Askur, Holm & B. Broch

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Burden	Built	Shipowner or operator	Dimensions
194 kl	1859 at Tvedestrand, Norway by I. Tangen	Holm & B. Broch, Drammen, Norway

Year	Remarks
1859	December 9 London from Drammen
1860	April 21 cleared from Waterfor for Quebecand arrived there May 24
1860	June 16 cleared from Quebec to London. Arived Gravesend/London July 19
1860	November 12 Gravesend/London from Drammen, cleared Dec. 8 for St. Ybes, arrived there Dec. 20
1861	Captain Carl Deckmann from Drammen May 17 to Quebec July 14 Passenger list:
1861	May 24 off Dungeness (England); from Drammen to Quebec with emigrants
1861	Passengers presented the Captain with a silver decoration and a gold ring for him as a gratitude for a safe journey.
1861	boarded at the Quebec quarantine station: 3 cabin and 260 steerage passengers, 13 crew, 3 deaths
1861	August 9 Quebec for Cork (Irland), arrived Cork Sept. 7
1861	November 17. Gravesend/London from Drammen, returning Nov.30 to Drammen
1862	Captain Carl Deckmann from Drammen Apr. 15 to Quebec June 21
1862	June 23 Montreal from Drammen, leaving Montreal July 31 for Queenstown (Irland)
1862	September 3 Falmouth from Montreal, Sept. 10 Gravesend/London
1862	October 4 off Øresund for Pilot (from North), November 7 Øresund (from South)
1862	November 16 Gravesend/London from Søderhamn (Sweden) leaving Dec. 1 for Drammen
1863	April 25. Christiania from London in ballast, returning May 8 to London with Ice
1864	March 29 Waterford from Drøbak, leaving April 25 for Quebec in ballast
1864	June 13 Quebec from Waterford, leaving July 2 for Cork (Ireland)
1864	August 2 Cork from Quebec. Sept. 2 off Øresund: from Cork to the Baltic in ballast
1864	September 12 Gefle (Sweden) from Cork leaving Oct. 11 for Alicante (Spain)
1865	January 31 off Deal: from Torrevieja to Drammen 37 Days (with salt).
1865	June 5 London from Drammen, leaving June 15 London for Stockholm
1865	August 10 off Øresund: from Søderhamn (Sweden) to England with timber
1865	September 2 Lisbon from Søderhamn
1866	Captain Carl Deckmann from Drammen Apr. 24 to Quebec May 12 Passenger list:
1866	Of the passengers 61 from Næs in Hallingdal, 31 from Flå in Hallingdal, 19 from Valdres, 55 from Eggedal, 15 from Drammen, 13 from Sigdal, 2 from Ringerike, 8 from Borre, 1 from Lysaker, 2 from Modum and 10 from Krødsherrad all with some 5000 spd in cash.
1866	May 10 Roomers of a devastating fire onboard denied in the newspapers.
1866	July 9 Quebec for London arrived Gravesend/London Aug. 8
1866	May 12 Portsmouth with emigrants for Quebec, left next day
1866	August 18 London for Helsingør
1866	October 16 leaving London for Christiania
1867	Captain Carl Deckmann from Drammen May 5 to Quebec June 22 Passenger list:
1867	Of the passengers 124 from Næs, 13 from Hurum, 6 from Holmsbo, 1 from Nore, 1 from Åsgårdstrand, 5 from Flå, 13 from Holmestrand, 4 from Botne, 21 from Eiker, 16 from Hillestad Sogn, 1 from Trondheim, 6 from Drammen and 1 from Ringerike
1867	One young passenger from Næs disappeared 2 days before the departure with his own and his 2 brothers money, some 60 – 70 spd. One family from Eiker didn’t reach the departure but got onboard while the ship anchored off Svelvik
1867	Towed to sea by the icebreaker “Pluggen” due to severe ice condition in Drammens fjord of ice up to 13 inches thick (Stålis)
1867	July 24 Quebec for Dordrecht (Holland)
1867	September 21 off Øresund: from Dordrecht to Sundsvall in ballast, arrived there Sept. 30
1867	November 18 Texel from Sundsvall, leaving Texel for Drammen Dec. 4
1868	June 1 London from Drammen, returning June 10 to Drammen
1868	September 3 London from Drammen, returning Oct. 16 to Drammen
1869	April 2 off Deal: for St. Lawrence
1869	July 19 London from Rimouski, leaving July 27 for Sundsvall. Aug. 3 off Øresund: from London to Sundsvall in ballast
1869	September 1 leaving Sundsvall for England, arriving London Sept 8
1870	Captain Carl Deckmann from Drammen May 5 to Quebec June 22 Passenger list:
1870	Passenger from Nordre Land, Hadeland, Ringerike, Modum, Kongsberg, Drammen, Lier, Skoger, Horten and Holmestrand, carrying total some 2000 Spesidaler in cash.
1871	May 3 Gravesend saved the crew of Slup Neptun of Drammen. Wrecked at sea on her way to Kragerø
The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges

In 1861 the bark Askur departed from Drammen on May 17th and arrived at the quarantine station at Grosse Île on July 12th. She proceeded to Quebec the same day. The ship sailed in ballast, and was carrying 3 cabin and 260 steerage passengers. There had been 3 deaths on the voyage. She was mastered by Captain C. Dechmann and had a crew of 13. Because the National Archives of Canada [NAC] did not start the archiving of passenger lists before 1865, and the Norwegian emigration records did not start before 1867, there is no surviving passenger list for this voyage in any of those archives. Timeline to records.

Newspaper announcement for the conveyance of emigrants on the Norwegian emigrant ship Askur in 1862

Emigrant ship Askur newspaper announcement 1862

Newspaper announcement stating that the emigrant ship Askur was to ready for her transatlantic crossing

Emigrant ship Askur newspaper announcement 1862

The two newspaper announcements are from Ringeriges Ugeblad in 1862. The first one is an announcement for passengers. It says that if a sufficient number of passengers enrolled, the ship would sail with emigrants for Quebec in April, as it did the year before. The ship was fast sailer and 1st classed. It would be mastered by Capt. Dechmann. The announcement also states that a recommendation from the passengers that sailed in 1861 was printed in the Morgenbladet on August 16th 1861. The second announcement says that the ship was going to depart on April 15th, and according to other sources she departed Drammen on Apr. 15 and arrived at Quebec on June 21. Like for the vojage in 1861, there is no surviving passenger list for this voyage. Agents were Aug. Christiophersen, C. Høstad and Holm & Brock. The owners of the ship also announced for passengers from Drammen to Quebec in 1863, but we have not found confirmation for the Askur doing such a voyage that year.

In 1866 the bark Askur departed from Drammen on Apr. 24th and arrived at Quebec on June 12th. She was sailing in ballast, and her tonnage was given to be 404 tons. She was carrying 198 steerage passengers and 3 cabin passengers. One child was born on the voyage. It was on April 29th, the child of Andreas Bjørgrud 27, and Ingeborg 40. Also this year the Askur was mastered by Capt. C. Dechmann, and she had a crew of 13. The passenger list for this voyage is kept at the National Archives of Canada [NAC]. The list has been transcribed and included in our database

In 1867 bark Askur (404 tons), Captain C. Deckmann, departed from Drammen May 5th and arrived at Quebec on June 22nd. She was carrying 212 passengers. She was the 54th Quebec arrival for 1867. The passenger list for this voyage is kept at the National Archives of Canada [NAC].

In 1870 bark Askur (403.49 tons), arrived at Quebec from Drammen in ballast. She was carrying 175 steerage passengers. One infant died of bronchitis; Mathea (6 mo.), daughter of Marthinius Andersen Smed (26½) and Randi Johanne (25). Another child died before departure from Drammen; Rønnov Marie (5), daughter of Nils K. Bargh (41) and Berthe Marie (38). ASKUR was mastered by Capt. C. Dechmann, with a crew of 13. The passenger list for this voyage is kept at the National Archives of Canada [NAC].

Sources: [Morgenbladet, Ringeriges Ugeblad, Passenger lists, Grosse Île reports]

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