Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Laurentic

Transcriber's Notes:

The SS Laurentic arrived in Quebec, Que. June, 11, 1909.
This passenger list has 16 coloumns. The immigration officer has stamped a 
lot of information in the list, therefore the list is done in paragraph form 
for ease of transcribing the added information.
Each page on the manifest starts with passenger number 1, passengers have been
numbered consecutively by the transcriber.
List of Races will be found on black sheet printed at the end of the first
page.
At the top of each page the following is printed: 
INSTRUCTIONS TO PURSER. - Each passenger should be given a card indicating the 
number of sheet and line on sheet his name is to be found on. 
Since Quebec is a province and Montreal is in Quebec, this could be Quebec 
city. This could also be true for passengers where the final destination is 
Quebec.
 
The SS Laurentic belonged to the White Star Line and White Star Dominion Line.
No births or deaths were reported during this voyage.
Religious affiliations: C of E is probably Church of England, Presb. could be 
Presbyterian, Rom.Cat. is possibly Roman Catholic.

The religious affiliation of each passengers is stamped in the "births" and 
"deaths" coloumns and has been added to each passenger by the transcriber. 

An * shows that there is a note in the transcriber's notes at the end of the 
list of names.

A ? shows a letter that could not be read due to the handwriting of the
original recorder or the condition of the original manifest.
 
A ^ shows that the following letter was superscripted.

The name of the Canadian Province in brackets after the ultimate destination 
was written by the transcriber, all other names of provinces are on the
manifest.
C.P.R. stands for Canadian Pacific Railway, G.T.R. stands for Grand Trunk 
Railway (which was incorporated into the Canadian National Railway systems in 
about 1921). This is the mode of transportation to the final destination.
 
Canadian Provinces: Ab (Alt)is Alberta, BC is British Columbia,
Man is Manitoba, Ont is Ontario, Sask is Sasketchewan, Que.is Quebec,
NWT is North West Territories, Nfld is New Foundland, PEI is Prince Edward
Island, NS is Nova Scotia. 


Passenger Notes:

general - the u and n are very similar on this manifest and could be 
interchangeable.  Very often a capital W appears like an N.  The names
beginning with Mc are listed with the c written after but above the M.

#328: although this name is clearly written Tjosdalfson, I have found
      Rolf born 1888 in the 1900 Norway census as Rolf Tjostolfsen, son of
      Anders and Jorgen in Lom, Gudbrandsdalen. 
#332 - 335: these passengers are traveling together, they have the same
 contract ticket number.
#339: the third letter in the last name could be n or r.
#345 - 348: this is a family traveling together, therefore they all have the
      same contract ticket number.
#347: Aug probably stands for August.
#348: Ragnhild is a Scandinavian name for girls.
#351: Poolvoerde normally is a last name, it looks like the last name was
      written first. 
#352 - 354: this is a family travelling together, they have the same contract
      ticket number, no futher notes as to when they were released from
      hospital.
#357: the e in the last name has a forward accent, although Alexander is a male
      first name, this seems to be a female, the age is in the female column.
#358 - 362: this is a family traveling together, they all have the same
      contract ticket number.
#366 - 367: this is a family traveling together, they both have the same
      contract ticket number. Destination should be Glen Ullin.
#369 - 376: this is a family traveling together, they all have the same
      contract ticket number.
#375: the age is written as 1 1/2 on the manifest.
#378 & 379: these 2 ladies have the same contract ticket number, they are
      travelling together, the first letter in the last name could be J.
#381: the first letter in the last name could be H.