The Hirt family have run a nursery and greenhouse business in Strongsville, Ohio since 1915 and they do business throughout the world. 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. The destroyer had just passed the wave valley and was just starting back up, so he not only hit with great impact but also his body had rotated in the air and he hit on his left shoulder. Kashmir off the coast of Scotland. Passenger List (Empress of Britain - From Liverpool Friday, August 30th, 1957 To Quebec and Montreal), includes sailings July 1957-March 1958: 1957: Sailings of Empress of Britain, Empress of England, Empress of France and Empress of Scotland: S: Sailings to and from Europe - Saint John Season 1957-1958, November 1957-April 1958: 1957 1 from Fort Screven Georgia, and sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918. Seaman Francis Edwin Turner is marked with the "X", middle of the back row. You may search for a ship by entering the first letter of the name. OANFA 1903 7,902 gross tons. passenger list: [noun] a list of the passengers on a ship that is submitted by the master to customs officials at ports visited. He told me about it only once, and only briefly, when I was a teenager, in response to my question as to his military experience. 1966 The Orient Line name was dropped and thenceforward disappeared. Swadner was born in Greenville, Ohio about 1898 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Arcanum, Ohio. 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. Somehow the waves carried my left leg underneath one of the chains and the weight of the anchor chain held me in a straining position until another wave loosened me. [5] On 4 August 1932 she collided with the Thames barge Why Not in the Thames Estuary at Thameshaven, Essex, England; Why Not sank.[6]. Her name is Brooke and she lives in Napier, New Zealand. 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. Roy C. Dilts was most likely in the same unit from Ft. Screven, Georgia as Cpl. During the first decades of the 20th century, the . Horn would have joined the 57th Artillery as a replacement late in the war. But I meant to do all in my power to make good. Belfast, Ireland. However, they will not have sailed from, say, Glasgow if their destination overseas is not served by a shipping line operating out of that port, or if sailings there do run but are not departing at the date at which they need to travel. 1948-9: Fitted out as a one class ship at Birkenhead. 406. 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. It is awful to think of Clyde as going down in that terrible water. Edward Lewis Williams was aboard the HMS Otranto when it sank. London: SS Otranto (Orient Line) travelling from Brisbane to London. 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). Register of Immigrants: Otranto, 1911-1912 Access status Open Previous System Identifier DID39118 Description Register of passengers on immigrant ships arriving in Queensland Format PDF . Analysis. 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. According to Private Pearl B. Horns discharge paper, he was in Battery D of the 57th Artillery Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. 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. 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. Was assigned to Machine Gun Company K, 1st Kansas Infantry (Co. K 137th Infantry). He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 1, from Fort Screven Georgia. Accordingly, you may wish to check under both Curacao and Caracas if you are trying to find a person who went to one or other of these destinations. Year Title Description Download ; 1926 : Hatarana : 232/1926 - Hatarana : PDF: 1926 : Mongolia Hudson was from Jakin, Georgia and was assigned to the September Automatic Replacement Draft from Ft. Screven. 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. Pvt. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. You can search and download lists of ships' passengers entering and leaving the United Kingdom from and for ports outside Europe and the Mediterranean. And many of these men were from the State of Georgia. The Passengers of the May Flower in 1620 [pg 47] Passengers of the Mary and John, p. 265. Herbert A. Dodd listed above. The list contains: Non-Convict name, title, ship, contact name and e-mail address. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company No. This means that you are likely to find what initially appear to be discrepancies when you click through to the image of the passenger list. Pvt. This will allow you to view all of the voyages that a ship undertook from the UK, between 1890 and 1960. Journey to Australia: Tall Trees Family History DEPARTURES: 1822-1869 London, England Liverpool, England Commander: Captain O. Cppers. We had no hopes-to jump into the sea meant death, for one could not live long in such a mad sea. The Alfred brings no mail. Names of places have been standardised in the port dropdown list, of course, but also in the transcriptions. 