He and his friends were intoxicated one evening, rode into Edwardsville to enlist but they were turned down because of their current condition. I was under water for the third time. His letter follows: Royal Victoria Hospital, During the first decades of the 20th century, the . She took on a list very quickly and flooding into the engine room shorted out the generators and the lights went out. His father, Henry J. Swadner, Arcanum, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. Horn would have joined the 57th Artillery as a replacement late in the war. The list contains: Non-Convict name, title, ship, contact name and e-mail address. see description line storage D28 144038857786 Give my love to dear Mary and tell her there are hopes yet. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. 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. His detachment was sailing aboard the Otranto and Sgt. 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. Mounsey managed to take off several hundred soldiers and crewman 431 died. There were several men in the hospital who were killed outright. He could never finish telling the events of the sinking, as he would be come very upset. 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. Arrived at Faslane for scrapping by British Iron & Steel Corp. Norwegian Police Emigration Records (1867 - 1973). 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. 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. 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. 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. Just after breakfast on Sunday morning 6 October 1918 there was a great jarring and the ship trembled severley. Geiger is buried in Kilchoman, Ireland as there is a cross in a cemetery there marked as: America Pvt. Please note that not all ports are sea ports. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 30 July 1918 at the age of 19 years 8 months old. She was sold for scrap in June. She took part in the invasions of French North Africa (Operation Torch), Sicily (Operation Husky) and Italy (Operation Avalanche). Discover more about Washington, Seattle Passenger Lists, 1890-1957. Pvt. By providing the drop-down list, we save a researcher from searching for information which is not within the database. Passenger lists before 1820 included name, departure information and arrival details. Ft. Screven, American Ex. length 482ft x beam 58.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 10 knots, accommodation for 12-1st class passengers. 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. I have a copy of my Grandfathers letter of recommendation advising all records went down with the ship and I also have a painting of the HMS Otranto and the Mounsey coming along side. [1], In 1926 Otranto was slightly damaged when she struck a rock at Cape Grosso, Greece during a heavy rainstorm. Smith was assigned to Co. G, 1st Infantry, Ohio National Guard (Co. G 148 Infantry). Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, MA; 1820 to July 29, 1891 (NARA & FHL Microfilm Numbers) (National Archives Publication M277, 115 rolls) The original customs passenger lists for Boston prior to 1883 were destroyed in a fire. Otranto then resumed her pre-war role as a passenger liner, now refitted to carry 1,412 tourist-class passengers. OANFA 1903 7,902 gross tons. 1 and agrees with his birth year being 1898 but offers little more information on Jennings (though they thought he was returning from WWI on the transport ship which is a mistake). Radabaugh was born in Connersville, West Virginia about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 4, Marietta, Ohio. These lists recorded details on all persons arriving at U.S. ports on ATS ships. When I jumped I fell between the two anchor chains, which were stretched along the deck floor, and held on. Vickers Armstrong built Otranto in its Barrow-in-Furness shipyard and launched her on 9 July 1925. Old Calabar and New Calabar are different places within Nigeria but have been merged within the dropdown list of Nigerian ports, as many entries in the passenger lists simply state Calabar. Hirt's Greenhouse and Flowers. When war was declared in 1914 the British Admiralty requisitioned the Otranto for use as an Auxiliary Cruiser and armed her with four 4.7-inch guns. Some destination ports can be difficult to distinguish in the early handwritten records. 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. Demise. 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. 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. The lifeboats were useless, as they had been crushed to pieces. However, in 1933, she was given a comprehensive refit to become a One Class Liner, accommodating just 770 Tourist Class passengers and she was listed as being 14,983 GRT. So, if you are initially unsuccessful with a search try again periodically. 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. 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. