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smcarberry
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Canadian immigration 1840s, families and orphans

Post by smcarberry » Sun Jan 01, 2012 2:02 pm

Ellen Connell, Ire to Can 1847 orphan.jpg
Example of the orphans' page, in Buchanan report
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Canadian incoming orphan stats 1847.jpg
Buchanan's orphans statistics
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Buchanan's orphan records, Can.jpg
Buchanan's description, orphans
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Michl Leonard,Ellen Sweeney 1846 Mtrl.jpg
Incoming families, noted by Allison
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I have found my way to a free Ancestry.com collection which doesn't appear to be listed on any gen. website covering Clare, but there may well be Clare people involved if only for the fact that part of the reporting of immigrants was done by A.C. Buchanan who had known Clare connections (see my prior postings using Buchanan as a search term). Buchanan, responsible for reporting as chief Canadian emigration agent, attempted to account for every Irish orphan entering the Province of Quebec, including unnamed infants. James Allison, as an agent, provided 75 pages of incoming adults, many described with their family members and the intended destinations, mostly in Canada.

This database involves handwriting which can be subject to interpretation and often forenames were abbreviated, so using the provided search engine is best done using multiple versions of any one person's name. The resulting links go directly to page images, where you can decide for yourself what the listing states. Below is an example, plus portions of Buchanan's reports with statistics.

Here is the link and further description by Ancestry.com:
Irish Canadian Emigration Records, 1823-1849
http://tinyurl.com/6tkgnxq

Citation provided for the orphans segment:
Names of Orphan Children, 1847. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d. RG 4, C1, vol. 204, file 3036. Microfilm Reel H-2487.

Hope this can provide a way to fill in gaps in your family histories. Happy New Year to us all, which on this Forum means the 839 of us who are Clare history enthusiasts.

Sharon Carberry
USA

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