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. Theodore, the son of Friar Jerome and savior of Isabella, is the true heir of the Castle of Otranto. First Settlers of New Hampshire. Most of them are small farmers, who intend settling upon the lands of tthe South Australian Company. C1E 8B0. Who First name (s) Name variants Last name Name variants Pvt. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft from Fort Screven Georgia. Orient Steam Navigation Co.Ltd., Orient Line, reg. 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. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 7 August 1918 at the age of 20 years 8 months old. 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. Edward Lewis Williams was aboard the HMS Otranto when it sank. 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. Just then a great wave rushed over the top and I was completely under water that was icy cold. Men were lashed to guns on the deck of the Mounsey and was getting crowded and she was leaking, the pumps were going all the time but they were still waist deep in ice cold seawater and did not expect to see land again. Give my love to dear Mary and tell her there are hopes yet. Several ship-owners saw the opportunity to earn good money by transporting emigrants to America. The lifeboats were useless, as they had been crushed to pieces. I had looked for brother but was unable to find him. 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. Passenger lists on ships continued until 1965, when cards completely replaced lists for both air and sea travel. This ripped a large hole in her side at the point where the ships hospital was. My mom put her engagement ring in the place where the pick was kept, a man came visiting next door to us, borrowed the mandolin when we got it back the ring was gone, she sent me over to ask him about it but he denied seeing it. Dull was born in Wood County, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Arcanum, Ohio. A man from my hometown saw me when I was eleven while I was unveiling the monument to the service men and he told me that he was on the same ship and saw my dad try to jump from the Otranto to the Mounsey which had pulled alongside and he fell in between. GGA Image ID # 12e0a9f329. His mother, Mrs. Lue Radabaugh, R. F. D. 4, Marietta, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. Hong Kong is included under China. All British ports found so far within the BT27 passenger lists are given in an alphabetical A-Z drop-down list. J. C. Geiger, 3372653, 6 October, 1918", Victor Don Perrin shared his fathers story of the account of the HMS Otranto collision in WW I. Victor Don Perrin writes about his father, My father, a 22 year old doughboy, survived that collision. 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 Steamship Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd) Class of Passengers: Cabin. Was assigned to Machine Gun Company K, 1st Kansas Infantry (Co. K 137th Infantry). [1], In 1926 Otranto was slightly damaged when she struck a rock at Cape Grosso, Greece during a heavy rainstorm. Partner websites are free to search but there may be a charge to view full transcriptions and download documents. Born November 27, 1893 in Poplar, London. Your account confirms what he told me. I think about him a lot and keep wondering about our meeting when I get to heaven. They are divided into: 1. inward bound passengers "assisted" (subsidised) "unassisted" (paying their own way), or "coastal" (travelling to Victoria from an Australian port), and 2. outward bound passengers, regardless of destination. HMS Otranto men listed on the Toddington St. George Roll of Honour, Bedfordshire, England: Benjamin Lewitt, Otranto Ship's Surgeon, killed during the sinking. 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. In 1942 she was modified to carry landing craft as a Landing ship, infantry. Passenger lists before 1820 included name, departure information and arrival details. Some are decorative and beautiful historical documents, others are more functional in their appearance. Rafts and crushed lifeboats were used between the two ships so she would not be hit so hard. Commander: Captain O. Cppers. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 with Casual Company No. I thank one for my safety, and I pray for brothers and my chums safety. Australian Shipping 1788-1968: Vessels arriving by year. For instance, in the South African dropdown list there are the important ports of Durban (Port Natal) and Port Elizabeth (Algoa Bay). We have been treated well since we landed here. You can never know what it was like until you have been upon a storming sea. Strong enough that one had to hold on to something to keep from being blown over. Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960 - Genes Reunited Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960 All Categories Armed Forces & Conflict Births, Marriages & Deaths Census, Land & Surveys Newspapers, Directories & Social History Travel & Migration Collections in this Category Colonial Service Passenger Lists Travel Records in this Collection Vessel. River ports on such navigable rivers as the Amazon and the Yukon mean that, for example, inland locations such as Manaus (Brazil) and Dawson City (Canada) are included. Dull was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. You can search these arrival records in our collection. The records are arranged by port or airport of arrival. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, BT - Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies, Division within BT - Records of the Commercial, Companies, Labour, Railways and Statistics Departments, BT 26 - Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists, Subseries within BT 26 - Inwards passenger lists, 1929, Available to view free at The National Archives, About our 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. Pvt. Otranto then resumed her pre-war role as a passenger liner, now refitted to carry 1,412 tourist-class passengers. I am sure if he was lost you will hear it from Washington before you get this letter. These are contained within The National Archives' BT26 record series. Some shipping lines produced passenger lists in duplicate or even triplicate for the Board of Trade. The Red Cross is very good to us also, and we are certainly grateful. HMS Otranto, killed and died, casualty lists, November 1918 World War 1, Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies Researched & compiled by Don Kindell 1st - 31st OCTOBER 1918 in date, ship/unit & name order SS Leinster, lost 10 October 1918 with Royal Navy men onboard (Dave Martin, click to enlarge) on to November 1918 Notes: 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. "7h:100c:95f" was written by Kevin Rodriguez and Lauren Shippen. However, where this is unclear or not stated, the destination of the ship is given for the passenger instead. The Titanic is an exception, with the ill- fated 1912 vessel and its 1894-1900 namesake listed separately. 