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 . Weeks was from Waynesboro, Georgia and was assigned to the September Automatic Replacement Draft at Ft. Screven. Victor D. continues about his father in later life, He was a successful businessman in Atlanta, Georgia, his hometown. To our great joy a British destroyer greeted our eyes, for here lay our only hopes. Likewise German ships which would naturally include an umlaut in their name may be spelt with a 'u' or with a 'ue'. This was some consolation, but it was 8:30 Sunday night when we landed. The Orient Line, along with the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, were the two British based shipping lines that pioneered and dominated the passage of migrants by sea to Australia and other colonial outposts in the Orient, such as India, Malaysia and Hong Kong since the 1850s. Write to me soon and tell others to write to me. We have been treated well since we landed here. The American landsmen thought they would be safer on board the larger vessel than the small naval craft but this was to their undoing and explained why so many were lost. Rafts and crushed lifeboats were used between the two ships so she would not be hit so hard. passenger list: [noun] a list of the passengers on a ship that is submitted by the master to customs officials at ports visited. Charles was serving during WWI and his unit, C.A.C. First Settlers of New Hampshire. . The ship Champion of the Seas has again made a highly successful voyage to this port [of Melbourne] bringing about 400 passengers - 277 of whom are passage-warrant holders. BT - Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies Division within BT - Records of the Commercial, Companies, Labour, Railways and Statistics Departments BT 26 - Board of Trade:. About the Collection. Paul F. Smith service number 793373 was killed during the sinking of the Otranto on 6 October, 1918. Six hundred men owe their lives to him. It will be quite well in a few days and I will be able to leave here. Free immigration to Tasmania 1803-1946. 61541: Wayne. Customs Passenger Lists between 1820 and 1891 asked for each immigrant's name, their age, their sex, their occupation, and their country of origin, but not the city or town of origin. KAITLIN - Kelly Marie Tran RORY - Ben Daniels PROFESSOR ALCOTTE - Cyril Nri MARIANNE - Carlyss Peer CONOR - Akie Kotabe NADJULA - Munirih Grace HARRIS - Kerry Shale AGENT MURPHY- Danielle Lewis OTHER VOICES: Laurel Lefkow, Christopher Ragland, Eric Meyers, Gianna Kiehl, Eric Sirakian, Chris Kelly, Maddy Kelly, Merk Nguyen 28 min Lisa recalls that Owen Tucker, her grandfather never spoke about the disaster but his brother Edward Tucker did only when he had a couple of drinks. 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 . Vessel. Clifford was married to Aurelia Nell Parsons and had a daughter, Merle and a son, Hazen(?). 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. However, if you know that a particular passenger left from a particular port, or are only interested in passengers sailing from a particular port, you can select (for instance) Southampton from the list. 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 . There was a great inrush of water, which of course would soon send her to the bottom. The Azores, the Canaries and Madeira are given their own identities within the destination country list. 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. 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. If you do open up a destination port drop-down list, you will see an A-Z alphabetical list of available ports. The wave seemed like huge mountains. They may have arrived as a fare-paying passenger, as an 'assisted' migrant, a member of a ship's crew, in military or naval service, or as a convict. 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. He was survived by his wife Elizabeth (Pauling) of 248 St. Leonards Road, Poplar E. Date this page was last updated March 2, 2019 The Castle of Otranto, novel by Horace Walpole, published under a pseudonym in 1764 (though first editions bear the next year's date). Orient. I am sure if he was lost you will hear it from Washington before you get this letter. 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. Similarly "Under 16" was indicative of minor children not traveling to reunite with a parent. There is then the body of the list, giving details of the passengers travelling on board. Union 1867, 2800 tons, 325ft x 40 ft. Weser 1867, 2870 tons, 325ft x 40ft. We didnt sleep very much and Sunday morning found us on a raging sea a fearful sea. 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). Hirt was born in Strongsville, Ohio about 1898 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Strongsville, Ohio. Edward Lewis Williams was aboard the HMS Otranto when it sank. Pvt. Pvt. Newsome was born in Belvidere, North Carolina about 1897 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 5, London, Ohio. Most of them are small farmers, who intend settling upon the lands of tthe South Australian Company. A bibliography of ship passenger lists, 1538-1825; being a guide to published lists of early immigrants to North America. You need to sign in to tag. C1E 8B0. Present at the North African, Sicilian & Italian landings. There was no loss of life, as we picked up all of the crew, of thirty-six French sailors. Commander: Captain O. Cppers. 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. Westfal Larsen. For example, you may know that your passenger sailed to Chile without knowing whether he or she disembarked at, say, Antofagasta, Iquique or Valparaiso. 1 from Fort Screven Georgia, and sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918. The photo on the right shows five HMS Otranto crewmen. 718867. Edward Lewis Williams was a coal miner living in Edwardsville, Luzerne County, PA. Hirt was shared with me by Roy Pfundstein ( who was a friend of the family. 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. Pvt. He is survived by his parents and one brother, Cornelius of 132 South Hall street. One man survived by grabbing a large tub of lard that was floating by him. 406. He enlisted 5 April, 1917 from Ottawa, Kansas. 