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Printed form sent from the parish of Linstead Parva Halesworth to the Poor Law Commission stating that Robert Rackham aged 22 a single labourer had emigrated to Quebec Canada (Paper Number: 81/A/1836. Poor Law Union Number 432. Counties: Suffolk. Date 1 Dec 1836 - 31 Dec 1836 Catalogue reference MH 12/11731/4)
Folio 366
Completed form from the parish of Dunwich listing the persons who have emigrated to Quebec from the parish.
John Laws 37
Sarah Laws 38
John Laws Junior 2
Emma Laws 18
Betsy Laws 1.
Robert Briggs 35
Ann Briggs 30
John Briggs 6
William Briggs 3
Happy Briggs 5
Henry Briggs 1.
John Laws aged 41
Hannah Laws 38
Elizabeth Laws 17
William Laws 15
Betsy Laws 13
Mary Laws 12
James Laws 9
Samuel Laws 5
Lydia Laws 2
Jeremiah Laws 1.
( Paper Number: 6070/A/1836. Poor Law Union Number 432. Counties: Suffolk.
Date 1 Dec 1836 - 31 Dec 1836
Catalogue reference MH 12/11730/163)
From Suffolk
Letter from Wrentham Rectory to the Poor Law Commission acknowledging the receipt of their letter and enclosing the Emigration Description List which lists emigrants who all went to Canada in 1836:
Robert Gooding 48 Farm Labourer, to Quebec, Canada.
Elizabeth Gooding 50 wife, to Quebec, Canada;
Robert Gooding 21 son, to Quebec, Canada;
Rebecca Gooding 20 daughter, to Quebec, Canada;
Bastard child of Rebecca 2 months, to Quebec, Canada;
Sarah Gooding 18 daughter of Robert and Elizabeth, to Quebec, Canada;
Frances Gooding 16 daughter of Robert and Elizabeth, to Quebec, Canada;
Mary Gooding 15 daughter of Robert and Elizabeth, to Quebec, Canada;
Hannah Gooding 14 daughter of Robert and Elizabeth, to Quebec, Canada;
James Gooding 12 son of Robert and Elizabeth, to Quebec, Canada;
Emily Gooding 9 daughter of Robert and Elizabeth, to Quebec, Canada;
Susan Gooding 7 daughter of Robert and Elizabeth, to Quebec, Canada;
Stephen Gooding 3 son of Robert and Elizabeth, to Quebec, Canada;
Charles Gowan 22, to Canada;
Elizabeth Gowan 22 wife received 7s 1d for confinement, to Canada;
Emma Gooding 2 daughter, to Canada;
Edmund Barrett 39, to Canada;
Jemima Barrett 31 wife, to Canada;
Maria Barrett 15 daughter, to Canada;
Ruth Barrett 12 daughter, to Canada;
Henry Barrett 8 son, to Canada;
Charles Barrett 6 son, to Canada;
Edwin Barrett 2 son, to Canada;
Robert Farrer 20 single, saddler and farrier, to Canada;
Leonard Fox 20 single, shoemaker, to Canada;
Samuel Fox 21 single, shoemaker, to Canada;
Robert Fisk 52 Farm Labourer, to Canada;
Mary Fisk 40 wife, to Canada;
John Fisk 17 son, to Canada;
Louisa Fisk 15 daughter, to Canada;
Samuel Fisk 13 son, to Canada
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"...the annexed Emigrants were sent to America at the expence of the Tax Payers to relieve the Parish from the burthen of surplus labourers and for the purchase of facilitating the workers of the Order for suspending outdoor allowances to the able-bodied. The Characters of the Emigrants were not such to make their residence in the parish desirable...".
2 November 1836.
Source: Folios 201-203. Paper Number: 4977/A/1836. Poor Law Union Number 432. Counties: Suffolk.
