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Ship British Queen
Schedule A. Referred to in the 7th Section of the Passengers' Act. Ship's name: British Queen. Master's name: Christopher Connay. Tons per Register: 534. Aggregate no. of superficial feet in the ? compartments, set apart for steerage and intermediate passengers: 3160. Total number of ? adults the ship can legally carry: 220. Where bound: New York. *Transcriber's note: this ship was originally bound for New York, but must have put in to Nantucket in distress. The October date below could be around the time of departure from Dublin, or it could be near the arrival time. The few surviving lists for Nantucket were not very clear as to arrival dates. The collectors mostly grouped them according to quarters.
I hereby certify that the Provisions actually laden on board this ship according to the Twelfth Section of the Passengers' Act are sufficient for 220 Passengers, computed according to the Act. Date October 22, 1851. (Signed) Christopher Thomas Connay, Master.
Columns represent: name, sex, age, occupation, port of embarkation, where bound. All the passengers embarked at Dublin, and all were to be landed at New York, so those columns have been eliminated here.
1 William Dykes male 23 labourer Dublin New York
2 Patrick Russell male 30 labourer
3 Henry Goucher male 30 labourer
4 Edward Goucher male 26 labourer
5 William Ross male 23 labourer
6 John Carberry male 24 labourer
7 Patrick Carberry male 22 labourer
8 Mary Anne Byrne female 24 spinster
9 Patrick McLaughlin male 22 shoemaker
10 James Andrews male 25 shoemaker
11 William Howard male 24 labourer
12 William Campbell male 26 labourer
13 John Kelly male 22 labourer
14 Mary Doyle female 25 matron
15 William Doyle * male 7mo infant
16 James Doyle male 27 farmer
17 Thomas Payne male 50 clerk
18 John Maguire male 52 labourer
19 Mary Maguire female 45 matron
20 Ellen Maguire female 9mo infant
21 Maria Maguire female 20 spinster
22 James Maguire male 13 none
23 Mary Anne Maguire female 8 none
24 Patrick Maguire male 3 none
25 Jane Harford female 21 spinster
26 George Shipley male 22 farmer
27 Thomas Rogers male 27 farmer
28 Eliza Ringwood female 25 spinster
29 James ??rney * male 47 farmer
30 James Ennis male 22 farmer
31 Anne Ennis female 20 spinster
32 Daniel Nowlan male 21 labourer
33 Richard Walsh male 26 labourer
34 Thomas Flood male 22 labourer
35 James Curren male 23 tailor
36 Dora Curren female 20 spinster
37 William Finch male 17 farmer
38 James Clarke male 50 labourer
39 Mary Clarke female 50 matron
40 William Clarke male 18 labourer
41 Anne Clarke female 16 spinster
42 Mary Clarke female 12 none
43 James Clarke male 11 none
44 Patrick Kearon male 25 labourer
45 Magaret Kearon * female 23 spinster
46 Maria Kearon female 22 spinster
47 James Riley male 30 labourer
48 Bridget Ga?i?k * female 45 matron
49 James Ga?i?k male 10 none
50 Michael Ga?i?k male 9 none
51 Patrick Doud male 24 labourer
52 Abraham Thompson * male 45 labourer
53 Anne Douse female 12 none
54 Catharine Kavanagh female 46 matron
55 Daniel Sullivan male 33 labourer
56 Thomas Regan male 20 labourer
57 Michael McDonal male 25 labourer
58 John Hake? * male 24 labourer
59 Michael Mulcahy male 23 labourer
60 Rose Miller female 22 housemaid
61 Michael Sweeney male 30 labourer
62 James Po?d??ly male 22 labourer
63 Robert Mooney* male 20 labourer
64 Julia Mooney female 19 matron
65 Michael Flinn male 42 labourer
66 Mary Flinn female 12 none
67 James Flinn male 10 none
68 Patrick Nowlan male 25 labourer
69 James Connell * male ?0 farmer
70 Mary Connell female 48 matron
71 Patrick Connell male 16 farmer
72 Mary Anne Connell female 15 spinster
73 Maria Flinn female 10 spinster
74 Mary Bridget Dalton female 23 spinster
75 Thomas Griffith male 38 labourer
76 Margaret Rorke female 25 spinster
77 John Hughes male 26 labourer
78 Edward Dalton male 24 labourer
79 Patrick Comerford male 29 labourer
80 John Costello male 26 labourer
81 Mary Costello female 25 matron
82 Timothy Gleeson * male ?2 labourer
83 John Naher male 23 labourer
84 Jacob Johnson * male ?3 labourer
85 Mary Johnson female 45 matron
86 Mary McKeanon female 26 spinster
87 John Thornton male 30 labourer
88 William Bennett male 37 farmer
89 Margaret Bennett female 32 matron
90 Thomas White male 30 labourer
91 George Devlin male 34 labourer
92 Margaret Devlin female 27 matron
93 Anne Byrne female 23 spinster
94 Michael Temple male 28 farmer
95 Patrick Temple male 32 farmer
96 Thomas Flinn male 30 farmer
97 Bridget Duffy female 20 spinster
