Baltimore 1868, 2321 tons, 285ft x 39ft. He enlisted 12 March, 1918 from Beloit, Kansas and was assigned to the 4th Co. CAC, Ft. Screven. Sea Captains Biographical Sketches - Gjenvick Belfast, Ireland. Passenger List was created, co-written and co-directed by John Scott Dryden; co-written and co-directed by Lauren Shippen; and edited and sound designed by Mark Henry Phillips, who also composed the music for the show. Pearl B. Horn, a private, was no doubt one of the "replacements" on their way to the war, but got side tracked for a short time due to the sinking. First Settlers of New Hampshire. Lisa Hughson related about her grandfather Owen Tucker and his brother Edward Tucker both from Liverpool, England who were both crewmen aboard the HMS Otranto when she sank with both brothers surviving the sinking. Let us know. Otranto then resumed her pre-war role as a passenger liner, now refitted to carry 1,412 tourist-class passengers. The ship Champion of the Seas has again made a highly successful voyage to this port [of Melbourne] bringing about 400 passengers - 277 of whom are passage-warrant holders. Passenger lists and Emigrant ships from Norway-Heritage Just a few days before his enlistment he bought himself a new automobile for her pleasure. Death Finds a Way: A Janie Riley Mystery by Lorine McGinnis Schulze Janie Riley is an avid genealogist with a habit of stumbling on to dead bodies. Assisted immigrant ships 1832-1889. printable version. View the catalogue description for. Otranto accidentally collided with the Japanese steamer Kitano Maru[4] in August 1928, heavily damaging her. John Elder. Entering the first letter will return a list of all ships with names staring on that letter. Theodore, the son of Friar Jerome and savior of Isabella, is the true heir of the Castle of Otranto. In the stories that Pearl Horn told to his son Paul, he told about the adventure of, Having to jump on to the deck of the British destroyer, and that many refused to do so and according to the various accounts that are now available on the web, over 400 died. This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of New York from 1851-1891 and 1935-1938. And many of these men were from the State of Georgia. While countries such as Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and USA feature strongly, all continents are covered and you will find passengers on ships sailing to all parts of Asia, the Caribbean, South America and West Africa, even to remotest oceanic islands such as South Georgia Island. Sgt. S.S. Graf Waldersee arrived at the port of Philadelphia from Hamburg on 1 September 1913 - page 17 has been transcribed: page 17. Kashmir off the coast of Scotland. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 24 July 1918 at the age of 20 1/2 years old. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. KAITLIN - Kelly Marie Tran RORY - Ben Daniels PROFESSOR ALCOTTE - Cyril Nri MARIANNE - Carlyss Peer CONOR - Akie Kotabe NADJULA - Munirih Grace HARRIS - Kerry Shale AGENT MURPHY- Danielle Lewis OTHER VOICES: Laurel Lefkow, Christopher Ragland, Eric Meyers, Gianna Kiehl, Eric Sirakian, Chris Kelly, Maddy Kelly, Merk Nguyen 28 min She took on a list very quickly and flooding into the engine room shorted out the generators and the lights went out. After the War my hometown erected a monument to honor the men who had died in service from my town. Pvt. If you also see a more generic option in the drop-down alongside specific ports, it is important to note that this is not an 'all ports' option. see: Immigration and Ships Passenger List Research Guide Section 4: Research in the Years 1820-1892; Information on the lists:name of ship, name of master, port of embarkation, age, sex, occupation and nationality. To our great joy a British destroyer greeted our eyes, for here lay our only hopes. To see the passenger list, use the Book and Page above, to find the correct microfiche in Assisted Immigrants from UK, 1839-1871, Compartment 21, Call no. Geoffrey already had three brothers living in Australia. RMS Otranto was an ocean liner that was built for the Orient Steam Navigation Company in 1925. Applications for any other use should be made to. They would carry passengers to America, and take cargo back for Europe. Pearl B. Horn passed away in 1969. Wherever we can, we have paired each port with its matching country. Phone: (902)-569-2333 and (902)-894-9885 The following 4 vessels, the Alexander, Jane, Lucy, and British Queen were all associated with the migration of Scots Catholics from Clanranald's Estates! The loss of life was heavy - 431 drowned, including 351 American soldiers - though there were 367 survivors in all. The remaining passenger lists are being progressively indexed by name with new entries being added over time. You could see the waves break upon them. I remember November 11, 1918 very well. About this time the HMS Mounsey was coming along side and the swells crashed the two ships together. I did have his Mandolin but at one point in my life I was really down and out and my Mom told me to sell it which I did now I wish I had kept it. We finally managed to get below to safety but it was a trying hour, believe me. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 17 October 1918 at the age of 18 years 6 months old. Born in Union County, North Carolina he was the son of Reese & Tabitha/Tobitha (Helms) Haywood. Find out where they were going and where they were coming from, where they called home as well as their age, occupation and whether they were married or single. Passengers - The National Archives When I jumped I fell between the two anchor chains, which were stretched along the deck floor, and held on. Passenger lists before 1820 included name, departure information and arrival details. Able Seaman Fuller, J.69782 was a member of the crew of the HMS Otranto and was killed during the sinking on October 6, 1918. Eventually my father had surgery to remove the bone spurs and calcium growths. 1954 Nov 10. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 2, from Fort Screven Georgia. We were wet and cold, but were told that we would reach port in two hours. The three parts of a list may be on a single page or spread over two or more pages. September Automatic Replacement Draft Unit No. The differences between these different copies of the same list are usually cosmetic but there are sometimes also minor differences in content or in the Board of Trade's annotations or stamps upon them. When we got on deck we found a very strong wind and high waves. 718867. Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 Discover your ancestors who left Ireland and Great Britain between 1890 and 1960. Roger Mary knows him. The first was a 1909 passenger liner that in 1914 became the armed merchant cruiser HMSOtranto and in 1918 was lost as a result of a collision. His mother, Mrs. Lue Radabaugh, R. F. D. 4, Marietta, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. He had served 16 years in the navy prior to the war and was called up again in August 1914. 56 corrugated furnaces with a combined grate surface area of 2,688 square feet (250m2) heated her boilers. It is important to note that wherever a voyage has one or more ports of call prior to its final destination, there may be a difference between where the ship is going and where a passenger on board is going: for instance, the ship may be sailing to Sydney, Australia but passengers may disembark at, for example, Bombay in India if that is one of the ports of call en route. If your search returns a large number of results you may wish to sort them by clicking on the column heading, to help you scan the list of records. Hirt was born in Strongsville, Ohio about 1898 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Strongsville, Ohio. The sea departure cards are not linked to corresponding passenger lists (where they exist), and so you may be returned two results for the same person on the same voyage. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 1, from Fort Screven Georgia. She was Orient Line's second ship of that name. Below is an article written in the Monroe Journal October 29, 1918: [1] The 1900 Union County, NC census (Vance Township, stamped page 278) indicates the month and year of his birth as November 1898 whereas the death notice puts his birth year as about 1894. In the early decades covered by BT27, you are likely to see these places written on the actual lists as Natal (sometimes abbreviated simply to N) and Algoa Bay (often shown as A Bay). National Work Council. Early ships and passengers to America - Genealogy Village Wayne remembers that when he was a young boy his grandfather told him how he lost friends who got cut in half by jumping to the decks of the HMS Mounsey as the sea was rolling, washing back seaman that had just jumped off the deck of the Otranto. Newsome was born in Belvidere, North Carolina about 1897 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 5, London, Ohio. A typical passenger list can be divided into three parts. Passing time with a boxing match on board the HMS Otranto with Seaman Francis Edwin Turner on the left and an unidentified sailor from another ship on the right. He enlisted into the Ohio National Guard at Cincinnati, Ohio on 17 March 1917. Similarly "Under 16" was indicative of minor children not traveling to reunite with a parent. We have been treated well since we landed here. She was sold for scrap in June. Route: Bremen to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg. Was assigned to Machine Gun Company K, 1st Kansas Infantry (Co. K 137th Infantry). Customs Passenger Lists between 1820 and 1891 asked for each immigrant's name, their age, their sex, their occupation, and their country of origin, but not the city or town of origin. L. Baldry. Once on deck the men were faced with very strong winds. 