tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post2619851108347698885..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: The Great Famine, Irish Diaspora, and the Ripper ConnectionDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-12788427304271258912013-07-03T14:27:26.389-07:002013-07-03T14:27:26.389-07:00Thanks, ladies. Linda, that is quite a story, and ...Thanks, ladies. Linda, that is quite a story, and it must be very moving to have a physical reminder of such a journey. How priceless! And Paula, even the people who made the trip intact may not have survived unscathed. I read where sharks could be seen following ships, because so many dead had been thrown overboard. The conditions must have been horrendous and undoubtedly left people traumatized for life. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11541529808890573789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-19981428451540769552013-07-03T13:04:35.332-07:002013-07-03T13:04:35.332-07:00A thoroughly absorbing post Ginger! Starvation is ...A thoroughly absorbing post Ginger! Starvation is an appalling way to die! These people must have suffered terribly.Paula Loftinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138899684247746388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-81542049841560282852013-07-03T12:05:56.268-07:002013-07-03T12:05:56.268-07:00My husband's great great grandmother Rebecca D...My husband's great great grandmother Rebecca Dunlap left before the blight, in 1810, as a young child. Other than a bit of clothing, the only thing she brought to the US from Dublin was a salt shaker. Raw potatoes were the only items of food provided on the crossing. I have the salt shaker. She married a man from Yorkshire named William Weaver and had ten children, most of whom lived near Erie, PA. The owners of the Erie area furniture stores,Seifert's, are descendants. Linda Fetterly Roothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05679025414115279660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-85185499011903213532013-07-03T09:42:36.444-07:002013-07-03T09:42:36.444-07:00What a rich history you have, Prue! With such insp...What a rich history you have, Prue! With such inspiration, it's no wonder you write.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11541529808890573789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-66106828391278155782013-07-03T01:44:50.216-07:002013-07-03T01:44:50.216-07:00My paternal ancestors were part of that diaspora t...My paternal ancestors were part of that diaspora to Australia, to Melbourne. Linen weavers and bookbinders, they eventually settled in Tasmania and the rest is history!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com