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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 12546981, member: 8267"]A potentially useful tidbit - in response to the query "Jane Angus in Maine 19th century" with the addition "travelled to Africa" google AI responded with -</p><p><br /></p><p>"The detail that she traveled to Africa makes it highly likely you are searching for Jeanie Angus (often recorded as Jane Angus). [<a href="https://www.ancestry.ca/search/categories/img_books/?name=_angus&location=3243&priority=canada&srsltid=AfmBOooCpVTiQDW-TD0YKSRsNNjoKUSBJQMeLpwYzjXtztWdOa5m0xkD" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ancestry.ca/search/categories/img_books/?name=_angus&location=3243&priority=canada&srsltid=AfmBOooCpVTiQDW-TD0YKSRsNNjoKUSBJQMeLpwYzjXtztWdOa5m0xkD" rel="nofollow">1</a>]</p><p>Historical immigration and ship passenger logs from December 1879 record a Jeanie Angus arriving via the port of Portland, Maine. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was common for women named Jeanie to be documented interchangeably as "Jane" in official records. [<a href="https://www.ancestry.ca/search/categories/img_books/?name=_angus&location=3243&priority=canada&srsltid=AfmBOooCpVTiQDW-TD0YKSRsNNjoKUSBJQMeLpwYzjXtztWdOa5m0xkD" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ancestry.ca/search/categories/img_books/?name=_angus&location=3243&priority=canada&srsltid=AfmBOooCpVTiQDW-TD0YKSRsNNjoKUSBJQMeLpwYzjXtztWdOa5m0xkD" rel="nofollow">1</a>]</p><p><br /></p><p>Why the Maine and Africa Connection Fits</p><ul> <li>The Portland Transit Route: In the late 19th century, <u>Portland, Maine</u> served as a major winter port for transatlantic travel and Canadian steamship lines. Travelers, missionaries, and families journeying between Europe, Canada, and global destinations like Africa frequently transitioned through Portland's busy docks. [<a href="https://www.ancestry.ca/search/categories/img_books/?name=_angus&location=3243&priority=canada&srsltid=AfmBOooCpVTiQDW-TD0YKSRsNNjoKUSBJQMeLpwYzjXtztWdOa5m0xkD" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ancestry.ca/search/categories/img_books/?name=_angus&location=3243&priority=canada&srsltid=AfmBOooCpVTiQDW-TD0YKSRsNNjoKUSBJQMeLpwYzjXtztWdOa5m0xkD" rel="nofollow">1</a>]</li> <li>The Missionary & Travel Movement: If she was an American or British woman traveling to Africa in the late 1800s, she most likely traveled as a Christian missionary, a medical volunteer, or the spouse of a diplomat/engineer."</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 12546981, member: 8267"]A potentially useful tidbit - in response to the query "Jane Angus in Maine 19th century" with the addition "travelled to Africa" google AI responded with - "The detail that she traveled to Africa makes it highly likely you are searching for Jeanie Angus (often recorded as Jane Angus). [[URL='https://www.ancestry.ca/search/categories/img_books/?name=_angus&location=3243&priority=canada&srsltid=AfmBOooCpVTiQDW-TD0YKSRsNNjoKUSBJQMeLpwYzjXtztWdOa5m0xkD']1[/URL]] Historical immigration and ship passenger logs from December 1879 record a Jeanie Angus arriving via the port of Portland, Maine. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was common for women named Jeanie to be documented interchangeably as "Jane" in official records. [[URL='https://www.ancestry.ca/search/categories/img_books/?name=_angus&location=3243&priority=canada&srsltid=AfmBOooCpVTiQDW-TD0YKSRsNNjoKUSBJQMeLpwYzjXtztWdOa5m0xkD']1[/URL]] Why the Maine and Africa Connection Fits [LIST] [*]The Portland Transit Route: In the late 19th century, [U]Portland, Maine[/U] served as a major winter port for transatlantic travel and Canadian steamship lines. Travelers, missionaries, and families journeying between Europe, Canada, and global destinations like Africa frequently transitioned through Portland's busy docks. [[URL='https://www.ancestry.ca/search/categories/img_books/?name=_angus&location=3243&priority=canada&srsltid=AfmBOooCpVTiQDW-TD0YKSRsNNjoKUSBJQMeLpwYzjXtztWdOa5m0xkD']1[/URL]] [*]The Missionary & Travel Movement: If she was an American or British woman traveling to Africa in the late 1800s, she most likely traveled as a Christian missionary, a medical volunteer, or the spouse of a diplomat/engineer." [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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