Grosse Ile, Canada
Yearning to breathe free Grosse Ile, Quebec
Surnames of emigrants
who died and were buried on Grosse Ile
in 1847
Name | Sailed from | Country | Persons |
Unknown! | Cork | Ireland | 47 |
Brien | Cork | Ireland | 25 |
Kelly | Liverpool | England | 25 |
Sullivan | Liverpool | England | 12 |
Sullivan | Cork | Ireland | 46 |
Transporting vessels bore names: Scotland, Avon, Ajax, Asia, Larch,
Agamemnon, Primrose, Rose, Eliza Caroline, Champion, Agent, Jane Black,
Pandora, Pursuit, Covenanter, Mary, Sir Robert Peel, Progress, Sir
Henry Pottinger, John Bolton, George, Dykes, John Francis, Julius Caesar,
Triton and so on ....
Andrews, Vincent | age 34 | Nurse |
Ferguson, Hugh | age 43 | Hospital Steward |
Garneau, __ | age __ | Nurse |
Hobbs, Margaret | age 29 | Nurse |
Kenny, James | age 36 | Nurse Attendant |
Lindsay, James | age 24 | Policeman |
Maxwell, Elizabeth | age 30 | Nurse |
McConaty, Catherine | age 32 | Nurse |
McGaracher, Catherine | age __ | Nurse |
McKay, __ | age __ | wife/child |
Palmer, Samuel | age 46 | Policeman |
Pinet, Alexis Albert | age 22 | Physician |
Plante, Alexis | age 19 | Baker |
Polk, William | age 22 | Sutler's Clerk |
Stanley, Ellen | age 30 | Nurse |
Sons & Daughters - Pray for the souls of deceased.
A Register of Deceased persons at Sea and on Grosse Ile in
1847, by Andre Charbonneau and Doris Drolet-Dube,
and a 1847, Grosse Ile: A Record of daily events, by Andre Charbonneau
and Andre Sevigny can be obtained from Group Communication Canada.
Phone 1-800-635-7943 if you wish to purchase one or both of these publications. |