Yauk Immigration Canada

Ship:
Yauks left London May 9, 1912 and arrived Quebec May 16-17, 1912. The passenger ship shows what kind of voyage the Yauk family had (Third Class-Steerage). The Scotian ship turned out to be the "Statendam 1" which through its life span was sold to various ship lines.

Yauk medical and immigration clearance took place at Grosse Ile, Quebec, which meant an extended stay on this St. Lawrence Island. Their  medical detention was completed by May 21, 1912, after which they took a train and settled in Winnipeg. They probably had friends and/or relatives in Winnipeg as many Holstein families had also migrated here.


SHIP STATENDAM 1 (SCOTIAN 2) - YAUK
1) The "Statendam" of 1903 was built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast in 1898 for the Holland America Line. 

2) She was a 10,491 gross ton ship, length 515 ft x beam 60 ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots. 

3) Accommodation was provided for 200-1st, 175-2nd and 2,000-3rd class passengers. 


 

Yauk Certificates:
Reinhardt Yauk: Wife Katie, Two Sons Fred & Dave, Two Daughters, Amelia(Molly) & Katherine

Ship: Scotian (Statendam 1); left London 9th, May, 1912.
Landed Port of Quebec, Quarantine station Grosse Ile. 21st, May, 1912

Reinhardt Jauk (Yauk): age 49 [J = Y in German]
Birthplace: Holstein near Saratov, Russia. 5th, May, 1871.

Race: German (claimed Russian citizenship)

Wife Katie(1881); Fred(1900); Dave(1902); Amelia(1905); Kay(1911)

Trade: Laborer, farmer.

Read and write: Yes in German;  Religion: Lutheran


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NAME
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Reinhardt
Katherine
Ship

Grosse Ile Quarantine Station

From 1832-1937, Grosse Île, a small island lying about 30 miles east of Quebec city, was a quarantine station for the Port of Québec which, up until World War II, was the main arrival site for immigrants coming into Canada. During this time, more than four million people passed through the Port of Québec.

Cholera epidemics threatened Canada because of the large number of immigrants arriving with cholera and the quarantine island was seen as a means of containing this dreaded disease and preventing its spread. What they weren't prepared for was the number of victims who would require medical aid on arrival. Neither did they realize the poor condition of the passengers and the numbers who had died at sea or on ship before disembarking.

The number of deaths and burials at Grosse Île lists a total of 7 480 burials between 1832 and 1937. Of this number, more than 5 000 deaths are registered in the hospitals; the others are, for the most part, immigrants who died on boats under quarantine.  Today its a National Park.