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GENEALOGY
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by Orlo Jones and Douglas Fraser
M
L any researchers feel that some
of their genealogical problems would be
solved if only they could find their
ancestors' names on passenger lists.
Spurred on by this hope, they continue
a search which often proves frustrating
due to a lack of records. "Those Elusive
Immigrants" represents the first-ever attempt to assist these researchers by
publishing a complete aggregate list of
vessels arriving here with passengers. In
the present article, the years 1790-1829
are covered. Ships arriving in 1830 and
later will be included in a subsequent
issue of The Island Magazine.
Nominal Lists
Passenger lists are of two main types:
the aggregate record, which gives little
more than the total number who booked passage on a given ship, and the soeagerly-sought nominal passenger list.
This latter gives passengers' names,
ages, and other pertinent data.
Sometimes families are grouped
together with the children named, other
times no relationships are obvious.
Some lists give the place of residence
and the reason for leaving, as well as
the port of embarkation; a few give the
passengers' occupations; others give
none of this information.
We have been told that the stated
ages of children may not be accurate.
Since space, water, and staples were
allotted to children on the basis of age, a
child who was rather big might be listed
as being older than he really was. This
meant his share of necessities would be
a little larger, resulting in a more comfortable passage for the family.
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Bureaucracy of that era did not require the endless forms that we have
grown to expect today. Until the late
nineteenth century Canada had a "Free
Entry" policy which meant no records of
passengers was required at the port of
entry. In all likelihood, many ships'
masters and captains may never have
made passenger lists; in other cases, the
registers may have become lost.
Issues One to Three of The Island
Magazine contained the published
passenger lists for the Lovely Nelly
(1775), the Lucy and the Jane (1790),
the Lovely Nelly (undated), the
Rambler and the Humphreys (1806),
the Elizabeth and Ann (1806), the
Spenser (1806), the Clarendon (1808),
the Lulan (1848), the Isle of Skye
(1806), and the Lively (1775).
Issue Ten of The Island Magazine
featured a reconstructed passenger list
for the Falmouth, which sailed from
Greenock in 1770. To piece together
this list, genealogist Andrew B.W.
MacEwen researched family histories,
Nova Scotian newspapers, papers from
the Ira Brown Collection in the Public
Archives of P.E.I., Reverend George
Patterson's Memoirs of the Rev. James
MacGregor, D.D., and a journal kept by
Reverend William Drummond, a
passenger on the Falmouth in 1770.
An apocryphal list for the Valiant's
crossing in 1817 was published in the
Charlottetown Guardian, January 24,
1898, and reprinted by Mrs. Mary
Brehaut in Pioneers of the Island, Part
1. As far as can be ascertained, the
original passenger list for this crossing of
the Valiant has been lost.
Aggregate Lists
The research basis for the present article was provided by the work of three
students, Bonnie Jean Glover Woodside, Lauchlan MacQuarrie, and
Douglas Fraser. They were hired
through the Summer Canada Student
Employment Program for the summers
of 1982 and 1983 to compile records of
incoming ships to Prince Edward Island.
R e c o r d s were m a d e of any
passengers mentioned, as well as other
pertinent data. For this project the
researchers used the following
newspapers: Royal Gazette (1791-93),
Royal Herald (1805-January 1806),
Weekly
Recorder
(September
1810-May 1813), Prince Edward Island
Gazette (April 1814-May 1822), and
Prince Edward Island Register (1823 to
mid-August, 1830). In addition,
Custom House Records from the Public
Archives of Prince Edward Island were
used for the periods of 1790 to July
1809, and from October 1819 to May
1, 1827. The gaps in the material are
due to missing records.
Some discrepancies occurred in the
various sources. For the present compilation, the records of the Customs
House have been given priority on the
assumption that these would be more
accurate than newspaper reports.
Most of the entrfes found were for
ships arriving at Charlottetown Harbour, although in some cases there is a
notation that the ship arrived at another
local port. Probably a number of vessels
reached the Island at outside areas but
were not reported since the Custom
House and newspaper publishers were
all located in Charlottetown. This is but
one instance of the partial nature of the
surviving records.
