The Maryland was built in 1854 at Bremerhafen in Germany by J. C. Tecklenburg. Her tonnage was 258½ Norwegian
Commercial lasts. Master in 1869 and 1870 was Capt. Albert E. Hansen. In 1872 she was mastered by J. Fredriksen.
In 1869 the bark Maryland was cleared to sail on Apr. 23rd. She waited for favorable wind and departed from Bergen on Apr. 27th. She and arrived at Quebec on May 31st. She was sailing in ballast, and was carrying 290 steerage passengers and 7 cabin passengers. There were two deaths on the voyage, Britha (1), daughter of Paul Olsen Nigaard (40) and Kari (36), and Guri (1½), daughter of Mikkel Henriksen Vingum (31) and Anna (26). When the ship arrived at the quarantine station on Grosse Île, three were sick with rubeoloid eruption (measles). The ship was detained under quarantine of observation and was released on May 30th.. The Maryland was mastered by Capt. Albert E. Hansen, and had a crew of 16. The passenger list for this voyage was archived by the National Archives of Canada [NAC].
In 1870 the bark Maryland departed from Bergen May 5th, and arrived at Quebec June 22nd. She was sailing in ballast, and was carrying 278 steerage passengers and 6 cabin passengers. One child died from cold and debility on the voyage, John (4), son of Ole Johnsen Vedma (40) and Kari (40). The Maryland was mastered by Capt. Albert E. Hansen, and had a crew of 15. Her tonnage this year was given to be 583 tons. The passenger list for this voyage was archived by the National Archives of Canada [NAC].
The crossing of the Maryland in 1869 - This account is taken from a log kept by John Headland, and was submitted to us by Dolores Shirts
