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Index to Doukhobor Ship Passenger Lists

by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff

Ship passenger lists constitute the official record of Doukhobor immigration to Canada. Compiled on board by the ship’s purser and examined by customs and immigration authorities upon arrival, they are an important source of genealogical and historical information. The following is an index of over 101 ship lists containing Doukhobor passengers who arrived in Canada in between 1898-1899, 1902-1906, 1909-1914 and 1925-1932. Search chronologically to find the ship name, port and date of departure, port and date of arrival and number of Doukhobor passengers. Then consult the Library and Archives Canada microfilm copies or online images of the original ship passenger lists.

Index – 1898-1899  – 1902-1906  – 1909-1914 –   1925-1932 –   Notes

 

Arrivals in 1898-1899

The first (and by far the largest) wave of Doukhobor immigration took place in 1898 – 1899 when over 7,500 Doukhobors from the Caucasus sailed from the Black Sea port of Batum to the Canadian ports of Quebec and Halifax. These chartered trans-Atlantic voyages were funded by Russian novelist Count Leo Tolstoy and by the Society of Friends (Quakers) in England and America. It was the largest mass migration in Canadian history.

Ship Departure Port and Date Arrival Port and Date Passengers LAC Microfilm and Online
Vancouver Liverpool 01.09.98 Quebec 10.09.98 10/357 C-4542 View Image
Lake Huron * Batum 23.12.98 Halifax 23.01.99 2,140 C-4519 View Image
Lake Superior * Batum 04.01.99 Halifax 27.01.99 1,997 C-4519 View Image
Lake Superior Larnaca 18.04.99 Quebec 09.05.99 1,036 C-4542 View Image
Lake Huron Batum 12.05.99 Quebec 06.06.99 2,286 C-4542 View Image
Lake Superior Liverpool 08.07.99 Quebec 20.07.99 56/670 C-4542 View Image
Dominion Liverpool 08.12.99 Halifax 18.12.99 1/194 T-494 View Image

*Note: these ship passenger lists are incomplete. See notes below for details.

Arrivals in 1902-1906

A second wave of Doukhobor immigration took place in 1902 – 1906. During this time, over 285 Doukhobors took coastal ships from Russia to Western European ports, where they boarded transatlantic ships bound for Canada. These were Doukhobors detained in Russia until their terms of exile or military service had expired. These voyages were funded by the Doukhobor community in Canada. 

Ship Departure Port and Date Arrival Port and Date Passengers LAC Microfilm and Online
Ionian Liverpool 26.12.01 St. Johns 05.01.02 11/106 T-505 View Image
Furst Bismark Hamburg 02.08.02 New York 16.08.02 1/358 T715-293 N/A
Lake Ontario Liverpool 30.09.02 Quebec 10.10.02 2/678 T-481 View Image
Lake
Champlain		 Liverpool 06.12.02 St. Johns 17.12.02 1/845 T-505 View Image
Bavarian Liverpool 03.07.03 Quebec 11.07.03 2/1,719 T-481 View Image
Blucher Hamburg 05.08.03 New York 16.08.03 1/573 T715-497 N/A
Ionian Liverpool 04.02.04 Halifax 13.02.04 4/260 T-497 View Image
Lake Erie Liverpool 16.02.04 St. Johns 29.02.04 2/594 T-505 View Image
Belgravia Hamburg 25.03.04 New York 10.04.04 3/900 T715-445 N/A
Umbria Liverpool 23.07.04 New York 31.07.04 4/1,350 T715-480 N/A
Lake Erie Liverpool 16.08.04 Quebec 26.08.04 3/608 T-482 View Image
Bremen Bremen 18.08.04 New York 30.08.04 1/1,519 T715-489 N/A
Bavarian Liverpool 25.08.04 Quebec 02.09.04 3/1,148 T-483 View Image
Montezuma Antwerp 25.08.04 Quebec 07.09.04 3/116 T-483 View Image
Mount Temple Antwerp 27.10.04 Quebec 09.11.04 1/566 T-484 View Image
Corinthian Liverpool 25.11.04 Halifax 05.12.04 1/318 T-498 View Image
La Bretagne Le Havre 08.05.05 New York 22.05.05 16/1,060 T715-577 N/A
Canada Liverpool 20.07.05 Quebec 28.07.05 2/1,000 T-485 View Image
Southwark Liverpool 31.08.05 Quebec 09.09.05 182/649 T-485 View Image
Dominion Liverpool 07.09.05 Quebec 17.09.05 3/521 T-485 View Image
Sarmatian London 09.10.05 Quebec 20.10.05 2/95 T-486 View Image
Canada Liverpool 26.10.05 Quebec 04.11.05 4/319 T-486 View Image
La Savoie Le Havre 29.10.05 New York 11.11.05 10/1,055 T-513 View Image
Amerika Hamburg 20.06.06 New York 01.07.06 2/1,410 T-518 View Image
Friedrich 
Der Grosse		 Bremen 08.12.06 New York 20.12.06 18/21 T-518 View Image
Saint Louis Southampton 09.02.07 New York 17.02.07 6/1,370 T-518 View Image
Mount Temple Antwerp 22.05.07 Quebec 02.06.07 1/1,092 T490 View Image

Arrivals in 1909-1914 

The third major wave of Doukhobor immigration took place between 1909 and 1914. During this time, over 895 Doukhobors from the Caucasus took coastal ships from mainland Russia to Western European ports. There they boarded trans-Atlantic ships bound for Canada. This wave was prompted by fear of conscription in the impending war between Germany and Russia.