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. Deutschland 1866, 2800 tons, 325ft x 40ft. He is buried in the Chatham Naval Memorial, grave reference 28. His service number was 213177 and died while serving on the ship on 26 March 1918. Strong enough that one had to hold on to something to keep from being blown over. This was the first time I had realized that I had been hurt. I remember November 11, 1918 very well. The actor Buster Keaton sailed to Europe on the Otranto in August of 1918 with units of the 40th Division. The Passengers of the May Flower in 1620 [pg 47] Passengers of the Mary and John, p. 265. The destroyer Mounsey pulled alongside to rescue the men and Cpl. listen to the trailer where to start 01. Everything went well until Saturday night of the 5th, when we found ourselves on a high sea. I think about him a lot and keep wondering about our meeting when I get to heaven. The Alfred brings no mail. 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. Presumably Pvt. Pvt. Corporal Herbert A. Dodd drowned 6 October, 1918 during the sinking of the Otranto. By providing the drop-down list, we save a researcher from searching for information which is not within the database. This page is owned by Joe Hartwell 2003-2019 Vickers Armstrong built Otranto in its Barrow-in-Furness shipyard and launched her on 9 July 1925. 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. Pvt. Kashmir off the coast of Scotland. Oct. 13, 1918. He and others had climbed to the top deck on the port side. Just after breakfast on Sunday morning 6 October 1918 there was a great jarring and the ship trembled severley. He enlisted 12 March, 1918 from Beloit, Kansas and was assigned to the 4th Co. CAC, Ft. Screven. 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. 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. Fremantle. All British ports found so far within the BT27 passenger lists are given in an alphabetical A-Z drop-down list. 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. His body was recovered and later returned to Farmington, Illinois for burial. There is a header, providing details about the ship and its voyage. 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. Horn would have joined the 57th Artillery as a replacement late in the war. 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. For these two reasons, we use a default +/- 2 years when you search by year of birth. This means that there can be two or even three originals of some of the passenger lists within the BT27 series. ORIENT LINE PASSENGER LIST RMS ORONTES Australia service 1953 EMIGRANTS - $97.58. Marshal claims that the manuscript takes place "in the darkest ages of Christianity" but that the story's language is far . The waves were so high and the destroyer so heavily loaded until she turned almost over. Please note that different ships with the same name have not been distinguished in the ship search. Able Seaman Ludlow was in the British Royal Navy and was a crewman on the Otranto. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. Dull was born in Wood County, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Arcanum, Ohio. He and his friends were intoxicated one evening, rode into Edwardsville to enlist but they were turned down because of their current condition. In theory if not in practice, there are no domestic British or purely European voyages in BT27, and no lists for Merchant or Royal Naval vessels or for troop ships. Discover more about Washington, Seattle Passenger Lists, 1890-1957. 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. View the catalogue description for. She took on a list very quickly and flooding into the engine room shorted out the generators and the lights went out. 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. This information will help us make improvements to the website. Passenger List is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. 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. 56 corrugated furnaces with a combined grate surface area of 2,688 square feet (250m2) heated her boilers. Radabaugh was born in Connersville, West Virginia about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 4, Marietta, Ohio. For instance, a person living in Scotland is more likely to have sailed from Glasgow or one of the other Scottish ports. Kish was assigned to the 72nd Company, Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. However, in some cases there are cards without corresponding lists, as well as lists without cards. These lists recorded details on all persons arriving at U.S. ports on ATS ships. Battle was drowned during the sinking on October 6, 1918. A full account of the Johnson-Jeffries fight was received from the Macedonia's operator on Monday. I lived with my maternal grandparents most of my growing up years." 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. In 1942 she was modified to carry landing craft as a Landing ship, infantry. 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. Ft. Screven, American Ex. Generally, in our experience, cards give more biographical information than their matching lists. Later in life Pearl B. Horn did not talk much about the war in an detail, but one day many years ago, he told his son, Paul Horn, a few things about that time and his limited experience in the last battle of WWI, Meuse-Argonne Offensive. [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]. HMS Otranto A collision that took the lives of 431 including 351 American soldiers. An impulse seemed to tell me to jump, so I jumped and landed safely on the bow of the ship. Hirt's Greenhouse and Flowers. Passengers For New England, 1638, pg 108. L. Baldry. The lifeboats were useless, as they had been crushed to pieces. After being in the water for about 2 hours he finally made it to shore looking like a giant grease ball. 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. Passenger lists vary in size and in length, they changed over time, and different shipping lines had their own pre-printed forms. 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. 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. L. Baldry contacted me about his grandfather, Francis Edwin Turner who was a crewman on the HMS Otranto. 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. Passenger List Page - Irish Genealogical Society - MN. I saw a number of men jump for the destroyer but miss and fall between where they were smashed to death or drowned. In February 1957 she made her final voyage, from the UK to Sydney, Australia via Cape Town, South Africa. Applications for any other use should be made to. New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973. He was selected for the September Automatic Draft from Ft. Screven troops, for duty in France. Others were on deck, but their hold wasnt very good and they were swept overboard. 