This article appeared in the Ottawa Citizen of 27 July 1923.
Were your ancestors on one of the voyages identified?
Melita leaving Southampton on 2 August.
Montclare leaving Liverpool on 3 August.
Marburn leaving Glasgow, via Belfast on 3 August.
All passengers were supposedly destined to Winnipeg and paid a 12 pounds harvest fare. Most indicated they wanted to remain in Canada.
A gap in Canada’s incoming ship passenger lists, for 1923 and 1924, means their arrival isn’t recorded. The ship arrivals can be confirmed in newspaper reports, the Melita arrived in Montreal on 10 August.
Fortunately there are outgoing passenger lists from the UK for all three vessels that give a contact address in the UK, something that did not appear in Canadian lists.
I wonder, did they thrive and enjoy the harvest experience?
“A gap in Canada’s incoming ship passenger lists, for 1923 and 1924, means their arrival isn’t recorded. ” – What?! Either I didn’t know this or I have forgotten! Why the gap and are there any others we should know about?!
My Canadian relatives had already arrived at this point as had my husband’s. My parents didn’t emigrate until 1958, six months apart.