Ship Departure Port and Date Arrival Port and Date Passengers LAC Microfilm and Online
America Naples 30.06.09 New York 13.07.09 21/2,650 T-4699 View Image
Kaiserin
Auguste
Victoria		 Hamburg 04.11.09 New York 13.11.09 3/2,996 T-4699 View Image
Corsican Liverpool 16.06.10 Quebec 23.06.10 45/1,527 T-4768 View Image
Montfort Antwerp 15.06.10 Quebec 25.06.10 2/543 T-4768 View Image
Prinz Adalbert Hamburg 10.06.10 Quebec 27.06.10 85/1,443 T-4768 View Image
Tunisian Liverpool 30.06.10 Quebec 08.07.10 3/1,135 T-4769 View Image
Kaiserin
Auguste
Victoria		 Hamburg 14.07.10 New York 23.07.10 1/20 T-4700 View Image
Tunisian Liverpool 15.12.10 Halifax 24.12.10 2/258 T-4738 View Image
Campanello Rotterdam 15.12.10 Halifax 27.12.10 7/152 T-4738 View Image
Montfort Antwerp 08.02.11 St. Johns 20.02.11 29/355 T-4823 View Image
Pisa Hamburg 17.04.11 Quebec 02.05.11 19/875 T-4774 View Image
Albania Southampton 02.05.11 Quebec 16.05.11 11/539 T-4775 View Image
Royal George Bristol 17.05.11 Quebec 24.05.11 16/793 T-4776 View Image
Ausonia Southampton 16.05.11 Quebec 26.05.11 6/1,073 T-4776 View Image
Canada Liverpool 03.06.11 Quebec 11.06.11 63/1,261 T-4777 View Image
Laurentic Liverpool 10.06.11 Quebec 17.06.11 1/1,145 T-4777 View Image
Teutonic Southampton 17.06.11 Quebec 25.06.11 3/704 T-4778 View Image
Barcelona Hamburg 30.06.11 Quebec 12.07.11 207/722 T-4778 View Image
Teutonic Liverpool 11.07.11 Quebec 21.07.11 3/810 T-4779 View Image
Canada Liverpool 29.07.11 Quebec 06.08.11 1/997 T-4779 View Image
Pisa Hamburg 23.10.11 Quebec 11.11.11 9/544 T-4783 View Image
Lake Erie Glasgow 16.12.11 Halifax 26.12.11 4/164 T-4741 View Image
Grampian Liverpool 22.12.11 Halifax 30.12.11 13/392 T-4741 View Image
Mount Temple Antwerp 20.12.11 St. John 04.01.12 1/337 T-4825 View Image
Californian ** Liverpool 05.04.12 Boston 19.04.12 6 T-4692 N/A
Megantic Liverpool 27.04.12 Quebec 06.05.12 6/1,643 T-4784 View Image
Ultonia Southampton 23.04.12 Halifax 06.05.12 140/1,929 T-4744 View Image
Ascania Southampton 02.05.12 Quebec 14.05.12 2/1,205 T-4785 View Image
Ausonia Southampton 16.05.12 Quebec 26.05.12 18/816 T-4785 View Image
Laurentic Liverpool 08.06.12 Quebec 15.06.12 4/1,145 T-4787 View Image
Canada Liverpool 15.06.12 Quebec 24.06.12 75/1,043 T-4787 View Image
Ausonia Southampton 28.06.12 Quebec 05.07.12 15/676 T-4788 View Image
Teutonic Liverpool 29.06.12 Quebec 06.07.12 6/766 T-4788 View Image
Laurentic Liverpool 06.07.12 Quebec 14.07.12 35/800 T-4788 View Image
Royal George Bristol 10.07.12 Quebec 17.07.12 4/1,084 T-4788 View Image
Canada Liverpool 13.07.12 Quebec 22.07.12 3/645 T-4789 View Image
Royal Edward Avonmouth 24.07.12 Quebec 31.07.12 5/1,030 T-4789 View Image
Teutonic Liverpool 27.07.12 Quebec 03.08.12 10/992 T-4789 View Image
Canada Liverpool 10.08.12 Quebec 19.08.12 3/1,235 T-4790 View Image
Ionian London 06.11.12 Quebec 18.11.12 1/274 T-4794 View Image
Royal Edward Bristol 11.11.12 Halifax 19.11.12 1/446 T-4745 View Image
Corsican Liverpool 20.12.12. Halifax 28.12.12 1/354 T-4745 View Image
Ultonia Southampton 22.04.13 Quebec 08.05.13 9/1,563 T-4795 View Image
Czar Libau 17.07.14 New York 29.07.14 1/353 T-4721 N/A

**Note: there is no extant passenger list for this ship. These Doukhobor passengers are listed as “miscellaneous Boston arrivals” and are attributed to this ship based on anecdotal evidence.

Arrivals in 1925-1932

Doukhobor immigration to Canada decreased substantially with the outbreak of the Great War in 1914.  It was halted altogether on June 9, 1919 when the Parliament of Canada passed Order-in-Council P.C. 1204 prohibiting the landing in Canada of any Doukhobor, Hutterite or Mennonite because of their “peculiar habits, modes of life and methods of holding property”. By the time the Order was repealed on March 1, 1925, the Soviet regime had placed rigid restrictions on emigration outside the U.S.S.R. The trickle of immigration which followed was largely limited to Returning Canadians and members of the Verigin family.

Ship Departure Port and Date Arrival Port and Date Passengers LAC Microfilm and Online
Canopic Bremen 10.11.22 New York 22.11.22 2/1,300 T715-3220 N/A
Antonia Southampton 06.06.24 Quebec 13.06.24 1/1,700 T-15160 N/A
Cameronia Glasgow 13.12.24 Halifax 23.12.24 12/1,365 T715-3588 N/A
Arabic Southampton 09.02.25 Halifax 17.02.25 1/1,700 T-14801 View Image
Ausonia Southampton 19.02.25 Halifax 01.03.25 1/1,037 T-14801 View Image
Empress of Scotland Southampton 02.05.25 Quebec 09.06.25 1/2,466 T-14715 N/A
Mauretania Southampton 08.12.25 New York 14.12.25 3/1,756 T-15224 N/A
Western World Buenos Aires 29.07.26 New York 17.08.26 5/560 T715-3905 N/A
Montclare Liverpool 12.11.26 Quebec 20.11.26 1/1,168 T-14729 View Image
Andania Liverpool 24.06.27 Quebec 03.07.27 1/1,706 T-14734 View Image
Berengaria Southampton 10.09.27 New York 16.09.27 1/4,594 T-14931 N/A
La Bourdonnais Bordeaux 15.09.27 Halifax 25.09.27 7/43 T-14811 View Image
La Bourdonnais Bordeaux 23.06.28 Halifax 03.07.28 4/500 T-14815 View Image
Aquitania Southampton 30.06.28 Halifax 07.07.28 2/3,263 T-14815 N/A
Roussillon Bordeaux 07.07.28 Halifax 17.07.28 79/241 T-14815 View Image
Duchess of
Bedford		 Liverpool 27.07.28 Quebec 02.08.28 1/836 T-14746 View Image
Suffren Le Havre 26.07.28 Halifax 03.08.28 19/183 T-14816 View Image
La Bourdonnais Bordeaux 18.08.28 Halifax 28.08.28 16/500 T-14816 View Image
Roussillon Bordeaux 15.09.28 Halifax 25.09.28 9/69 T-14816 View Image
Paris Le Havre 24.10.28 New York 30.10.28 4/2,145 T715-4374 N/A
Ascania Southampton 14.03.30 Halifax 23.03.30 2/442 T-14824 View Image
Roussillon Le Havre 27.03.30 Halifax 08.04.30 2/130 T-14825 View Image
Roussillon Bordeaux 15.07.30 Halifax 26.07.30 1/65 T-14826 View Image
Stuttgart Bremen 21.01.32 Halifax 31.01.32 6/41 T-14829 N/A

