Submitted by Christine Gorman
From the Journal of the House of Assembly, 1853: Appendix R
List of Vessels Launched and Registered at the Port of Prince Edward Island, in the Year ending 31st. December, 1852.
Name of Vessel
Owner's Names
Tons
Ann
Finlay McNeill
60
Margaret
Dennis Reddin
213
Isabella
Robert Turnbull
67
Margaret
James Yeo
90
Mary Elizabeth
McLeod & McRae
39
Sax Gotha
John Mathewson
66
Spec
John McIsaac
36
Magdelane
Deagle & Bourke
29
Mary Jane
Joseph Duggan
20
Ellen
Messrs. McDonald
42
George Coles
John Fraser
33
Swift
James Peake
108
Collector
Daniel Brenan
113
Dart
Richard Westaway
103
Prince Albert
Charles McDonald
216
Rustico
William Hodges
27
Malvina
Donald McDonald
34
Margaret
Lewis Gallant
8
Ellmira
Hiram Hobbs
16
Mermaid
James and William Orr
38
Nightingale
Charles Dingwell
15
Acastus
James Duncan & Co.
412
Seaflower
Alexander McRae & Co.
11
Singleton
A. H. Yates
127
Sardus
James Peake
179
Lotty Sleigh
James Peake
303
Flora
Donald McDonald
43
Mary Ann
James Yeo
169
Isabel
James Strong Mucklejohn
130
Swift
Joseph Wightman
32
Argus
James Peake
167
Tory
Malcolm Nicholson
75
Rival
Messrs. Walsh, Bedeque
48
Earl Selkirk
William Douse
692
Brunette
Longworth & Mason
182
Minnie
Messrs. McDonald
70
Lady Seymour
James Yeo
907
Glencairn
James & William McGill
350
Queen
Dennis Reddin
276
John Munn
Joseph Wightman
151
Empire
James Yeo
209
John Thompson
J. R. Bourke
276
Fanny
Messrs. Finlayson
35
Flora
Robert Cameron
172
Lively
Messrs. Nicholson
16
Orient
J. B. Cox
133
Seamew
Clow & Mitchell
135
Diana
Duncan McRae
130
Electric
William Heard
291
Scotia
Archibald McMillan
148
Mary
Daniel Flinn
150
Rose Bud
Messrs. Dingwell
99
Emily
William White
112
Cadmus
James McCreight
101
Pearl
Dennis Reddin
117
Three Sisters
James Dingwell
165
Adamant
Samuel Mutch
128
Ann
James Duncan
116
Badalphin
Messrs. McKay
113
Scottish Chief
Sanderson & Battersby
96
Jane White
William White, Junr.
112
Sovereign
James Yeo
189
Rapid
James Yeo
130
Albatross
G. C. Saunderson
108
Union
John Boltor
8
Skipwith
John Sutherland
129
W. B. Dean
D & J Pigott
89
Defiance
Daniel Davis
102
John Barrow
Messrs. Nelson
322
Atlas
Clement & James White
115
Margaret Ann
James McEachern
22
Meteor
William McGill
149
Nuggett
William Heard
80
Minna
Messrs. Nelson
110
74 Vessels
Total Tons 10,104
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Journal of the House of Assembly, 1853; appendix Q
(From) A Return of Tonnage Bounties paid during the past year, with the quantity of Fish caught.....(cod and mackerel, not including herring and oil, nor amounts.)
Dated March 1, 1853:
Claimants
Vessel's Name
Tons
Quintals of Codfish
Barrels of Mackerel
James Nickerson
Joseph
43
200
- James Peake
Euphemia
74
650
15
William Bell
Spray
126
141
58
Charles Sutherland
Mary
32
24
4
John Cousins
Liberator
71
70
114
John McIsaac
Spec
61
204
40
Donald Beaton & Robert Boswell
Success
54
200
6
Donald Beaton
Index
55
333
38
Donald Morrison
Brothers
83
115
58
Herbert Bell
Dove
31
72
3
John Squarebrigg
Elizabeth Ann
36
84
15
Donald McDonald
Malvina
59
130
30
Dominick Deagle
Swallow
30
150
- David Mutch
Fox
21
166
12
James Orr
Barbara 21
145
26
William Hodges
Rustico
29
115
17
Neil McGougan
Wellington
96
-
100
Henry S. McNutt
George
52
- 40
Stephen McLellan
Franklin
47
50
12
Andrew A. McDonald
Atlantic
70
150
32
George McKay
Mariner
17
69 1/4
- William Bell
Reward
49
83
60
CHARLES DESBRISAY, Clerk Ex. Council.