Peter Robinson settlers from Ireland to Canada in 1823
on the Ships Stakesby and Hebe
Surnames A to G
In 1823, Peter Robinson brought almost 500 settlers from Ireland to an area just west of Ottawa, Canada. They came on two ships, the
Hebe and the Stakesby. There are many thousands of their descendants in Ottawa and the Ottawa Valley today.
(Post-Retirement addition)
Here is a table showing the distribution of these 1823 settlers among our local townships:
The following photo shows the port of the City of Cork (the Cove of Cork).
This is where the Peter Robinson Settlers boarded ship for Quebec City.
Two years later, in 1825, Robinson brought more settlers but this time to the Peterborough area of Ontario.
December 21, 2011:
This winter, I'll be researching this large group settlement program. Here are the main books and articles relating to the
Peter Robinson Settlers:
Peter Robinson's Settlers, by Carol Bennett, Juniper Books, 1987, ISBN 0-919137-16-4
Once Upon a Country Lane - A Tribute to a Gaelic Community, by Garfield Ogilvie, ISBN 09695864-0-X, 1992, Publisher: House of Airlie,
Ottawa, Canada. Almost 400 pages, this book includes many old photographs of family members of the original settlers and their log and stone homes.
St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church Cemetery & Lists of Peter Robinson Settlers,
transcribed by the Ottawa Branch Ontario Genealogical Society, Publication 81-4
Selecting Peter Robinson's Irish Emigrants, by Wendy Cameron, in Histoire Sociale / Social History,
Volume IX, no. 17 (May 1976): 29-46
Who Killed the Franks Family: Agrarian Violence in Pre-famine Cork, by Denis A. Cronin, Maynooth Studies in Local History, #83,
Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2009, ISBN 978-I-84682-190-5
"Peter Robinson's Settlers in Peterborough", by Wendy Cameron, in The Untold Story: The Irish in Canada,
edited by Robert O'Driscoll and Lorna Reynolds, Celtic Arts of Canada: Toronto, 1988, pages 343-353
Old World Colony: Cork and South Munster, 1630-1830, Dr. David Dickson, Published by Cork University Press, Ireland, 2005,
ISBN 10: 1859184030 / ISBN 13: 9781859184035.
Here are two maps of Northern County Cork, showing the main recruitment area for the 1823 Peter Robinson Settlers:
Map Source: Who Killed the Franks Family Map Source: Extracted from a Road Map of Ireland in 1998
page 8 Published by the Michelin Company
And here is some historical information regarding the names of some of the towns / villages from where in County Cork many of these
pioneer families originated. As we can see, the Normans who came to South Munster (from Normandy, France), to Ireland in the 13th Century had
a major influence on geographical names in the area. I'll be adding more info to this section of this web page in the future. ... Al
Source for the following text is page 137 of Once Upon a Country Lane - A Tribute to a Gaelic Community, by Garfield Ogilvie.
St. Michael's, Corkery, in 2010 Photo Source: 100th Anniversary of St. Michael's Church, 1824-1924
Photo by Al Lewis, October 12, 2010 By Dr. J.F. Dunn, Almonte, Ontario, Inside Cover
Passengers on the Hebe and Stakesby, 1823
Surnames A to G
| Abbot, Jeremiah, 25 | Stakesby | Rathcormac, Cork | |
| Ahern, John 28 | Stakesby | Castletownroche, Cork | AHEARN |
| Allen, James, RC | Hebe | Clogheen, Tipperary | to Ramsay then to Huntley |
| Armstrong, Robert (Protestant) | Hebe | Kilfinane,
Limerick | |
| Barry, David | Stakesby | Mallow, Cork |
| Barry, Edmond, 26 | Stakesby | Castletownroche,
Cork | |
| Barry, Edmond, 41, RC | Stakesby | Mallow, Cork | |
| Barry, James | Hebe | Castlelyons, Cork | Alias
Patrick Mealey / Maley |
| Barry, John, 32, RC | Stakesby | Mallow, Cork | |
| Barry, John, RC | Hebe | Buttevant, Cork | |
| Barry, William | Hebe | Churchtown, Cork | |
| Benson, John
(Protestant) | Stakesby | Charlesville, Cork | |
| Boyle, Henry, 20, Anglican | Stakesby | Bandon,
Cork | ML# 314 |
| Boyle, Thomas, 32,
Anglican | Stakesby | Ballymoden, Cork | |
| Bresnahan, Daniel | Hebe | Liscarrol, Cork | |
| Brown, James (RC) | Stakesby | Lismore,
Waterford | Went to U.S.A. |
