He and his friends were intoxicated one evening, rode into Edwardsville to enlist but they were turned down because of their current condition. It was used by Geoffrey and Hazel Tirchett who immigrated from London to Victoria, as '10 Pound Tourists' leaving London on 3 June 1954. Was assigned to Machine Gun Company K, 1st Kansas Infantry (Co. K 137th Infantry). The sea was mountainous and the hurricane bit in, and he can remember his grandfather saying: "I will never forget it." And many of these men were from the State of Georgia. About this time the HMS Mounsey was coming along side and the swells crashed the two ships together. 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). As well as giving you additional information, sea departure cards give you a chance to view a person's signature. All British ports found so far within the BT27 passenger lists are given in an alphabetical A-Z drop-down list. He had served 16 years in the navy prior to the war and was called up again in August 1914. 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! Dull was born in Wood County, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Arcanum, Ohio. Analysis. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 30 July 1918 at the age of 19 years 8 months old. Find a ship: In this database you will be able to find ships, not only those which departed directly from Norway, but also other transatlantic ships which carried emigrants. Debbie Baker tells of Clifford Ardell Carpenter her 2nd great-grand-uncle sailing aboard the HMS Otranto. The Alfred brings no mail. Journey to Australia: Tall Trees Family History DEPARTURES: 1822-1869 London, England Liverpool, England Charles was serving during WWI and his unit, C.A.C. 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. 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. U.S.N.S. 56 corrugated furnaces with a combined grate surface area of 2,688 square feet (250m2) heated her boilers. Radabaugh was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. 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 She took on a list very quickly and flooding into the engine room shorted out the generators and the lights went out. 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. Westward bound ships when crossing the line skip a day, and . Pvt. 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. 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. Just then a great wave rushed over the top and I was completely under water that was icy cold. For instance, in the New Zealand drop-down list, you will see a list of ports from Auckland to Westport from which to choose. He did say that it was a needed but terrible job to have to perform over a two-week period.. Original lists (1883-1891) also survived. 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. crew, passengers, military. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company No. She was sold for scrap in June. 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. However, within this alphabetical listing there is also an entry called New Zealand. Rhein 1868, 2901 tons, 332ft x 40ft. At this time the mortally wounded Otranto was grounded on some rocks and was tearing herself apart and soon tore into two parts. By 11:00 am it was all over the Otranto was gone with many men and those who survived were taken to Belfast, Ireland. Some are decorative and beautiful historical documents, others are more functional in their appearance. listen to the trailer where to start 01. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 23 July 1918 at the age of 18 years old. This matching process enables a researcher to search by country when they do not know to which port within the country their passenger sailed. 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. We have constructed the database in such as way so that, where a port has had two names within the period covered by the BT27 data series, the ports are joined together in the drop-down list and therefore are searched together. Dr. Bowden, surgeon-superintendent, reports them to be in a highly healthy state, no diseases but measles having exhibited itself. The "RMS" prefix stands for Royal Mail Ship, as she carried overseas mail under a contract between Orient Line and Royal Mail. Dont worry about me Im all right, and if you dont hear from me regularly dont worry for you know the mails are so uncertain. "MED" or medical reasons. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft from Fort Screven Georgia. Steamship Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd) Class of Passengers: Cabin. It is awful to think of Clyde as going down in that terrible water. The loss of life was heavy - 431 drowned, including 351 American soldiers - though there were 367 survivors in all. List of passengers disembarking at Southampton and London. Edward was assigned to Fort Screvena, Georgia to train for war. Variations of spelling have been standardised as far as possible to avoid confusion and to ease searching. The Hirt family have run a nursery and greenhouse business in Strongsville, Ohio since 1915 and they do business throughout the world. 