98 Bridget Murray female 30 spinster
99 Patrick Quian * male 29 labourer
100 Elizabeth Cooke female 32 spinster
101 Anne Neill female 24 spinster
102 Robert Gainforth male 23 labourer
103 Catharine Gainforth female 21 spinster
104 Michael Ba?rial * male 12 child
105 John Clarke male 30 labourer
106 Patrick Byrne male 22 labourer
107 Francis K????y * male 47 labourer
108 Mary K????y female 40 matron
109 Mary K????y female 5mo infant
110 Thomas K????y male 13 none
111 William K????y male 12 none
112 Anne K????y female 9 none
113 Jane Butler female 22 seamstress
114 Mary Goss female 19 dressmaker
115 John Kir??an * male 28 farmer
116 William Farrell male 29 farmer
117 Charlotte ?ice?se * female 20 spinster
118 Patrick ??elton * male 27 farmer
119 Christopher Nevin * male 35 wheelwright
120 George Calvin male 13 none
121 Catharine Nowlan * female ?1 spinster
122 Michael Smith male 52 farmer
123 Catharine Smith * female 50 matron
124 Patrick Smith male 28 farmer
125 Catharine Smith female 26 spinster
126 Michael Smith * male 4mo infant
127 Anne Smith female 22 spinster
128 Bridget Roe female 50 spinster
129 Henry McCabe male 27 labourer
130 Terence Cle?kin * male 24 farmer
131 Mary Tigue female 22 spinster
132 Mary Cowley * female 24 ma?t?a maker
133 Matthew Farrell male 52 farmer
134 Dennis Bryan male 30 labourer
135 Edward McDonnell male 30 hatter
136 Michael Dowling male 20 hatter
137 Owen Matthews male 45 sergeant
138 Bridget Matthews female 45 wife
139 Anne Matthews female 14 spinster
140 Patrick McNamara male 28 labourer
141 Ellen McNamara female 26 spinster
142 Richard Browne male 30 labourer
143 Timothy Kinahan male 25 labourer
144 John Hogan male 36 labourer
145 Mary Hogan female 32 matron
146 Ellen Hogan female 9mo infant
147 Dennis Hogan male 8 child
148 Mary Mulloney female 26 spinster
149 Catharine McNamara female 23 spinster
150 Mary Ryan female 24 spinster
151 Elizabeth Byrne female 22 spinster
152 James Armstrong male 16 farmer
153 Thomas Armstrong male 12 child
154 Patrick Cassidy male 44 labourer
155 Lough Kelly male 38 farmer
156 Elizabeth Kelly female 36 matron
157 Edward Lawless male 20 spoon maker
158 Mary Lawless female 18 spinster
159 William Houlaghan male 25 labourer
160 Bridget Houlaghan female 27 matron
161 Peter Doyle male 29 labourer
162 William McGrath male 55 farmer
163 Mary McGrath female 33 matron
164 Francis McGrath * ? 6mo infant
165 Edward McGrath male 12 child
166 William McGrath male 13 child
167 John McGrath male 10 child
168 James McGrath male 9 child
169 Eliza McGrath female 6 child
170 William McGrath male 35 farmer
171 Julia G??ri? * female 30 spinster
172 Susan Smith female 45 matron
173 William Smith * male ?0 farmer
174 Anne Smith female 26 spinster
175 Edward Smith male 8mo infant
176 William Smith male 7 child
177 Anne Smith female 4 child
178 William Smith male 23 labourer
179 Christopher Maxwell male 29 labourer
180 Patrick Houlaghan male 34 labourer
181 Kitty Houlaghan female 30 spinster
182 James Holaghan * male 11 child
183 Christopher Dunne male 30 painter
184 Richard Ward male 25 labourer
185 Michael Cullen male 18 labourer
186 Catharine Cullen female 16 spinster
187 Judith Hogan female 40 matron
188 Jane Governey female 35 spinster
189 John Gilbert male 25 labourer
190 Marcella Broe female 40 matron
191 Patrick Broe male 45 labourer
192 Mary Broe female 23 spinster
193 Thomas Broe male 20 labourer
194 Ellen Broe female 18 spinster
195 John Dunne male 24 labourer
196 Michael Naho? * male 18 labourer
197 Mary Naho? * female 13 child
198 Garrett Keiff male 19 labourer
199 Mary Johnson female 25 spinster
200 Jeremiah Shea male 24 labourer
201 Thomas Mognahan * male 22 labourer
202 Michael Burnes male 28 labourer
203 Thomas Molloghney male 26 labourer
204 John Ryan male 20 labourer
205 John Strahan male 50 labourer
206 Sarah Strahan female 47 matron
207 Robert Strahan male 10mo infant
208 Maria Strahan female 12 child
209 Catharine Strahan female 1? child
210 Julia Strahan female 9 child
211 John Strahan male 7 child
212 Patrick Dolan male 25 labourer
213 Ellen Dolan female 23 matron
214 William Hennissy male 8 child
215 Mary Ryan female 25 spinster
216 James Byrne male 29 labourer
217 Thomas Kelly male 28 labourer
218 Margaret Kelly female 30 spinster
219 Patrick Hogan male 26 labourer
220 Daniel Carroll male 28 labourer
221 Nelson Johnson male 49 labourer
222 James Walsh male 50 labourer
223 Anne Walsh female 17 spinster
224 Mary Walsh female 15 spinster
Transcriber's Note:
Cabin Passengers follow this recapitulation.
