From the time of the earliest European colonies, there were Irish settlers in the four provinces of Atlantic Canada Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. The first Irish arrivals came to Newfoundland as seasonal fishermen; between 1785 and 1835 a sizable number settled there, traveling from Waterford, Kilkenny, Wexford, Tipperary, and east Cork to work in the fishery industry. Increased immigration of the Irish elsewhere in Atlantic Canada began in the early 1800s, peaking during and shortly after the great Irish Famine in the mid-nineteenth century. During this time, large numbers of Irish and Scots-Irish immigrants passed through the Atlantic Canada ports of St. John and Halifax and a score of lesser ports, though a great many of these immigrants soon relocated to New England. Despite the flow of Irish through Atlantic Canada, the early records of these immigrants are fewer and less informative than those of New England and New York from the same period. Erin s Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada 1761 1853 goes a long way toward rectifying this problem. Author Terrence M. Punch has combed through a wide-ranging and disparate group of sources including newspaper articles and advertisements, local government documents and census records, church records, burial records, land records, military records, passenger lists, and more to identify as many of these pioneers as possible and disclose where they came from in the Old Country. These sources often contain details that cannot be found in Irish records, where few census returns survived from before 1901, and where Catholic records began a generation or more after their counterparts in Atlantic Canada. Erin s Sons not only sheds light on many of the Irish immigrants who resided in Atlantic Canada between 1761 and 1853 but also provides an invaluable tool for U.S. researchers, since many New England Irish families can trace their ancestry through Atlantic Canada. For easy reference, a Surname Index and Ship Index are included.

Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada, 1761-1853

History

Punch, Terrence M.

Europe

Genealogical Pub. Co

From the time of the earliest European colonies, there were Irish settlers in the four provinces of Atlantic Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. The first Irish arrivals came to Newfoundland as seasonal fishermen; between 1785 and 1835 a sizable number settled there, traveling from Waterford, Kilkenny, Wexford, Tipperary, and east Cork to work in the fishery industry. Increased immigration of the Irish elsewhere in Atlantic Canada began in the early 1800s, peaking during and shortly after the great Irish Famine in the mid-nineteenth century. During this time, large numbers of Irish and Scots-Irish immigrants passed through the Atlantic Canada ports of St. John and Halifax and a score of lesser ports, though a great many of these immigrants soon relocated to New England.Despite the flow of Irish through Atlantic Canada, the early records of these immigrants are fewer and less informative than those of New England and New York from the same period. This book goes a long way toward rectifying this problem. Author Terrence M. Punch has combed through a wide-ranging and disparate group of sources—including newspaper articles and advertisements, local government documents and census records, church records, burial records, land records, military records, passenger lists, and more—to identify as many of these pioneers as possible and disclose where they came from in the Old Country. These sources often contain details that cannot be found in Irish records, where few census returns survived from before 1901, and where Catholic records began a generation or more after their counterparts in Atlantic Canada. Punch's book not only sheds light on many of the Irish immigrants who resided in Atlantic Canada between 1761 and 1853 but also provides an invaluable tool for U.S. researchers, since many New England Irish families can trace their ancestry through Atlantic Canada. For easy reference, a Surname Index and Ship Index are included.

Erin's Sons, Volume II

Genealogical Publishing Company

Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada, 1751-1858. Volume III

Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada to 1863. Volume IV

Americas

"The Maritime Provinces of Canada consist of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Prior to the 1770s the area was inhabited by French Acadians and native peoples, and only after 1770 did it begin to attract Scots settlers, mainly but not exclusively from the Scottish Highlands. The Glenaladale settlers in Prince Edward Island and the valiant band of Highlanders in the Hector (1773) proved to be harbingers of the greatest mass immigration the region would ever see. More numerous than the New England planters and Loyalists who preceded them, and outnumbering the contemporary Irish immigration, the Scots put their stamp on Cape Breton Island, the eastern mainland of Nova Scotia, much of Prince Edward Island, and coastal regions of New Brunswick from Restigouche in the north to the shores of the Bay of Fundy to the south. While they left behind a scattered body of records, it is important to remember that there were two main streams of immigration to the Maritimes, one commencing in the Scottish Highlands, the other in the New England colonies during the period of the Revolutionary War. Fragmentary and scattered though these records are, this book attempts to put names and places to a few thousand of these immigrants in the hope that some readers may find an ancestor or a kinsman"--P. [4] of cover.

Some Early Scots in Maritime Canada. Volume I

Some Early Scots in Maritime Canada (2)

Some Early Scots in Maritime Canada: 3

Between 1659 and 1852, the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island served as a "funnel" for Irish immigration to North America due to the availability of timber vessels and relatively low fares. This volume serves as a research resource into the Irish immigration travelling through this funnel by offering a year-by-year listing of known voyages between an Irish port and a harbor in the aforementioned maritime provinces of Canada. Footnotes provide information on the availability of passenger lists. Additional contextual materials address the demographic crisis that precipitated Irish migration, the geography of the migration experience, and the challenges of interpreting passenger lists. Five appendixes offer additional information on Irish immigration to the region through other primary sources. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

North America's Maritime Funnel: The Ships That Brought the Irish, 1749-1852

Montbeliard Immigration to Nova Scotia, 1749-1752

Reference

Genealogy

Montbeliard Immigration to Nova Scotia 1749 1752 Revised Edition

Montbeliard Immigration to Nova Scotia, 1749-1752. Revised Edition

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