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Lisa Hughson related about her grandfather Owen Tucker and his brother Edward Tucker both from Liverpool, England who were both crewmen aboard the HMS Otranto when she sank with both brothers surviving the sinking. List of passengers, including Dutch immigrants, arriving in Australia on the SS Prinz Waldemar., 1909-10-23 - 1909-10-23 Barrow. Battle was drowned during the sinking on October 6, 1918. He was the son of Harrison C. Carpenter and Laura S. Grover, I (Debbie Baker) am descended from his sister, Mary Elizabeth Carpenter. Passenger List Page - Irish Genealogical Society - MN. Starring Kelly Marie Tran, Colin Morgan, Rob Benedict and Patti LuPone. The National Archives holds detailed passenger records for arrivals and departures at all Australian ports from 1924. HMS Otranto A collision that took the lives of 431 including 351 American soldiers. Passenger Lists From Ireland - 1803 - #1 Passenger List From Ireland - 1803 - #2 Bowditch, Liverpool to NY, May 1839 Pvt. He sailed aboard the, Among the names of 200 American soldiers who lost their lives in the sinking of the transport. 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. This information on Cpl. The "RMS" prefix stands for Royal Mail Ship, as she carried overseas mail under a contract between Orient Line and Royal Mail. 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. I was the only War Orphan in my town and that is why I was selected to unveil the monument. One man survived by grabbing a large tub of lard that was floating by him. crew, passengers, military. She took part in the invasion of French North Africa later that year and the landings in Sicily and Salerno in 1943. 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. Please note that different ships with the same name have not been distinguished in the ship search. The Hirt family have run a nursery and greenhouse business in Strongsville, Ohio since 1915 and they do business throughout the world. 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. Otranto was in service until 1957, when she was sold for scrap. Sgt. We had quite a bit of rain, and a heavy sleet fell upon us too. Cpl. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 17 July 1918 at the age of 20 years 3 months old. He was drowned during the sinking. After the War my hometown erected a monument to honor the men who had died in service from my town. 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. Hong Kong is included under China. "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. Names of places have been standardised in the port dropdown list, of course, but also in the transcriptions. 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 Otranto accidentally collided with the Japanese steamer Kitano Maru[4] in August 1928, heavily damaging her. This information will help us make improvements to the website. A solution is being designed so that customers will only be charged once for the information contained within these duplicate pages. As well as searching for your ancestors in the passenger lists by their name it is also possible to browse by ship. At this time the mortally wounded Otranto was grounded on some rocks and was tearing herself apart and soon tore into two parts. You can search and download lists of ships' passengers entering and leaving the United Kingdom from and for ports outside Europe and the Mediterranean. Passenger lists on ships continued until 1965, when cards completely replaced lists for both air and sea travel. For example, if there are no sailings from Ramsgate in Kent, there is no point in a researcher typing Ramsgate in a search field. The default setting is All, which allows you to search all ports at the same time. 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. Ascension is included under St Helena. Pvt. However, copies of the records (1820-1874 with gaps) survived. The Australian National Maritime Museum began collecting maritime artefacts long before it opened its doors in 1991. William Brumit was killed on 6 October, 1918 during the sinking of the Otranto. Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. Australian Shipping 1788-1968: Vessels arriving by year. privacy policy, Need more context? We did not suffer any damages, but the schooner was sent 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. Pearl B. Horn passed away in 1969. 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. These are contained within The National Archives' BT26 record series. You can see the artist even painted in the men jumping from one ship to the other, just an unbelievable event.. Commanders of Trans-Atlantic Steamships - 1894. 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. Mother, it is with a sad heart that I write of Clyde, but we have hopes yet. Locally he was known as 'Charley'. 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. mc N 761, in the Family History Area. The Castle of Otranto was the Blair Witch Project of 1764. 1903-06-30 SS Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse Passenger List. When we got on deck we found a very strong wind and high waves. 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 . London: SS Otranto (Orient Line) travelling from Brisbane to London. In a letter to his mother, he tells in an interesting manner the story of the accident. His body was recovered and later returned to Farmington, Illinois for burial. 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. Date of Departure: 30 June 1903. 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. He enlisted 12 March, 1918 from Beloit, Kansas and was assigned to the 4th Co. CAC, Ft. Screven. He is buried in the Kilchoman Cemetery, Islay, West Coast of Scotland, Grave site 7.131. Have you found an error with this catalogue description? 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. She was subsequently reconverted back into a troop transport and served as such until released from government service in 1948. 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. 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. