You can search these arrival records in our collection. You need to sign in to tag. When I jumped I fell between the two anchor chains, which were stretched along the deck floor, and held on. The passenger lists in BT27 include long-haul voyages to destinations outside Britain and Europe. I was brought up to the hospital with a number of others that had been hurt. We hold permanent records created by Federal agencies and courts in the following states: New Jersey New York Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands Hours and Address Enlarge Directions Address One Bowling Green, Room 328 New York, NY 10004 Phone: 212-401-1620 Toll-free: 1-866-840-1752 Fax: 212-401-1638 Email: newyork.archives@nara.gov Hours Embarking at Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart, Colombo, Naples, Toulon, Gibraltar, Sydney, Adelaide and Fremantle. The Battle of Coronel took place on 1 November 1914 with the loss of the British ships HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth with very heavy loss of life. Lisa recalls that Owen Tucker, her grandfather never spoke about the disaster but his brother Edward Tucker did only when he had a couple of drinks. Clifford was married to Aurelia Nell Parsons and had a daughter, Merle and a son, Hazen(?). Edward was assigned to Fort Screvena, Georgia to train for war. The National Archives give no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. Vessel. Arthur Harmon was badly injured when he leaped from the deck of the sinking ship to that of a destroyer and recovered in the Royal Victoria hospital, Belfast, Ireland. 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. S.A.R., [September Automatic Replacement] C.A.C., Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. 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. Register of Immigrants: Otranto, 1911-1912 Access status Open Previous System Identifier DID39118 Description Register of passengers on immigrant ships arriving in Queensland Format PDF . Route: Bremen to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg. This means that there can be two or even three originals of some of the passenger lists within the BT27 series. 1, from Ft. Screvens, Georgia. Pvt. He had a constant feeling that he was neglecting his duty by not going into the service when suddenly one Friday he made his mind to do so. 718867. Who First name (s) Name variants Last name Name variants U.S.N.S. Geiger is buried in Kilchoman, Ireland as there is a cross in a cemetery there marked as: America Pvt. He enlisted into the Ohio National Guard at Cincinnati, Ohio on 17 March 1917. September Automatic Replacement Draft Unit No. OANFA 1903 7,902 gross tons. Cuzco. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company No. I was quite seasick for four days and nights, but I overcame that and felt good, although I would have been very glad to have seen land. As well as searching for your ancestors in the passenger lists by their name it is also possible to browse by ship. Bennett was from Woodeliff, Georgia and took basic training at Ft. Screven. She took on a list very quickly and flooding into the engine room shorted out the generators and the lights went out. Able Seaman Thomas Goodwin, Royal Navy Service Number 192409, was the son of Roger & Rebecca Goodwin and husband of Margaret. 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. Passenger lists are indexed for the years 1845 - 1886 . An impulse seemed to tell me to jump, so I jumped and landed safely on the bow of the ship. We didnt know how we could get from our ship to the destroyer, but with a most daring captain, or else he could not have done such a wonderful thing, the destroyer came alongside our ship, so near that our boys, and the crew, jumped for their lives. The Castle of Otranto, novel by Horace Walpole, published under a pseudonym in 1764 (though first editions bear the next year's date). Theodore, the son of Friar Jerome and savior of Isabella, is the true heir of the Castle of Otranto. ORIENT LINE PASSENGER LIST RMS ORONTES Australia service 1953 EMIGRANTS - $97.58. This ship had gone wrong and could not be steered, so on a raging wave she plunged right into the middle of our ship, tearing a great hole in her side. That is, passengers may go to sleep Wednesday night and find that it is still Wednesday when they arise the next morning. As well as giving you additional information, sea departure cards give you a chance to view a person's signature. S.S. Kronprinz This story of Pvt. For instance, Curacao (West Indies) and Caracas (Venezuela) can look extremely similar and it is not always possible to be confident that you have identified the correct place (not least because a single voyage to the Caribbean could conceivably call at both places). Try an Ancestry.com Free Trial and Ancestry.ca Free Trial Genealogy Mystery Book! Arthur Harmon, No. They then boarded a train in Wilkes Barre and rode into Baltimore, Maryland. I cannot write any more. He sailed aboard the, Among the names of 200 American soldiers who lost their lives in the sinking of the transport. Only known photo of Able Seaman Thomas Goodwin, shown 2nd from left in the front row. Discover your ancestors who left Ireland and Great Britain between 1890 and 1960. 