According to our research, the
decade beginning in 1790 averaged
about four passenger ships per year,
with approximately 860 passengers in
all. A total of 12 vessels were reported
from overseas during this period. Most
of these immigrants arrived early in the
decade as we note a sharp reduction in
passenger arrivals after the beginning of
hostilities between Britain and France in
1793.
The next decade brought at least 33
passenger ships, and we know 20 or
more of these came from the United
Kingdom. These vessels carried approx-
YEAR DATE
imately 2000 passengers, including the
Selkirk settlers.
Between 1810 and 1819 there was
an increase in both the number of
vessels and passengers, but with the gap
in records between June 1813 and
November 1817 no accurate count can
be made. However, we learn that at
least 950 people arrived on 27 or more
vessels, with 16 of these coming from
Quebec where the people had
emigrated from Scotland.
The decade ending in 1829 saw
almost 3000 people arrive on more
than 205 vessels.
The following chart notes only those
ships which sailed from the United
Kingdom prior to 1830. Other vessels
from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and
Newfoundland brought settlers, too,
and it appears quite probable that some
of these may have been immigrants
who landed in those colonies first, later
coming to Prince Edward Island as the
second stage of their journey; hence the
term "two-boaters." For the sake of
consistency these have not been included here.
One final note: in most cases, those
few passengers who are mentioned by
name in these aggregate lists are not
first-time settlers, but the officials and
merchants of the Island travelling on
public and private business. They are
identified here exactly as in the original
sources, so an occasional misspelling
may occur (for example, Peeke for
Peake).
VESSEL
FROM
PASSENGERS
150 passengers
103 passengers
Mr. Patterson,
J. Webster, Sr.,
Mr. John Townshend
and others.
1 doz. passengers
240 passengers*
174 passengers*
Capt Alexander
Fletcher of the Island.
1790
1790
1791
August 28
August 28
July 14
Jane
Lucy
Charlotte
Greenock, Scotland
Greenock, Scotland
London, England
1791
1791
1791
1791
before August 12
before September 9
September 3
October 10
Speedwell
Queen
Malfy
Minerva
London, England
Greenock, Scotland
Greenock, Scotland
Cowes, England
1792
1792
May 28
September 14
Prosperity
Speedwell
London, England
London, England
%s
1793
1793
1793
1802
1803
1803
1803
1805
1805
1806
1806
1806
1806
1806
1807
1807
1808
1808
1808
1808
1809
1811
1811
1811
June 8
November 2
Union
Argyle
illllBl iBillBllIIllIllIlHlHIIlIli
MBMHHBHH^
August 25
lIHiB^WBIlIllllIllBlIllllIlil
August 8
August 10
August 29
June 11
October 3
May 16
June 20
July 14
September 22
September 23
May 19
illlB
June 16
August 17
September 5
September 21
June 14
HB^HIiHHHi
IIIIllBlN^HIBIHIlIIIIIlIllIlBI
Oughton
lllllIll^t/B^HIIIilII|IIIIIIIIIlIIIIlllII
Northern Friend
Neptune
Rambler
Humphreys
Spencer
Isle of Skye
Elizabeth and Ann
BIIIIlBlHIIIHIIIIIIHIIIIIillllll
Devonshire
Elizabeth
IllllllllBiHHlllIBllIIIllillllMlllllBIIII
Clarendon
Albion
IIH^IIHIIBIHIIIIIIBIIIIIIIIIIII ^^^^^^^^^^^^^K
June 3
August
Neptune
IJIII^^^^IIIIIJIIIIIIIIIIIII
Cork. Ireland
Greenock t Scotland
London, England
Glasgow, Scotland
Greenock. Scotland
Liverpool. England
Greenock. Scotland
Tobermory. Scotland
Stornaway, Scotland
Guernsey. Channel Islands
Tobermory, Scotland
Tobermory, Scotland
Oban, Scotland
Tobermory. Scotland
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Liverpool England
Liverpool England
Oban, Scotland
Oban, Scotland
Oban, Scotland
Dundee, Scotland
London. England
Greenock. Scotland
Madeira & England
Mr. Cambridge,
Mr. Curtis and
Mr. Hennessie.
