From - Archives of Ontario, Series RG11-4-0-1 Toronto Emigrant Office
Arrival and Destination Registers (1857-1868) MS6914 - Including notes
in Italics from the Montreal Gazette, Sessional Papers of Canada
and Lloyds Register, the Solem, Swiggum & Austheim - Emigration
from Norway, abbreviated [SS&A] Montreal Gazette abbreviated [MG]
and Sessional Papers abbreviated [SP] Every effort has been made to create
an inclusive list, however the lists could contain errors or have omissions.
| Month |
Day |
Type |
Vessel Information |
Cabin |
Steerage |
| April |
24
|
Steamship |
Jura - 11th April, Liverpool - (G.
Langlands) Jura was the first ship to reach Quebec
for the 1861 shipping season. Captain Langlands won the Gold-Headed
Cane |
25
|
300
|
| May |
1
|
" |
Bohemian - 18th April, Liverpool via 19th
April, Londonderry - (McMaster) Montreal Gazette [MG] May 11th
- passenger testimonials published. |
54
|
346
|
| " |
3
|
" |
United States - April, Glasgow - (Meiklereid)
- Wrecked on Bird Rocks, Gulf of St.Lawrence with the loss of one
life about 26th April [MG] May 4th - Captain's statement of grounding.
[MG] May 20th - passenger David Dunlop, thought to be lost had actually
been left behind when other passengers and crew were evacuated. He
was rescued by a fishing boat at taken to the Gaspe. (the Captain's
certificate was suspended for 8 months) |
9
|
79
|
| " |
8
|
" |
North American - 25th April, Liverpool via 26th
April Londonderry - (Borland) Montreal Gazette [MG] has Captain's
name as Aiton |
40
|
272
|
| " |
10
|
Ship |
Minnesota - Liverpool - (Flinn) -
892 tons, built Quebec 1857, owned by Baker & Co., Liverpool |
21
|
-
|
| " |
10
|
Bark |
Queen - Christiason [!] - Norway |
4
|
-
|
| " |
11
|
Ship |
Tara - 3rd April, Glasgow - (Mckinnon)
Official Number 24207 - Captain McKinnon born in PEI 1829 |
20
|
-
|
| " |
"
|
" |
Ocean - 10 th April, Kragerø
- (Nielsen) |
6
|
-
|
| " |
"
|
" |
Edward D. Peters - 9th [April], Liverpool
(Captain either Curtis or Porter) |
28
|
-
|
| " |
12
|
Bark |
Countess of Durham - 11th [April],
Youghal (Edwards) 324 tons, built NS 1838, owned by J. Pun, Youghal |
7
|
-
|
| " |
"
|
"
|
Norge - 10th [April], London - (Weberg) |
7
|
-
|
| " |
13
|
Ship |
Margaret Ann - 2nd [April], Plymouth - (Wm. Mortley)
688 tons, built NB 1851, owned by Rawle & Co., Plymouth
|
-
|
101
|
| " |
"
|
" |
Challenger - 12th [April], Limerick - (Gorman) |
1
|
12
|
| " |
"
|
Bark |
Hanlon - 4th [April], Youghal - (Wilson) |
7
|
-
|
| " |
"
|
" |
Royal Adelaide - 6th [April], Fowey
- (Labb) |
-
|
10
|
| " |
"
|
" |
Ocean Queen - 3rd [April], Bristol
- (Hawes) 630 tons, built PEI 1845, owned by Yeo & Co.,
Bristol |
-
|
10
|
| " |
15
|
Steamship |
Nova Scotian - 2nd May, Liverpool - (Ballantine) |
42
|
254
|
| " |
20
|
" |
Canadian - 9th May, Liverpool - (Graham)
Departed Quebec 1st June and was wrecked and sank on June 4th,
