1847-48 Event and Black Rock Historical Sources

Historical writings concerning the event of 1847-48 and the Black Rock

Black Rock Manifesto – November 13, 1981

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19811113&id=4FsxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DaUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1627,1095003

The Ship Fever Monument – The Gazette – December 3, 1898

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1888&dat=18981203&id=ZJ9hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WGADAAAAIBAJ&pg=1338,6438258

Tried to move the Stone for Expo  Gazette – May 27, 1966

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19660527&id=cYEuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rp8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5045,5911041

Mary Cox became Madame Roberge Gazette May 25, 1934 – Grosse Ile

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19340525&id=jr4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vZgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6568,3318984

The Grey Nuns Gazette Aug 19, 1986

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1888&dat=18960819&id=0l9hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sSoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1306,1794982

Black Rock Service – May 28, 1928

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19280528&id=AXEtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OIwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6835,4746002

General Irish 1980

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19801024&id=LwoiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rqQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2724,34

General Irish 1975

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19750314&id=on0xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xKEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2452,3743437

Good overview – Slattery –  May 1972

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19720316&id=EBQyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5KEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6820,4410572

Some victim remains were found and reburied in 1942

The 6000 Irish victims of Black 47 were buried over a wide area, often simply in quickly dug trenches. Of course, the shoreline around the area has changed a great deal between 1847 and today. As a result, the exact location of these graves is difficult to determine & bones of victims are still occasionally found. The last major reburial of some found bones seems to have been in 1942, almost exactly 100 years after the event. This article from the Gazette, October 31, 1942 notes the ceremony that took place at that time.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19421031&id=VQMuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wZgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5486,5989857

Andrew Collard – 1970

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19700725&id=MowyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J7kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4644,5852216

St Stephen’s Anglican Churchyard

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19810606&id=IxUyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yaQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4620,2102056

1909

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19090813&id=os00AAAAIBAJ&sjid=8YQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6770,4078503