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Note: </id><id>1655541</id><id>766929</id></tpphoto>Left Ireland (via Liverpool) aboard "Dominion" on April 27, 1883 and arrived in Quebec City on May 8,1883.In 1901 he was living in <a href="http://www.ggl.ulaval.ca/ledoux/arret49.jpg">THIS</a> building at 2 de la Fabrique which now houses the Musee de l`Amerique Francaise. He had married earlier in Bermuda and had an adventurous career with the British Royal Navy which took him around the world.He was once ship-wrecked on St.Paul`s Island for three months in the Indian Ocean between Australia and South America.Click on <a href="http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/Mariners/2000-02/0950238284">SHIP WRECK</a> link for an account of "Megaera"`s beaching on the small volcanic island. Sailed to Canada in 1883 aboard the Dominion; DOMINION 1873 was built by A.McMillan & Son, Dumbarton (engines by J.Jack, Rollo & Co, Liverpool) in 1873 for the Dominion Line of Liverpool. This was a 3,176 gross ton ship, length 335ft x beam 38.4ft, straight stem, one funnel, three masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 11 knots. There was accommodation for 130-cabin class and 600-3rd class passengers. Launched on 22/11/1873, she sailed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to Quebec and Montreal on 6/5/1874. On 11/7/1885 she commenced her first Avonmouth - Quebec - Montreal voyage and in 1890 was fitted with triple expansion engines. She was sold to E.Thirkell & Co (British) in 1895 and on 4/1/1896 was wrecked at Castletown Berehaven, Ireland. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.804-5] Click <a href="http://pages.globetrotter.net/derekhill/hillships.htm">HERE</a> for a list of all the ships on which he served. Click <a href="http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/PageView?id=94d95c7605ed3934&display=05619+0003">HERE</a> for a speech given at the Literary and Historical Society in 1894. Click <a href="http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/DisplayPagePanb.jsp?id=81641&highlight=3&desc=1901+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Shuldhan+Hill">HERE</a> for 1901 census records of Hill family in Quebec City and <a href="http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1911b/e084/e002080931.pdf">1911</a>.More on the shipwreck <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A01E5DF1439E43BBC4153DFB667838A669FDE">HERE</a>
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