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Pioneers of Canada - Labrador ==History=The Labrador coast has been occupied for a very long time. Evidence of Maritime Archaic Native occupation, dating back at least 7000 years, has been found at L'ANSE AMOUR BURIAL SITE in the south. Labrador was likely the "Markland" of the Viking sagas, which described the anomalous silvery beaches near Groswater Bay. BASQUE fishermen established a great w...
Passengers arriving onboard the Fortitude= This project page belongs to the main project Peter Robinson Settlers in Canada A return of Irish Emigrants proceeding to Canada, to be settled at the Expense of His Majesty's Government, under the superintendence of Mr. Peter Robinson, Embarked at Cove on board of the FORTITUDE for passage to Quebec - Mr. Francis Connin, Surgeon in charge. Ship Fortit...
Almost 1000 people completed this remarkable migration to New Zealand. They set about the task of establishing a close knit and highly successful Gaelic speaking community in Waipu. On leaving the Highlands of Scotland after the infamous Highland Clearances, the settlers first formed a community at St Ann’s in Nova Scotia. On this productive land the Scots built a strong community, despite cold...
Passengers arriving onboard the Hebe= This project page belongs to the main project Peter Robinson Settlers in Canada This page will list all the passengers who traveled from ]
This project, Early Settlers of Hinsdale, New Hampshire , is for researching the families that settled in town by 1800 or earlier . With the first settlers arriving in the 1720s, the charter of Hinsdale was granted on September 25, 1753.=About Hinsdale=Like most Cheshire County towns, Hinsdale was settled by families heading north due to the Southern New England land crunch of the 18th and 19th...
Pioneers of Canada - Saskatchewan ==History====Aboriginal Settlement===The earliest human inhabitants of the area that became Saskatchewan were nomadic Aboriginal peoples grouped roughly from north to south as follows: three tribes of the Athapaskan linguistic group (the Chipewyan, the Amisk and the Slavey); two groups speaking Algonquian (the Cree and the Blackfoot); and two tribes of the Siou...
Pioneers of Canada - Manitoba ==Settlement=Agricultural settlement began in 1812 with the arrival of Lord Selkirk's settlers at Point Douglas, now within the boundaries of Winnipeg. Over the next 45 years, the Red River Colony at Assiniboia survived hail, frost, floods, grasshoppers, skirmishes with the Nor'Westers and an HBC monopoly. Expansionist sentiment from both Minnesota and Upper Canada...
Royal Philanthropic Society Farm School, Redhill - Emigrants to Australia==== Vist Main Page - Royal Philanthropic Society The records of the Royal Philanthropic Society are held at Surrey History Centre. The collection comprises the surviving records of the Society and its school since their foundation in 1788, to the Society’s merger with the Rainer Foundation in 1997. === Royal Philanthropic...
Not everyone arrived on a boat to Western Australia and often the ships passengers on local shipping was not recorded. If a person arrived on a vessel, add a project to this portal for that local voyage.If persons arrived via land, or unlisted on a local vessel, please add them to this project.If you have information or need help locating them on the tree, start a discussion here.. ==Interstate...
The ship Comte de Paris landed at Akaroa in August 1840 carrying French and German families.* Passengers *Belligny **Pierre Joseph France Agent for Nanto-Bordelaise Co*Belligny **Eugène de France Cousin to above Other Settlers *Bauriaud **Elie 31 Charente-Maritime, France Nurseryman & Gardener**Marie Annette 34 *Benoit **Jacques (Pierre) 33 Charente-Maritime, France Farmer**Lou...
Mahony's Party ==1820 SettlersMain Reference - The Settler Handbook by MD Nash See also eGGSA - The 1820 Settler Correspondence and Mahony's Party - Return of Settlers Additional information 1820 Settlers.com The aim of this project is to link profiles on Geni to the names in the list, and to expand notes about individuals - mostly on the Profile page in the "About Me" field, or here if no pro...
Pioneers of Canada - Yukon ===History=====Aboriginal Settlement===While it is one of the youngest parts of Canada in terms of European settlement, the Yukon (along with Alaska) is the oldest continuously inhabited part of North America. The earliest human inhabitants arrived via a land bridge across the Bering Strait from Asia. The date this occurred, however, is subject to considerable debate ...