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. Just after breakfast on Sunday morning 6 October 1918 there was a great jarring and the ship trembled severley. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 1, from Fort Screven Georgia. Likewise German ships which would naturally include an umlaut in their name may be spelt with a 'u' or with a 'ue'. 1954 Nov 10. Everything went well until Saturday night of the 5th, when we found ourselves on a high sea. It is now Sunday afternoon and I shall write you an account of myself. The accident happened not far from the same place where the Lusitania was sunk near Ireland. In most instances, you will find more information by looking at the image of the list. Pearl Horn told his son that they had to re-train on the Big French guns (his description) before going to the front. Embarking at Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart, Colombo, Naples, Toulon, Gibraltar, Sydney, Adelaide and Fremantle. Secondly, a passenger who is shown as aged 30 on a voyage on 10th June 1935 may have been travelling on their 30th birthday and only just turned 30, or they may have been on the eve of their 31st birthday. Geiger is buried in Kilchoman, Ireland as there is a cross in a cemetery there marked as: America Pvt. Some destination ports can be difficult to distinguish in the early handwritten records. I wrote you last Monday saying that I had landed safely. I remember November 11, 1918 very well. passenger list: [noun] a list of the passengers on a ship that is submitted by the master to customs officials at ports visited. 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. OTRANTO December 6th 1947 PASSENGER LIST EMPIRE DEBEN July 30th 1947 PASSENGER LIST MV DORSETSHIRE September 4th 1951 PASSENGER LIST EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND February 14 1948 PASSENGER LIST SS ORBITA February 3rd 1948 PASSENGER LIST RMS SAMARIA August 10th 1947 PASSENGER LIST SS MATAROLA August 5th 1947 PASSENGER LIST SS EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA However, two points need to be noted. HMS Otranto was an Orient Steam Navigation Company liner and was built by Workman Clark, Belfast in 1909 for the London to Australia route but also did cruses to Norway and the Mediterranean on occasion. There is then the body of the list, giving details of the passengers travelling on board. Smith was assigned to Co. G, 1st Infantry, Ohio National Guard (Co. G 148 Infantry). In addition, crew on passenger lists are not normally shown, although the captain or master is usually named on the header pages and some pre-printed and other lists do give details of senior staff. . This is an incomplete list of American and British men who were killed during the sinking: Pvt. Again, lots of love to all. Barrow. Wherever we can, we have paired each port with its matching country. S.S. Graf Waldersee arrived at the port of Philadelphia from Hamburg on 1 September 1913 - page 17 has been transcribed: page 17. Sgt. New York Passengers (1820-1891) - familysearch: Searching for New York Passengers up to 1891 in One Step New York Passengers (1925-1957) - familysearch: Searching for New York Passengers from 1925 onward in One Step All NY Ship Lists (1820-1957) - familysearch: Searching for Ships in all New York Microfilms in One Step Wherever possible, given destination ports are those of the passenger not of the ship. Free immigration to Tasmania 1803-1946. The National Archives give no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. Pvt. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. But I meant to do all in my power to make good. A bibliography of ship passenger lists, 1538-1825; being a guide to published lists of early immigrants to North America. Eastward bound ships when crossing this line observe the same date twice. The remaining passenger lists are being progressively indexed by name with new entries being added over time. Demise. Edward was the only one accepted that night. His father, Henry J. Swadner, Arcanum, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. The Castle of Otranto was the Blair Witch Project of 1764. 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. Entering the first letter will return a list of all ships with names staring on that letter. He was survived by his wife Elizabeth (Pauling) of 248 St. Leonards Road, Poplar E. Date this page was last updated March 2, 2019 Smith sailed on the HMS Otranto on 25 September 1918 with the C.A.C. Commanders of Trans-Atlantic Steamships - 1894. At the time of writing, these include Jones River, Plantation and Stoopville. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 30 July 1918 at the age of 19 years 8 months old. My hopes and prayers are that he may yet survive. View all Works. 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. 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). This information on Cpl. Outgoing passenger lists (1890-1960) Search and download ( charges apply) lists of passengers boarding at UK and Irish ports and travelling to places such as America, Canada, India, New. He did say that it was a needed but terrible job to have to perform over a two-week period.. Similarly "Under 16" was indicative of minor children not traveling to reunite with a parent. We did not suffer any damages, but the schooner was sent to the bottom. In theory if not in practice, there are no domestic British or purely European voyages in BT27, and no lists for Merchant or Royal Naval vessels or for troop ships. 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. Names of places have been standardised in the port dropdown list, of course, but also in the transcriptions. Herbert A. Dodd listed above. One man survived by grabbing a large tub of lard that was floating by him. For example, you may know that your passenger sailed to Chile without knowing whether he or she disembarked at, say, Antofagasta, Iquique or Valparaiso.

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