,
150 passengers
(J
<
passengers [number not given]
passengers
passengers
passengers
32 passengers
91 passengers
80 passengers
130 passengers
97 passengers
114 passengers
H^^^HIH^H^^HHIHHNI
23 passengers
96 passengers
94 passengers
188 passengers
39 passengers
Mr. and Mrs. Cambridge of P.E.I.
Major-Drummond 104th Regi ,
Mrs. Tailor, Mr. Jones
The Royal Gazette of September 23, 1791, reported 300 and 230 passengers on these two vessels Our figures of 240 and 174 are based on the
Shipping Inwards records.
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YEAR DATE
VESSEL
FROM
PASSENGERS
R
1811
September 23
Sally
Portsmouth, England
1812
June 24
Nancy
London, England
1817
1817
July 25
j August 22
Sarah
Harriot
Limerick, Ireland
Dublin. Ireland
Dixon
Hull, England
Plymouth. England
Hull, England
Cork, Ireland
Sunderland, England
London. England
'
L**»
1818
1818
1818
1818
1818
1818
May 12
May 15
June 8
June 15
June 23
September 18
1818
181?
October 18
before June 10
1819
1819
September 2
November 1
1820
May 9
Carton
Cork. Ireland
1820
1820
1820
May 10
May 11
May 16
Ply mo u th Dock Hero
Nautilus
Eagle
Plymouth, England
Plymouth, England
Portsmouth, England
1820
1820
1820
1820
1820
1820
1820
1820
1820
1820
1820
1820
1820
1820
1820
1820
1820
1821
May 16
May 18
May 20
May 22
May 22
May 23
May 25
May 29
June 5
July 10
August 14
August 18
October 2
October 7
October 7
October 9
October 9
May 10
George
Liverpool, England
Waterford, Ireland
Bristol. England
Greenock, Scotland
Dumfries, Scotland
London, England
Whitehaven, England
Dumfries, Scotland
Limerick, Ireland
Newcastle, England
London, England
London, England
Plymouth. England
Bristol, England
Plymouth, England
Bristol, England
Bristol, England
Plymouth. England
1821
1821
1821
1821
1821
May
May
May
May
May
1821
May 19
^^^^K^^KK^^M
1821
1821
1821
May 21
May 28
June 21
Lord Exmouth
Speculation
Hope
12
14
18
18
18
IB^^t^^^^H^^^^^I
Valiant
B^^»^^^^^B^^^^B
Horsely
^^^^fr^B^^^^^^H
Britannia
2 vessels
Morning Field
IIBHttB B^^^^BIHH
HB^^^^Hi!H^HH^Bi
IHI^^^^^HHIl^^B
Alexander
Britannia
Indefatigable
Angelina
HiB^HHBilH^BI^Hi
Alexander
CaldicottCastle
BBiB^^HBBlBBl^HlB
Anglia
Lord Exmouth
I^^^^B^HIBHliBHil
Speculation
SHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Cammera
Margaret
Caldicott Castle
BI^^^^^B^^^^B^B
Nautilus
Sarah
Carron
Plymouth. England
; Ireland
Scotland
Bristol England
Newcastle, England
Dumfries. Scotland
Plymouth, England
Falmouth, England
London, England
Liverpool, England
Fowey. England
Plymouth, England
Whitehaven, England
Mr. Robert Stewart, &
Mrs. Stewart, Mrs.
MacDonald & daughter.
Charles Wright,
Mr. Inns, William
HoIlet &
family18 passengers*
John Large and
passengers**
28 passengers
50 passengers
passengers
3 passengers
passengers
Mrs. Fanning and
daughters.
