Norwegian Departures in 1862

« 1861
1862
1863 »
Sort by: Ship | Departure | Arrival
Type Ship Departure List Arrival ID
Bark Adler , Capt. N. J. Strøm Bergen Apr. 23 Quebec June 27 4
Bark Amelia , Capt. H. Iversen Porsgrunn Apr. 16 List (5) Quebec June 20 69
Bark Argo Christiania Quebec 145
Bark Askur , Capt. Carl Deckmann Drammen Apr. 15 Quebec June 21 156
Bark Balder , Capt. Isaksen Christiania May 28 Quebec July 17 188
Brig Brødrene , Capt. Johan Henrik Koen Trondheim May 19 Quebec 271
Bark Christiane , Capt. M. Fredriksen Christiania Apr. 15 Quebec July 1 347
S.S. Christiania Christiania Kiel 356
S.S. Exellensen Toll Christiania Copenhagen 567
S.S. Ganger Rolf Christiania Hull 667
Bark Garibaldi , Capt. W. Seeberg Christiania Apr. 26 Quebec June 29 660
Ship Gyda , Capt. S. Eriksen Bergen Apr. 19 Montreal June 20 700
S.S. Hakon Jarl Trondheim Bergen 701
Bark Hebe , Capt. Tønnes Olsen Stavanger May 13 Quebec June 23 734
Ship Hoppet , Capt. C. F. Schrøeter Bergen Mars 31 Quebec June 3 862
Bark Inga , Capt. H. Evensen Kragerø Mars 26 Quebec June 3 894
Ship Lady Peel , Capt. N. Backer Skien - Stathelle Apr. 15 Quebec June 29 1136
Ship Louisiana , Capt. Paulsen Bergen Apr. 22 Quebec June 15 1177
Ship Maple Leaf , Capt. Edv. A. Funnemark Porsgrunn Apr. 15 Quebec June 28 1192
Bark Nordlyset , Capt. J. M. Abrahamsen Christiania Apr. 30 List (30) Quebec June 27 1298
Ship Norge , Capt. Ole A. Jetmundsen Bergen Apr. 24 Quebec June 16 1320
Brig Oscar 1 , Capt. J. Wesmann Christiania Apr. 26 Quebec July 16 1482
Bark Rhea , Capt. Markussen Tvedestrand Apr. 28 Quebec June 28 2464
S.S. Scandinavian , Capt. D. Fairburn Christiania Hull 1652
Ship Sjofna , Capt. P. M. Petersen Porsgrunn Apr. 16 Quebec June 29 1697
Bark Sleipner , Capt. Hans I Waage Bergen May 15 Chicago Aug. 2 1713
Bark Thor , Capt. Johan Heltberg Bergen May 5 Quebec June 25 1920
Ship Victor Emmanuel , Capt. S. M. Kuhnle Bergen May 1 Quebec June 20 2034
Bark Victoria , Capt. O. Gulliksen Christiania May 28 Quebec 2026
Brig Wilhelm Tell , Capt. E. Christophersen Christiania May 7 Quebec June 20 2074

Additional / not confirmed journeys

Type Ship Departure List Arrival ID
Clipper Electric Hamburg New York June 6 2453
S.S. Kronprindsesse Louise Christiania Copenhagen 1125
Bark Lindskjaft , Capt. Olsen Bergen Mars 3 Quebec May 22 1168
  If you have additional information please make contact!

Newspaper notice clipped from a Trondheim newspaper, printed in Morgenbladet May 4 1861, saying that a number of 150 emigrants had arrived Trondheim from Maalselv and Tromsø on their way to America. They had been offered conveyance on the Brødrene, Capt. Koen from Trondheim, but had proceeded to Bergen on the steamer "Haakon Jarl", to board a ship for America there.


Number of Norwegian immigrants arriving to Canada according to "Sessional Papers of 32 Victoria 1864 (32), the report of Mr. A.C. Buchanan, Chief Immigration Agent."

From: Number:
Arendal 615  
Bergen 1189  
Christiania 1384  
Drammen 130  
Kragerø 80  
Mandal 61  
Porsgrunn 676  
Skien266  
Stavanger 288  
Trondheim 68  
Tvedestrand 214  
TOTAL 5216  

Number of immigrants to Quebec in 1862 was 22,176 of which 3,451 came from Norway and Sweden and 2,516 from Germany. Of the Norwegians there died 184 on the passage and 42 in quarantine, making together 226, or more than four per cent of the whole number.