Passenger List Information

In 1899, ship passenger lists provided the following information for each passenger: date of embarkation, name, age, gender, whether a head of a household on board, number persons in the family, profession, calling or occupation, nation or country of birth, births at sea, deaths, place of ultimate destination. The amount of information required by the government increased over the years. By 1918, the forms generally included for each passenger: amount of money in hand, name, age, gender, marital status, previous time in Canada and details, intention to settle, ability to read and write, country of birth, race of people, destination (post office and province), occupation in old country, intended occupation in Canada, past work as a farmer or labourer, religious denomination, means to travel inland. Passenger lists may also include various markings markings, codes, and annotations written beside each passenger. For example, such annotations may indicate if the passenger was deported, detailed, quarantined or hospitalized.

Accuracy of Information

Ship passenger lists may contain false and misleading data. For example, patronymics or family nicknames are sometimes recorded instead of official surnames. In some lists, the nationality of Doukhobor passengers is mistakenly recorded as Polish or German. In other lists, the religion of Doukhobor passengers is mistakenly recorded as Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic or Jewish. All passenger list information should be cross-referenced with other material to confirm accuracy.

Completeness of Records

The ship passenger lists for over 3,200 Doukhobor immigrants are missing or incomplete. In particular, the passenger list for the S.S. Lake Huron, which arrived in Halifax on January 10, 1899, was lost in Winnipeg, Manitoba by Immigration Branch officials and is presumed destroyed. Also, the ship’s purser on board the S.S. Lake Superior, which arrived in Halifax on February 17, 1899, recorded only 899 of the 1,997 Doukhobor passengers.

If your Doukhobor family immigrated to Canada in 1899 but does not appear in the ship passenger lists above, then by process of elimination, they probably sailed aboard the first voyage of the SS Lake Huron or the SS Lake Superior. As indicated above, these ship passenger lists are missing or incomplete. If they immigrated from Tiflis province, Russia, they probably sailed aboard the SS Lake Huron. If they immigrated from Elizavetpol or Kars province, Russia, they probably sailed aboard the SS Lake Superior. 

Spelling and Legibility

The names recorded in passenger lists are the original Russian, pre-Canadianized versions of names. Furthermore, they were written down by the ship’s purser phonetically the way that they sounded. Therefore, do not expect to find your Doukhobor ancestor’s name spelled as it is today; realize that your immigrant ancestor was probably illiterate and even if he or she could read Russian, they would not be able to recognize the written name since it was written in English. Researchers must be able to recognize alternate spellings for the surnames they are looking for. 

Worn and torn pages, faded or smudged ink, poor handwriting, and improper focus or exposure for microfilming all affect legibility of ship passenger lists, making them difficult to decipher. Sometimes pages may be microfilmed out of order or missing altogether.

How to Obtain Copies

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) holds copies of the original passenger lists of ships arriving at major Canadian ports for the period 1865-1935. Microfilm copies (see above for microfilm numbers) may be obtained directly or through interlibrary loan from LAC. Many libraries, archives and LDS Family History Centers across Canada also hold microfilm copies of LAC ship passenger lists. As well, electronic copies (see above for links) may be accessed online at the LAC Canadian Genealogy Centre website.

Indexes

The following indices have been prepared for Doukhobor ship passenger lists: 

  • Kalmakoff, Jonathan. Index to Doukhobor Ship Passenger Surnames. This online index contains Doukhobor surnames extracted from ship passenger lists for the period 1898 to 1932. By searching for a surname, you will find the name of the ship(s) on which that surname was listed. Then use the Index to Doukhobor Ship Passenger Lists (this page) to locate the original ship passenger lists.
  • Lapshinoff, Steve & Jonathan Kalmakoff. Doukhobor Ship Passenger Lists, 1898-1928  (Crescent Valley: self-published, 2001). ISBN 0-9689266-2-2. This 154 page book contains 5,196 names of Doukhobor passengers who sailed to Canada from Russia between 1898 and 1928 aboard 29 different ships. Includes the name, age, sex, ship, date of departure, date of arrival, port of departure, port of arrival and intended destination of each Doukhobor passenger. Full bibliographic references and index. 

Ports of Departure and Arrival

In 1899, Doukhobors in the Caucasus and Cyprus departed from the ports of Batum and Larnaca, respectively. After 1899, Doukhobor immigrants took coastal ships from mainland Russia to Western European ports, where they boarded trans-Atlantic ships bound for Canada. Most departed through the English ports of Liverpool, Southampton, Bristol, Avonmouth, Glasgow and London. Some Doukhobor immigrants departed through the German ports of Hamburg and Bremen. Still others departed through the French ports of Bordeaux and Le Havre, the Dutch port of Rotterdam, the Flemish port of Antwerp or the Italian port of Naples. The number of Doukhobor passengers that departed from each port is as follows: 

Port of Departure Passengers % of Total
Batum 6,423 72.6
Larnaca 1,036 11.7
Liverpool 509 5.6
Hamburg 328 3.7
Southampton 211 2.3
Bordeaux 116 1.2
Le Havre 51 .53
Antwerp 35 .39
Bremen 21 .23
Naples 21 .23
Bristol 21 .22
Glasgow 16 —
Rotterdam 7 .07
Avonmouth 5 .05
Buenos Aires 5 —
London 3 .02
Libau 1 .01

Halifax, open year-round, was the most frequently-used port of entry by Doukhobor immigrants arriving in Canada. The next most-used port was Quebec, which was open from May to November. The port of St. Johns also welcomed Doukhobor immigrants, but at much lower levels. Not all immigrants bound for Canada came through Canadian ports. Some Doukhobor immigrants arrived through the American ports of New York and Boston, spending their first few days in North America travelling through the United States en route to Canada. The number of Doukhobor passengers that arrived at each port of entry is as follows: 

Port of Arrival Passengers % of Total
Halifax 4,469 50.3
Quebec 4,257 48.1
New York 99 .98
St. Johns 43 .48
Boston 6 .06

Ship Descriptions

For those seeking information on the vessels that brought their Doukhobor ancestors to Canada and the United States, visit the Index of Doukhobor Ship Descriptions by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff. Search this index alphabetically by ship name to learn about the physical dimensions and capacity, builders, launches, shipping lines, shipping routes and schedules, name changes, wreck and salvage data, and other information for over 67 Doukhobor immigrant ships. Also included are ship photos and links to other sites of interest.

