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From: Sue Swiggum <>
Subject: Re: [TSL] SS Mississippi
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2002 17:47:01 -0400
In-Reply-To: <3DEA5045.5BB684A3@mbusa.net>


At 11:09 AM 2002-12-01 -0700, Dan Burbank wrote:
>Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can obtain a passenger list of
>the SS Mississippi that traveled from Liverpool, England to Montreal or
>Quebec in Oct. 1882. I am assuming it docked in Montreal or Quebec by
>what I know about the route but may be wrong. My great grandfather
>George Hunt's Declaration of Intention papers stated that he came to
>Detroit, Michigan from Liverpool by way of the SS Mississippi and Grand
>Trunk Railway. I have a photo of the ship and information that
>indicates the ship traveled under that name from 1872-1888 then it was
>sold to Sicilia SS Co. and renamed Sicilia but was wrecked in 1895. Any
>help or direction would very much be appreciated. I would like to
>determine if this ship also carried livestock as the family story goes
>that he brought over horses on the ship. Thanks Linda

Hello Linda,

You are lucky to have such detailed information from your great
grandfather's Declaration of Intention.

From the CD-ROM --"TheShipsList Passenger Ship Arrivals Canadian Ports
1865-1899"-- http://theshipslist.com/cdrom/aboutcd.htm I find this....

Reel Number Ship Name Departure Information Arrival Information
Shipping Line Special Group(s) Remarks
C-4532 MISSISSIPPI Liverpool, England 1882-10-12 Quebec, Que. 1882-10-26
(DOM) Dominion Line (British and North Alantic steam Navigation Co. Ltd.,
Liverpool, U.K.
List Number: 106; Captain Francis Baines Bouchette

The passenger manifest is on Microfilm at the National Archives of
Canada [NAC], in Ottawa. The Ships are placed on the reel, in order of
arrival. You can borrow this reel on an Inter Library Loan [ILL]. You can find
the details for this procedure at this NAC Genealogy Research URL
http://www.archives.ca/02/020202_e.html
You are also able to ILL from Ottawa, to libraries in the US, and
outside North America. These microfilms contain arrivals from ALL ports, they
are not indexed. The LDS do also have copies of this microfilm, their number
LDS number 0889453 ~ 1882-06--- to 1882-11--- ~ port of Quebec

Yes, Dominion Line ships regularly carried cattle and horses. Not 1882,
but here is an 1884 table showing even Mississippi carrying cattle to
Canada, and the destination of the cattle.
http://theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/cattle1884.html

Good luck!

Sue
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