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. You'll find steamship captains from Cunard, White Star, Inman, Guion, Anchor, American, Red Star, CGT French Line, and many others. Our ship, a British transport, the Otranto, was a large well-armed vessel. The indexing is complete only for the assisted immigrant programme through to 1888. "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. Pvt. Passenger lists dating between: 1845-1886 record emigrants selected by the Colonization Commissioners London, whose passage were paid for out of the Emigration Fund. Private Pearl B. Horn, USA, likely taken at Fort Dade, which was on Egmont Island in the Tampa Bay Harbor. Route: Bremen to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg. These are digitised records from two. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Able Body Seaman, Francis Edwin Turner, Royal Navy, Service No. Pvt. Battle was drowned during the sinking on October 6, 1918. Able Seaman Ludlow was in the British Royal Navy and was a crewman on the Otranto. . 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). The destroyer Mounsey pulled alongside to rescue the men and Cpl. 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. Demise. Starring Kelly Marie Tran, Colin Morgan, Rob Benedict and Patti LuPone. I can remember standing in front of my mother at the funeral parlor and seeing his coffin with the flag over it. Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. Mother, it is with a sad heart that I write of Clyde, but we have hopes yet. Likewise German ships which would naturally include an umlaut in their name may be spelt with a 'u' or with a 'ue'. Able Seaman Sidney George Ludlow. Pvt. This photo is previous to his service on the Otranto and is of a group of sailors from the HMS Pembroke. length 482ft x beam 58.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 10 knots, accommodation for 12-1st class passengers. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 2, from Fort Screven Georgia. 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. OANFA 1903 7,902 gross tons. By providing the drop-down list, we save a researcher from searching for information which is not within the database. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 1, from Fort Screven Georgia. 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. A solution is being designed so that customers will only be charged once for the information contained within these duplicate pages. L. Baldry. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 2, from Fort Screven Georgia. William Brumit was killed on 6 October, 1918 during the sinking of the Otranto. L. Baldry contacted me about his grandfather, Francis Edwin Turner who was a crewman on the HMS Otranto. Entering the first letter will return a list of all ships with names staring on that letter. Your ancestor may have arrived as an individual or with family. Thomas Goodwin was born and raised in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Vickers Armstrong built Otranto in its Barrow-in-Furness shipyard and launched her on 9 July 1925. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 24 July 1918 at the age of 20 1/2 years old. 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. The records are arranged by port or airport of arrival. It will be quite well in a few days and I will be able to leave here. The records in this collection consist of passenger lists created between 1910 and 1939. Passenger Lists From Ireland - 1803 - #1 Passenger List From Ireland - 1803 - #2 Bowditch, Liverpool to NY, May 1839 Once on deck the men were faced with very strong winds. 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). His father, Samuel Dull of Arcanum, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. However, in some cases there are cards without corresponding lists, as well as lists without cards. According to Private Pearl B. Horns discharge paper, he was in Battery D of the 57th Artillery Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Pvt. (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. C1E 8B0. Otranto was in service until 1957, when she was sold for scrap. Passenger List Page - Irish Genealogical Society - MN. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. 1957 Aug. In most instances, you will find more information by looking at the image of the list. The sea then began to get restless. The National Maritime collection contains a rich and diverse range of historic artefacts and contains over 140,000 objects. Belfast, Ireland. Corporal Herbert A. Dodd drowned 6 October, 1918 during the sinking of the Otranto. One had to hold to something to keep from being swept overboard. Pvt. Blair Witch launched the "found footage" horror trope and Otranto inaugurated the "Gothic." Interestingly enough, Otranto also employs a "found footage" gimmick with its first edition, pretending that the original manuscript was hundreds of years old, unearthed from the . About the Collection. Partner websites are free to search but there may be a charge to view full transcriptions and download documents. Seaman Goodwin was lost at sea aged 39-years when the HMS Otranto, on which he was serving, sank off the coast of Islay on 6th October 1918. For instance, in the South African dropdown list there are the important ports of Durban (Port Natal) and Port Elizabeth (Algoa Bay). London: SS Otranto (Orient Line) travelling from Brisbane to London. