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Title: Matson family coming to Canada 1819-1841
Post by: troods on Wednesday 08 June 05 10:52 BST (UK)

Hello All

I would love to find out when my Thomas Matson  arrived in Canada.

He was born 1819 in Kingston Upon Hull to a Thomas and Mary Matson.

He married an Elizabeth Preston in Halifax in 1841.

Then in 1852 he came to Australia on board a ship called 'the Margaret'
with his family and passengers including  the Reverend McLeod.

Can anyone give me any ideas on where I could start looking for a shipping record for my Thomas Matson.

Many thanks in advance
Troods

Title: Re: Matson family coming to Canada 1819-1841
Post by: KarenM on Thursday 09 June 05 04:23 BST (UK)

Hi Troods

Check out this site, there is lots of information for you on passenger lists to Canada for that time period

http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tocan1820-1850.shtml


Karen

Title: Re: Matson family coming to Canada 1819-1841
Post by: troods on Friday 10 June 05 00:15 BST (UK)

Thanks Karen

Thats a great site. Could not find anything directly about my Matson man but will keep looking through the databases and links.

Thanks
Troods

Title: Re: Matson family coming to Canada 1819-1841
Post by: BarbR on Saturday 11 June 05 01:46 BST (UK)

Troods,
on this site
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nspictou/
there is record of Departure of Barque "Aurora" for Australia 1852. It only gives partial passenger list of those embarking at Pictou, NS and states more passengers embarked at Halifax. Might be somewhere to start looking ;)
Barbara

Title: Re: Matson family coming to Canada 1819-1841
Post by: Carmela on Friday 24 June 05 08:32 BST (UK)

Hi Troods,
Have not found your Thomas Matson's arrival in N.S. , but did find a record of his departure to Australia. You probably
already have this, but just in case, here it is
  http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/Sebim.html

I see that he was the captain of "the Margaret". I wonder if he came to N.S. as captain or crew member of a ship, rather than as a passenger? Might make him almost impossible to trace, if he just "jumped ship" in Halifax. I'll do some more looking when I have some spare time.


Cheers,
Carmela

Title: Re: Matson family coming to Canada COMPLETED THANKS
Post by: troods on Saturday 01 October 05 02:32 BST (UK)

Hi everyone

Just replying to some old messages that I had forgotten about and to Say a big thank-you to KarenM, BarbR and Carmela who each gave me some info ad tips to get on with my research.

Many thanks Troods

Title: Re: Matson family coming to Canada 1819-1841
Post by: eillo on Thursday 20 October 05 20:20 BST (UK)

Hi Troods

I wonder if you'd have any luck here http://shipslists-online.rootschat.net/canada/

It might be a tough one to track

Title: Re: Matson family coming to Canada 1819-1841
Post by: troods on Thursday 20 October 05 22:17 BST (UK)

Thanks alot for that website Eillo I had not come across that one before.
Have added that one to my favourites.
I did a quick search and did not find anything for that period I am looking for.
However I did learn a few things regarding immigration to Canada so thanks very much.

Kind regards
Troods

Title: Re: Matson family coming to Canada 1819-1841
Post by: k matson on Saturday 25 June 11 01:39 BST (UK)

troods    what is your email   ken matson