TIREE EMIGRANTS ABOARD SHIP CHARLOTTE ARRIVED MONTREAL, CANADA, 16 AUGUST 1849

The Charlotte sailed to Quebec in 1849. Many of its passengers subsequently died in Montreal, Kingston or Toronto from cholera or other plagues.

For more information about the Charlotte and a complete list of passengers go to the An Iodhlann website. For articles in the Glasgow Herald of June 1849 advertising the voyage of the Charlotte, click here. [images of newspaper articles by Ian Cameron]

List of Poor Emigrants per ship Charlotte for Montreal who are to receive the amount opposite their respective names

[from transcriptions by Valerie Bowden and Hilda Downey]

Cost to Argyll Amount Township Head of Family Estate Received of J R Orr £ s d £ s d Mannal Neil MacDonald 12 2 Signed 10 0 Donald MacArthur 18 3 Signed 15 0 Dugald MacDonald Signed by son son Lachlan 12 2 Lachlan MacDonald 10 0 Balephuill John Brown 1 4 4 His mark 1 0 0 Balemartin Neil MacPhaden 1 4 4 His mark 1 0 0 John MacPhaden 8 7 His mark 7 0 Barrapol Duncan Sinclair 12 2 Signed 10 0 Balinoe Duncan Cameron 1 4 4 Signed 1 0 0 Donald MacLean 12 2 His mark 10 0 Archibald Campbell 1 4 4 (Tailors?) His mark 1 0 0 Moss Archibald MacLean 1 4 4 His mark 1 0 0 Alexander MacDonald 12 2 His mark 10 0 James MacDonald 6 1 His mark 5 0 Kilmaluag Neil Kennedy 1 4 4 His mark 1 0 0 John Cameron 12 2 His mark 10 0 John Lamont 12 2 His mark 10 0 Allan MacLean 14 8 His mark 12 0 John MacKinnon 12 2 His mark 10 0 Widow Charles MacLean 1 4 4 Her mark 1 0 0 Kilkenneth Donald MacLean 18 3 His mark 15 0 Niel Campbell 1 4 4 His mark 1 0 0 Balevulin Widow Cameron 12 2 Mark by Neil Cameron 10 0 Cornaigbeg John MacDonald 18 3 His mark 15 0 Malcolm MacLean 18 3 His mark 15 0 James Black 12 2 His mark 10 0 John MacKinnon 12 2 Mark by John 10 0 Kinvary Allan MacDougall 1 4 4 MacDougal 1 0 0 Donald Black 1 10 5 His mark 1 5 0 Gorten Archibald MacLean 12 2 His mark 10 0 Helipoll Donald MacIntyre 12 2 His mark 10 0 Ruaig Hugh MacInnes 12 2 His mark 10 0 Hector MacLean 13 5 His mark 11 0 £ 26 15 6 £ 22 0 0

Montreal 16 August 1849