1, from Ft. Screvens, Georgia. Demise. For instance, in the New Zealand drop-down list, you will see a list of ports from Auckland to Westport from which to choose. Cyndi's List - Ships & Passenger Lists - Ship Lists: General Traduzione di "advised to return him" in italiano - Reverso Context Passenger Lists From Ireland - 1803 - #1 Passenger List From Ireland - 1803 - #2 Bowditch, Liverpool to NY, May 1839 Hirt's Greenhouse and Flowers. Finally, there is the summary section, which gives statistical detail on the number of passengers and usually a signature and stamp from the Board of Trade (BT), to which the list was sent by the shipping line. -The following American survivors of the Otranto, all of them privates, have been landed here: Charles E. Smithson, David R. Roberts, George S. Taylor, Earle Garver, Stewart Early [Early Steward], Noah Taylor, William Cooney, Robert F. Schaun, Thomas A. Kelly, Ben Smith, Robert Brown, Joseph S. Richards, William Richards, Emil Peterson, Joseph M. privacy policy, Need more context? I cannot write any more. The Castle of Otranto Characters | GradeSaver The inclusion of Dutch, German, Swedish, Portuguese and other foreign ships means that some ships will have names that may initially look like mis- transcriptions. This information was shared with me by a relative of Seaman Ludlow. Both were game-changers which popularized a new genre. He was a very handsome man, played the mandoline and used to whistle 'Listen to the Mocking Bird' when he went past our house. Also on his discharge papers, it gives the dates of his departure on Sept. 25, 1918 to go overseas, and his return date of January 14, 1919. There was a great inrush of water, which of course would soon send her to the bottom. An impulse seemed to tell me to jump, so I jumped and landed safely on the bow of the ship. Soon the word was passed the another ship the Kashmir, had broke her rudder and her Captain was unable to control her hitting the Otranto amidships and bow on port side. This photo is previous to his service on the Otranto and is of a group of sailors from the HMS Pembroke. Read tagging guidelines. If you wish to search by country, simply select the country but leave the destination port dropdown at its default 'all ports within destination country' setting. ISTG Vol 3 - SS Rhein - Immigrant Ships When war was declared in 1914 the British Admiralty requisitioned the Otranto for use as an Auxiliary Cruiser and armed her with four 4.7-inch guns. This ripped a large hole in her side at the point where the ships hospital was. McAfee was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. Mounsey managed to take off several hundred soldiers and crewman 431 died. Home - Sydney Heritage Fleet Just then a great wave rushed over the top and I was completely under water that was icy cold. On the far side of the ring you can see 5 British Naval Officers watching the match. 1965 P&O acquired the whole of the Orient Line shareholding and the company became a P&O subsidiary. I can remember standing in front of my mother at the funeral parlor and seeing his coffin with the flag over it. Passenger Lists | Dead Reckoning - State Library Of Western Australia There were several men in the hospital who were killed outright. The sea was mountainous and the hurricane bit in, and he can remember his grandfather saying: "I will never forget it." Embarking at Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart, Colombo, Naples, Toulon, Gibraltar, Sydney, Adelaide and Fremantle. SBS TV | SBS Radio | SBS On Demand, news, sport, food, movies see description line storage D28 144038857786 She was 632.0 feet (192.6m) long between perpendiculars, had a beam of 75.2 feet (22.9m) and a draught of 37feet 6inches (11.43m). In the Second World War the second Otranto was converted into a troop ship and a Landing ship, infantry. "7h:100c:95f" was written by Kevin Rodriguez and Lauren Shippen. Kish was assigned to the 72nd Company, Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. Dilts was given to me by his daughter Barbara Dilts Joike who on December 17, 2004, turned 90 years old. Australian Ship Passenger Lists - FreeSurnameSearch Partner websites are free to search but there may be a charge to view full transcriptions and download documents. According to Private Pearl B. Horns discharge paper, he was in Battery D of the 57th Artillery Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. However, given the size of the database, unless you are dealing with a rare or distinctive name, you may find that you need to select a country (or to work through a selection of counties one at a time) for your results to be manageable. Your son, There were 66 people hospitalised, six of whom were in intensive care, a . General MB Stewart arrived at the port of New York from Bremenhaven on 22 Feb 1952 - two manifest pages have been transcribed partial passenger list. Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960 - Genes Reunited Passenger lists | National Library of Australia These voyages often called en route at additional ports, including those in Europe, and any passengers disembarking at these stops are included. The Persian Gulf is included under Iran but a voyage marked as heading for that destination might of course have called at ports on the opposite side of the Gulf: you need to search under Iran to cover this possibility. Vessel. Boston, Massachusetts Ship Passenger Lists | How to Find Them He enlisted 5 April, 1917 from Ottawa, Kansas. Geiger is buried in Kilchoman, Ireland as there is a cross in a cemetery there marked as: America Pvt. My dad had written to my mother from Georgia asking her to bring me to the train station so he could see me before he went overseas, it seems the government was sending the troops through their hometowns so they could see