Mr Smith, Duncan McKay.
upwards of 600
passengers arrived at
Si.^ Andrews.
200 passengers
Charles Wright, Esq.,
Mrs. Wright, T.H.
Haviland, Esq., and
others.
Lt Samuel Holland plus
10 other passengers.
26 passengers
14 passengers
Parson Griffiths and ;
his sisters .plus
.14 passengers.
9 passengers
57 passengers
21 passengers
85 passengers
31 passengers
26 passengers
48 passengers.
43 passengers
93 passengers . • •:.
12 passengers
17 passengers
10 passengers
11 passengers
8 passengers
2 passengers
2 passengers
8 passengers
Mr. J.N. LePage and
20 passengers.
16 passengers
53 passengers
Mr. Pope
Mr. Seymour
Mrs. Short. Hon.
Wm. Pleace.
Mr. & Mrs. McKay, ;
Mr. R. Brecken plus:
90 steerage passengers.
Francis Bullin
.6 passengers
16 passengers .
* Letter written by C.W. Townshend, PAPEI CO 226 B-1249, Vol. 32, p.. 92,
* * From an affidavit signed by John Large before John Plaw, J P., on August 29, 1817. PAPEI CO 226 B-1249, Vol. 32, p. 183.
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VESSEL
YEAR DATE
PASSENGERS
FROM
Rose
Friendship
Pallas
Nautilus
Relief
Whitehaven, England
Whitehaven, England
Tobermory, Scotland'
Plymouth, England Liverpool, England
May 3
John
Bristol, England
1822
May 1 "
Carton
London, England
1822
May" 9*
Relief
Liverpool. England } |
1822
1822 |
1822 J
1822
1822
1822
1822:
1822
1823:
1823
1823
1823;
May 22
May 28
May 31
June 3
June 20
July 13
August 31
October 12
May 14
May 28
June 12
September 24
Margaret
Diana
Elizabeth
Mary
San Domingo
Devonshire
John
Mary
Eliza
Bide ford
Genera! Elliot
Eliza
1823
1823
1823
1824
1824
October 1
October 3
November 15
May 18
May 22
Eclipse
Speculation^
Amity
Medusa
King David
Plymouth, England
• Plymouth, England
Bristol. England
London, England
Bristol, England
1824
May 2 2 -
Canon ;
\ London, England
1821
1821
1821
1821
1821
July 14
July 17
September 18
September 21
November 16
1822
j
I
J
J
§|
Plymouth, England 11
Dumfries. Scoilan<j|J|:
Plymouth, England
•Bristol, England
Ross, Ireland
•• Waterford. IrelandBristol,' England
Bristol, England
Thurso, Scotland
Plymouth, England
Cork, Ireland
Liverpool, England
j
10 passengers
33 passengers
27 passengers
9 passengers
Alex. Campbell, Esq.,
of Bedeque, Dr.
Meckieson plus 3 other
passengers.
Mr. Blatch and 8
passengers.
Mrs. Short, Mr. J.
k Brecken Jr., Mr.
J. Brecken Sr., Mr.
Gates and his son.
James Reily and 1
passenger.
22 passengers
16 passengers
19 passengers
:..s31 passengers1
87 passengers
42 passengers
11 passengers
\
9 passengers ;
\
; 8 passengers
: 10 passengers \
: 113 passengers
r Rev. Mr. Adin &
: daughters.
4 passengers
17 passengers
^
William Pope
|
:
i
1824
Amity \
May 26
Bristol, England
i
:I824
May 28
. Relief \
Liverpool, England ;
i
i
;
i
L182#
1824
\ 1824
! May 31
May 31
June 3 I
Speculation \
: Bideford
Rover
Plymouth, England
\ Plymouth, England
Bideford, U.K.
1824
1824
June 25 J
June 26
:
Douglas
; Eddystone \
I Liverpool, England
London, England
1824
1824;
1824
August 6
September 29
October 21
, Liberty.
Brisk
Jane Hatton..