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. Just after breakfast on Sunday morning 6 October 1918 there was a great jarring and the ship trembled severley. Six double-ended and two single-ended boilers supplied steam at 215 lbf/in2 to the turbines. Edward was assigned to Fort Screvena, Georgia to train for war. . Route: Bremen to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg. HMS Otranto A collision that took the lives of 431 including 351 American soldiers. After being in the water for about 2 hours he finally made it to shore looking like a giant grease ball. This list is only for people who came to Tasmania and Norfolk Island on convict transport ships, and were not convicts, e.g. She was subsequently reconverted back into a troop transport and served as such until released from government service in 1948. Men were in the raging sea and clinging to anything that would float. Able Seaman Sidney George Ludlow. example: 1847 passenger list . In a letter to his mother, he tells in an interesting manner the story of the accident. 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. However, two points need to be noted. Then many years later, in 1949 she received a further refit to accommodate 1,052 One Class immigrants. A solution is being designed so that customers will only be charged once for the information contained within these duplicate pages. 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 . The sea was mountainous and the hurricane bit in, and he can remember his grandfather saying: "I will never forget it." The accident happened not far from the same place where the Lusitania was sunk near Ireland. Dilts tried to jump from the Otranto onto the Mounsey and fell in between. 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. This was some consolation, but it was 8:30 Sunday night when we landed. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Able Seaman Ludlow was in the British Royal Navy and was a crewman on the Otranto. Barrow. The waves were so high and the destroyer so heavily loaded until she turned almost over. Cuzco. I thank one for my safety, and I pray for brothers and my chums safety. The passenger lists in BT27 include long-haul voyages to destinations outside Britain and Europe. She took part in the invasions of French North Africa (Operation Torch), Sicily (Operation Husky) and Italy (Operation Avalanche). Pvt. 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. By 11:00 am it was all over the Otranto was gone with many men and those who survived were taken to Belfast, Ireland. Eastward bound ships when crossing this line observe the same date twice. 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. 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. Although the destroyer H.M.S. You can never know what it was like until you have been upon a storming sea. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, from Fort Screven Georgia. GGA Image ID # 12e0a9f329. John Elder. Fremantle. 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. In 1919 P&O Line acquired a controlling interest in Orient Line. For instance, if you search by last name without a first name, results without given forenames top the list, followed by the initials and exact first name matches in alphabetical order: if you click the First Name column header, results will be sorted so that the order is reversed and initials and first names top the list, with the blanks coming at the end of the list. The wave seemed like huge mountains. His letter follows: Royal Victoria Hospital, He was survived by his wife Elizabeth (Pauling) of 248 St. Leonards Road, Poplar E. Date this page was last updated March 2, 2019 Our trip was eventful until the night of the 1st when we collided with a French Schooner. 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. The sea departure cards are not linked to corresponding passenger lists (where they exist), and so you may be returned two results for the same person on the same voyage. Notes. He was listed as working for the Y.M.C.A. Hong Kong is included under China. Weeks was from Waynesboro, Georgia and was assigned to the September Automatic Replacement Draft at Ft. Screven. 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. Otranto was in service until 1957, when she was sold for scrap. Orient Steam Navigation Co./Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Outward sailings January-April 1882 (issued January 18, 1882) Vessel (s) Ports of call. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of New York from 1851-1891 and 1935-1938. 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. 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. Discover your ancestors who left Ireland and Great Britain between 1890 and 1960. Passenger lists on ships continued until 1965, when cards completely replaced lists for both air and sea travel. Marshal claims that the manuscript takes place "in the darkest ages of Christianity" but that the story's language is far . You can of course reduce this option to 'exact' or '+/- 1 year' but you may be less likely to achieve a successful result if you do. 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. He is buried in Brookwood Cemetery in England. He sailed on the Otranto with Casual Company No. National Work Council. This information on Cpl. Sgt. If you are unsure how a name was spelt, or cannot find it with the usual spelling, try using the wildcard facility. 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. There was no loss of life, as we picked up all of the crew, of thirty-six French sailors. Able Seaman Thomas Goodwin, Royal Navy Service Number 192409, was the son of Roger & Rebecca Goodwin and husband of Margaret. mc N 761, in the Family History Area. Steamship Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd) Class of Passengers: Cabin. He joined the Army on a whim to help his family out of poverty. 