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 31 July 1918 at the age of 19 1/2 years old. 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). Crown Copyright Images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, London, England. (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. Thomas and Margaret Goodwin had a son named Charles Goodwin who served in the Scottish Rifles and was killed in action during WWI just two years earlier at the Battle of the Somme when only 19-years of age and he is buried at Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France. Dull was born in Wood County, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Arcanum, Ohio. Not all lists have survived. 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. Eventually my father had surgery to remove the bone spurs and calcium growths. 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. Notes. GGA Image ID # 12e0a9f329. For Dutch ships, for example Damsterdijk, also spelt Damsterdyk, only one version of the name has been selected, allowing you to view passenger lists for both spellings with one search. 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. Edward was the only one accepted that night. 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. Pvt. Belfast, Ireland. 1888-1940 are the official passenger lists for people arriving in Port Adelaide from overseas. 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. The wave seemed like huge mountains. 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. 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 accident happened not far from the same place where the Lusitania was sunk near Ireland. 1954 Nov 10. Atlantic Flight 702 has disappeared mid-flight between London and New York with 256 passengers on board. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. 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. 1957 Aug. example: 1847 passenger list . L. Baldry. Hirt was born in Strongsville, Ohio about 1898 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Strongsville, Ohio. He has no known grave and is recorded on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent, UK. Pvt. Lauch was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. -The following American survivors of the Otranto, all of them privates, have been landed here: Charles E. Smithson, David R. Roberts, George S. Taylor, Earle Garver, Stewart Early [Early Steward], Noah Taylor, William Cooney, Robert F. Schaun, Thomas A. Kelly, Ben Smith, Robert Brown, Joseph S. Richards, William Richards, Emil Peterson, Joseph M. 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. 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. For example, if you search for William Lancaster and you type in William Lan*, your search will return a list of results that include names such as William Lane or William Landau - as well as William Lancaster. Kish was born in Cleveland, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Cleveland, Ohio. The records are arranged by port or airport of arrival. The Willem Ruys and Oranje passed in opposite directions . Was assigned to the Spetember Automatic Replacement Draft and was drowned on the Otranto when she was sunk on October 6. Everything went well until Saturday night of the 5th, when we found ourselves on a high sea. 61541: Wayne. Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 Discover your ancestors who left Ireland and Great Britain between 1890 and 1960. Pvt. London, Naples, via Suez Canal, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney. Pvt. In each case, viewing the image of the passenger list will reveal the exact term used and the precise destination of the passenger. If you don't have an account please register. Most of them are small farmers, who intend settling upon the lands of tthe South Australian Company. His daughter Barbara Dilts Joike reflects; "I also do not have many memories of him. The Brig Alexander - The passenger list of the Brig Alexander and the Glenaladale Settlers of 1772. Such duplicates were written out again by hand (not produced using carbon paper). Pvt Smith enlisted into the Regular Army 8 March 1918 at Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia. Also capacity for 1,200 Mecca pilgrims on deck Launched Jan.1903 by D & W. Henderson, Glasgow for the China Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Liverpool, an Alfred Holt ( Blue Funnel Line) subsidiary. example: 1851 passenger list (scroll down) l847 Canadian list. Radabaugh was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. Pvt. A few destinations in Africa which have yet to be allocated a country are included under Africa in the dropdown list. Otranto was in service until 1957, when she was sold for scrap. One of them was brother Clydes top sergeant Sergt. 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. Biographies of many transatlantic sea captains and commanders from the 1880s through the early 1900s. Edward's body was later washed ashore in Scotland. However, within this alphabetical listing there is also an entry called New Zealand. This ripped a large hole in her side at the point where the ships hospital was. My search for him that Sunday morning one week ago today was in vain. I think I held to this chain for nearly an hour; but I wasnt lonesome, as two other soldiers were holding to the same chain. It is not necessary to select a destination country before searching. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto.
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