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. We were told that our ship had been rammed by another large ship, which was carrying troops also, the name of this ship was ____________ (erased by censor). I waited until she came alongside for the last time. Able Body Seaman Turner was one of the last to jump from the Otranto and saw the ship and Captain Ernest W. Davidson go down as he waved to his men as he stayed by his charge to the very end. Passenger Lists From Ireland - 1803 - #1 Passenger List From Ireland - 1803 - #2 Bowditch, Liverpool to NY, May 1839 Likewise German ships which would naturally include an umlaut in their name may be spelt with a 'u' or with a 'ue'. There was no loss of life, as we picked up all of the crew, of thirty-six French sailors. This matching process enables a researcher to search by country when they do not know to which port within the country their passenger sailed. Thomas Goodwin was born and raised in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Discover your ancestors who left Ireland and Great Britain between 1890 and 1960. And many of these men were from the State of Georgia. Private Pearl B. Horn, USA, likely taken at Fort Dade, which was on Egmont Island in the Tampa Bay Harbor. 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. 718867. If you don't have an account please register. 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 The arrival of an ancestor in Australia is a key moment in a family's history. The wave seemed like huge mountains. 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. Your son, He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft from Fort Screven Georgia. HMS Otranto A collision that took the lives of 431 including 351 American soldiers. 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. Commanders of Trans-Atlantic Steamships - 1894. He enlisted into the Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 17 July 1918 at the age of 18 years 1 month old. Newsome was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. 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. The passenger train was carrying 342 travellers and 10 crew, with two crew on the cargo train, Hellenic Train data showed. Pvt. He was not married, and had no children. Able Body Seaman, Francis Edwin Turner, Royal Navy, Service No. 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. I was under water for the third time. 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. Sgt. 1954 Nov 12. If you are unsure how a name was spelt, or cannot find it with the usual spelling, try using the wildcard facility. Please note that not all ports are sea ports. . Edward was the only one accepted that night. 1957 Aug. Pvt. OTRANTO | Passengers in History OTRANTO OTRANTO - 1909 OTRANTO Modify Page Content Ship Details Rig Steel Twin Screw Steamer, 2000 nhp Built 1909 Built In Belfast Tonnage 12,124g 7,433n Built By Workman Clark & Co Dimensions 535'4 x 64' x 38'7" Demise He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. When we got on deck we found a very strong wind and high waves. In February 1957 she made her final voyage, from the UK to Sydney, Australia via Cape Town, South Africa. His initial role in the novel is to illustrate the relationship between the fallen helmet and the prophecy of the true heir being revealed. Crown Copyright Images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, London, England. It was a ruby with pearls around it. listen to the trailer where to start 01. You can search and download lists of ships' passengers entering and leaving the United Kingdom from and for ports outside Europe and the Mediterranean. She was Orient Line's second ship of that name. Pvt. 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. The men on the Otranto were instructed to remain calm and 15-20 minutes later were again instructed to get on deck as quickly as possible. Otranto accidentally collided with the Japanese steamer Kitano Maru[4] in August 1928, heavily damaging her. Barrow. She had twin propellers driven through reduction gears by six steam turbines that between them developed 3,722 NHP. "Tel" or "Tel $" meaning Telegram, meaning they didn't have sufficient funds to travel to their intended destination, and they sent a telegram requesting money from a relative or someone else. The lifeboats were useless, as they had been crushed to pieces. 1948-9: Fitted out as a one class ship at Birkenhead. There were 66 people hospitalised, six of whom were in intensive care, a . Geoffrey already had three brothers living in Australia. Passengers For New England, 1638, pg 108. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. It is now Sunday afternoon and I shall write you an account of myself. example: 1851 passenger list (scroll down) l847 Canadian list. However, where this is unclear or not stated, the destination of the ship is given for the passenger instead. He was drowned during the sinking. Otranto was in service until 1957, when she was sold for scrap. The records are arranged by port or airport of arrival. Passenger lists on ships continued until 1965, when cards completely replaced lists for both air and sea travel. This will allow you to view all of the voyages that a ship undertook from the UK, between 1890 and 1960. Kish was assigned to the 72nd Company, Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. Kashmir off the coast of Scotland. 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. 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. 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 . We did not suffer any damages, but the schooner was sent to the bottom. Able Seaman Ludlow was in the British Royal Navy and was a crewman on the Otranto. Bennett was from Woodeliff, Georgia and took basic training at Ft. Screven. Researchers should note that this means that occasionally you may see two entries for the same individual which correspond to two different original copies of the same list. He was drowned during the sinking. That is, passengers may go to sleep Wednesday night and find that it is still Wednesday when they arise the next morning. Geiger is buried in Kilchoman, Ireland as there is a cross in a cemetery there marked as: America Pvt. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. 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. The Brig Alexander - The passenger list of the Brig Alexander and the Glenaladale Settlers of 1772. Write to me soon and tell others to write to me. Names of places have been standardised in the port dropdown list, of course, but also in the transcriptions. He has no known grave and is recorded on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent, UK. 