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 1, from Fort Screven Georgia. Edward Lewis Williams was aboard the HMS Otranto when it sank. This information on Cpl. 1954 Nov 10. RMS Otranto was an ocean liner that was built for the Orient Steam Navigation Company in 1925. Her tonnages were 20,032gross register tons(GRT), 12,031net register tons(NRT) and 12,228 tons under deck. Born in Union County, North Carolina he was the son of Reese & Tabitha/Tobitha (Helms) Haywood. PASSENGER LISTS Journey to Australia Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild THE COMPASS PASSENGER LISTS If you find a ship you would like to research you will find the URL link under the site name and also at the bottom of the page. My hopes and prayers are that he may yet survive. That is, passengers may go to sleep Wednesday night and find that it is still Wednesday when they arise the next morning. Pearl B. Horn passed away in 1969. In addition to troops, passengers could also include nurses and other support personnel, family members, and any other passengers who may have been traveling onboard these ships. Forces. Ft. Screven, American Ex. Assisted immigrant ships 1832-1889. printable version. 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. You can see the artist even painted in the men jumping from one ship to the other, just an unbelievable event.. He was drowned during the sinking. 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. HMS Otranto A collision that took the lives of 431 including 351 American soldiers. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. We had been on the destroyer since 10 oclock that morning. Victor D. continues about his father in later life, He was a successful businessman in Atlanta, Georgia, his hometown. 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. What kind of passenger records do we hold? He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 31 July 1918 at the age of 19 1/2 years old. 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. Others were on deck, but their hold wasnt very good and they were swept overboard. I supposed it was done while I was fastened under the chain. Just after breakfast on Sunday morning 6 October 1918 there was a great jarring and the ship trembled severley. privacy policy, Need more context? Six double-ended and two single-ended boilers supplied steam at 215 lbf/in2 to the turbines. I was in bed and heard gunshots, I ran downstairs and sat on the piano bench scared and I thought the Germans had invaded us. 1939: Troopship. 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. His father, Alfred K. Newsome, R. F. D. 5, London, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. partial passenger list. Such duplicates were written out again by hand (not produced using carbon paper). New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973. Where an age is given for a passenger in the original list, we have calculated the approximate year of birth using the simple subtraction of the age from the year of voyage. 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. Try an Ancestry.com Free Trial and Ancestry.ca Free Trial Genealogy Mystery Book! Seaman Turner made it safely and years later was able to tell his story to his grandson, Wayne. This story of Pvt. Pvt Smith enlisted into the Regular Army 8 March 1918 at Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia. see description line storage D28 144038857786 61541: Wayne. The National Archives give no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. Laid down in 1916 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow for the Imperial Russian Government, work was suspended when the October Revolution occurred and she was taken over by the Shipping . Kish was born in Cleveland, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Cleveland, Ohio. We left Camp Merritt, N.J., on the 24th of September and went to New York; there we boarded the transport that was to take us over there. As we left our dear old country and bid adieu to the Statue of Liberty in a mist of rain, so our view of land was hidden. 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. She was subsequently reconverted back into a troop transport and served as such until released from government service in 1948. 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. He is buried in Grave 190 in Kilchomen, Islay Island, Scotland. The accident happened not far from the same place where the Lusitania was sunk near Ireland. 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. Commanders of Trans-Atlantic Steamships - 1894. He helps Isabella escape from the castle during Manfred's suspenseful pursuit, while also attracting the . Port of arrival. The mass emigration from Norway started about 1865-66, after the Civil War was over. We had quite a bit of rain, and a heavy sleet fell upon us too. The actor Buster Keaton sailed to Europe on the Otranto in August of 1918 with units of the 40th Division. After being in the water for about 2 hours he finally made it to shore looking like a giant grease ball. Captain Ernest W. Davidson true to the ancient traditions of the sea, stayed with his ship and went down with her in the terrible sea as he saluted his men for one last time. mc N 761, in the Family History Area. Pvt. Cuzco. If you want to search all ports within a destination country, do not select a destination port. Edward Lewis Williams was a coal miner living in Edwardsville, Luzerne County, PA. Corporal Toy C. Dilts was in the US Army Coast Artillery and on October 6th was on the Troopship Otranto when she collided with the P&O liner H.M.S. 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. Pvt. Other services may also be available. Otranto was in service until 1957, when she was sold for scrap. Only known photo of Able Seaman Thomas Goodwin, shown 2nd from left in the front row. Pvt. Fremantle. Bennett was from Woodeliff, Georgia and took basic training at Ft. Screven. Weeks was from Waynesboro, Georgia and was assigned to the September Automatic Replacement Draft at Ft. Screven. Marshal claims that the manuscript takes place "in the darkest ages of Christianity" but that the story's language is far . The list contains: Non-Convict name, title, ship, contact name and e-mail address. The arrival of an ancestor in Australia is a key moment in a family's history. 