Plymouth, England
Liverpool, England
Liverpool, England
Capts. Young & Pearce,
Mr. Douse, Lamuel
Cambridge, Esq., plus
30 workmen for shipbuilding (to Souris).
44 from London™-,
passengers the Hon.
Thomas Haviland, Miss
Havjland,''& John
Brecken, Esq.
Mr. Lewellin and family
plus 10 carpenters and |
sawyers.
Alex. Campbell, Esq,,:
Mr. Polleck, Joseph •;'.'•
Higgins, Gapt. James
and wife, Mr. Martin,;.
Mr. Cooksey, Capt.
Crowther plus 26
workmen. '. •
I 8 passengers
: T.B. Chanter plus
I 20 shipwrights &
[ mariners. •
I- Charles Worrell
I Samuel HilL Theophilus "j
Stewart, Mr; & Mrs. •
I Slade; ;• Miss :Slad&,;..•••"
\ 'Mr. 'Johnstoh,;for'• ••-:'•,/•
;-v-MlrimfcHie;.;:,:-[•Mr- Peeke •.•^'v^
L Messrs; Kempts
I /Duncan;ftacEay;;'E$ct.- ^^
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YEAR DATE
PASSENGERS
VESSEL
FROM
»iS5ifl'
Bristol, England
Mrs. L. Cambridge &
family, Miss McDonald,
Capt. John Stewart,
John Hurdis, Esq.,
private secretary and
a number in the steerage.
11 passengers — to
Three Rivers.
Hon. George Wright
Mr. Curtis
Samuel Welsford, Esq.,
Capt. Spencer,
Angus MacDonald, Esq.,
Mrs. MacDonald, Lt.
Colin MacDonald.
Thomas Peake, Mr.
Walker, plus 14
passengers.
Theo. Stewart
Charles Wright, Esq;',.'/'
surveyor generalMiss Brecken, Mr.
!' Brecken, Mr. Dodd,
Mr. C D . Rankin,
: Capt. Blake.
Frederick LePage.
Mr, Lewellin, Mr. Douse.
Mr. J. McGregor,
Samuel Braddock, James
Jackson, Miss Jackson
& several passengers
in steerage.
1824
October 21
1825
May 4
Amity
Bristol, England
1825
1825
1825
May 7
May 7
May 16
John
Sovereign
Canon
Bristol, England
Dartmouth, England
London, England
1825
May 19
^^^^^^^B ^^^^^B
Liverpool, England
1825
June 16
Speculation
Plymouth, England
1825
1825
September 1 5
October 27
Loyalist
Amity
London, England
Bristol, England
1826
May 17
Canon
London, England
1826
1826
1826
May 17
May 19
May 20
Mary
Plymouth. England
Bristol, England
Liverpool, England
Hannah
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B
Plymouth, England
1826
May 20
1826
1826
1826
June 7
June 12
June 21
Restitution
Beihna
Catherine McDonald
Plymouth, England
Bideford, U.K.
Liverpool. England
1826
June 26
William
Liverpool, England
1826
August 21
Pretty Lass
Plymouth, England
1826
December 11
;
William Pope,
;•? Johnathan Pope,
i Capt. Lash.
/ M r , Billings
i Mr. Chanter
Mr: & Mrs. Hugh
McDonald.
Dungallon
John Thomas
London, England
\ Liverpool, England
Liverpool, England
I 1827
!• 1827
May 14 |
May 19 J
! 1827
May 23
i Canon "•
London, England
:1827
May 25 j
Felicity
I Bristol, England ;
1827
40
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B
June 9
I New
London
Plymouth, England /
Ewen Cameron. Esq.,
Capt. Thomson, Mr.v
Morrison & several: in
steerage
Mr. Peake, Mr. Hodge.
George Winslow,
\: Lt. Gov. Ready & two
daughters. Donald
MacDonald, Esq.. of:
!• Glenaladale. Mr. Lewis,
Mr. & Mrs. Dunk and five !
servants, Lieut. Ridge, . . ; • :
a sergeant and two
f privates of the Royal
Staff Corps on their /
way to Canada.
