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John Foley
Ireland-Norway special member
Ireland
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 Posted - 22/12/2009 : 05:23:59
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The Parr family had a lucrative and steady trade with the port of Limerick. shipping in the vast quantities of freshwater ice used in the production of bacon on an industrial scale. The Ruben was one such ship, it is recorded as leaving on the 16th.May 1868. The Parr owned ship “Ruben” of Drøback is listed as sailing in ballast for Quebec . The strong local folk memory of the ships departure mentions some of the single Norwegians men, Hannah Parr passengers, leaving aboard the Ruben, as a merchant man it would not be subject to the passenger act and the passenger lists. There may also have been some crew change,not unusual, between Norwegian ships while in Limerick. The Ruben is also referred to "as the Norwegian Bark Rubens" was there a Ruben and a Rubens? both are mentioned in the local shipping intelligence.
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John |
Edited by - John Foley on 27/12/2009 08:03:07 |
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bark Rubens 1869