Passenger Diaries and Memoirs

First person writings are among our best sources for understanding the immigration experience. The majority of Doukhobor immigrants to Canada, however, were illiterate and did not record their memories of these events. Fortunately, several exceptional narratives of their Atlantic crossing exist, in the form of voyage diaries, travel journals, memoirs and letters written by the Russian sympathizers who accompanied them.

The Tolstoyan educator and director Leopold A. Sulerzhitsky wrote a dramatic and inspiring diary of his voyages with the first (SS Lake Huron) and fourth (SS Lake Superior) parties of Doukhobors to Canada in 1899: see Sulerzhitsky, L.A. To America With the Doukhobors (Regina: University of Regina, 1982). As well, Sergei L. Tolstoy, Lev Tolstoy’s son, set down a detailed memoir of his voyages with the second (SS Lake Superior) and third (SS Lake Huron) parties of Doukhobors to Canada in 1899: see Donskov, Andrew (ed). Sergej Tolstoy and the Doukhobors: A Journey to Canada (Ottawa: University of Ottawa, 1998). Doukhobor sympathizer Dr. Vera M. Velichkina also published her reminisces of her voyage with the third (SS Lake Huron) party of Doukhobors in 1899: see “With the Doukhobors to Canada” in Woodsworth, John (ed). Russian Roots & Canadian Wings (Ottawa: Penumbra Press, 1999). These accounts record, in extraordinary depth, the hardships and endurances of the Doukhobor immigration to Canada, as witnessed and experienced by their authors.

Terminology and Abbreviations

  • Alien. A person who was not a British subject or a Canadian citizen.
  • Deported. See “Rejected”.
  • First Class. The most expensive passenger accommodations on a ship.
  • Landed Immigrant. A person who has been legally admitted to Canada for permanent residence.
  • Purser. Ship’s officer in charge of provisions, dispatches, accounts and compiling passenger lists. The purser compiled the passenger list during the voyage. Passengers were typically listed alphabetically, by ticket number, or in the order in which they boarded the ship. 
  • Quarantine. Originally when a ship arriving in port was suspected of being infected with an infectious disease, its cargo and crew were obliged to forego all contact with the shore for a period of several days to several weeks, depending on the disease. Following a general medical examination, ship, passenger and cargo were fumigated and disinfected. Passengers were also vaccinated. Hundreds of Doukhobor immigrants were quarantined at the Immigration Stations at Grosse Isle, Quebec and Lawlor’s Island, Nova Scotia to isolate and prevent the spread of small pox, measles and diphtheria. Several Doukhobors died in quarantine.

    Note that no general quarantine records exist separate from ship passenger lists. However, some hospitalization records exist for those passengers who were hospitalized while in quarantine. For microfilm copies of Grosse lsle Quarantine Hospital and Quebec Immigration Hospital records, see National Archives of Canada RG 29, Vol. 768, File 412-12-19. See also the Index of Doukhobors in the Grosse Isle Hospital Registers for an online index of Doukhobor passengers hospitalized while in quarantine at the Grosse Isle Quarantine Station. 

  • Rejected. Permission refused by an immigration official for an individual to enter Canada.
  • Released. Person released from quarantine, hospitalization or medical examination and permitted to enter Canada.
  • R.M.S. This abbreviation has various meanings including Royal Mail Ship, Royal Mail Steamer, Royal Merchant Ship.
  • Returning Canadianor Ret’d Canadian. A returning Canadian resident.
  • Second Class. A caliber of accommodations on a passenger ship, less roomy and elaborate than first class. Also referred to as “cabin class”.
  • Steerage. With few exceptions, the Doukhobors sailed to Canada in steerage class. The term “steerage” was synonymous with the hardships of trans-Atlantic emigration as passengers were packed into dangerous quarters and each was allotted a small berth that served as bed and storage place. It was the only class most Doukhobor emigrants could afford and was literally next to the ship’s steering equipment, below the water line.
  • S.S. Abbreviation for Steam Ship.
  • Third Class. See “Steerage”.

Bibliography

  • Donskov, Andrew (ed). Sergej Tolstoy and the Doukhobors: A Journey to Canada (Ottawa: University of Ottawa, 1998).
  • Drolet-Dube, Doris. (Parks Canada) Memo to J. Kalmakoff Re: Quarantined Doukhobors, 1911, December 8, 1999.
  • Lapshinoff, Steve & Jonathan Kalmakoff. Doukhobor Ship Passenger Lists, 1898-1928 (Crescent Valley: 2001).
  • Lewchuk, Gary. Recalling the Titanic in ISKRA No.1850 (Grand Forks: U.S.C.C., March 25, 1998).
  • Library and Archives Canada, Microfilm Reel Nos. C-4519, C-4542, C-4784, C-7341, T-481, T-482, T-483, T-484, T-485, T-486, T-494, T-497, T-498, T-505, T-513, T-518, T-4692, T-4699, T-4721, T-4738, T-4741, T-4744, T-4745, T-4768, T-4769, T-4774, T-4775, T-4776, T-4777, T-4778, T-4779, T-4783, T-4784, T-4785, T-4787, T-4788, T-4789, T-4790, T-4794, T-4795, T-4823, T-14715, T-14729, T-14734, T-14746, T-14801, T-14811, T-14815, T-14816, T-14825, T-14826, T-14829, T-14931, T-15160 and T-15224.
  • Library and Archives Canada, Immigration Branch, Central Registry Files (RG 76, Volumes 183 to 185, Parts 1 to 14) Microfilm Reel Nos. C-7337 to C-7341.
  • Library and Archives Canada, Sessional Documents. Annual Report of Dr. G.E. Martineau, Superintendant of the Quarantine Station of Grosse Isle and different Emigration Agents’ Reports (RG 29, Volume 768, File 412-13-19; RG 17, Volume 2434).
  • O’Gallagher, M., Grosse Ile: Gateway to Canada 1832-1937 (Quebec: Carraig Books, 1984).
  • Popoff, Eli. Memo to J. Kalmakoff Re: Doukhobors on the 1905 Voyage of the SS Southwark, October 15, 1999.
  • Sulerzhitsky, L.A. To America With the Doukhobors (Regina: University of Regina, 1982).
  • Tarasoff, Koozma. New Information on S.S. Lake Huron in ISKRA No.1865 (Grand Forks: USCC, January 13, 1999).
  • Tarasoff, Koozma. The Doukhobors at the Quarantine Station on Lawlors Island in ISKRA No.1869 (Grand Forks: USCC, March 10, 1999).
  • Tarasoff, Koozma. Parks Canada Unveils Interpretive Panel on Grosse Ile in ISKRA No.1878 (Grand Forks: USCC, September 15, 1999).
  • U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Microfilm Reel Nos. T715-293, T715-497, T715-445, T715-480, T715-489, T715-577, T715-3220, T715-3588, T715-3905, T715-4374 and 547.