Numbers as found, though right side doesn't add up.
Recapitulation
113 Male Adults equal to 113
20 Male Children under 14 years--10
70 Female Adults equal to 70
13 Female Children under 14--7
3 Female Infants--7
5 Male Infants--7
224 200
Cabin Passengers
Transcriber's Note: No ages were written on the manifest for
cabin passengers.
225 Henry Francis Armstrong male gentleman
226 Bernard Joseph Murphy male gentleman
227 Eliza Mary Murphy female wife
228 Thomas Delany male gentleman
229 Henry Delany male child
230 Thomas Delany male child
231 James Moran male farmer
232 Judith Moran female matron
233 Jane Moran female spinster
234 Mary Moran female spinster
235 Bridget Moran female spinster
(Signed) Christopher Thomas Connay, Master
Collector's Office
District of Nantucket
December 31st, 1851
(Signed) Wm. R. Easton, Collector
Transcriber's Notes:
There were 5 deaths aboard ship:
#15 William Doyle, infant; #52 Abraham Thompson; #119 Christopher Nevin;
#123 Catharine Smith; #126 Michael Smith, infant
Other Notes:
#29 surname possibly begins with T or J. Second letter could be o.
#45 first name as found
#48-50 first letter in question is r or v.
Second letter in question could be c or r or s.
Name something like Garick or Gavisk.
#58 letter could be r or s.
#62 letters in question do not extend above or below the line.
#69 age is probably 50, but possibly 30.
#82 age is probably 22, but possibly 32.
#84 age is either 53 or 33.
#99 surname as found.
#104 letter in question extends below the line.
#107-112 letters in question do not extend above or below the line.
Surname is something like Kininy or Keminy or Kunney, or some
combination of those letters.
#115 about 2 or 3 letters which do not extend above or below the line.
Looks like Kiriean.
#117 first letter is L or S; second letter is n or u.
#118 first letter is probably S, but looks like L.
Probably Skelton, but looks like Lkelton.
#121 age probably 21.
#130 letter probably s or r.
#132 occupation looks like mantua maker.
#164 gender not known. First name was spelling for male.
#171 something like Geerin or Gurin or Gurn.
#173 age is 30 or 50.
#182 surname spelled as found, though previous ones spelled with u.
#196-197 letter in question is probably n or r.
#201 surname spelled as found.
#209 age was probably 10, possibly 16.
Correspondence passengers #63 & 64
The Mooneys were among the passengers, most of whom survived the wreck
of the British Queen during a winter storm, in December 1851 off of
Nantucket Island. The Mooneys settled on the island, and became known
as the Shipwreck Mooneys. A descendant of the Mooneys, Richard Tucker,
can be contacted by other descendants.
The British Queen at 66 years of age, was one of the oldest ships in
the mid-19th century. She was originally a slave trader in the
late 18th century, "first put to sea in 1785...then earned her owner
further profits during the six Famine years...Her worthy service ended
dramatically in December 1851, when she went aground in the ice around
Nantucket Island...her passengers and crew were rescued by the islanders
in a spectacular mission which remains part of the proud maritime history
of the old whaling port...The British Queen left Dublin with 228
passengers on October 22, 1851. It must have been a difficult
voyage...another two or three days might have seen her safely berthed in
New York, in time for her storm-battered passengers to celebrate Christmas
in the new country."
According to Edward Laxton, the ship faced danger when she reached the
"narrow channels ...and shallow waters"...around Nantucket...she became
"stuck fast on the sandy seabed" and began "to keel over..." The ship's
passengers and crew waited all night for rescue, but none came. By morning,
in the freezing temperature, they still waited. Fortunately, the look-out
at the Unitarian Church on Orange Street spotted the Union Jack on the
ship 12 miles out, and noticed "that the flag was flying upside down."