after striking an iceberg near Belle Isle, with the loss of thirty-five
lives. |
39
|
322
|
| " |
21
|
Bark |
Regina - 5th April, Kragerø
- (Eilertsen) |
-
|
79
|
| " |
"
|
" |
Jane Boyd - 11th [April], Aberdeen
- (Colvill) |
-
|
36
|
| " |
26
|
Steamship |
Lady Head - Pictou - (Davison) |
4
|
7
|
| " |
29
|
Bark |
Ugland - [7th April, Grimstad] Norway - (Olson) |
-
|
12
|
| June |
1
|
Steamer |
Arabien - 28th May, Shediac - (Steen) |
-
|
30
|
| " |
"
|
Brig |
William & Joseph - Limerick - (Daniel McCarthy)
Official Number 40536 - McCarthy next sailed as mate to Timothy
Gorman on Challanger |
-
|
89
|
| " |
4
|
Steamship |
North Briton - 16th May, Liverpool - (Borland) |
31
|
200
|
| " |
"
|
Ship |
Hebe - 1st May, Bergen - (Hansen)
[April 22nd?] |
-
|
367
|
| " |
5
|
Steamship |
Hibernian - 23rd May, Liverpool - (Grange) |
39
|
218
|
| " |
"
|
Brig |
Dronning Victoria - 2nd May, Bergen - (Kahrs) |
-
|
304
|
| " |
7
|
Ship |
Washington - 16th April, Hamburg - (Platz) |
-
|
344
|
| " |
"
|
Steamer |
Lady Head - Pictou - (Davison) |
9
|
2
|
| " |
8
|
Bark |
Dunbrody - 26th April, New Ross - (Williams)
458 tons, built Quebec 1845, owned by Graves & S[ons], New
Ross |
-
|
195
|
| " |
"
|
" |
Hebe - [3rd May], Stavanger (Olsen - Atkinson,
agent) |
-
|
262
|
| " |
8
|
Bark |
Amelia - 21st April, Porsgrund, - (Iversen) |
-
|
376
|
| " |
"
|
Ship |
E. Wilder [Farley] - 8th May, Liverpool
- (Nichols) aka William Farley, E.
Wilder, and E. Wilder Farley |
-
|
31
|
| " |
12
|
Steamship |
Bohemian - 30th May, Liverpool - (McMaster) |
32
|
176
|
| " |
"
|
" |
United Kingdom - Glasgow - (Craig) |
32
|
300
|
| " |
"
|
Bark |
Witch - 20th April, Porsgrund, Norway
- (Christensen) |
-
|
279
|
| " |
13
|
Ship |
North Polen - 7th April, Grimstad
- (Olsen) [SS&A] Nordpolen |
5
|
-
|
| June |
15
|
Brig |
Balder - 29th April, Bergen (Olsen) [MG] |
-
|
157
|
| " |
15
|
Brig |
Christiania (Christiane) - 24th April
(Wesmann) [MG] |
-
|
186
|
| " |
15
|
Bark |
Fædres Minde - 3rd May, Bergen (Møller)
[MG] |
-
|
161
|
| " |
17
|
Steamship |
Jura - 6th June, Liverpool - (Langlands) |
42
|
169
|
| June |
17
|
Ship |
Oder - Hamburg (Mingea?) Sessional Papers
[SP] ship arrived at Grosse Isle 15th June and was ordered to land
passengers at Grosse Isle with 27 cases of small pox and 5 of measles |
-
|
301
|
| " |
20
|
Ship |
Garbaldi - 3rd May, Christiania -
(Seeberg) [not Bark?] possibly Garibaldi |
-
|
422
|
| " |
22
|
Steamship |
Lady Head - Pictou - (Bateau) |
25
|
-
|
| " |
"
|
Ship |
Sjofna - April 22nd, Porsgrund - (J.L. Petersen)
[MG] 20th June to Grosse Isle, measles and smallpox - [SP] 9 deaths |
-
|
302
|
| " |
22
|
Ship |
Sir Isach (Isaac) Newton,
Norway via 2nd May, Hamburg (Capt. Jørgensen) [MG] 20th June to
Grosse Isle, measles and smallpox [SP] 9 sick |
-
|
259
|
| " |
26
|
Steamship |