This index was reproduced by permission in ISKRA Nos.1896, 1897, 1903, 1912, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1948, 1958, 1960 & 1967 (Grand Forks: USCC, 2000-2005).

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Molokan Immigration Via Canada

Between 1904 and 1912, over 3,500 Molokans emigrated from the Caucasus region of Russia to the United States.  The majority of the Russian sectarian immigrants arrived through the main American immigration ports of Ellis Island, New York and Galveston, Texas.  However, recent archival discoveries confirm that approximately two hundred Molokan immigrants – over five per-cent of all Molokans who joined the migration – arrived through east Canadian ports between 1904 and 1907, then journeyed overland by rail through Canada before turning stateside on the final leg of their journey to their destination in Los Angeles, California.  The following is an index of known Canadian ship passenger records and border crossing records containing Molokan immigrants.  Compiled by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff.

Index — Ship Passenger Lists – Border Crossing Records

Ship Passenger Lists

Between 1904 and 1907, over one hundred and sixty Molokans took coastal ships from Russia to the Western European ports of Liverpool, England and Antwerp, Belgium, where they boarded transatlantic ships bound for Canada.  They disembarked at the ports of Quebec City, Quebec and Halifax, Nova Scotia.  The original ship passenger lists, available online at Library and Archives Canada, contain the following information for each Molokan immigrant: date of embarkation, name, age, gender, whether a head of a household on board, number of persons in the family, profession, calling or occupation, nation or country of birth, place of ultimate destination and name of personal contact there.  The following indices contain transcriptions of Molokan ship passenger lists. 


Ship passenger list for SS Montreal listing the Triglas(off) family of Molokans, 1905.

SS Montrose

This Canadian Pacific line steamship departed July 26, 1904, under Captain R.H. McNeill, from the port of Antwerp, Belgium. It carried 171 passengers, including 16 Molokans from Saratov and Kars, Russia. After 12 days at sea, the vessel arrived at the port of Quebec on August 6, 1904. The intended destination of all Molokan passengers is listed as Winnipeg, Manitoba. Surnames (standardized Russian form) include: Molokanov, Slivkov, Sokhryakov. Download Montrose Index

SS Southwark

This Dominion line steamship departed June 22, 1905, under Captain J.O. Williams, from the port of Liverpool, England. It carried 867 passengers, including 112 Molokans from Kars, Russia. After 10 days at sea, the vessel arrived at the port of Quebec on July 1, 1905. Six Molokans were detained at the Immigration Hospital in Quebec until July 15, 1905 and then deported due to trachoma. The intended destination of all Molokan passengers is listed as Winnipeg, Manitoba. Surnames (standardized Russian form) include: Bukharev, Dvornin, Fadeev, Fetisov, Kholopov, Kulikov, Metchkov, Mokshanov, Morozov, Novikov, Samarin.  Download Southwark Index

SS Montreal

This Canadian Pacific line steamship departed July 18, 1905, under Captain T.C. Evans, from the port of Antwerp, Belgium. It carried 267 passengers, including 24 Molokans from Kars, Russia. After 12 days at sea, the vessel arrived at the port of Quebec on July 29, 1905. The intended destination of all Molokan passengers is listed as Winnipeg, Manitoba. Surnames (standardized Russian form) include: Cheremisin, Pluzhnikov, Shubin, Treglazov.  Download Montreal Index

SS Southwark

This Dominion line steamship departed August 31, 1905, under Captain J.O. Williams, from the port of Liverpool, England. It carried 649 passengers, including 6 Molokans from Kars, Russia. Also accompanied by 182 Doukhobors from Yakutsk, Siberia. After 10 days at sea, the vessel arrived at the port of Quebec on September 9, 1905. The Molokans were detained at the Immigration Hospital in Quebec for an indeterminate period. The intended destination of the Molokan passengers is listed as Winnipeg, Manitoba. Surnames (standardized Russian form) include: Metchkov.  Download Southwark 2 Index

SS Siberian

This Allan line steamship departed January 26, 1907, under Captain J. Catrill, from the port of Liverpool, England. It carried 341 passengers, including 3 Molokans from Kars, Russia. After 15 days at sea, the vessel arrived at the port of Quebec on February 10, 1907. The intended destination of the Molokan passengers is listed as Winnipeg, Manitoba. Surnames (standardized Russian form) include: Karetov, Shvetsov, Voronin.  Download Siberian Index

Border Crossing Records

Over one hundred and ninety Molokans crossed into the United States from Canada via ports of entry at Winnipeg, Manitoba and Vancouver, British Columbia along the U.S.-Canadian border between 1904 and 1907.  The original border crossing records, available online at Ancestry.com, contain the following information for each Molokan immigrant: name, age, birthdate, birthplace, gender, nationality, names of individuals accompanied by, name of nearest relative or friend in former country, and name of nearest relative or friend at destination.  The following index contains a transcription of Molokan border entry records.  Download Border Index

Border crossing record at Winnipeg, Manitoba listing the Novikoff and Chalop(off) families of Molokans, 1905.