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. Not long after breakfast, about 9:30 oclock, we felt a great jar. She took part in the invasion of French North Africa later that year and the landings in Sicily and Salerno in 1943. If the card is for a child, you will be able to view the relevant parent's detail on the reverse of the card; similarly, if you find a parent travelling with a child, you will be able to view both sides of the card for the same charge. He could never finish telling the events of the sinking, as he would be come very upset. Please note that the A-Z drop-down list of countries includes larger and less precise entities such as Africa, Antarctica, Far East, Mediterranean Ports and South America, for cases where more specific information is not available. Geiger is buried in Kilchoman, Ireland as there is a cross in a cemetery there marked as: America Pvt. Similarly "Under 16" was indicative of minor children not traveling to reunite with a parent. There were 66 people hospitalised, six of whom were in intensive care, a . Theodore, the son of Friar Jerome and savior of Isabella, is the true heir of the Castle of Otranto. Dull was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. There was no loss of life, as we picked up all of the crew, of thirty-six French sailors. 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. We have been treated well since we landed here. 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. The National Archives has passenger arrival records, sometimes called "ship passenger lists," for arrivals to the United States from foreign ports between approximately 1820 and December 1982 (with gaps). She took part in the invasions of French North Africa (Operation Torch), Sicily (Operation Husky) and Italy (Operation Avalanche). Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. Lisa continues, They were both very young men at the time. It is a wonder that the destroyer (the Mounsey) wasnt torn to pieces, for sometimes she would be a wave higher than our ship, then she would be far below; then she would come up again near us. 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. 406. Clifford Ardell Carpenter - Born 21 October 1876 in Oconomowoc, WI, died 6 October 1918 off the Coast of Scotland during the sinking of the Otranto. Your son, The Azores, the Canaries and Madeira are given their own identities within the destination country list. Passenger lists of assisted arrivals may include: name, age, occupation, place of birth, (image) This information will help us make improvements to the website. The conditions of the sea at that time were swells of 15 to 20 feet or more and men were being thrown across the deck of the ship. A typical passenger list can be divided into three parts. Passenger lists on ships continued until 1965, when cards completely replaced lists for both air and sea travel. His family came to see him off in New York before he left, signing a $10,000 life insurance before he left. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 17 October 1918 at the age of 18 years 6 months old. He enlisted into the Ohio National Guard at Cincinnati, Ohio on 17 March 1917. Otranto accidentally collided with the Japanese steamer Kitano Maru[4] in August 1928, heavily damaging her. He is buried in the Kilchoman Cemetery, Islay, West Coast of Scotland, Grave site 7.131. The names of wives and children were often not included. The Otranto is the first of the new Orient liners to be fitted with wireless, and during her present trip she was able to maintain communication with 23 shore stations and 45 steamers. Pvt. Twentieth century lists include even more details and can give the town or county of origin, as well as the names of other family members, destination, physical description, and . Some shipping lines produced passenger lists in duplicate or even triplicate for the Board of Trade. Pvt. They then boarded a train in Wilkes Barre and rode into Baltimore, Maryland. He sailed on the Otranto with Casual Company No. There was a great inrush of water, which of course would soon send her to the bottom. 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. 1888-1940 are the official passenger lists for people arriving in Port Adelaide from overseas. Applications for any other use should be made to. Pearl Horn told his son that they had to re-train on the Big French guns (his description) before going to the front. Date. 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. Dear Mother, the saddest thing that I have to write is that I havent heard a word of brother Clyde, but I am living in hopes that he was among the number saved. passenger list: [noun] a list of the passengers on a ship that is submitted by the master to customs officials at ports visited. In a letter to his mother, he tells in an interesting manner the story of the accident. I cannot write any more. Discover your ancestors who left Ireland and Great Britain between 1890 and 1960. My search for him that Sunday morning one week ago today was in vain. It is not known what the reason for his death was. This was started by Paul's father, Samuel Hirt. 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.