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! Victor D. continues about his father in later life, He was a successful businessman in Atlanta, Georgia, his hometown. The default setting is All, which allows you to search all ports at the same time. Somehow the waves carried my left leg underneath one of the chains and the weight of the anchor chain held me in a straining position until another wave loosened me. He enlisted 5 April, 1917 from Ottawa, Kansas. Private Pearl B. Horn was discharged from the Army on February 1, 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Otranto was in service until 1957, when she was sold for scrap. He enlisted into the Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 17 July 1918 at the age of 18 years 1 month old. Pvt. Pearl B. Horn passed away in 1969. When World War II broke out in 1939 the Admiralty requisitioned Otranto and had her converted into a troop ship. The ship was named after the town of Otranto in Apulia in southern Italy. In addition, the names found in the index are linked to actual images of the passenger lists, copied from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm, M237, rolls 95-580 and T715 . John Elder. His initial role in the novel is to illustrate the relationship between the fallen helmet and the prophecy of the true heir being revealed. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 2, from Fort Screven Georgia. This will allow you to view all of the voyages that a ship undertook from the UK, between 1890 and 1960. McAfee was born in Coldwater, Ohio about 1897 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 1, Coldwater, Ohio. Firstly, the simple calculation ignores the date of voyage within the year: for instance, a passenger who was aged 21 and who travelled on 1st January 1911 is more likely to have been born in 1889, while a passenger of the same age who travelled on 31st December 1911 is much more likely to have been born in 1890, yet both will displayed in your results with the calculated year of birth of 1890. Additionally, this record set contains no incoming voyages to Britain. L. Baldry. 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. 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. 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. He is buried in the Chatham Naval Memorial, grave reference 28. However, if you know that a particular passenger left from a particular port, or are only interested in passengers sailing from a particular port, you can select (for instance) Southampton from the list. What do I need to know before I start? It is now Sunday afternoon and I shall write you an account of myself. 1965 P&O acquired the whole of the Orient Line shareholding and the company became a P&O subsidiary. 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). Kashmir also carring American troops, in Machir Bay off the North coast of Islay, Scotland, drifted ashore and became a total wreck. 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. 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". We didnt sleep very much and Sunday morning found us on a raging sea a fearful sea. Sugar was sent to Europe for the service men who did not get it because it was on the wharf in France and got rained on. She reported to Admiral Cradock in his flagship, HMS Good Hope and then made her escape as she was no match for the German guns. Strong enough that one had to hold on to something to keep from being blown over. Horn would have joined the 57th Artillery as a replacement late in the war. The manoeuvring of the Mounsey was magnificent and the destroyer was in danger of being dashed to pieces her self and she was taking on water. View the catalogue description for. HMS Otranto A collision that took the lives of 431 including 351 American soldiers. At the time of writing, these include Jones River, Plantation and Stoopville. You may search for a ship by entering the first letter of the name. The lifeboats were useless, as they had been crushed to pieces. I thank one for my safety, and I pray for brothers and my chums safety. Presumably Pvt. 1891-1954 immigration passenger lists: For instance, in the New Zealand drop-down list, you will see a list of ports from Auckland to Westport from which to choose. The loss of life was heavy - 431 drowned, including 351 American soldiers - though there were 367 survivors in all. National Work Council. Orient. I remember November 11, 1918 very well. His father, Frank Kish of 2885 E. 82nd St., Cleveland, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. The Ship Hope, 1733 List A - The Captain's list List B - The signers of the Oath of Alligiance List C - The signers of the Oath of Abjuration. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Geiger of 527 Lawrence street received official word last evening and his mother is grief stricken as there existed between them a remarkably deep feeling of affection. It will be quite well in a few days and I will be able to leave here. Pvt. Pvt. Otranto was in service until 1957, when she was sold for scrap. His letter follows: Royal Victoria Hospital, 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. Hudson was from Jakin, Georgia and was assigned to the September Automatic Replacement Draft from Ft. Screven. Oct. 13, 1918. They may have arrived as a fare-paying passenger, as an 'assisted' migrant, a member of a ship's crew, in military or naval service, or as a convict. My search for him that Sunday morning one week ago today was in vain. This information on Cpl. When we landed I found I couldnt walk very well. She spent the last months of 1914 in the South Atlantic off the West Coast of South America looking for the German Cruiser Squadron commanded by Admiral von Spee. FOR SALE! 1957 Aug. Paul F. Smith service number 793373 was killed during the sinking of the Otranto on 6 October, 1918. The author of the preface, "William Marshal, Gent.," claims that he found a 1529 copy of The Castle of Otranto in its original Italian in the library of an ancient Catholic family in northern