Notes

At least one group of Molokan immigrants appears to have arrived in Canada with intentions to stay. In 1905, 160 Molokans from Kars, Russia arrived in Winnipeg, Manitoba seeking land in the Canadian West to settle on and farm. They aroused widespread interest and curiosity among city residents, and received a hearty welcome from local Doukhobors and Russian émigrés.See a newspaper account of their sojourn in Manitoba.

The names recorded in the ship passenger lists and border crossing records are the original Russian, pre-Americanized versions of names. Furthermore, they were written down by officials phonetically the way that they sounded. Therefore, do not expect to find your Molokan ancestor’s name spelled as it is today; realize that your immigrant ancestor may have been illiterate and even if he or she could read Russian, they would not be able to recognize their written name in the records since it was written in English. Researchers must be able to recognize alternate spellings for the surnames they are looking for. To cross reference English spelling variants with the original standardized Russian forms of surnames, visit the Origin & Meaning of Molokan Surnames.

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Index to Doukhobor Ship Passenger Surnames

by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff

The following is an index of Doukhobor surnames extracted from over 101 ship passenger lists for the period 1898-1932. Search alphabetically by surname to find the name of the ship that carried Doukhobor passengers with that surname. Then search the Index of Doukhobor Ship Passenger Lists to find the date and port of departure and arrival for the ship, as well as the Library and Archives Canada microfilm reel number and link to online images of the original ship passenger list.

Index – A  – B  – Ch –   D –   E –   F –   G/H –   I –   K –   L –   M –   N –   O –   P –   R –   S –   T –   U –   V –   Y –   Z

 

– A –
Abrosimov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Barcelona (12.07.11)
Androsov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Antyufeev SS Ionian (05.01.02), SS Barcelona (12.07.11), SS Laurentic (14.07.12), SS Canada (22.07.12), SS Ultonia (08.05.13)
Arekhov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99)
Arishchenkov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Corsican (23.06.10), SS Barcelona (12.07.11), SS Roussillon (17.07.28), SS Suffren (03.08.28)
Astafurov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Mount Temple (02.06.07), SS Pisa (02.05.11), SS Ionian (18.11.12), SS Czar (29.07.14)
 

– B –
Babakaev SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Baev SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS La Bretagne (22.05.05), SS Barcelona (12.07.11)
Barabanov SS Royal George (17.07.12)
Baulin SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Barcelona (12.07.11)
Bedinov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Beloivanov SS Ultonia (06.05.12)
Biryukov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Roussillon (17.07.28)
Bludov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Barcelona (12.07.11), SS La Bourdonnais (25.09.27)
Bondarev SS Lake Superior (27.01.99)
Borisenkov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Montfort (20.02.11) 
Borisov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Bulanov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Bykanov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99)
 

– Ch –
Cherkashev SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria (23.07.10), SS Roussillon (17.07.28), SS Suffren (03.08.28)
Chernenkov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Canada (11.06.11), SS Barcelona (12.07.11), SS Ultonia (06.05.12), SS Laurentic (14.07.12), SS Roussillon (17.07.28)
Chernov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Lake Erie (29.02.04) 
Chivil’deev SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Dominion (18.12.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Canada (11.06.11), SS Suffren (03.08.28), SS Paris (30.10.28), SS Roussillon (25.09.28)
Chutskov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Mount Temple (09.11.04), SS Southwark (09.09.05)
 

– D –
Danshin SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Montfort (20.02.11)
Davidov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Pisa (02.05.11)
Deminov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Dergausov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Umbria (31.07.04), SS Corinthian (05.12.04), SS Western World (17.08.26)
Dorofeev SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10)
Drozdov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10), SS Royal George (17.07.12), SS Barcelona (12.07.11)
Dubasov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Dutov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99)
Dvortsov SS Southwark (09.09.05)
D’yachkov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05)
D’yakov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Ultonia (08.05.13)
Dymovsky SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Saint Louis (17.02.07)
 

– E –
Egorov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Eletsky SS Lake Superior (27.01.99)
Esaulov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Ultonia (06.05.12), SS Laurentic (15.06.12), SS Canada (24.06.12)
Evdokimov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99)
 

– F –
Fedosov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Ausonia (26.05.11)
Filippov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99)
Fofanov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Belgravia (10.04.04)
Fominov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS La Bretagne (22.05.05)
 

– G/H –
Gerasimov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Canada (24.06.12)
Glazkov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Glebov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Superior (09.05.99)
Glukhov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Golishchev SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Golubov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Lake Superior (20.07.99), SS Saint Louis (17.02.07), SS Furst Bismark (16.08.02), SS Pisa (11.11.11), SS Ultonia (06.05.12)
Goncharov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Superior (20.07.99), SS Bavarian (11.07.03), SS La Bretagne (22.05.05), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Canada (11.06.11), SS Corsican (23.06.10), SS Andania (03.07.27)
Gorelkin SS Californian (19.04.12), SS Megantic (06.05.12), SS Ultonia (06.05.12), SS Laurentic (15.06.12) 
Gor’kov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Cameronia (23.12.24)
Gorshenin SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Gorshkov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99)
Gritchin SS Saint Louis (17.02.07), SS Stuttgart (31.01.32)
Gulyaev SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Royal George (17.07.12), SS Barcelona (12.07.11)
 

– I –
Il’yasov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99)
Isakin SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10)
Ivashin SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Ivin SS Vancouver (10.09.98), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
 

