From 1823 to 1849, James Allison was a government emigrant agent at Montreal,
Quebec Canada. He was responsible for the provisioning and transportation of
destitute immigrants from Montreal to locations mostly in Upper Canada. There
were several Emigration Agents in Upper and Lower Canada, each was responsible
for assisting poor immigrants in finding employment, shelter, provisions and
transportation to their final destination.
The book Names of Emigrants from the 1845-1847 Records of James Allison,
Emigrant Agent at Montreal is divided into two parts:
Part 1: The transcript (The transcript includes the records of James
Allison and an appendix from the British parliamentary papers of persons who
died at Grosse Île in 1846.)
Part 2: The indexes - an Index of emigrants personal names and an Index
of place names)
Olive Tree Genealogy has published an index of emigrant names plus page numbers at Names of Emigrants from the 1845-1847 Records of James Allison, Emigrant Agent at Montreal
To view the full
record for an individual, consult Ancestry.com Irish Canadian Emigration Records, 1823-1849
These records are also available on microfilmat the NAC as records
of James Allison, Emigrant Agent at Montreal, 1823-1849 (reel C-15773)
Image is a sample page from Ancestry.com database
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