A post card contributed by G.H. after a visit to Grosse Ile Sept/2010' The Marine Hospital was built in 1881 as part of the quarantine station's modernization effort. It was the most modern of Grosse Île's hospitals, and burned down in 1968.' - [From the Grosse Ile website. Click on above title to access this website.]
Between 1832 and 1937, immigrants to Canada were processed on Grosse Ile, an island on the St. Lawrence River located north-east of Quebec City. It was first used because of a cholera epidemic. There are records of burials, marriages and hospital stays which can be searched at
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/grosse-ile-immigration/001053-130-e.html
Our ancestors do not appear in these records, so one can assume that they were healthy and passed through this stage of immigration quickly.
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