Blanche, March 20, 1854 Liverpool - April 20, 1854 Saint John, New Brunswick

The following list was extracted from the British Parliamentary Papers, 1854-55 XXXIX (109). Mr. Moses Perley was the emigrant agent at Saint John (then written St. John), New Brunswick. Perley reported that the Blanche had 309 steerage passengers and 10 in cabin. She arrived on April 20 and was still in quarantine when Perley made his report on April 25. He states: "A child three years of age died as the vessel was getting out of Liverpool, and afterwards deaths were almost of daily occurrence, until two-days before the vessel arrived here, as will be seen by the list of deaths enclosed, amounting to 35 in all, previous to the arrival of the vessel at quarantine."

After being placed in quarantine Perley reported that "Eight persons were placed in hospital labouring under Asiatic cholera and choleraic diarrhœa, seven of them adults, and one child." What is interesting is that many of these passengers were of German origins. Perley continues: "Dr. Harding remarks that disease was more fatal among the German emigrants than among those from Ireland. Of 57 German emigrants embarked at Liverpool, no less than eight died on the voyage."

The German emigrants were from Baden and spoke no English but Mr. Perley got them situations. He reported, "Mr. Trentowsky, the Prussian consul, has been very kind to them, and will lend his services in any way for their advantage." Two of the Germans were to continue on to Boston.

The Blanche finally came into port on May 1.

From list furnished by Dr. Harding.

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