406 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Pvt. 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. First Settlers of New Hampshire. Oct. 13, 1918. A full account of the Johnson-Jeffries fight was received from the Macedonia's operator on Monday. Your son, An impulse seemed to tell me to jump, so I jumped and landed safely on the bow of the ship. The Willem Ruys and Oranje passed in opposite directions . Men were beginning to jump off the Otranto and onto the Mounsey some timing the jumps right and making it to the Mounsey and others were crushed as the two ships slammed together. 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). 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. Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. She had twin propellers driven through reduction gears by six steam turbines that between them developed 3,722 NHP. It was a ruby with pearls around it. Likewise German ships which would naturally include an umlaut in their name may be spelt with a 'u' or with a 'ue'. For these two reasons, we use a default +/- 2 years when you search by year of birth. length 482ft x beam 58.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 10 knots, accommodation for 12-1st class passengers. 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! This matching process enables a researcher to search by country when they do not know to which port within the country their passenger sailed. 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. If you wish to search by country, simply select the country but leave the destination port dropdown at its default 'all ports within destination country' setting. For instance, in the New Zealand drop-down list, you will see a list of ports from Auckland to Westport from which to choose. My injury isnt very much only a bruised thigh. 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. He was the son of Harrison C. Carpenter and Laura S. Grover, I (Debbie Baker) am descended from his sister, Mary Elizabeth Carpenter. 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. His daughter Barbara Dilts Joike reflects; "I also do not have many memories of him. Sea departure cards are marked on the search results as 'card'. Original lists (1883-1891) also survived. Atlantic Flight 702 has disappeared mid-flight between London and New York with 256 passengers on board. However, given the size of the database, unless you are dealing with a rare or distinctive name, you may find that you need to select a country (or to work through a selection of counties one at a time) for your results to be manageable. Write to me soon and tell others to write to me. 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. Newsome was born in Belvidere, North Carolina about 1897 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 5, London, Ohio. Both were game-changers which popularized a new genre. Early passenger lists typically include the name of the ship, the names of passengers, ages, ports of arrival and departure, date, country of origin, and occupation. Bennett was from Woodeliff, Georgia and took basic training at Ft. Screven. In 1942 she was modified to carry landing craft as a Landing ship, infantry. Sgt. 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. 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. His father, John Lauch, 248 West Forrer St., Lockland, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. This is an incomplete list of American and British men who were killed during the sinking: Pvt. We have been treated well since we landed here. In 1953 the two rival vessels clashed at sea and almost come to grief. Free immigration to Tasmania 1803-1946. Passenger lists before 1820 included name, departure information and arrival details. partial passenger list. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 30 July 1918 at the age of 19 years 8 months old. 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. Six hundred men owe their lives to him. 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. Wherever we can, we have paired each port with its matching country. Mounsey managed to take off several hundred soldiers and crewman 431 died. 1949: Resumed Australian service. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 24 July 1918 at the age of 20 1/2 years old. 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. Try an Ancestry.com Free Trial and Ancestry.ca Free Trial Genealogy Mystery Book! It was used by Geoffrey and Hazel Tirchett who immigrated from London to Victoria, as '10 Pound Tourists' leaving London on 3 June 1954. To our great joy a British destroyer greeted our eyes, for here lay our only hopes. Paul F. Smith service number 793373 was killed during the sinking of the Otranto on 6 October, 1918. I think about him a lot and keep wondering about our meeting when I get to heaven. 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. While countries such as Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and USA feature strongly, all continents are covered and you will find passengers on ships sailing to all parts of Asia, the Caribbean, South America and West Africa, even to remotest oceanic islands such as South Georgia Island. L. Baldry. Hirt's Greenhouse and Flowers. At the time of writing, these include Jones River, Plantation and Stoopville. 1954 Nov 12. If you want to search all ports within a destination country, do not select a destination port.

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