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. Charles' body was recovered and buried in England. Otranto was in service until 1957, when she was sold for scrap. Give my love to dear Mary and tell her there are hopes yet. 1903-06-30 SS Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse Passenger List. Swadner was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. I was brought up to the hospital with a number of others that had been hurt. Charles was serving during WWI and his unit, C.A.C. Theodore, the son of Friar Jerome and savior of Isabella, is the true heir of the Castle of Otranto. Date of Departure: 30 June 1903. Dilts tried to jump from the Otranto onto the Mounsey and fell in between. This ripped a large hole in her side at the point where the ships hospital was. 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. Hong Kong is included under China. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 1, from Fort Screven Georgia. Voyages from all British (English, Welsh and Scottish) ports, and from all Irish ports before partition in 1921 and all Northern Irish ports after partition, are covered in BT27. We do not want for anything. Presumably Pvt. For example, if there are no sailings from Ramsgate in Kent, there is no point in a researcher typing Ramsgate in a search field. 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. A few destinations in Africa which have yet to be allocated a country are included under Africa in the dropdown list. After being in the water for about 2 hours he finally made it to shore looking like a giant grease ball. His body was recovered and later returned to Farmington, Illinois for burial. He wrapped himself around railings. For instance, in the New Zealand drop-down list, you will see a list of ports from Auckland to Westport from which to choose. Help us improve catalogue descriptions by adding tags. 1954 Nov 10. Pvt. View all Works. London: SS Otranto (Orient Line) travelling from Brisbane to London. However, in some cases there are cards without corresponding lists, as well as lists without cards. This list is only for people who came to Tasmania and Norfolk Island on convict transport ships, and were not convicts, e.g. McAfee was born in Coldwater, Ohio about 1897 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 1, Coldwater, Ohio. However, in other instances, the port in question can be small and obscure, or now known by a different name, or not have a unique name. He tried to time his jump to the destroyer so he would land on the destroyer as it was at its wave peak or at least just starting back down. 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. Radabaugh was born in Connersville, West Virginia about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 4, Marietta, Ohio. 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 12 March, 1918 from Beloit, Kansas and was assigned to the 4th Co. CAC, Ft. Screven. He had served 16 years in the navy prior to the war and was called up again in August 1914. The actor Buster Keaton sailed to Europe on the Otranto in August of 1918 with units of the 40th Division. 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. He could never finish telling the events of the sinking, as he would be come very upset. 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. He is buried in Grave 190 in Kilchomen, Islay Island, Scotland. L. Baldry contacted me about his grandfather, Francis Edwin Turner who was a crewman on the HMS Otranto. He and his friends were intoxicated one evening, rode into Edwardsville to enlist but they were turned down because of their current condition. The ABA was a 7,937 gross ton passenger ship, 450ft x 55.8ft, twin screw motor ship, speed 14 knots, accommodation for 225-1st, 70-2nd and 70-3rd class passengers. He joined the Army on a whim to help his family out of poverty. 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. Locally he was known as 'Charley'. John was born in Allentown on 19 January, 1884. 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. 1938 The Australia service extended to New Zealand. Original lists (1883-1891) also survived. His mother, Mrs. Martha McAfee, R. F. D. 1, Coldwater, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. 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. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company No. Who First name (s) Name variants Last name Name variants So, if you are initially unsuccessful with a search try again periodically. Edward Lewis Williams was aboard the HMS Otranto when it sank. 1888-1940 are the official passenger lists for people arriving in Port Adelaide from overseas. In the Second World War the second Otranto was converted into a troop ship and a Landing ship, infantry. Orient Steam Navigation Co./Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Outward sailings January-April 1882 (issued January 18, 1882) Vessel (s) Ports of call. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 7 August 1918 at the age of 20 years 8 months old. 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). 1942 Nov.: Fitted out as an assault ship. Let us know. His shoulder always caused him great pain and finally, he retired from his business in 1946, turning it over to my older brother Robert Morris Perrin, when he returned from WW II. The loss of life was heavy - 431 drowned, including 351 American soldiers - though there were 367 survivors in all. 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. Just then a great wave rushed over the top and I was completely under water that was icy cold. Oct. 13, 1918. 406 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. I remember November 11, 1918 very well. ORIENT LINE PASSENGER LIST RMS ORONTES Australia service 1953 EMIGRANTS - $97.58. He sailed aboard the, Among the names of 200 American soldiers who lost their lives in the sinking of the transport. 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. FOR SALE! When we landed I found I couldnt walk very well. 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. 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. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 17 October 1918 at the age of 18 years 6 months old. He was a member of the Elks F.O.E, and the Travelerers Protective Association. Many passengers are described as going on a round trip or a tourist cruise, and these are all grouped together under the single header Round Voyage. He said that he had to spend a couple days in the hospital (did not say where, but from articles, it may have been Belfast) and then on to England for final training before being sent over to France. Paul Horn continues, What I recall from my conversation with my dad, was the story of having to go to the "front" area and with many others from those units in the rear, having to pickup the dead soldiers left on the field. It was the lookouts from the Otranto that first spotted the German fleet. In many cases, the country is self-evident, i.e., Boston is of course in USA, Melbourne in Australia and so on. Newsome was born in Belvidere, North Carolina about 1897 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 5, London, Ohio. The Australian National Maritime Museum began collecting maritime artefacts long before it opened its doors in 1991. Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. Several ship-owners saw the opportunity to earn good money by transporting emigrants to America. Discover more about Washington, Seattle Passenger Lists, 1890-1957. To our great joy a British destroyer greeted our eyes, for here lay our only hopes. This page is owned by Joe Hartwell 2003-2019 Commander: Captain O. Cppers. Our ship, a British transport, the Otranto, was a large well-armed vessel. 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. From the Obituary section of The Allentown Morning Call, in Allentown, Pennsylvania: Private John C. Geiger, up to the time of enlistment last August, employed by the Lehigh Portland Cement Company as their travelling freightagent, perished on the transport Otranto when in a collision off the Irish Coast she was beached and battered to pieces causing a loss of over 200 soldiers, Private Geiger was 33 years of age, and was known by all as a good fellow, genial, always wearing a smile and ready to do a good turn for anyone. Although Seattle was incorporated in 1869, relatively recently for an American city, it quickly became an important center for exporting the regions rich natural resources, and so the population relied on sea travel and trade. Herbert A. Dodd listed above. Pvt. We finally managed to get below to safety but it was a trying hour, believe me. Six hundred men owe their lives to him. 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. He enlisted into the Ohio National Guard at Cincinnati, Ohio on 17 March 1917. Embarking at Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart, Colombo, Naples, Toulon, Gibraltar, Sydney, Adelaide and Fremantle. The records in this collection consist of passenger lists created between 1910 and 1939. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. 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. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 1, from Fort Screven Georgia. 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. 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. passenger list: [noun] a list of the passengers on a ship that is submitted by the master to customs officials at ports visited. This means that there can be two or even three originals of some of the passenger lists within the BT27 series. Entering the first letter will return a list of all ships with names staring on that letter. The Azores, the Canaries and Madeira are given their own identities within the destination country list. privacy policy, Need more context? 1891-1954 immigration passenger lists: 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. I was the only War Orphan in my town and that is why I was selected to unveil the monument. OANFA 1903 7,902 gross tons. Was assigned to Machine Gun Company K, 1st Kansas Infantry (Co. K 137th Infantry). Born November 27, 1893 in Poplar, London. 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. On 7 September 1918, he registered for WWI draft and was serving as the YMCA Ocean Transport Secretary en route to Paris when he sailed on the HMS Otranto. (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. Like rival Dutch shipping company Nederland Line's passenger ship Oranje, the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd's William Ruys served the Netherlands-Indonesia route after the war, having been built in 1947 for that purpose. These lists recorded details on all persons arriving at U.S. ports on ATS ships. Passenger lists vary in size and in length, they changed over time, and different shipping lines had their own pre-printed forms. A typical passenger list can be divided into three parts. I supposed it was done while I was fastened under the chain. I wrote you last Monday saying that I had landed safely. Once on deck the men were faced with very strong winds. The destroyer Mounsey pulled alongside to rescue the men and Cpl. 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. Although the destroyer H.M.S. His father, Henry J. Swadner, Arcanum, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. Kish was born in Cleveland, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Cleveland, Ohio. About the Collection. The Castle of Otranto, novel by Horace Walpole, published under a pseudonym in 1764 (though first editions bear the next year's date). Pvt. His family came to see him off in New York before he left, signing a $10,000 life insurance before he left. The three parts of a list may be on a single page or spread over two or more pages. 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. Edward was assigned to Fort Screvena, Georgia to train for war. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. The names of wives and children were often not included. mc N 761, in the Family History Area. The SS Rhein is listed among the following 14 sister-ships: Hermann 1865, 2873 tons, 318ft x 40ft. It is not necessary to select a destination country before searching. She took part in the invasion of French North Africa later that year and the landings in Sicily and Salerno in 1943. 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. Forces. You need to bear in mind also that a significant proportion of passengers are shown on the original list without an age - these 'blank' ages are shown in your returned results together with those of the right year of birth, so that you can consider them as well. Able Seaman Sidney George Ludlow. "MED" or medical reasons. Port of arrival. It was used by Geoffrey and Hazel Tirchett who immigrated from London to Victoria, as '10 Pound Tourists' leaving London on 3 June 1954. One man survived by grabbing a large tub of lard that was floating by him. William Brumit was killed on 6 October, 1918 during the sinking of the Otranto. What do I need to know before I start? He is buried in the Chatham Naval Memorial, grave reference 28. Additionally, this record set contains no incoming voyages to Britain. We didnt sleep very much and Sunday morning found us on a raging sea a fearful sea. This story of Pvt. Pvt. The Red Cross is very good to us also, and we are certainly grateful. You can never know what it was like until you have been upon a storming sea. Synopsis Not long after breakfast, about 9:30 oclock, we felt a great jar.