It was not until the next day, after the storm had abated, that the
islanders could manage to rescue them. Two of the passengers died
overnight, but during the rescue, not a single passenger was lost.
The islanders cared for the immigrants for six days, then on Christmas
Day, most of the passengers "went aboard the old paddle steamer, the
Telegraph, and set off for New York to complete their journey."
Another descendant of the Shipwreck Mooneys, living on the island today,
owns all that is left of the ship, the nameboard, "one of the Mooney
family's treasured links to the past...and all that survived of a gallant
ship."
[All quotes and information on the wreck are from "The Famine Ships -
The Irish Exodus to America" by Edward Laxton, pub. 1996, pp. 8 & 224-232,
where a fascinating and complete account of this episode can be read.]
[The captain of the British Queen was listed on the manifest for Nantucket
as Connay, but according to Laxton's work, his name was Conway.]
Correspondence added 3 April 2000 passengers 174-177
I am writing to about Ship Vol. 2, 1851, Ship British Queen.
Passangers:
#174 Anne Smith
#175 Edward Smith
#176 William Smith
#177 Anne Smith
I believe these may be our family ancestors. There were suppose to
have been 8 children traveling with their mother Anne. The other
children would have been Robert, John, Sarah, Tillie (Alta), and Mary.
My Grandfather was Edward and we know he was an infant. We have his baby
trunk that was given to me. We know they came out of Dublin. The dates
we have are not quite the same. I would really like to know if these are
our family. It just seems too coincedental with these 4 matching what we know.
I would appreciate any response from you about this.
Thank you. Lucie Smith Brooks
Correspondence 1/28/01 passengers #217 & 218
Passengers #217 Thomas Kelly and #218 Margaret Kelly are my
great-great-grandparents. They settled in New York State and their son
Ambrose Kelly is my great grandfather, who settled in Michigan.
Robert Kelly
Correspondence 2/16/01 passenger #51 Doud
Looking through the listing I found my great-grandfather Patrick Doud,
#51 on the passenger list. He ended up in Bulls Gap, Tennessee, and
fought in the Union Calvary. Part of the family still live in the area
around the place where he settled. His son Peter, my grandfather moved
to Petersburg, Ill. in 1886, but the others stayed in Tenn.
I had no idea what ship he'd left Ireland on, but the story on the
wreck was very fascinating, and how Patrick, by way of Mass., ended
up in TN. By the way he was a farmer down there. Patrick Doud was
born about 1822 in "Marraghan" County, Ireland (probably County Monaghan).
Died December 28, 1863, after being ambushed by Rebel forces, almost
on his own farm. Patrick Doud enrolled on the 15th day of November 1861
at Greenville, Tennessee and mustered into US Service on the 1st day of
November 1862 at Camp Denison, Ohio. At the time of death, he was a
sergeant in Company D 1st Regiment Tennessee Calvary Volunteers. His
war records describe him at age 40: 5ft 6in. tall, dark complected,
black eyes and dark hair, his occupation a farmer.
Patrick Doud married Elizabeth Brotherton on 21 September 1843. Three
girls and four boys were born to Patrick and Elizabeth Doud:
1. Ellen Doud was born in 1845 in Tennessee, nothing else is known
about Ellen.
2. James Doud was born 21 October 1846 in Tennessee; he married
Mary Smith, 2 sons and 3 daughters born of that union, he died in 1916.
3. Edd Doud born on 8 November, 1850. He married Manda C. Spears in 1869
and died 14 August 1932, buried in Pilot Knob Cemetery, Gap Creek,
Green County, Tennessee.
By records, they had 9 children, only names of 6, 2 sons and 4
daughters are known.
4. Peter Doud, born 9 September 1855, left Tennessee in 1886 to
Petersburg, Ill., married Jeanette Nettie Haack on 2 March 1890,
in Petersburg, Ill. 4 children to that marriage.
Powell Edward born May 16 1893 and died the same year.
Pearl Doud 8 July 1899, Hobart Doud, my father born on 16 Sept 1902, and
Lillian Mae Doud, born 17 Feb 1904.
5. Mary Doud 17 March 1859, married Wm. W. McLain on 6 October 1883.
Unknown after that.
6. Rhody Catherine Doud, born 20 August 1856, died 23 March 1856.
7. Patrick Doud Jr., born on 18 May 1862, died 25 June 1876.
Contact Dale and Eleanor Doud.
or contact Donna L. Doud
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M575, Reel 5.
Transcribed by Mary Koelzer for The Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.8 June 1999
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