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Royal Cutter Daring
List of the Passengers taken on board the Royal Cutter Daring of Halifax whereof J. W. C. Darby is Master, burthen ___ tons, and __ /95th of a ton, bound from the Port of Sable Island via Halifax for Boston.
PASSENGER LIST for the Royal Cutter Daring from Port of Sable Island, Nova Scotia arrival in Boston, Mass., 26 Feb 1847.
Columns represent: Name; Age; Sex; Occupation, trade or profession; Country to which they severally belong; Country of which they intend to become inhabitants.
1 Daniel Fenerty 32 male Labourer Ireland U. States 2 Mary Fenerty 32 female Ireland U. States 3 Edward Fenerty 9 male Labourer Ireland U. States 4 James Fenerty 11 male Labourer Ireland U. States 5 Patrick Fenerty 7 male Labourer Ireland U. States 6 Thomas Fenerty 1 ½ male Labourer Ireland U. States 7 John Campbell 48 male Labourer Ireland U. States 8 Catharine Campbell 40 female Ireland U. States 9 Maria Campbell 17 female Ireland U. States 10 Andrew Campbell 16 male Labourer Ireland U. States 11 Bridget Campbell 14 female Ireland U. States 12 James Campbell 12 male Labourer Ireland U. States 13 Nicholas Campbell 10 male Labourer Ireland U. States 14 Patrick Campbell 8 male Labourer Ireland U. States 15 Michael Campbell 4 male Labourer Ireland U. States 16 John Campbell 2 male Labourer Ireland U. States 17 Mary Maloney 40 female Ireland U. States 18 Pat Maloney 3 male Labourer Ireland U. States 19 Hannah McCabe 30 female Ireland U. States 20 Rhoda McCabe 10 female Ireland U. States 21 Patrick McCabe 9 male Labourer Ireland U. States 22 Neil McBoren 50 male Labourer Ireland U. States 23 Margaret McBoren 50 female Ireland U. States 24 John McBoren 20 male Labourer Ireland U. States 25 Catharine McBaren 18 female Ireland U. States 26 Mary McBaren 18 female Ireland U. States 27 Hugh McBaren 13 male Labourer Ireland U. States 28 Bridget McBaren 11 female Ireland U. States 29 Margaret McBaren 9 female Ireland U. States 30 Michael McBaren 5 male Labourer Ireland U. States 31 Margaret Cohill 19 female Ireland U. States 32 Thomas Ward 50 male Labourer Ireland U. States 33 Mary Ward 50 female Ireland U. States 34 Mary Ward 20 female Ireland U. States 35 Patrick Ward 19 male Labourer Ireland U. States 36 Rosa Dalan 20 female Ireland U. States 37 Mary Cain 15 female Ireland U. States 38 Edward Sweeney 30 male Labourer Ireland U. States 39 Daniel Callahan 36 male Labourer Ireland U. States 40 Thomas Gaffney 21 male Labourer Ireland U. States 41 Michael McLaughlin 19 male Labourer Ireland U. States 42 Patrick Craffney 24 male Labourer Ireland U. States 43 John Doyle 29 male Labourer Ireland U. States 44 Sarah Doyle 33 female Ireland U. States 45 James W. Leatly 53 male Labourer Ireland U. States Transcriber's Notes: Passenger numbers added to aid with referencing. It seems that the passengers on the Daring had been shipwrecked at sea, and were taken to Boston by the Daring (or perhaps Darling). correspondence from John Lucey: I am a ship manifest transcriber, an ISTG member, who first noticed the Daring while looking for my great-grandfather Patrick McCabe. Unfortunately, the Patrick McCabe on the Daring was not him. However, I became curious as to why 44 Irish immigrants were delivered to Boston from Sable Island, Nova Scotia by what appears to be a British Navy ship. Searching the Web, I found that Sable Island is known as the "Graveyard of the North Atlantic". It is on a 55 mile long crescent shaped sand bar about 190 miles east southeast of Halifax Nova Scotia. A least 200 ships have been stranded there since 1800. It is in an area of contrary currents and frequent fogs. After further searching and with the kind help of several Canadian archivists, I have concluded that these immigrants were originally passengers on the Ship Milo. One archivist reported a Halifax newspaper story in part as follows: "The ship Milo, Grace of Portsmouth, NH from Liverpool, GB, 45 days out bound for Boston, cargo, iron and steel with 34 passengers went ashore at Sable Island, 17 Dec. [1846]. Crew and passengers saved, vessel went to pieces on the third day after striking." Another newspaper story stated 44 passengers. Getting ashore from the Milo must have been difficult. The fact that the ship went to pieces in 3 days suggests that there was a considerable surf. It appears that these immigrants were stranded on Sable Island from 17 December 1846 until 2 February 1847. There were life saving stations on Sable Island but they provided only the bare necessities for survival. Another newspaper report indicates the departure of the Daring from Halifax with 44 immigrants on 16 February 1847. What a passage to America! Departure from Liverpool in early November, more than 6 weeks at sea. When the ship went aground, it must have seemed they were doomed! After getting ashore by walking and swimming through surf at low tide they huddled soaking wet on a windy beach. Then they still had to wait nearly 7 weeks on Sable Island before the Daring arrived to take them to Halifax. Once they got aboard the Daring it must have seemed like Heaven. Probably an overnight passage to Halifax; a week of rest in Halifax, and then a 2 or 3 day trip to Boston on a well run ship. Notice for example, that no first names are abbreviated on this manifest. Everything is done properly on a navy ship! The rescue ship's name is sometimes given as Daring and sometimes as Darling. Several attempts to find a definitive source for the name have failed and I leave this as a minor mystery for someone else to solve. After all, this is not MY ancestor's ship! John Lucey
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 22.
Transcribed by Mary Koezler for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 5 November 1998
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