray, were you aware that on the 1901 census it says that Rev. W.C. Windel (at 87 living with son-in law Alex Bell and his wife [WC's daughter] Helena), was born in Ireland February 14th 1814, clearly says he emigrated in 1850 ! Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/