England. Baltimore 1868, 2321 tons, 285ft x 39ft. Eventually my father had surgery to remove the bone spurs and calcium growths. The jump to the HMS Mounsey was 40 feet and as the sea rolled up and down was reduced to 20 feet, but if you got it wrong you were crushed or cut in half by the ships wire rope rails. She was subsequently reconverted back into a troop transport and served as such until released from government service in 1948. Whilst the ships listed in the Passenger Lists records are all departing from ports in the UK, not all of the ships themselves are British. listen to the trailer where to start 01. Atlantic Flight 702 has disappeared mid-flight between London and New York with 256 passengers on board. My injury isnt very much only a bruised thigh. Westward bound ships when crossing the line skip a day, and . Not long after breakfast, about 9:30 oclock, we felt a great jar. However, in a few minutes we got orders to go up on C deck with life preservers, which we did in a calm manner. The ship Alfred, 635 tons, H. E. Decker, commander, from Hamburgh 20th August, and Rio 17th October, arrived last evening, with 275 passengers, chiefly from Silisea and Saxony. 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. He has no known grave and is recorded on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent, UK. He and his friends were intoxicated one evening, rode into Edwardsville to enlist but they were turned down because of their current condition. If you are unsure how a name was spelt, or cannot find it with the usual spelling, try using the wildcard facility. This matching process enables a researcher to search by country when they do not know to which port within the country their passenger sailed. Six hundred men owe their lives to him. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. We could see, over the right, a great high cliff of rocks, not more than a half-mile away, but no hope there, as we knew we would be dashed to death against the rocks. He could never finish telling the events of the sinking, as he would be come very upset. Some are decorative and beautiful historical documents, others are more functional in their appearance. Names of places have been standardised in the port dropdown list, of course, but also in the transcriptions. A few destinations in Africa which have yet to be allocated a country are included under Africa in the dropdown list. In February 1957 she made her final voyage, from the UK to Sydney, Australia via Cape Town, South Africa. It is not necessary to select a destination country before searching. The names of wives and children were often not included. 1948-9: Fitted out as a one class ship at Birkenhead. Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 Discover your ancestors who left Ireland and Great Britain between 1890 and 1960. Sergeant Battle enlisted into the Army on July 8, 1918 at Fort Screven, Georgia, and was attached to the Coast Artillery Corps. I know he was stationed at Savannah Georgia and a friend who had seen a picture of him in his uniform said that it was Coast Artillery. 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. This ripped a large hole in her side at the point where the ships hospital was. Cpl. In 1942 she was modified to carry landing craft as a Landing ship, infantry. Traduzioni in contesto per "advised to return him" in inglese-italiano da Reverso Context: Given his history, I was advised to return him to the authorities. I remember my Grandmother complaining there was no white flour only brown, I remember seeing maple syrup in cans shaped like a log cabin with the chimney a pouring spout, that was used in place of sugar. The passenger lists are arranged in chronological order of arrival of ships 1898-1963 and aircraft 1952-1963 interfiled (note: during 1945 a number of military flights ferried passengers and military personnel into Perth - these were usually Catalinas or Liberators which are denoted by a 5 letter call sign, e.g., G.AGUK, G.AGFM). This was some consolation, but it was 8:30 Sunday night when we landed. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 1, from Fort Screven Georgia. This page is owned by Joe Hartwell 2003-2019 Finally, the islands of the Caribbean have been grouped together under a single West Indies heading, with the exception of the large islands of Cuba, Haiti/Dominican Republic and Jamaica, which have their own entries. Starring Kelly Marie Tran, Colin Morgan, Rob Benedict and Patti LuPone. His mother, Mrs. Martha McAfee, R. F. D. 1, Coldwater, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. Most of them are small farmers, who intend settling upon the lands of tthe South Australian Company. Union 1867, 2800 tons, 325ft x 40 ft. Weser 1867, 2870 tons, 325ft x 40ft. Vickers Armstrong built Otranto in its Barrow-in-Furness shipyard and launched her on 9 July 1925. S.S. Graf Waldersee arrived at the port of Philadelphia from Hamburg on 1 September 1913 - page 17 has been transcribed: page 17. They would carry passengers to America, and take cargo back for Europe. Passenger lists on ships continued until 1965, when cards completely replaced lists for both air and sea travel. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 1, from Fort Screven Georgia. If you do open up a destination port drop-down list, you will see an A-Z alphabetical list of available ports. The arrival of an ancestor in Australia is a key moment in a family's history. Hirt was shared with me by Roy Pfundstein ( who was a friend of the family. Just then a great wave rushed over the top and I was completely under water that was icy cold. There is then the body of the list, giving details of the passengers travelling on board. Date. Locally he was known as 'Charley'. Corporal Herbert A. Dodd drowned 6 October, 1918 during the sinking of the Otranto. We have been treated well since we landed here. Pvt. 