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Teabag | 17:34 Tue 16th May 2006 | People & Places
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I am doing my family tree, and yesterday someone asked me if I knew anything about the SS Canadian Farmer which was a cargo boat around 1900. The Captain was a J P Sharp, I am having difficulty finding anything about this ship, and I can't find anything about the captain, anyone got any ideas??


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I've just googled ss canadian farmer and it would appear to be a passenger ship around 1881 taking people from Europe to New York.
records of Merchant Vessels and their Officers and Crew are available for public research in the Public Record Office Kew.

List of immigrant ships http://www.fortunecity.com/littleitaly/amalfi/13/shipc.htm has no SS Canadian Farmer (does have a 'Canada', sailing around 1881 as above, though) and the Ship List - a directory of sailings with shipping lines and ships - http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/index.htm has none listed on their database.


SS Canadian in 1857 is mentioned here: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/Canada1857a.htm (scroll down) owned by Messrs Allan & Co.(scroll to 19th June 1857) and their ship list here: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/allan.html


The 'Canadian Farmer' mentioned in the 1920s ships plans sailed on the Great Lakes : http://www.greatlakesmodeling.com/products/canadian_boat_plans.html and email to request a copy of the plan. But there is no Capt Sharp on the Great Lakes history site, or a mention of the Canadian Farmer there.... http://www.linkstothepast.com/marine/index.html


If you can find a shipping line, owner or home port this will help sort out where to look further.

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Thank you all folks for your time interest , all the answers are interesting, something for me to have a look at, have a good evening.


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