Folio 371
Completed form from the parish of Westleton listing the people who have emigrated to Quebec from the parish:
William Watling 33
Mary Watling 35
William Watling Junior 8
Elizabeth Watling 12
Hannah Watling 11
Sarah Watling 9
Lydia Watling 4
Mary Watling 3
James Pritty 47 See the 1861 census for Glanford Twp, Wentworth Co. Canada West (Ontario) on Ancestry
Elizabeth Pritty 40
John Pritty 18
James Pritty 15
William Pritty 10
Henry Pritty 3 See the 1861 census for Glanford Twp, Wentworth Co. Canada West (Ontario) on Ancestry
Emily Pritty 12
Harriet Pritty 8
Susan Pritty 6.
William Low 50
Mary Low 40
John Low 20
Henry Low 15
Lionel Low 11
James Elmy 31 See the 1861 census for Tyendinaga Twp, Hastings Co. Canada West (Ontario) on Ancestry Be sure to note the family living beside him - Robert Elmy who sailed on the Albion in 1836.
Mary Elmy 30
James Elmy 1
Mary Elmy 6
Martha Elmy 4.
William Mayer 20.
James Mayer 18.
William ? 20.
(Paper Number: 6071/A/1836. Poor Law Union Number 432. Counties: Suffolk.
Date 1 Dec 1836 - 31 Dec 1836
Catalogue reference MH 12/11730/168)
Folios 201-203.
Letter from Wrentham Rectory to the Poor Law Commission enclosing the Emigration Description List of emigrants who went to Canada in 1836:
Robert Gooding 48 Farm Labourer, to Quebec, Canada. See the 1851 census for Woolich Twp, Waterloo Co. Canada West (Ontario) on Ancestry They are recorded as GOODIN
Elizabeth Gooding 50 wife, to Quebec, Canada;
Robert Gooding 21 son, to Quebec, Canada;
Rebecca Gooding 20 daughter, to Quebec, Canada;
Bastard child of Rebecca 2 months, to Quebec, Canada;
Sarah Gooding 18 daughter of Robert and Elizabeth, to Quebec, Canada;
Frances Gooding 16 daughter of Robert and Elizabeth, to Quebec, Canada;
Mary Gooding 15 daughter of Robert and Elizabeth, to Quebec, Canada;
Hannah Gooding 14 daughter of Robert and Elizabeth, to Quebec, Canada;
James Gooding 12 son of Robert and Elizabeth, to Quebec, Canada;
Emily Gooding 9 daughter of Robert and Elizabeth, to Quebec, Canada;
Susan Gooding 7 daughter of Robert and Elizabeth, to Quebec, Canada;
Stephen Gooding 3 son of Robert and Elizabeth, to Quebec, Canada;
Charles Gowan 22, to Canada See the 1851 census for Woolich Twp, Waterloo Co. Canada West (Ontario) on Ancestry
Elizabeth Gowan 22 wife received 7s 1d for confinement, to Canada;
Emma Gooding 2 daughter, to Canada;
Edmund Barrett 39, to Canada See the 1861 census for Mornington Twp, Perth Co. Canada West (Ontario) on Ancestry
Jemima Barrett 31 wife, to Canada;
Maria Barrett 15 daughter, to Canada;
Ruth Barrett 12 daughter, to Canada;
Henry Barrett 8 son, to Canada;
Charles Barrett 6 son, to Canada;
Edwin Barrett 2 son, to Canada;
Robert Farrer 20 single, saddler and farrier, to Canada;
Leonard Fox 20 single, shoemaker, to Canada;
Samuel Fox 21 single, shoemaker, to Canada;
Robert Fisk 52 Farm Labourer, to Canada See the 1861 census for Nassageway Twp, Halton Co. Canada West (Ontario) on Ancestry
Mary Fisk 40 wife, to Canada;
John Fisk 17 son, to Canada;
Louisa Fisk 15 daughter, to Canada;
Samuel Fisk 13 son, to Canada.
(Paper Number: 4977/A/1836. Poor Law Union Number 432. Counties: Suffolk.
Date 2 Nov 1836
Catalogue reference MH 12/11730/67)
Folios 245-248
. Letter from Little Fransham Parish Council, to the Poor Law Commission, enclosing a certificate referring to the emigration of paupers from the parish. Tthe ship to take them sails at the end of the month. A list and description of those persons seeking to emigrate from Little Fransham in the Mitford and Launditch Union to Quebec Canada are:
John Beckham.
