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1867 | Feb 1, leaving Antwerp for Tønsberg, Capt. Hovland | 1867 | Captain Carl Christiansen from Christiania May 1 to Quebec June 22 Passenger list: | 1867 | Aug 22, London from Quebec | 1867 | Sep 9, London for Tønsberg | 1868 | Captain Carl Christiansen from Christiania Apr. 19 to Quebec June 6 Passenger list: | 1868 | Jul 3, Quebec for London | 1868 | Aug 18, London from Quebec | 1868 | Nov 12, Martinique from Swansea | 1869 | Apr 12, leaving Pool for Quebec | 1869 | Jun 26, leaving Quebec for London, Capt. Harris | 1869 | Aug 5, Portsmouth for Quebec | 1870 | Apr 2, Pool for Quebec, Capt. Harris | The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges |
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The Caroline was built in 1851 as the "Mery E Whittier" at Georgetown, Maine - USA. Burden was 267 Norwegian Commercial lasts. Her dimensions were 128 ft length x 24,5 ft beam and 19,8 ft depth. Owner was J. H. Christiansen in Tønsberg. Caroline sailed from Christiania to Quebec with
emigrants in 1867, 1868 and 1869, mastered by Carl Christiansen. The agent was Blichfeldt, Knoph & Co. in Christiania.
From a letter dated Quebec, 10 June, 1868 from L. Stafford to The Baron Falkenberg, Norwegian consulate, Quebec: "It is my duty to inform you that a party of Norwegian emigrants, numbering 85 souls, equal to 64 adults, at present on board the ship Caroline, from Christiania, (now lying in the stream,) and destined to the Western States, have been represented to me as having neither the means to pay their fares to the West, nor to provide for their daily support. I have already, I believe, informed you that the system hitherto existing of affording temporary relief and land passage to destitute emigrants is abolished by the curtailment of the grant for immigration purposes, and I shall, therefore, I regret to say, be unable to render these poor people any assistance. The Captain of the Caroline expresses his intention to land them in city this afternoon, and as our sheds are already fully occupied and we have no room for their accommodation, I trust that your official position may enable you to adopt some means of affording them protection and relief. I shall also feel obliged by your communicating the substance of this letter to your Government, and I hope you will explain to them the hardships to which all emigrants must necessarily be exposed, who land here without sufficient funds to carry them through to their destinations." The reply was: "I am duly in receipt of your esteemed favor of the 10th inst., and note contents. With reference to the poor emigrants lately arrived per Norwegian ship Caroline, I beg to inform you that on the arrival here of Norwegian emigrants, who have no complaint to make respecting breach of contract, which, in the present instance is not the case, my function ceases, and I can officially take no notice of them. I must, of course, advise the Master of the Caroline to land his passengers whenever he thinks proper, within the limits of the law, and if through over-crowding or otherwise, malignant fevers should break out, the responsibility does certainly not fall on my shoulders. I consider the present case, as well as the subsequent ones, which, no doubt, unfortunately will occur as great hardships, particularly as your communication of the 4th May last, conveying the Canadian Government's intention not to assist indigent emigrants for the future has barely had time to reach Norway, and be made publicly known there." [Immigration Report of 1868 from Sessional Papers, 32 Victoria 1869 (76)]
| Newspaper announcement from "Hamar Stiftstidende" Apr. 26: To America. The emigrant ship Caroline, 267 Commercial lasts. 1st classed copper hooded, mastered by Capt. Christianisen departs from Christiania for Quebec with emigrants on the 27th April. Boarding on the 25th and 26th April. A reliable interpreter will accompany to Chicago. Fees are low. Enrolling at Blichfeldt, Knoph & Co. Prindsens gade No 3, Christiania 1867 |
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