1, from Ft. Screvens, Georgia. Pvt. 1939: Troopship. The Titanic is an exception, with the ill- fated 1912 vessel and its 1894-1900 namesake listed separately. We had no hopes-to jump into the sea meant death, for one could not live long in such a mad sea. So, if you are initially unsuccessful with a search try again periodically. When World War II broke out in 1939 the Admiralty requisitioned Otranto and had her converted into a troop ship. For November and December 1960 only, sea departure cards are available to view, as well as the regular passenger lists, in some cases. William Brumit was killed on 6 October, 1918 during the sinking of the Otranto. 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. Year Title Description Download ; 1926 : Hatarana : 232/1926 - Hatarana : PDF: 1926 : Mongolia 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. Dilts was given to me by his daughter Barbara Dilts Joike who on December 17, 2004, turned 90 years old. My injury isnt very much only a bruised thigh. Herbert A. Dodd listed above. Roger Mary knows him. The accident happened not far from the same place where the Lusitania was sunk near Ireland. Otranto was in service until 1957, when she was sold for scrap. His father, Henry J. Swadner, Arcanum, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. see description line storage D28 144038857786 His family came to see him off in New York before he left, signing a $10,000 life insurance before he left. Eastward bound ships when crossing this line observe the same date twice. He was drowned during the sinking. In most instances, you will find more information by looking at the image of the list. The National Maritime collection contains a rich and diverse range of historic artefacts and contains over 140,000 objects. 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. His daughter Barbara Dilts Joike reflects; "I also do not have many memories of him. 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. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. HMS Otranto men listed on The Australian Naval War Memorial in Canberra: M. McNally, lost while serving on the Otranto. If a port is not in the drop-down list, this means that (to the best of our knowledge) there are no sailings from it. His father, John Lauch, 248 West Forrer St., Lockland, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. Route: Bremen to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg. We did not suffer any damages, but the schooner was sent to the bottom. Your son, And many of these men were from the State of Georgia. I was under water for the third time. Edward's body was later washed ashore in Scotland. You can search and download lists of ships' passengers entering and leaving the United Kingdom from and for ports outside Europe and the Mediterranean. 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. The sea was mountainous and the hurricane bit in, and he can remember his grandfather saying: "I will never forget it." These ships' names have also been standardised, i.e., Munchen/Muenchen is listed under Munchen only. Notes. She was sold for scrap in June. Please note that not all ports are sea ports. He is buried in Grave 190 in Kilchomen, Islay Island, Scotland. The names of wives and children were often not included. 1817-1829 : Indexes of Tasmanian Convicts (Tasmania GenWeb) - inculdes several passenger lists 1817-1829. Lauch was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. 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. In each case, viewing the image of the passenger list will reveal the exact term used and the precise destination of the passenger. Cuzco. 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. The records in this collection consist of passenger lists created between 1910 and 1939. Baltimore 1868, 2321 tons, 285ft x 39ft. At the time of writing, these include Jones River, Plantation and Stoopville. My search for him that Sunday morning one week ago today was in vain. Pvt. Otranto accidentally collided with the Japanese steamer Kitano Maru[4] in August 1928, heavily damaging her. Analysis. HMS Otranto men listed on the Toddington St. George Roll of Honour, Bedfordshire, England: Benjamin Lewitt, Otranto Ship's Surgeon, killed during the sinking. Private Pearl B. Horn was discharged from the Army on February 1, 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Pvt. Sea departure cards are marked on the search results as 'card'. "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. The Castle of Otranto was the Blair Witch Project of 1764. Men were in the raging sea and clinging to anything that would float. 1954 Nov 10. The wildcard is denoted by a * and can be used in both the first name and the last name search fields. For example, if there are no sailings from Ramsgate in Kent, there is no point in a researcher typing Ramsgate in a search field. Lisa continues, They were both very young men at the time. Bennett was from Woodeliff, Georgia and took basic training at Ft. Screven. Debbie Baker tells of Clifford Ardell Carpenter her 2nd great-grand-uncle sailing aboard the HMS Otranto. length 482ft x beam 58.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 10 knots, accommodation for 12-1st class passengers. He worked hard at home to regain strength and range of motion and was far more successful that had been predicted by his surgeon. Victor Morris Perrin passed away in 1967 in Naples, Florida. 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. Norwegian Police Emigration Records (1867 - 1973). His mother, Mrs. Lue Radabaugh, R. F. D. 4, Marietta, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 24 July 1918 at the age of 20 1/2 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. Sgt. 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. Names have also been standardised where they appear variously as one or two words, e.g., Ionic Star and Ionicstar. Mounsey managed to take off several hundred soldiers and crewman 431 died. Not long after breakfast, about 9:30 oclock, we felt a great jar.
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