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After three years of famine, Andrew and Mary Jane finally resolved to break with the old county and try their fortunes in Upper Canada, now known as Ontario. On May 1, 1848, an immigrant ship sailed up the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Aboard it were Andrew Caswell, his wife Mary Jane (Dickson) Caswell, two daughters, four sons, and two nephews. Mary went into labour aboard ship, and delivered her fifth son, John. Of this John said "I had the fortune of being born of Irish protestant parents on board ship in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. My parents reached the town of Darlington in the spring of 1848 with very small means and a family of 8, most of them being boys and the oldest 14 years."
In Rob Caswells notes on the family he mentions “When my parents came to Canada in 1848, they first stopped at Orono, Eastern Canada. My Uncle William Caswell lived at Orono.”
Andrew’s brother William and wife had preceded our Caswell family a few years before. In March of 1851 William Caswell purchased one-fifth of an acre in Orono, Darlington Township. At the time of the 1851 census William Caswell was listed as a shoemaker.
| Additional Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 1st Jan 1798 (circa) | |
| Date of Death | 16th May 1877 | |
| Place of Death | Palmerston, Wellington, Ontario, Canada | VIEW SOURCE |
| Townland born | SKERRIFF TICHBURN | VIEW SOURCE |