Anglo Saxon - 13th June, Liverpool - (Ballantine) |
71
|
223
|
| " |
30
|
" |
Arabien - 25th June, Shediac - (Simard) |
7
|
21
|
| " |
"
|
Ship |
Senator - 23rd May, Liverpool |
23
|
257
|
| July |
3
|
Steamship |
Nova Scotian - 20th June, Liverpool - (Aiton) |
44
|
155
|
| " |
"
|
Ship |
Marcia (Greenleaf) - Liverpool |
-
|
24
|
| " |
5
|
" |
Helvetia - 29th April, Drammen - (Haagensen)
[SP] 5 deaths |
-
|
344
|
| " |
"
|
" |
[Queen !] Victoria - 6th May,
[Drammen/Tønsberg] - (Nygaard) |
-
|
361
|
| " |
"
|
" |
[The] Norge - 12 May, Bergen - (Jetmundsen) [MG]
9th July [SP] 31 deaths and 12 sick - released from quarantine 8th
July |
15
|
507
|
| " |
"
|
" |
Drøbak - 25th May, Christiania (Johnsen)
[SP] Bark, departed Christiania 22nd April with 10 cabin and 345
steerage passengers - 12 deaths and 2 sick |
-
|
361
|
| " |
"
|
" |
Kongeørnen - 5th May, Christiania
(L.Hjelm) [Christiansand] [SP] 7 cabin and 290 steerage passengers
- 8 deaths |
-
|
313
|
| July |
6
|
Steamship |
Great Eastern (Kennedy) [MG] onboard, Mr.
Brunel, son of her late designer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Excursions
by boat and train to view the ship. This was her only visit to
Quebec, she departed
eastbound with 221 Cabin, and 123 Steerage passengers |
30
|
Troops
|
| " |
8
|
" |
Bohemian - (McMaster) [MG] passenger testimonials
signed by many Cabin passengers and 8 selected from Steerage |
?
|
?
|
| July |
9
|
Bark |
Nordlyset - 27th April, Christiania (J. Hansen)
[SP] 29 deaths and 4 sick |
5
|
297
|
| " |
10
|
" |
Camilla - 25th May, Bergen (A.M. Andersen) [SP]
1 death |
-
|
132
|
| " |
9
|
Steamship |
John Bell - Glasgow - (Smith) |
25
|
151
|
| " |
10
|
" |
North Briton - 27th June, Liverpool - (Borland) |
31
|
117
|
| " |
"
|
Ship |
Fire Sønner - 12th May, Bergen
- (Gill) [6th May] [SP] 310 steerage passengers - 4 deaths and
10 sick |
-
|
361
|
| " |
11
|
Bark |
Iris - 4th May, Stavanger - (Gloppestad)
[SP] 3 deaths |
-
|
71
|
| " |
14
|
" |
Askur - 13th May, Drammen - (C. Dechmann)
[SP] departed Drammen 17th May with 3 cabin and 260 steerage passengers
- 3 deaths |
-
|
260
|
| " |
16
|
Steamship |
Hibernian - 4th July, Liverpool -
(Grange) |
46
|
122
|
| July |
17
|
Steamer |
Lady Head [MG] departed Quebec en route
to the Gaspe with some Norwegian passengers |
-
|
-
|
| " |
18
|
Ship |
Danzig - 14th May, Drammen - (Schmidt) - 8
deaths, 4 sick |
-
|
382
|
| |
19
|
" |
Gellert - 3rd June, Hamburg - (Terry)
[MG] 42 Smallpox cases, passengers at Grosse Isle - Sessional Papers-4
deaths, 36 sick |
-
|
325
|
| " |
"
|
Bark |
Elbe - 3rd June, Hamburg - (Bell)
- [SP] 1 death, 20 sick |
-
|
250
|
| " |
21
|
Steamer |
Lady Head - 16th [July], Pictou -
(Davison) |
20
|
49
|
| " |
23
|
Steamship |
North American - 11th July, Liverpool
- (Burgess) |
31
|
143
|
| " |
24
|
Bark |
Bayard - 4th June, Drammen - (A.H.
