Volume II of Erin's Sons covers the same time period as its predecessor and the same geographic area--the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia--and it lists an additional 7,000 Irish arrivals in Atlantic Canada before 1853.
What is remarkable about this second volume is the rich variety of information derived from hard-to-find sources such as church records of marriages and burials, cemetery records, headstone inscriptions, military description books, newspapers, poor house records, and passenger lists. The resulting body of documents is replete with human drama: shipwrecked immigrants, families in search of members, people taken ill while en route to a distant location, old soldiers fallen on hard times, tenants uprooted from their farms and shipped to Canada, and so on. There are also lists of runaways and deserters, transported convicts, and indentured servants, which offer a vivid if sometimes bleak picture of Irish immigration to Canada. Also included in the book are maps showing Irish ports of embarkation, an index of surnames, and an index of ships.
CONTENTS:
Introduction
Melancholy Shipwreck, 1833
Irish Place Names as a Source of Confusion
Newspaper Marriages and Deaths of Irish-born, 1780-1853
Obituary for one of the Duke of Wellington's Soldiers, 1855
A Chapter in the Story of the "Potato Famine" of 1847, and its Sequel
Burials of Irish-born, Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1843-1853
Burials of Irish-born, St. Malachy's Church, Saint John, New Brunswick,
1821-1832
Burials in Camp Hill Public Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1844-1853
Headstones in the Old Burial Ground at Halifax, Nova Scotia
Irish Headstones in Regional Cemeteries:
- Nova Scotia
- Newfoundland
- New Brunswick
Irish in Church Burial Registers in Nova Scotia Communities
Irish in the Township Book:
- Aylesford, Kings County, Nova Scotia
- Douglas, Hants County, Nova Scotia
Soldiers of the 52nd Regiment in the Region, 1824-1830
Irish Deserters in Nova Scotia, 1803-1808
Cumberland County, Nova Scotia: Settlers from Ireland
"Jolly Irish Minors" at Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, 1827
Irish-born Admitted to the Halifax Poor House, 1773-1780
Irish Catholic Weddings, Saint John, New Brunswick, 1821-1837
One Marriage That Wasn't, Saint John, New Brunswick, 1832
Richibucto, New Brunswick, Marriages, 1826-1828
St.-Louis-de-Kent, New Brunswick, 1824-1829
Shemogue, New Brunswick, Marriages, 1830-1831
Fredericton/Ste-Anne Area, New Brunswick, Marriages, 1818-1826
St. Mary's Cathedral, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Irish Marriages, 1845-1853
Early Newfoundland Appearances of Irish People:
- Claimants to Estates, 1810-1840
- Irish Runaways & Deserters, 1810-1838
- Irish Passengers, 1809-1816
- Mother Seeking Her Son, 1832
- Inquest in 1815
- Inquiry, 1831
Irish Convicts to Newfoundland, 1789
Some Early Irish-born Clergy in the Region before 1853
Three Brides from Ireland, 1831: "Pandora" Brought Them
An Indenture Document: Nancy Tobin, 1758
Assisting the Transient Poor, Nova Scotia, 1819-1861
Famine Relief: Prince Edward Island to County Monaghan, 1847
Index of Surnames
Index of Ships Softcover, 197 pp., Published 2009
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