Pre-famine emigrants to Canada honored

Peterborough celebrates 185 years since immigrants arrived

BARRY J WHYTE,

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 4:56 AM

Updated Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 6:36 AM

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Shirleyp | Oct 22, 2010, 08:20 PM EDT

Please tell me there's a list of names that can be searched. Looking for Michael White, born about 1813, from Cork to Maine in 1830s.

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Greenlady | Oct 22, 2010, 07:52 PM EDT

Well both ofyou are right! Ottawa is the capital of Canada and Toronto is the capital of Ontario. I think this is long overdue and it makes me proud to know that they are recognizing the importance of the Irish in settling this country!

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TheYank | Oct 22, 2010, 10:37 AM EDT

Oh, shrinnkie246, you were almost right. Yes, Peterborough's in Ontario, but the capital of Canada is Ottawa, not Toronto.

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shrinnkie246 | Oct 20, 2010, 03:35 PM EDT

Peterborough is NOT in eastern Canada. It's in the Province of Ontario, northeast of its capital Toronto.

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JayDooling | Oct 20, 2010, 10:34 AM EDT

Lawrence (1799-1852) & Honora (1805) Dooling (ancestors of mine) immigrated to Newfoundland before 1830. Later (1845) they moved their family of 9 children to Philadelphia.

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chesapeakered | Oct 20, 2010, 10:18 AM EDT

Wish they would provide a list of those immigrants and which county they came from. That would be helpful. I had both Irish and Scottish immigrants come through about that time.

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