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Vere Foster

Mr. Vere Foster was an Irish philanthropist who helped many young women emigrate to Canada and the United States. In 1852 he established the Irish Female Emigration Fund. The first party sailed with the assistance of the Fund in 1852.

Mr. Foster sailed from Liverpool with 70 female emigrants for Canada in May, 1856. One young lady, Elisa Adams [alias Doolan] sailed to Quebec in June, 1856, on the Arran. A party of 75 sailed on the Lady Franklin on May 15, 1856. Another party of 40 sailed to New York, on June 5, onboard the Calhoun. This was followed a few days later, on June 9, with five women sailing on the Orient, also to New York. We are indebted to the Newry Examiner and Louth Advertiser of July 23, 1856, for the following list of names.

The ship Lady Franklin had the following women onboard:

Name	Age	Destination
Alice Barton	20	Port Dover, C.W.
Maria Bellow	16	Port Dover, C.W.
Anne Brady	16	Port Dover, C.W.
Catherine Brady	16	Port Dover, C.W.
Mary Brady	20	Port Dover, C.W.
Rose Brady	18	Paterson, N.J.
Catherine Byrnes	20	Amlanaville[Amianaville?], N.Y.
Ellen Byrnes	18	Amlanaville[Amianaville?], N.Y.
Anne Campbell	16	Port Dover, C.W.
Mary Campbell	19	Port Dover, C.W.
Mary Campbell	16	New York City
Bridget Carney	22	Port Dover, C.W.
Mary Carroll	19	Port Dover, C.W.
Catherine Carrollan	18	Port Dover, C.W.
Biddy Carry	16	Port Dover, C.W.
Mary Clarke	25	Port Dover, C.W.
Margaret Coleman	16	Port Dover, C.W.
Anne Condra	22	New York City
Anne Conlan	17	Newburg, N.Y.
Mary Connor	16	Port Dover, C.W.
Catherine Creaton	no age given	Port Dover, C.W.
Mary Cummerford	21	Port Dover, C.W.
Andrew Cunningham	20	New York City
Bridget Cunningham	20	New York City
Margaret Drumgoole	20	Port Dover, C.W.
Anne Duffy	18	Port Dover, C.W.
Anne Duffy	18	New York City
Elizabeth Duffy	20	Port Dover, C.W.
Mary Durain	16	Port Dover, C.W.
Ellen Flanagan	18	Port Dover, C.W.
Mary Gaherty	16	Port Dover, C.W.
John Gartland	25	Boston, Mass
Mary Gartland	22	Boston, Mass
Mary Green	17	Port Dover, C.W.
Bessie Grimes	16	Port Dover, C.W.
Catherine Grimes	17	Port Dover, C.W.
Jane Hand	14	Sisters of Mercy for Seneca Falls
Ellen Kernan	17	Port Dover, C.W.
Mary Lamb	20	Port Dover, C.W.
Margaret M'Ardle	17	Port Dover, C.W.
Margaret M'Canna	21	Port Dover, C.W.
Anne M'Canna	19	Port Dover, C.W.
Catherine M'Cormack	20	New York City
Mary M'Donald	21	Port Dover, C.W.
Eliza M'Integart	16	Port Dover, C.W.
Catherine M'Lean	18	Port Dover, C.W.
Anna M'Neill	14	Rochester, N.Y.
Margaret Mackie	18	Port Dover, C.W.
Margaret Malone	16	New York City
Mary Malone	20	Port Dover, C.W.
Rose Marron	20	Port Dover, C.W.
Margaret Mathews	14	Troy, N.Y.
Mary Mathews	20	Port Dover, C.W.
Anne Meade	17	Port Dover, C.W.
Bridget Murphy	23	Troy, N.Y.
Jane Murphy	21	Port Dover, C.W.
John Murphy	21	Troy, N.Y.
Mary Murphy	22	Troy, N.Y.
Catherine O'Brien	16	Port Dover, C.W.
Margaret Reilly	17	Richmond, S.I.
Essy Reynolds	18	New York City
Anne Rogers	26	New York City
Isaac Sanders	22	Boston, Mass.
Henrietta Shallcross	16	New York City
Catherine Sheridan	24	Boston, Mass.
Patrick Sheridan	26	Boston, Mass.
Catherine Skelly	18	Port Dover, C.W.
Kate (Bridget) Smith	20	Port Dover, C.W.
Catherine Smith	16	Port Dover, C.W.
Anne Taffe	15	Port Dover, C.W.
Jane Tiernan	18	Port Dover, C.W.
Anne Victory	--	New York City

The Calhoun also had some women onboard who were going to Canada.

Name	Age	Destination
Elizabeth Brady	20	Simcoe C.W.
Margaret Byrne	17	New York
Mary Campbell	20	Simcoe C.W.
Mary Cassidy	20	Simcoe C.W.
Ann Conolly	24	Simcoe C.W.
Catherine Conolly	17	Simcoe C.W.
Mary Crany	22	Simcoe C.W.
Catherine Craven	20	Chillicothe, Ohio
Catherine Cummerford	18	Simcoe C.W.
Jane Devlin	18	Simcoe C.W.
Maria Devlin	20	Simcoe C.W.
Catherine Downes	19	New York
Biddy Durnin	16	Simcoe C.W.
Bridget Flanagan	18	Boston
Peter Gallagher	23	New York
Ann Halligan	24	Simcoe C.W.
Ann Harmon	17	New York
Judith Hickey	23	Simcoe C.W.
Margaret Kavanagh	17	Simcoe C.W.
Mary Kelly	22	Simcoe C.W.
Betty King	20	Simcoe C.W.
Margaret Lamb	25	Simcoe C.W.
Mary Lannon	19	Simcoe C.W.
Patrick Levins	22	Boston
Ann M'Avoy	17	Simcoe C.W.
Rose Magee	20	Simcoe C.W.
Bridget Magennis	17	Simcoe C.W.
Bridget Matthews	20	Providence, RI
Mary Matthews	17	Simcoe C.W.
Bridget McCabe	16	Simcoe C.W.
Bridget McDonald	18	Simcoe C.W.
Ann McGuire	20	Simcoe C.W.
Catherine McGuire	24	Simcoe C.W.
Bridget McKeown	17	Brooklyn, N.Y.
Mary McKeown	23	Simcoe C.W.
Mary Murray	18	Simcoe C.W.
Ann O'Brien	19	New York
Margaret O'Neil	20	Simcoe C.W.
Catherine Poor	26	Simcoe C.W.
Margaret Quigly	17	Bradford, C.W.
Bridget Smyth	16	Simcoe C.W.

The Orient sailed within days of the Calhoun (listed above).

If any one has additional information on any of these children please contact me.

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