– K –
Kabatov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Friedrich Der Grosse (20.12.06), SS Montfort (20.02.11), SS Teutonic (06.07.12), SS Arabic (17.02.25)
Kalmykov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Barcelona (12.07.11) 
Kanygin SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Ultonia (06.05.12)
Karev SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10)
Kasagov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Kazakov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS America (13.07.09), SS Campanello (27.12.10), SS Barcelona (12.07.11), SS Canada (24.06.12), SS Ausonia (26.05.12), SS Laurentic (14.07.12), SS Canada (22.07.12), SS Corsican (28.12.12), SS Cameronia (23.12.24), SS La Bourdonnais (03.07.28)
Khabarov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Khodykin SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Roussillon (17.07.28), SS Suffren (03.08.28)
Khokhlin SS Lake Superior (09.05.99)
Kholodininoooo SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS America (13.07.09)
Khudyakov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Lake Erie (29.02.04), SS Lake Erie (26.08.04), SS Southwark (09.09.05)
Kinyakin SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Canada (11.06.11), SS America (13.07.09), SS Ultonia (06.05.12)
Kireev SS Lake Superior (27.01.99)
Kolesnikov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Montfort (25.06.10), SS Canada (11.06.11), SS Canada (24.06.12)
Kondratov SS Roussillon (17.07.28)
Konkin SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Bavarian (02.09.04), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Friedrich Der Grosse (20.12.06), SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria (13.11.09), SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10), SS Montfort (20.02.11), SS Ultonia (06.05.12), SS Ausonia (05.07.12), SS Ausonia (01.03.25)
Korolev SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Kotel’nikov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Amerika (01.07.06), SS Albania (16.05.11), SS Ultonia (06.05.12), SS Ascania (14.05.12)
Kovalev SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Krasnikov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99)
Krygin SS Lake Superior (09.05.99)
Kuchin SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Kuftinov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Kurbatov SS Barcelona (12.07.11)
Kutnyakov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Kuznetsov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Montfort (25.06.10)
 

– L –
Lakhtin SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Roussillon (17.07.28), SS Suffren (03.08.28)
Lapshinov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Lavrenchenkov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99)
Lazarev SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Lebedev SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Canada (11.06.11), SS Laurentic (17.06.11), SS Tunisian (08.07.10), SS La Bourdonnais (28.08.28)
Lezhebokov SS La Savoie (11.11.05)
Lobintsev SS Lake Superior (09.05.99)
 

– M –
Makarov SS Pisa (11.11.11)
Makaseev SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Roussillon (17.07.28)
Makeev SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Canada (04.11.05)
Makhonin SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Canada (11.06.11)
Makhortov SS Vancouver (10.09.98), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Saint Louis (17.02.07), SS Dominion (17.09.05)
Malakhov SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Cameronia (23.12.24), SS Western World (17.08.26)
Malikov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Ultonia (06.05.12)
Malov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10), SS Montfort (20.02.11), SS Barcelona (12.07.11), SS Grampian (30.12.11), SS Ultonia (06.05.12)
Markin SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Tunisian (24.12.10), SS Corsican (23.06.10), SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10), SS Barcelona (12.07.11)
Markov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Maslov SS Laurentic (14.07.12)
Matrosov SS La Savoie (11.11.05)
Medvedev SS Lake Superior (27.01.99)
Miroshnikov SS Southwark (09.09.05)
Mitin SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Barcelona (12.07.11)
Morozov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Ionian (13.02.04), SS Lake Erie (26.12.11), SS La Bretagne (22.05.05)
Mzhel’sky SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS La Bourdonnais (28.08.28), SS Suffren (03.08.28)
 

– N –
Nagornov SS Corsican (23.06.10)
Nechvolodov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Negreev SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10), SS Canada (24.06.12), SS Duchess of Bedford (02.08.28)
Nemanikhin SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Novokshonov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Belgravia (10.04.04), SS Southwark (09.09.05)
Nozhkin SS Barcelona (12.07.11)
 

– O –
Obedkov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Corsican (23.06.10) 
Ostrikov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99)
Ozerov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
 

– P –
Panferkov SS Lake Superior (20.07.99)
Parakhin SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Parkin SS Lake Superior (09.05.99)
Pepin SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Peregudov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Perepolkin SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Corsican (23.06.10), SS Laurentic (14.07.12)
Pereverzev SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria (13.11.09), SS Barcelona (12.07.11) 
Petrov SS Albania (16.05.11)
Plaksin SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Planidin SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Saint Louis (17.02.07), SS Barcelona (12.07.11), SS Ultonia (06.05.12), SS Canada (24.06.12)
Plotnikov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Montfort (20.02.11), SS Mauretania (14.12.25)
Podmarev SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS La Bourdonnais (25.09.27), SS Roussillon (17.07.28)
Podovinnikov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Podovsky SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10)
Pogozhev SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Polovnikov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Ascania (23.03.30)
Ponomarev SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10)
Popov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Lake Superior (20.07.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Friedrich Der Grosse (20.12.06), SS Ultonia (06.05.12), SS Teutonic (03.08.12), SS Antonia (13.06.24), SS Western World (17.08.26)
Postnikov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05)
Potapov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Canopic (22.11.22)
Pozdnyakov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Sarmatian (20.10.05)
Pryamorukov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Barcelona (12.07.11)
Pugachev SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Ultonia (06.05.12)
Pykhtin SS Canada (24.06.12), SS Teutonic (03.08.12), SS Roussillon (17.07.28) 
 

– R –
Razinkin SS Lake Superior (09.05.99)
Remezov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10)
Repin SS Ultonia (06.05.12)
Rezantsev SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS America (13.07.09), SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10), SS Canada (11.06.11), SS Barcelona (12.07.11), SS Canada (24.06.12), SS Ausonia (05.07.12), SS Laurentic (14.07.12), SS Teutonic (03.08.12)
Rybalkin SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Pisa (02.05.11), SS Ultonia (06.05.12), SS Ascania (14.05.12)
Rybin SS Lake Huron (23.01.99), SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10), SS Teutonic (25.06.11), SS Teutonic (21.07.11)
Ryl’kov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Laurentic (14.07.12)
 