Alice Beckham, wife.
John Beckham.
Mary Anne Beckham.
Phoebe Beckham.
James Beckham.
William Beckham.
John Ward.
Sarah Ward, Wife.
Israel Ward.
Jonathan Ward.
Joseph Ward.
(Paper Number: 397/A/1836. Poor Law Union Number 302. Counties: Norfolk.
Date 15 Apr 1836 Catalogue reference MH 12/8474/120)
Folios 178-186
. Letter from Mattishall, East Dereham, to the Poor Law Commission, enclosing emigration papers.
A list and description of those persons seeking to emigrate from the parish of Mattishall to Quebec Canada:
William Gathercole, Labourer.
Elizabeth Gathercole.
Michael Gathercole.
Marianne Gathercole.
William Gathercole.
Robert Gathercole.
Hannah Gathercole.
Caroline Gathercole.
Robert Day, Labourer.
Sophie Day.
Samuel Day.
Samuel Parnel, Labourer.
Samuel Birket, Labourer.
Robert Meachen, Labourer.
Mary Meachen.
Samuel Meachen.
Marianne Meachen.
(Poor Law Union Number 302. Counties: Norfolk.Date 28 Mar 1836
Catalogue reference MH 12/8474/93)
Folios 115-118
Letter from Great Dunham, Swaffham, to the Poor Law Commission, discussing a meeting where churchwardens, overseers and parishioners resolved to borrow the sum of £300 towards paying expenses for emigration. A list and description of the parties desirous of emigrating with the amount of relief accrued from the parish of Great Dunham, during the past.
All Agricultural Labourers:
William Bridges, wife and one child.
Henry Horney, wife and two children.
Richard Haylett, wife and four children.
Robert Maddis and wife.
Benjamin Maddis, wife and one child.
William Maddis, wife and two children.
William Ram, wife and one child.
William Trappett, wife and four children.
Job Muffett, wife and two children.
William Rush, wife and two children.
Single men
John Carter,
William Chamberlain,
Thomas Atmore,
James Cory,
James Kiddle,
Henry Pollington,
Robert Hardy,
James Hardy
Robert Noah.
It is proposed that the emigrants shall sail from Yarmouth to Quebec and then proceed to upper Canada in the first week in April.
(Paper Number: 2396/1836. Poor Law Union Number 302. Counties: Norfolk.
Date 25 Feb 1836
Catalogue reference MH 12/8474/59)
Folios 407-408
16 June 1836. Letter from South Cove, Blything Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission.
A list and description of those persons seeking to emigrate from South Cove in the Blything Poor Law Union to Quebec, Canada.
James Tink, Labourer; 33
Sarah Tink his wife; 32
Robert Tink, infant
Elizabeth Tink, child 9
Mary Ann Tink, child 7
Susannah Tink child 5
Eliza Tink, child 3
Joseph Flatman, Labourer, 37
Sarah Flatman, his wife; 38
John Flatman, child 11
Samuel Flatman, child 8
Isaac Flatman child 4
Rachel Flatman, child 15
( Paper number: 1896/A/1836. Poor Law Union Number 432. Counties: Suffolk.
Date 1 January 1836 - 31 December 1836
Catalogue reference MH 12/11729/153)
Folio 435
A list and description of those persons seeking to emigrate from Brampton in the Blything Poor Law Union to Quebec Canada.
William Benns, Blacksmith.
Philip Benns.
George Benns.
Henry Benns.
Charles Housego, Labourer.
Henry Housego.
James Brown, Servant.
James Westrup, Labourer.
Thomas Suggate, Labourer.
Joseph Quadling, Labourer.
Edward Quadling, Labourer.
Charles Quadling.
Robert Shepard, Thatcher.
Susan Benns.
Sarah Benns.
Anne Benns.
Mary Benns.
Harriet Benns.
Frances Housego.
Eleanor Housego.
Barbary Quadling.
Mary Shepard.
(Paper number: 265/A/1836. Poor Law Union Number 432. Counties: Suffolk.
Date 1 January 1836 - 31 December 1836
Catalogue reference MH 12/11729/169)
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