Thoresen) [SP] 11 cabin and 257 steerage passengers - 5 deaths
|
11
|
249
|
| July |
24
|
Brig |
Wilhelm Tell - 10th June, Christiania,
Norway - (Christophersen) [SP] 5 cabin and 140 steerage passengers
- 3 deaths |
-
|
390
|
| " |
25
|
Bark |
John Bull - 8th June, Liverpool -
(Fox) |
12
|
-
|
| " |
28
|
Steamer |
Arabien - 24th July, Shediac - (Simard) |
30
|
80
|
| Aug |
4
|
Steamship |
Anglo Saxon - 25th July, Liverpool
- (Ballantine) |
33
|
134
|
| " |
4
|
" |
Norwegian - 18th July, Liverpool -
(McMaster) |
43
|
144
|
| " |
"
|
" |
Lady Head - 1st August, Pictou - (Bateau) |
25
|
29
|
| " |
7
|
" |
United Kingdom - Glasgow - (Craig) |
41
|
71
|
| " |
12
|
" |
Nova Scotian - 2nd August, Liverpool
- (Aiton) |
59
|
126
|
| " |
"
|
" |
Arabien - Shediac - (Simard) |
39
|
44
|
| " |
"
|
Ship |
Culloden - 26th June - (Harley) 1370
tons, built NB 1855, owned by Jardine, Liverpool |
2
|
300
|
| " |
13
|
" |
Flora - 16th June, Dronthiem - (Brown)
[Trondheim, Capt. Brun] |
2
|
156
|
| " |
[14]
|
Steamship |
Bohemian - 8th August, Liverpool via 9th
August, Londonderry - (McMaster) Arrived 19th August |
69
|
158
|
| " |
"
|
" |
Lady Head - 13th August, Pictou -
(F. Bateau) |
37
|
26
|
| " |
[24]
|
" |
Hibernian - 15th August, Liverpool - (Ballantine
Grange) Arrived 27th August |
64
|
142
|
| " |
"
|
" |
Arabien - Gaspe - (Simard) |
35
|
30
|
| " |
25
|
Ship |
Mio. Mar? - 9th July, Glasgow
- (Wm. Mortley) [Margaret Ann?] |
4
|
-
|
| Sept |
1
|
Steamship |
North American - 22nd August, Liverpool
- (Borland) |
94
|
95
|
| " |
"
|
Ship |
Plasdrew ? - 20th June, Hamburg -
(Blohn) [SP] Ship Andrew - 30th June, Hamburg (B. Bohn)
arrived 30th August - 3 infant deaths |
-
|
180
|
| " |
"
|
Steamship |
Lady Head - 27th [August], Pictou
(Bateau) |
26
|
67
|
| " |
2
|
" |
John Bell - Glasgow - (Scott) |
12
|
90
|
| " |
3
|
Bark |
Robert Hastie - 14th July, Bristol
- (Scott) |
2
|
-
|
| " |
6
|
Ship |
Lady Seymour - 23rd [July], Bristol - (England)
907 tons, built PEI 1852, owned by W. Yeo, Bristol |
2
|
-
|
| " |
7
|
" |
Coronet - 16th July, Liverpool - (Haritine
?) Official Number 42240 [Lloyds -Captain Mullings] |
5
|
-
|
| " |
"
|
" |
Emedine - 13th August, St Johns -
(Desjardines) |
5
|
|
| " |
10
|
Steamship |
North Briton - 29th August, Liverpool
- (Borland {Grange}) |
82
|
176
|
| " |
11
|
Ship |
Parsee - 30th [July], Plymouth -
(Johns) 1060 tons, built Saint John 1851, owned by Rawle of Plymouth
|
19
|
-
|
| " |
16
|
Steamship |
Anglo Saxon - 5th September., Liverpool
via Londonderry - (Ballantine Graham) |
56
|
111
|
| " |
16
|
" |
Lady Head - Gaspe - (Davison) |
14
|
62
|
| " |
"
|
Ship |
Argo - 31st July, Bremen - (Bellard) |
1
|
-
|
| " |
"
|
Brig |
William & Joseph - Limerick - (McCarthy) |
-
|
40
|
| " |
22
|
Ship |
Minnesota - Liverpool - (Flinn) |
-
|
40
|
| Sept |
24
|
Steamship |
Jura - 12th September, Liverpool -
(Aiton) |
47
|
141
|
| " |
29
|
" |
Lady Head - 24th [Sept.], Pictou
- (Davison) |
15
|
35
|
| Oct |
2
|
" |
Bohemian - 19th September, Liverpool
- (McMaster) |
24
|
151
|
| " |
"
|
" |
United Kingdom - 11th [Sept.], Glasgow
- (Craig) |
22
|
70
|
| " |
7
|
" |
Arabien - 3rd [Oct.], Shediac - (P.
