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BurdenBuiltShipowner or operator Dimensions
578 tons 1857   
 YearRemarks
 1870 Captain Thorvald A. Baarsrud  from Drammen May 10 to Quebec June 20  Passenger list: Passenger list 
 1871 Captain Thorvald A. Baarsrud   from Drammen Apr. 30 to Quebec June 17  Passenger list: Passenger list 
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 1870 the bark Colonist departed Drammen May 1, and arrived at Quebec June 20. She was sailing in ballast, and was carrying 307 steerage passengers. Total number of sperficial feet set apart for passengers other than cabins passengers was 3262 (square feet). There was one death during the crossing of the ocean. It was an infant that died of diarrhoea. There were two births. On May 6th Peder G. Løhan[?] age 28, and Sigri Thorstensdatter (29) had the son Collonel, and on June 6th Peder A. Mjör (34) and Karen[?] Ellingsdatter (24) had a daughter which they gave the name Atlanta. The colonist had a tonnage of 578 tons. She was mastered by Capt. Thorvald Baarsrud, with a crew of 14. In 1871 the Colonist departed Drammen Apr. 30, and arrived at Quebec June 16. She was sailing in ballast, and was carrying 168 steerage passengers. All well. Also this year she was mastered by Capt. Thorvald Baarsrud, with a crew of 14.

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