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From: Ellen <>
Subject: Re: [IRL-TIP] ship question
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:21:57 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <009201c6f318$59394d10$3b9a7e18@PhilBuckley>


Thank you Phil, I am going to take your sugggestions.
Regards, Ellen

Phil Buckley <> wrote:
Hi Ellen,

You are correct when you say that "2nd Cabin" was a bit better than steerage
and a bit worse than first cabin. However, the quality of the
accommodations depended a great deal on the ship. Some ships had high
quality accommodations and others had just the opposite. In 1860 there were
several ships with the name Harvest Queen. If you really would like to
investigate this, you could try to see the manifest of passengers. Usually
the name of the Shipping Line as well as the name of the ship will be at the
top of the manifest. Once you find the Shipping Line and the date, you have
pinpointed the particular ship you want. Then search the Internet to find a
description of the ship and it's accommodations, and perhaps a photo as
well, however for 1860's, you will more likely find a drawing of the ship
rather than a photograph.

Regards,
Phil Buckley, Bozeman, Montana

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ellen"
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Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 4:39 PM
Subject: [IRL-TIP] ship question


> Is anyone on the list familiar with the term "second cabin"? From what I
> can gather, it was a bit better than steerage and a bit worse than first
> cabin???
> I was surprised to find my ggg grandparents aboard the Harvest Queen in
> 1860 with 3 of their children listed as traveling in second cabin. Also,
> my ggg grandfather was listed as a farmer, not a laborer. I'm beginning
> to wonder if their finances were better than I thought. Any thoughts
> appreciated.
> Regards, Ellen
>
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