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From: "Lorine McGinnis Schulze" <>
Subject: Alms House Records with ships & passengers names
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 13:44:16 -0500


I have just uploaded new records for NY City Almshouse for 1826
and 1827. This adds to the existing records on Olive Tree
Genealogy for 1819, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1855, 1856,
1857 and 1858. When this project is finished the records will
be
complete from 1819-1844 and 1855-1858

In the early 1800's port cities in the USA bore the burden of
immigration. By the time they arrived, so many immigrants were
tired, hungry and poor they ended up in the City Almshouse.

As far back as the colonial era, New York City assumed
responsibility for its citizens who were destitute, sick,
homeless, or otherwise unable to care for themselves. The city
maintained an almshouse, various hospitals, and a workhouse on
Blackwell's Island (now called Roosevelt Island) for the poor.

Part of the information taken Almshouse clerks was the place of
birth of each person, the name of the ship they arrived on and
where the ship sailed from. Using this online (free) database
will allow you to find individuals from many countries and many
states within USA.

There are 180 individuals listed in the 1826 Alms House
Registers, along with the following ships they sailed on:

Albion ,Ann ,Ann Marie ,Atlantic ,Baltic ,Barcelona
,Bimmahome? ,Boston ,Bowditch ,Camillons ,Carolina Ann
,Catherine ,Chesapeake ,Cincinnatus ,Combine ,Comhand?
,Compeer ,Constitution ,Courier ,Cuba ,Danube ,Diana ,Dublin
Packet ,Edward Bonasse ,Eliza Barker ,Elizabeth ,Fame ,Farmer?
,Francis Henrietta ,Ganess ,Ganges ,General Putnam ,Gulorace?
Gulosase? ,Henry ,Hibernian ,Howard ,Hunter ,Huskinson ,Isaac
[illegible] ,James Cegzar ,John & Elizabeth ,John & James ,Lady
Hunter ,Laurel ,Leonidas ,Lord Strangford ,Louisa ,Maine
,Margaret ,Orizambo ,Panther ,Phoenix ,Plutarch ,Remittance
,Reunion ,Richmond ,Sabina ,Salidas ,Silas Richmond ,Splendid
,Superior ,Sylvester Haley ,Thames ,Thompson ,Tontine ,Two
Mary's ,United States ,Virginia ,William ,Wilson ,Zenophon

Of the 180 individuals listed, 125 were from Ireland.

http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/ny_alms1826.shtml

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There are 270 individuals listed with the following ship names
in the 1827 Alms House Admission Records:

Albion , Alicia , Amelia , American , Ann Marie , Atlantic ,
Aurora , Baltic , Blakely , Borneo , Brighton , Brittania ,
Candis , Carleton , Carolina Ann , Clover , Compeer , Concordia
, Constitution , Cortes , Courier , Curlew , Dalhousie Castle ,
Dancer , Danish Iris , Diana , Dublin Packet , Edward , Edward
Bonasse , Eliza , Eliza Baker , Emulous , Fame , Fenwick ,
Francis Henrietta , Franklin , Ganges , Garland , Gen. Putnam ,
Gentile , George Clinton , Gridley , Hamilton , Hector ,
Henrietta , Henry Freeland? Kneeland? , Holbert , Hope & Easter
, Hudson , Hunter , India , Ivory , James & Margaret , Java ,
Jno (John) & Elizabeth , John Adams , Jubilee , Lady Henrietta
,Lady Hunter , Lady Wellington , Lark , Leeds , Liverpool ,
Lord
Wellington , Louisa , Lydia , Maine , Manchester , Margaret
Boyle , Martha , Mary , Mary Howland , Meteor , Michaels ,
Nelson? Wilson? , New England , New Hampshire , New Orleans ,
Newry , Peru , Plutarch , Princess Charlotte , Robert Edwards ,
Robert Fulton , Roman , Sarah George , Silvanus Genkins , St
Michael , St. Croix , St. Nichady , Thomas , Thomas & William ,
Thompson , Torn? Tom? , Traveler , Trident , Trio , Union ,
Venus , Virginia , Westmoreland , William , William & George ,
William Byrnes , William Dawson , Wilson , Wm. H. Pantheon?

http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/ny_alms1827.shtml

Of the 270 individuals listed, 201 were from Ireland.

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Places of birth for these years were "at sea", Canada, England,
France, Germany, Glascow, Ireland, Liverpool, London, Long
Island, Massachusetts, New York, Newry, Quebec, Sag Harbour,
Scotland, St Johns NB, Switzerland, Virginia and Wales

Ports of departure were Belfast, Bremen ,Cork, Dublin, Dundee,
Easport, Galway, Greenock, Halifax NS, Havre ,Jamaica
,Liverpool ,London ,Londonderry ,Marseilles , New Castle,
New Haven, Newry, Porto Cabello, Savannah, Sligo, Richmond
,Rotterdam ,Sligo ,Newfoundland ,St. Johns N.B.

Feel free to forward this message to others if you think they
would be interested

Enjoy!

Lorine


Lorine McGinnis Schulze
--
* The Olive Tree Genealogy
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
* Naturalization Records
http://naturalizationrecords.com/
* USA Genealogy
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/usa_genealogy/

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