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. Private Pearl B. Horn, was one of the American soldiers who was on the Otranto when she sank off the coast of Scotland and Ireland on October 6, 1918. Pvt. He told me about it only once, and only briefly, when I was a teenager, in response to my question as to his military experience. If you select this option, you will be returned only entries where New Zealand (rather than a more specific port) has been given on the passenger list. 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. Some are typed, others are handwritten; some record only a minimum of detail about the passengers, others include a wealth of information down to exact address and ultimate destination overseas. Dilts was given to me by his daughter Barbara Dilts Joike who on December 17, 2004, turned 90 years old. The records in this collection consist of passenger lists created between 1910 and 1939. He helps Isabella escape from the castle during Manfred's suspenseful pursuit, while also attracting the . Our ship, a British transport, the Otranto, was a large well-armed vessel. Pearl B. Horn enlisted into the United States Army on May 4, 1917 at Jefferson Barracks, MO, did his basic training at Camp Hancock, Georgia, and then he went to Fort Dade, Florida for artillery duty. Hirt was born in Strongsville, Ohio about 1898 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Strongsville, Ohio. Likewise German ships which would naturally include an umlaut in their name may be spelt with a 'u' or with a 'ue'. The dead were buried with military honors in a cemetery in Kilchoman on Islay. The Willem Ruys and Oranje passed in opposite directions . He was 20 years old at the time he enlisted and was born in Montgomery, Alabama and lived at the home of his father George W. Smith, at 1111 E. Lurna St. in Pensacola, Florida at the time he enlisted. It was a ruby with pearls around it. Smith sailed on the HMS Otranto on 25 September 1918 with the C.A.C. Was assigned to the Spetember Automatic Replacement Draft and was drowned on the Otranto when she was sunk on October 6. 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. Early passenger lists typically include the name of the ship, the names of passengers, ages, ports of arrival and departure, date, country of origin, and occupation. Dull was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 17 July 1918 at the age of 20 years 3 months old. The Australian National Maritime Museum began collecting maritime artefacts long before it opened its doors in 1991. Belfast, Ireland. For example, in the 1890s passenger lists the city known as Jakarta was generally referred to as Batavia, so if you select the destination country Indonesia you will find that we have joined together these two names as Jakarta (Batavia) in the dropdown list of ports. A bibliography of ship passenger lists, 1538-1825; being a guide to published lists of early immigrants to North America. His body was recovered and later returned to Farmington, Illinois for burial. Edward's body was later washed ashore in Scotland. Westfal Larsen. Names have also been standardised where they appear variously as one or two words, e.g., Ionic Star and Ionicstar. These are contained within The National Archives' BT26 record series. Battle was drowned during the sinking on October 6, 1918. see description line storage D28 144038857786 If you have research comments or additional information on this page E-mail them to: Joe Hartwell, [Return back to the Ships histories page] [ Return back to the Site Map ] [ Return to the Coast Artillery Corps page ], Pvt. 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. Pvt. He did say that it was a needed but terrible job to have to perform over a two-week period.. Assisted immigrant ships 1832-1889. printable version. 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. Read tagging guidelines. I think about him a lot and keep wondering about our meeting when I get to heaven. We had quite a bit of rain, and a heavy sleet fell upon us too. Please note that different ships with the same name have not been distinguished in the ship search. "SS Lucania" - partial passenger list for voyage from Ireland to New York in 1898 "Germanic" - partial passenger list for voyage from Queenstown, Ireland to New York in 1903. Wherever possible, given destination ports are those of the passenger not of the ship. The indexing is complete only for the assisted immigrant programme through to 1888. Generally, in our experience, cards give more biographical information than their matching lists. However, two points need to be noted. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Debbie Baker tells of Clifford Ardell Carpenter her 2nd great-grand-uncle sailing aboard the HMS Otranto. Lauch was born in Cleveland, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived at 249 W. Forrer St., Cincinnati, Ohio. 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. There is no single, standard format. 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. In many cases, the country is self-evident, i.e., Boston is of course in USA, Melbourne in Australia and so on. Passenger List is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. After being in the water for about 2 hours he finally made it to shore looking like a giant grease ball. This is an incomplete list of American and British men who were killed during the sinking: Pvt.