Colin McDonald
Messrs. Frederick and \ j
Elisha LePage, Henry
r Palmer and Mrs. Smith; ?
Mr. Stone: & son, Mr/ ,'••
I Davies, Mr..Mawley/: / : : / /
1
Spalding, Coates,,
Mills, Cooper and four
/ others. " •;./''/.- •
r ; Mr. Owen, Mr. Lewellm J
;•:'• and son, Mrz/Were,;,.'•';l:;
! •'Mr'.-' Sargent' — arrived".-..:
L/ '.at Murray. Harbour;
;'. • 80 passengers • •
YEAR DATE
VESSEI1
fROM
PASSENGERS
1827
June 18 I
Bellona
Bideford, England
1827
June 1°J
New Bideford
.Plymouth, England
1827
July 2
Hannah
1828
May 20
Benjamin
Ross, Ireland and
'Newfoundland
Waterford, U.K. .,
Mr. Chanter — arrived
at Richmond Bay..
Mr. Nicholls — arrived
at New London.
43 passengers
1828
1828
May 28
June 2
New Bide ford ".-.;;
Thorntons
1828
June 19
Hannah
1828
1828
1828
1828
1829
June 23
September 4
October 1
October 1
May 5
1829
May 15
1829 :
May 17
| James
1829
1829
1829
1829
May
May
May
May
\ Pandora
19
22
26
31
Shaw
Elizabeth
Speculation
James
Amity
I Felicity
|
Benjamin S/^a u||
New Bide ford
• Argo
Mary
•% John Morris plus 180
steerage passengers.
Plymouth. England
Liverpool. England
'Angus McDonald, Esq.,
of Three Rivers, P.E.I
45 passengers
Wexford, and
Newfoundland
Liverpool, England
Plymouth, England
;
Liverpool, England j
Bristol, England
Bristol. England
entered at Cascumpec.
England and Waterford,!
I Ireland
Plymouth, England
I Waterford, Ireland
.Plymouth, England
i Liverpool England
Isle of'Skye
I John Campbell Capt.
".. Younger, plus several
j in steerage — arrived ,
". in Murray Harbour.
I John Morris and
settlers.
Messrs. Peake. Sharpe.
Duchemin and Davis.
Mr. R. Goff & settlers.
; entered at Georgetown.
; "84 immigrants from
Isle of Skye — came
from Cape Breton on the ;
Mary. They planned to
r settle in the Belfast
area of P.E.I, where
; all but one family had
;: relations already
I living/'
11829 ; I June 6 ;
1829 I June 9
;
New London
Calypso
Plymouth. England
Liverpool '& Bideford, i
| England
1829
1829
1829
June
June 11
June 22
Minerva
Amelia
Nancy
! Yarmouth, England
Liverpool England
Liverpool England
1829
June 28
Collina
; London, England
1829
August 7
Vestal
1829 !
1829
August 8
i September
\ Thomas
Three Sons
Tobermorey, Scotland
I London, England
Liverpool England ;
| 1829
before September 16
Felicity
: Bristol England
I 1829
1829
\ 1829
before November 18 ;
before December 9
before December 9
Collina
Brothers
Isabella
Dublin, Ireland
! Liverpool England-1
Liverpool, England ;
i
;
Charles Ready, son of
His Excellency the Lt
Gov,-,; Mr. & Mrs. Chanter,!
Miss Hodgson and Miss
1= Griffiths.12 settlers
| 32 settlers from Kent
County.
i Edward Holland, Mr.
\ 301 passengers, arrived
here August 7th.
I'Seventy of the number
have since sailed for
Cape Breton; the
remainder plan to settle
: in this country.
:-Mr. Cavendish, John
& Abercrombie Willock,
Mrs. Willock and
! servant plus two
; steerage passengers.
\ Hon. George Wright,
\ William Hodges, Esq.,
I Miss Folkstone plus
16 in steerage.
I.Henry Cowley
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