their families before shipping out. However, within this alphabetical listing there is also an entry called New Zealand. His body was recovered and later returned to Farmington, Illinois for burial. Pvt. His service number was 213177 and died while serving on the ship on 26 March 1918. What do I need to know before I start? We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. (note: Jennings is shown as age 1 in this census, again a good indication that 1898 is correct) A family history article by Peggy Haywood Gregory is found on page 225 of The Heritage of Union County, North Carolina, 1842-1992, Vol. Passenger Lists | State Records of South Australia Otranto was in service until 1957, when she was sold for scrap. Pvt Smith enlisted into the Regular Army 8 March 1918 at Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia. Passenger lists usually give details of the overseas port to which the passenger is sailing, while remaining silent on the country in which the port is situated. Six double-ended and two single-ended boilers supplied steam at 215 lbf/in2 to the turbines. I think I held to this chain for nearly an hour; but I wasnt lonesome, as two other soldiers were holding to the same chain. You may search for a ship by entering the first letter of the name. It is considered the first Gothic novel in the English language, and it is often said to have founded the horror story as a legitimate literary form. length 482ft x beam 58.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 10 knots, accommodation for 12-1st class passengers. Two sons of Mrs. J. S. Harmon, of Inman, both in the service of their country, were on the British transport Otranto that was sunk off the coast of Ireland when she was rammed by the Kashmir, one of whom, Arthur, was saved, the other, Clyde being lost. Born November 27, 1893 in Poplar, London. There is a memorial tombstone for him erected in the Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Rockingham County, Virginia that says: "Lost at sea on the Otranto off the coast of Scotland". You can search and download lists of ships' passengers entering and leaving the United Kingdom from and for ports outside Europe and the Mediterranean. His father, Henry J. Swadner, Arcanum, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. This means that you are likely to find what initially appear to be discrepancies when you click through to the image of the passenger list. He joined the Army on a whim to help his family out of poverty. U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists Vickers Armstrong built Otranto in its Barrow-in-Furness shipyard and launched her on 9 July 1925. John was born in Allentown on 19 January, 1884. We had been on the destroyer since 10 oclock that morning. The actor Buster Keaton sailed to Europe on the Otranto in August of 1918 with units of the 40th Division. Your account confirms what he told me. Private Pearl B. Horn was discharged from the Army on February 1, 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. Cpl. Swadner was born in Greenville, Ohio about 1898 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Arcanum, Ohio. 1948-9: Fitted out as a one class ship at Birkenhead. The Island Register Ships Page He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft from Fort Screven Georgia. Passenger List on Apple Podcasts There is a header, providing details about the ship and its voyage. Passenger List Radiotopia Passenger List (Empress of Britain - From Liverpool Friday, August 30th, 1957 To Quebec and Montreal), includes sailings July 1957-March 1958: 1957: Sailings of Empress of Britain, Empress of England, Empress of France and Empress of Scotland: S: Sailings to and from Europe - Saint John Season 1957-1958, November 1957-April 1958: 1957 Please note that not all ports are sea ports. Passenger lists are not always clear or precise as to their exact routes and any ports of call on their way to their final destination. Pvt. Pvt. Able Seaman Sidney George Ludlow. Many of the deaths of drowned men came from the C. A. C. September Automatic Replacement Draft from Ft. Screven, Georgia, as the Otranto was carrying this unit when the shik sank on October 6, 1918. Otranto was in service until 1957, when she was sold for scrap. However, in a few minutes we got orders to go up on C deck with life preservers, which we did in a calm manner. Researchers should note that there is no strict geographical relation between, for example, a passenger's last address within the British Isles and the port from which they embarked overseas. This will allow you to view all of the voyages that a ship undertook from the UK, between 1890 and 1960. Pvt. The accident happened not far from the same place where the Lusitania was sunk near Ireland. Mother, it is with a sad heart that I write of Clyde, but we have hopes yet. OANFA 1903 7,902 gross tons. The Castle of Otranto The First Edition Preface Summary & Analysis He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft from Fort Screven Georgia. During the first decades of the 20th century, the . Several ship-owners saw the opportunity to earn good money by transporting emigrants to America.
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