[WED]Wedmore to Iowa. Do you know the ship and date ?

[Nancy Hill]

Hi, I have a question for Stanley Castle.  My great-grandfather, George
Redman, came to America in 1851 from Wedmore.  One of his sons is named
George Castle Redman.  George died in 1887.  We have always been curious
about George's middle name, Castle, and thought it might have been a family
name.  When I saw your post, I wondered if you might have any information
about George Redman since he named one of his sons Castle.  Would you have
any insight on this?

Thanks.

Nancy Hill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stanley Castle" <scastle@cocklake.demon.co.uk>
To: <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 2:28 PM
Subject: RE: [WED]Wedmore to Iowa. Do you know the ship and date ?


>
>
> Nothing specific to the Wedmore to Iowa discussion but might be connected.
>
> In 1834 when the Royal Commission the Poor Laws reported and they
> recommended that money from the parish rates should be used to finance
> emigration. Provision was made under the Poor Law Act of 1834 to provide
> financial assistance for emigration to the British colonies. Between 1835
> and1837 6,403 people from 20 counties in the south of England were
assisted
> by their parishes to emigrate. In 1837 the Churchwardens and overseers in
> Banwell had numerous applications from Banwell paupers who wished to
> emigrate to the "British Settlement in America". 37 Banwell paupers
> including children sailed from Bristol to Quebec in April 1837. The
passage
> money was just short of £100 per head with an additional £40 for clothing
> and £5 for the trip to Bristol. The migrants paid £9 towards the costs.
> The Poor Law Commissioners emigration scheme lasted until 1870 the number
of
> emigrants using this scheme petered out because the local administrators
> found that it was too expensive.
>
> Ref. D Frazer (Ed), The New Poor Law in the Nineteenth Century, Pub.
> MacMillan 1976.
>
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