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Note: mpany Came on the Ship: Emerald Isle Date of Departure: 30 Nov 1855 Port of Departure: Liverpool, England LDS Immigrants: 350 Church Leader: Philemon C. Merrill Date of Arrival: 29 Dec 1855 Port of Arrival: New York, New York Source(s): BMR, Book #1045, pp. 1-17 (FHL #025,691); Customs (FHL #175,515) Notes: "DEPARTURE. -- The ship Emerald Isle, Captain G. P. Cornish, cleared on the 28th ultimo, and sailed on the 30th for New York, with 349 souls of the Saints on board, under the presidency of Elder P. C. Merrill, assisted by Elder Joseph France and T. B. H. Stenhouse." <MS, 17:50 (Dec. 15, 1855), p.792> "NINETIETH COMPANY. -- Emerald Isle, 350 souls. The ship, Emerald Isle, Captain G. P. Cornish, cleared from the port of Liverpool on the twenty-eighth, and sailed on the thirtieth of November, 1855, with three hundred and fifty Saints on board, under the presidency of Philemon C. Merrill, assisted by Elders Joseph France and T. B. H. Stenhouse. Only a little sickness prevailed on board, except the ordinary seasickness. On the twenty-sixth of December a heavy sea caused by high winds stove in a part of the bulwark, rent a sail or two, and caused considerable confusion. The same evening two children died. Three couples were married on board. On the twenty-ninth of December the Emerald Isle arrived at New York, and the emigrants were landed in Castle Garden, where some of them remained a few days, until they found houses to live in, and the brethren obtained employment. Some of the emigrants continued the journey to St. Louis and other parts of the West, and in due course of time most of them reached the valleys of the mountains. (Millennial Star, Vol. XVII, page 792; Vol. XVIII, page 78.)" <Cont., 13:12 (Oct. 1892) p.553> "Fri. 30 [Nov. 1855] -- The ship Emerald Isle sailed from Liverpool, England, with 349 Saints, under the direction of Philemon C. Merrill. It arrived at New York Dec. 29th." <CC, p.55> Emerald Isle (November 1855) A Compilation of General Voyage Notes Biography of Joseph Eldridge [Eldredge] Robinson The Story of a Life's Experience in Mormonism Biography of Joseph Eldridge [Eldredge] Robinson A Compilation of General Voyage Notes "DEPARTURE. -- The ship Emerald Isle, Captain G. P. Cornish, cleared on the 28th ultimo, and sailed on the 30th for New York, with 349 souls of the Saints on board, under the presidency of Elder P. C. Merrill, assisted by Elder Joseph France and T. B. H. Stenhouse." <MS, 17:50 (Dec. 15, 1855), p.792> "NINETIETH COMPANY. -- Emerald Isle, 350 souls. The ship, Emerald Isle, Captain G. P. Cornish, cleared from the port of Liverpool on the twenty-eighth, and sailed on the thirtieth of November, 1855, with three hundred and fifty Saints on board, under the presidency of Philemon C. Merrill, assisted by Elders Joseph France and T. B. H. Stenhouse. Only a little sickness prevailed on board, except the ordinary seasickness. On the twenty-sixth of December a heavy sea caused by high winds stove in a part of the bulwark, rent a sail or two, and caused considerable confusion. The same evening two children died. Three couples were married on board. On the twenty-ninth of December the Emerald Isle arrived at New York, and the emigrants were landed in Castle Garden, where some of them remained a few days, until they found houses to live in, and the brethren obtained employment. Some of the emigrants continued the journey to St. Louis and other parts of the West, and in due course of time most of them reached the valleys of the mountains. (Millennial Star, Vol. XVII, page 792; Vol. XVIII, page 78.)" <Cont., 13:12 (Oct. 1892) p.553> "Fri. 30 [Nov. 1855] -- The ship Emerald Isle sailed from Liverpool, England, with 349 Saints, under the direction of Philemon C. Merrill. It arrived at New York Dec. 29th." <CC, p.55> . . . I was taken sick with the same fever and was very
Note: Daughter of Ralph P. Smith and Marion Crookston, Pioneers 1860, David Cannon Co
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