| Brown, William, 16 (RC) | Stakesby | Lismore,
Waterford | brother of James, above |
| Buckley, Cornelius | Hebe | Liscarrol, Cork | |
| Buckley, Daniel (RC) | Hebe | Churchtown, Cork | |
| Buckley, Edmond, 45 | Stakesby | Kanturk, Cork | |
| Buckley, James | Hebe | Churchtown, Cork | Shoemaker |
| Buckley, John | Hebe | Croom, Limerick | |
| Buckley, Maurice, 35 | Stakesby | Fermoy, Cork | |
| Buckley, Patrick (RC) | Hebe | Churchtown, Cork | |
| Buckley, Timothy (RC) | Hebe | Churchtown, Cork | |
| Burns(Byrnes), George, 25 | Resolution
(1825) | Brigown, Cork | Peterborough 1825 |
| Cahill, Bartholemew | Stakesby | Fermoy, Cork | |
| Callaghan, Denis, RC, 22 | Hebe | Kilmagowan,
Cork | |
| Callaghan, Timothy | Hebe | Kilmagowan, Cork | |
| Callaghan, William (RC) | Hebe | Kanturk, Cork | |
| Carey, John | Hebe | | |
| Casey, Margaret, 18 | Stakesby | | |
| Coghlan, Jeremiah, 22 | Stakesby | Mallow, Cork | |
| Coghlan, John | Stakesby | Bandon, Cork | |
| Coghlan, Timothy | Hebe | Doneraile, Cork | |
| Colbert, John | Hebe | Clogheen, Tipperary | |
| Collins, Cornelius, 43
(RC) | Stakesby | Glanmile, Cork | |
| Collins, Richard (RC) | Hebe | Kanturk, Cork | |
| Condon, Richard | Stakesby | Mallow, Cork | |
| Connor, Hugh | Hebe | | |
| Connery, Michael, 18 | Stakesby | Doneraile, Cork | |
| Corbett, Katherine, 20 | Stakesby | Mallow, Cork | |
| Corkery, Michael, 39
(RC) | Stakesby | Carrigrohan, Cork | |
| Cotter, Thomas, 25 | Stakesby | Fermoy, Cork | |
| Cronin, Jeremiah, (RC) | Hebe | Buttevant, Cork | |
| Cronin, Michael (RC) | Hebe | Mitchelstown, Cork | |
| Courtney, Timothy | Hebe | Buttevant, Cork | |
| Crotty, Michael, 21 | Hebe | Lismore, Waterford | |
| Cunningham, Roger, 38 (RC) | Hebe | Fermoy, Cork | |
| Curran, John | Stakesby | Lismore, Waterford | |
| Cusack, Anniver, 29 | Stakesby | Charleville,
Cork | CUSICK |
| Dahill(Cahill?), Patrick | Hebe | Newmarket, Cork | |
| Daley, Denis | ? | ? | |
| Deleury, John, 24 | Stakesby | Mallow, Cork | |
| Dohorthy, Joanna | Hebe | Newcastle, Limerick | DOHERTY |
| Dohorthy, John | Hebe | Churchtown, Cork | DOHERTY |
| Donaghue, Patrick, 44 | Stakesby | Mallow, Cork | |
| Donaghue, Patrick | Hebe | Newcastle, Limerick | |
| Donoghue, Jeffrey | Hebe | Ballyghiblin, Cork | Ballygiblin Farm |
| Donovan, Cornelius | Hebe | Fermoy, Cork | ML# 520 |
| Donovan, Michael | Hebe | Buttevant, Cork | |
| Dooling, David | Hebe | Charleville, Cork | |
| Dooley, George | Hebe | Innis, County Clare | |
| Drake, William | friend of Garrett Nagle | Old Castle Town, Cork | ML# 334 |
| Duggan, Jeremiah | Stakesby | Watersgrasshill,
Cork | |
| Dulmage, Garret | Hebe | Croom, Limerick | Palatine |
| Evans, John | Hebe | Croom, Limerick | |
| Field, Patrick, 22, RC | Stakesby | Mallow, Cork | |
| Finn, John, RC | Hebe | Ballyghiblin,
Cork | Goulbourn Twp |
| Fitzgerald, Margaret 22 | Stakesby | Rathcormac,
Cork | |
| Fitzgerald, Patrick | Hebe | Charleville,
Cork | Beckwith |
| Fitzgerald, William, RC | Hebe | Kilworth,
Cork | Huntley |
| Flaherty, Jeremiah, 24 | Stakesby | Lismore,
Waterford | |
| Flynn, James, 31, RC | Stakesby | Liscarrol,
Cork | Ramsay |
| Foley, Patrick, 40 | Hebe | Castelyons,
Cork | Ramsay |
| Forrest, Richard, RC | Hebe | Newmarket,
Cork | Huntley |
| Fox, James | | Liscarroll, |
to Peterboro area |
| French, John, 24, RC | Stakesby | Mallow,
Cork | Ramsay |
| Gahagan, John, RC | Stakesby | Rathkeale,
Limerick | Huntley (Geoghagan) |
| Galvin, Denis, 19 | Stakesby | Mallow,
Cork | Huntley |
| Gainey, John | Hebe | Fermoy, Cork | |
| Gold / Gould, Daniel | Hebe | Charleville,
Cork | |
| Green, Bustard, RC | Stakesby | Castletownroche,
Cork | Pakenham |
| Green, George, 20 | Stakesby | Castletownroche,
Cork | Pakenham |
| Green, John 32 | Stakesby | Castletownroche, Cork | |
| Green, John, 23, RC | Stakesby | Castletownroche,
Cork | |
| Green, William, RC | Stakesby | Castletownroche,
Cork | |
| Gregg, Michael, 23 | Stakesby | Conna, Cork | |
| Gregg, William, 34 | Stakesby | Conna, Cork | |
| Gubbins, William | Stakesby | Castletownroche, Cork,
Cork | GIBBONS ? |
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