– S –
Sakhatov SS Western World (17.08.26)
Salykin SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Lake Superior (20.07.99), SS Bremen (30.08.04), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Friedrich Der Grosse (20.12.06), SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10)
Samoylov SS Corsican (23.06.10)
Samorodin SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Samsonov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Canada (11.06.11) 
Saprikin SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Canada (24.06.12)
Savenkov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Barcelona (12.07.11), SS Canada (24.06.12), SS Ausonia (26.05.12), SS Montclare (20.11.26), SS La Bourdonnais (28.08.28), SS Ausonia (05.07.12), SS Royal Edward #1, SS Teutonic (03.08.12), Royal Edward (19.11.12)
Semenov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Ultonia (06.05.12), SS Empress of Scotland (09.06.25)
Shapkin SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10)
Shchekinovoioo SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10)
Shcherbakov SS Belgravia (10.04.04), SS Southwark (09.09.05)
Shchukin SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Lake Superior (20.07.99), SS Lake Ontario (10.10.02), SS La Bretagne (22.05.05), SS Canada (28.07.05), SS Southwark (09.09.05)
Sherstobitov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10), SS Barcelona (12.07.11)
Shilov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05)
Shishkin SS Lake Superior (27.01.99)
Shkuratov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05)
Shlyakhov SS Teutonic (25.06.11)
Shtuchnov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Barcelona (12.07.11)
Slastukhin SS Ultonia (08.05.13)
Sofonov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05)
Solov’ev SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Sopov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99)
Storozhev SS Canada (11.06.11), SS Barcelona (12.07.11), SS Canada (24.06.12), SS Teutonic (03.08.12), SS Canada (19.08.12), SS Roussillon (17.07.28), SS La Bourdonnais (28.08.28), SS Roussillon (25.09.28), SS Roussillon (08.04.30), SS Roussillon (26.07.30)
Strelyaev SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Montfort (20.02.11), SS Albania (16.05.11), SS Ultonia (06.05.12), SS Cameronia (23.12.24), SS Roussillon (17.07.28)
Strukov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Roussillon (17.07.28), SS Suffren (03.08.28), SS Roussillon (25.09.28)
Stupnikov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Sukharev SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Montezuma (07.09.04), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Canada (11.06.11) 
Sukhorukov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Lake Superior (20.07.99), SS Canada (11.06.11), SS Ultonia (06.05.12), SS Ausonia (05.07.12), SS Teutonic (03.08.12)
Sukhoveev SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05)
Sukochev SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05)
Susoev SS Lake Superior (09.05.99)
Svetlichnov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Western World (17.08.26)
Svetlikov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99)
Svetlishchev SS Southwark (09.09.05)
 

– T –
Taranov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Blucher (16.08.03), SS Canopic (22.11.22), SS Roussillon (17.07.28), SS La Bourdonnais (28.08.28)
Tarasov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Terekhov SS Southwark (09.09.05)
Tikhonov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99)
Tomilin SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Trofimenkov SS Barcelona (12.07.11)
Trubitsin SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
 

– U –
Uglov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10), SS Laurentic (14.07.12)
Usachev SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05)
 

– V –
Vanin SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Canada (11.06.11), SS Roussillon (17.07.28)
Vanzhov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Stuttgart (31.01.32)
Vasilenkov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Vereshchagin SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Canada (06.08.11), SS Mauretania (14.12.25), SS Stuttgart (31.01.32)
Verigin SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Lake Ontario (10.10.02), SS Lake Champlain (17.12.02), SS Amerika (01.07.06), SS La Bretagne (22.05.05), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Saint Louis (17.02.07), SS Mauretania (14.12.25), SS Berengeria (16.09.27), SS Aquitania (07.07.28)
Vlasov SS Corsican (23.06.10)
Vorob’ev SS La Bretagne (22.05.05)
Voronkov SS Barcelona (12.07.11) 
Voykin SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05), SS Prinz Adalbert (27.06.10), SS Grampian (30.12.11)
Vyatkin SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Ultonia (08.05.13)
Vyshlov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05)
 

– Y –
Yashchenkov SS Barcelona (12.07.11)
Yuritsin SS Ultonia (08.05.13)
 

– Z –
Zaitsev SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Ultonia (06.05.12)
Zarshchikov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Zbitnev SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05)
Zharikov SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Zhivotkov SS Lake Huron (06.06.99)
Zhmaev SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Southwark (09.09.05)
Zhuravlev SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Lake Superior (20.07.99)
Zibarev SS Southwark (09.09.05)
Zubkov SS Lake Superior (09.05.99), SS Mount Temple (04.01.12)
Zybin SS Lake Superior (27.01.99), SS Lake Huron (06.06.99), SS Lake Superior (20.07.99)

Notes

As several of the ships listed above made more than one voyage with Doukhobor passengers, the date of arrival in Canada or the United States (dd/mm/yy) is included above for ease of reference.

This surname index is not all-inclusive, as two ship passenger lists containing over 3,200 Doukhobor immigrants are lost or incomplete. First, the passenger list for the S.S. Lake Huron (23.01.99) was lost in Winnipeg, Manitoba by Immigration Branch officials in the early 20th century and is presumed destroyed. Second, the ship’s purser on board the S.S. Lake Superior (27.01.99) recorded only 899 of the 1,997 Doukhobor passengers.

If your family immigrated to Canada in 1899 but does not appear in the ship passenger index above, then by process of elimination, they probably sailed aboard the SS Lake Huron (23.01.99) or the SS Lake Superior (27.01.99). As indicated above, these ship passenger lists are missing or incomplete. If they immigrated from Tiflis province, Russia, they probably sailed aboard the SS Lake Huron (23.01.99). If they immigrated from Elizavetpol or Kars province, Russia, they probably sailed aboard the SS Lake Superior (27.01.99). 

The names in the ship passenger lists are the original Russian, pre-Canadianized versions of names. Furthermore, they were written down by the ship’s purser phonetically the way that they sounded. Therefore, do not expect to find your Doukhobor ancestor’s name spelled as it is today; realize that your immigrant ancestor was probably illiterate and even if he or she could read Russian, they would not be able to recognize the written name since it was written in English. With this in mind, I have used the standard spelling of each surname in this index, based on the U.S. Library of Congress System.

Bibliography

  • Lapshinoff, Steve & Jonathan Kalmakoff. Doukhobor Ship Passenger Lists, 1898-1928 (Crescent Valley: 2001).
  • Library and Archives Canada, Microfilm Reel Nos. C-4519, C-4542, C-4784, C-7341, T-481, T-482, T-483, T-484, T-485, T-486, T-494, T-497, T-498, T-505, T-513, T-518, T-4692, T-4699, T-4721, T-4738, T-4741, T-4744, T-4745, T-4768, T-4769, T-4774, T-4775, T-4776, T-4777, T-4778, T-4779, T-4783, T-4784, T-4785, T-4787, T-4788, T-4789, T-4790, T-4794, T-4795, T-4823, T-14715, T-14729, T-14734, T-14746, T-14801, T-14811, T-14815, T-14816, T-14825, T-14826, T-14829, T-14931, T-15160 and T-15224.
  • U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Microfilm Reel Nos. T715-293, T715-497, T715-445, T715-480, T715-489, T715-577, T715-3220, T715-3588, T715-3905, T715-4374 and 547.
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