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Poor Ignorant Children by Peter Murphy
In 1994, Peter Murphy - a New Brunswick historian and genealogist - gained access to an old ledger of the admittance records of the "Orphan Asylum Established by His Excellency Sir William George Colebrook, 25 Octob. 1847" (In Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada). Mr. Murphy transcribed this ledger and meticulously searched for any tracks that were left behind by these orphans in compiling the publication "Poor Ignorant Children." He charted the fate of Irish orphans (310) in a strange unwelcoming land. First edition 1999. 83 pages 8 ½ x 11. Beautiful pictorial cover. Perfect binding with soft cover.
See http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Murphy-Poor-Ignorant-Children.html
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The Catholic Irish In New Brunswick 1783-1900
by Leo J. Hynes. Edited by J. Edward Belliveau.
An out-of-print and hard-to-find book with an excellent history of the prominent role the Catholic Irish played in shaping the province of New Brunswick and the structuring of the Roman Catholic Church. A very well written history of the Catholic Irish in New Brunswick of 300 pages packed with detailed accounts of controversial issues, involvement in government, building of churches, Temperance Societies and biographical information on many prominent and not so prominent Irish Catholics.
http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Hynes.html
Collins - James P. Collins, M.D. 1824-1847 (A martyr to his duty) by Harold E. Wright. Published by the Partridge Island Research Project, Saint John, New Brunswick 1988. 33 page pamphlet. Included are the genealogy charts for Dr. Collins.St. John County Alms and Work House Records- Daniel F. Johnson
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Chronicle of Irish Emigration to Saint John, New Brunswick 1847 by J. Elizabeth Cushing, Teresa Casey and Monica Robertson. Published by the New Brunswick Museum, 1979. The transcripts include obituaries of persons born in Ireland, lists of many deaths and burials on Partridge Island as well as other interesting articles. Also included is an alphabetical list of the vessels carrying emigrants to the Port of Saint John in 1847
http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Irish-Emig.html
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Out of Ireland
In 1997, Carolyn Ryan, Mac Trueman, Mia Urquhart and Steve McKinley of the Saint John Times Globe traced how the flood of Irish immigrants during the Great Famine (1845-1852) changed the face of Ireland, North America and specifically, Saint John and New Brunswick. Their articles were printed in a seven-week series in the Saint John Times Globe of New Brunswick, Canada entitled "Out of Ireland." Presented as a reprint of the seven-week series "Out of Ireland", a special report on Ireland and the hunger that changed the world in the 1840s. 96 pages 11 x 12. Staple stitched with pictorial cover of Raymond Bracken resting for a few moments during a visit to Middle Island near Miramichi. Newsprint paper.
http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Out-Ireland.html
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210 pages with a chronological list of individuals admitted to the St. John County Alms and Work House 1845 - 1850 with name, age, religion, nativity, discharged or died (date given), vessel, sailed from, landed at, arrival date, date admitted to Alms House. The book has a full name index.
http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Alms.html
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Together In Exile by Peter Murphy
“Together in Exile” traces a group of Irish emigrants from County Louth who settled in Lower Cove (South End of) Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada in the 19th century. * A product of eleven years of research in Canada, the United States and Ireland by Peter Murphy.* It is a highly praised genealogical work. * Now out-of-print and hard to find and much sought after.
http://www.rubycusack.com/Book-Together-Murphy.html