Denis) |
6
|
88
|
| " |
8
|
" |
Norwegian - 26th September, Liverpool
- (McMaster) |
60
|
188
|
| " |
"
|
Ship |
Shandon - 7th [Sept.], Glasgow - (Munro)
Official Number 3272 |
4
|
-
|
| " |
"
|
" |
St. Laurent - 25th [Sept.], Seven
Islands - (Couillard) |
10
|
-
|
| " |
"
|
" |
Humbold - Hamburg |
-
|
87
|
| " |
17
|
Steamship |
North American - 3rd October, Liverpool
- (Borland) |
75
|
108
|
| " |
"
|
" |
Lady Head - 8th [Oct.], Pictou - (Davison) |
15
|
95
|
| " |
"
|
Ship |
Oswego - 27th [!], Liverpool - (Card) |
10
|
-
|
| " |
"
|
Steamship |
St. Andrew - 27th Sept., Glasgow -
(Dutton) Maiden Voyage |
14
|
41
|
| " |
18
|
Ship |
Ardmillan - 16th August, Antwerp -
(Jameson) 987 tons, built Quebec 1855, owned by J. Allan, Glasgow
(Allan Line ship) |
2
|
-
|
| " |
21
|
" |
Pride of Canada - 16th Sept., Liverpool - (Thornton)
Iron Ship 906 tons, built Port Glasgow 1855, owned by Taylor &
Co., Liverool |
2
|
-
|
| " |
"
|
Brig |
Boston Lady - 8th St John's N.F. -
(Boule) |
6
|
-
|
| " |
22
|
Steamship |
North Briton - 10th October, Liverpool
- (Borland Grange) Departed Quebec 2nd November and on 5th
November was wrecked on Mingan Island, Labrador, with no loss of life. |
78
|
122
|
| " |
27
|
" |
Lady Head - 22nd Oct., Pictou - (F.
Bateau) |
10
|
68
|
| " |
30
|
" |
John Bell - 12th [Oct.], Glasgow -
(Scott) |
15
|
73
|
| Nov |
1
|
" |
Anglo Saxon - 17th October, Liverpool
- (Graham) |
36
|
118
|
| " |
"
|
Bark |
Lady of the Lake - 9th [!], Limerick
- (Powell) |
3
|
-
|
| " |
5
|
Steamship |
Jura - 24th October, Liverpool - (Aiton) |
17
|
75
|
| " |
9
|
" |
Arabien - 4th Nov., Shediac - (Simard) |
12
|
30
|
| " |
10
|
" |
St. George - 26th Oct., Glasgow -
(Wylie) Maiden Voyage |
20
|
-
|
| " |
13
|
" |
Nova Scotian - 31st October, Liverpool
- (Ballantine) Ship carried a Piano and a Bell to Canada |
28
|
121
|
| " |
"
|
" |
Lady Head - Pictou - (Bateau Davison) |
9
|
32
|
| " |
17
|
" |
Norwegian - 7th Nov., Liverpool to
Portland - (McMaster) |
10
|
77
|
| " |
26
|
" |
Bohemian - 9th [Nov.], Liverpool to
Portland - (Burgess) |
16
|
57
|
| " |
"
|
" |
United Kingdom - 9th [Nov.], Glasgow
to Portland - (Craig) |
8
|
14
|
| Dec. |
6
|
" |
North American - [? Nov.], Liverpool
to Portland - (Borland) |
?
|
?
|
| " |
16
|
" |
Anglo Saxon - 28th [Nov.], Liverpool to Portland
- (Graham) |
5
|
43
|
| " |
18
|
" |
Jura - Liverpool to Portland - (Aiton) |
19
|
58
|
| " |
28
|
Steamship |
Nova Scotian - Liverpool to Portland - (Ballantine) |
20
|
69
|
