From roots-in@bl-12.rootsweb.com Mon Dec 8 05:05:16 1997 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id FAA25180; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 05:05:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from bl-12.rootsweb.com (bl-12.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.28]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id FAA06605 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 05:08:10 -0800 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) id FAA26293 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 05:08:09 -0800 Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id BAA00590 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 01:58:25 -0800 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA04257 for roots-in@rootsweb.com; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 01:55:29 -0800 (PST) X-Envelope-From: mpalmer@netcom.com Mon Dec 8 01:55:29 1997 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA04251 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 01:55:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from netcom8.netcom.com (root@netcom8.netcom.com [192.100.81.117]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id BAA00587 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 01:58:23 -0800 Received: from [] (netcom3.netcom.com [192.100.81.103]) by netcom8.netcom.com (8.8.5-r-beta/8.8.5/(NETCOM v1.02)) with SMTP id BAA17469; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 01:58:17 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199712080958.BAA17469@netcom8.netcom.com> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Michael Palmer" To: iain Tidey Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 02:49:46 -800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: ship info. required CC: emigration-ships@listserv.northwest.com, roots-l@rootsweb.com Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.10) Sender: roots-in@rootsweb.com [There was a question about the ship named the Athol, modified by pre-screener dp] This is most probably the bark ATHOL, 367 tons, built in New Brunswick in 1834, which appears in the annual volumes of _Lloyd's Register of Shipping_ for 1834/35-1841/42. For the period 1834/35-1838/39: M'Credy, master; Robertson, owner; port of registry, St. Johns [probably St. John, NB, rather than St. Johns, Newfoundland]; port of survey, London; destined voyage, St. Johns [again, probably St. John, NB]; rating, AE1. According to a note on the Canadian Ship Information Database (http://http://susan.chin.gc.ca:8013/basisdbdocs/title1e.html), she was lost at Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Although this note does not give a date, the ATHOL was lost probably in 1838 or 1839: although she appears in _Lloyd's Register_ for 1839/40 through 1841/42, she is listed without a rating, indicating that she had missed a scheduled survey, and the _Register_ continued to carry the names of such vessels until officially notified of their loss (which might be as many as three or four years after the event). Additional source: Public Archives of Canada, RG 42, Volume 1334 (original reference: vol. 123, reel C-382, page 17). Michael Palmer -- Michael Palmer Claremont, California mpalmer@netcom.com