Farr in Canada

[mongoose2]

I am looking for help inding out which ship William Rees Farr arrived in Canada on. He was born in 1815 and became a shoemaker like his father Rees Farr (born in Truro) He married Rebecca and emigrated b4 1871 where he appeared on the census in Enderslie Township. Rebecca died in March 1873 and William remarried. They had 3 children Amy Mary and Thomas but although I presume they went with Mum & Dad I am not sure. Can someone point me where to look. Barry

[eillo]

There are no comprehensive lists of immigrants arriving in
Canada prior to 1865. Until that year, shipping companies
were not required by the government to keep their passenger
manifests.

You've got no time frame other than "before 1871" so that's very tough! After 1865 the lists are archived, but not indexed. You need to narrow your time frame. Have you tried the 1861 census in Ontario to see if they are in it? http://allcensusrecords.com/canada/ might help

At The Olive Tree Genealogy, there is a page on the
section of Ships Passenger Lists To Canada, which explains
what lists are available at the National Archives of Canada
(NAC)

http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tocanp01.shtml

On TheShipsList website they are including Quebec ship
arrivals extracted from contemporary newspapers.

See

http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/index.htm


You can also try inGeneas, the online searchable database of
early immigration to Canada. Some records are free, others
must be paid for, but the search and it's results are free.
A search engine for InGeneas is at

http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_shipscanada.shtml


There are also some passenger lists which were kept by
shipping agents in the originating country. For example, the
Passenger Books of J & J Cooke, Shipping Agents gives
sailings from Londonderry to Philadelphia PA, Quebec, and
St. John New Brunswick from 1847 to 1871.

Olive Tree has  some passenger lists from these records
online, and will be  adding more as time permits. For an
index of clickable links to those JJ Cooke passenger lists
online to date, see
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/jjcooke.shtml

The Hawke Papers, letterbooks of Chief Emigrant Agent
Anthony B. Hawke  are also available. They cover the years
1831 to 1892.

See the searchable database at 
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/db/hawke.htm

If you want to search online, you may have limited success
because only a very small percentage of ships to Canada have
been  transcribed and put online.

[mongoose2]

thanks. He went to Canada between 1850 and 1870. he appeared on the Canadian census in 1871 in Enderlie township. I was looking for his children but in now looks like they stayed in England. He lived in Truro Cornwall so was looking from where did he travel. (I expect Liverpool).

[eillo]

1850-1870 is still a 20 year time frame. You need to narrow that through census (1851, 1861 would be your first years to check)  http://allcensusrecords.com/canada/ may be of help

Then narrow it further through land records - see http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/land.shtml

It's just too big a time frame to find and search unindexed lists.

[mongoose2]

I understand from the 1871 census he was in enderslie township, which I understand was Bruce North, Ontario. I may be missing something but I cant find Enderslie township on thw 1880 map of Bruce County. Do u have any idea what I am doing wrong

[eillo]

I understand from the 1871 census he was in enderslie township, which I understand was Bruce North, Ontario. I may be missing something but I cant find Enderslie township on thw 1880 map of Bruce County. Do u have any idea what I am doing wrong

It's ELDERSLIE not Enderslie. Here's a direct link
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/showtownship2.php?townshipid=Elderslie

[eillo]

Here's some Bruce Co. websites that might help

http://allcensusrecords.com/canada/ontario/bruce.shtml
1911 census records Bruce Co.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~onbcgs/bcgstwpelderslie.htm
Bruce Co. Genealogical Society (Elderslie)

http://www.brucecounty.on.ca/museum/archives.htm
Bruce Co. Musuem & Archives

http://www.islandnet.com/ocfa/
Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid
There are over 1000 names online for Elderslie Tp burials but only 1 FARR that I could spot, looks like your William's first wife:
 
FARR Rebecca, Paisley Cemetery,  ref#BG-80-0

If interested you have to go to OCFA and lookup the Ref# to see how to get the transcription

There's 18 matches for William FARR, none in Bruce but several in nearby counties.


Another site with Bruce Co. death records is http://ancestorsatrest.com/Bruce_county_death_records/

[mongoose2]

you are a nice person. plenty to be getting on with. thanks again

[J.J.]

You may have most of this, but just in case...

1881....Paisley, Bruce North, Ontario
 
 Wm. B. FARR     M   Male   English   65   England   Shoemaker   Church of England 
 Maria FARR ,   M   Female   English   69   England       



http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/bruce75.htm
 1439-75 - William Rees FARR, 59, widower, shoe maker, Cornwall England, Paisley, s/o Rees FARR & Mary PERKINS, married Maria CARTER, 62, widow, Somerset England, Paisley, d/o George DANDEL & Constance KEHOE, witn: Mrs. E. BELL & Mrs. C. BROWN, both of Walkerton, 8 May 1875 at Walkerton