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Thursday’s Titbit: From Liverpool to Quebec

 In a recent post I was finally able to reveal my husbands Martin family connection with Canada (see here),   My husbands great grandfather William Martin, his first wife Mary (nee Adams) and their children James, Alexander and Margaret departed Liverpool, England and arrived in Quebec, Canada on the ship Brooklyn on the first of October 1879.

Canada, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1865 - 1935

Name

Birth Year

Arrival Date

Arrival Port

Departure Port

Vessel

Maggie Martin


1 Oct 1879

Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Liverpool, England

Brooklyn

Mrs Martin

abt 1855

1 Oct 1879

Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Liverpool, England

Brooklyn

James Martin

abt 1877

1 Oct 1879

Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Liverpool, England

Brooklyn

Alex Martin

abt 1878

1 Oct 1879

Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Liverpool, England

Brooklyn

Wm Martin

abt 1855

1 Oct 1879

Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Liverpool, England

Brooklyn

Source: Passenger listings for Martin. Canada, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1865 - 1935.  Retrieved from Ancestry.com

After doing some research, I found this advertisement from the Daily Post newspaper, Liverpool for the Dominion Line which has the Brooklyn leaving for Quebec on September the 20th 1879, the exact ship that my husbands relatives travelled on.  

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