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From: "DONALD A HAMILTON FOR D T HAMILTON" <>
Subject: Re: [PA] www.GenealogyBank.com - New Pennsylvania - PATRICK DONNELLY
Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 13:43:59 -0600
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Hello,

For my ancestors, I couldn't find the Ashburton as being a Norwegian made ship. The dates were 1721 from Wales and 1848 from Liverpool. I will try plan B on rootsweb to see what I come up with.

I printed off all of the chapters and found it to be very interesting reading. I gives me a better idea of what they ALL went though to get to the US.

Thank You
Teresa
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previous message
"My ancestors, as a lot of others , departed from Liverpool and sailed
to the US in 1848. Can you tell me how they would of gotten to Liverpool
to
sail to the states... finally found the ship Ashburton that they sailed
on,
but can't find a picture of the vessel"
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>
Theresa
This paragraph is taken from Chapter 8 of the site
_http://www.norwayheritage.com/sail_to_steam.htm_ (http://www.norwayheritage.com/sail_to_steam.htm<http://www.norwayheritage.com/sail_to_steam.htm>;) it
tells the life experiences of Norwegians and their voyage and how they
arrived in Liverpool. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and the site had
nine chapters that are very lengthly explaining every detail of their voyage. As
for the photo of the ship, you might want to post on the Shipslits with
rootsweb, they are always very helpful.
Regard,
Jane
The Wilson Line had departures from Oslo on Fridays and arrived in Hull on
Sunday evening or Monday morning. The emigrants were met in Hull by agents
representing the companies where they had purchased tickets. As a rule, there
were passengers on the same ship that were to travel on from England with ships
belonging to various companies. Passengers were responsible for seeing to it
that their baggage got on the right ship. There were organized gangs of
baggage thieves in port that they had to guard against. In Hull the emigrants were
taken to large waiting halls provided by the shipping companies. They
usually received food and drink while they waited for the train that was to take
them further. To avoid problems, the authorities in Hull wanted the emigrants
sent off as quickly as possible. From Hull there were train connections to
Glasgow, Liverpool, London and Southampton. The most common route went via
Liverpool, about a seven-hour train ride. The transatlantic steamers departed from
England on different days, and the emigrants often had to wait several days
in England. They were housed at emigrant hotels owned by the shipping
companies. The stay in England was regarded by most as the greatest disadvantage of
the journey since this cost money and unnecessarily lengthened the time of
the trip. In large cities such as Liverpool, the emigrants could also be
exposed to many dangers. From Liverpool the ships went to Ireland to pick up yet
more passengers. From there the ships headed for the open seas.



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