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 . He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Sorata. 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. Pvt. listen to the trailer where to start 01. L. Baldry contacted me about his grandfather, Francis Edwin Turner who was a crewman on the HMS Otranto. Try an Ancestry.com Free Trial and Ancestry.ca Free Trial Genealogy Mystery Book! Norwegian Police Emigration Records (1867 - 1973). 1957 Aug. Mother, it is with a sad heart that I write of Clyde, but we have hopes yet. Herbert A. Dodd listed above. One man survived by grabbing a large tub of lard that was floating by him. In 1919 P&O Line acquired a controlling interest in Orient Line. Her name is Brooke and she lives in Napier, New Zealand. 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. Generally, in our experience, cards give more biographical information than their matching lists. At this time the mortally wounded Otranto was grounded on some rocks and was tearing herself apart and soon tore into two parts. There is then the body of the list, giving details of the passengers travelling 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. In the Second World War the second Otranto was converted into a troop ship and a Landing ship, infantry. Smith was assigned to Co. G, 1st Infantry, Ohio National Guard (Co. G 148 Infantry). 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. 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. (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. 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. Biographies of many transatlantic sea captains and commanders from the 1880s through the early 1900s. John was born in Allentown on 19 January, 1884. However, two points need to be noted. The sea then began to get restless. Swadner was born in Greenville, Ohio about 1898 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Arcanum, Ohio. Pvt. 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. The Castle of Otranto was the Blair Witch Project of 1764. The Red Cross is very good to us also, and we are certainly grateful. View the catalogue description for. Passengers For New England, pg 407. Passenger lists on ships continued until 1965, when cards completely replaced lists for both air and sea travel. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 1, from Fort Screven Georgia. Passenger lists vary in size and in length, they changed over time, and different shipping lines had their own pre-printed forms. I lived with my maternal grandparents most of my growing up years." About the Collection. I am sure if he was lost you will hear it from Washington before you get this letter. John Elder. Our trip was eventful until the night of the 1st when we collided with a French Schooner. Pvt. 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. The indexing is complete only for the assisted immigrant programme through to 1888. Pvt. He and his friends were intoxicated one evening, rode into Edwardsville to enlist but they were turned down because of their current condition. passenger list: [noun] a list of the passengers on a ship that is submitted by the master to customs officials at ports visited. 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. 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. Present at the North African, Sicilian & Italian landings. 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. The actor Buster Keaton sailed to Europe on the Otranto in August of 1918 with units of the 40th Division. If you want to search all ports within a destination country, do not select a destination port. Pvt. The dead were buried with military honors in a cemetery in Kilchoman on Islay. 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. These ships' names have also been standardised, i.e., Munchen/Muenchen is listed under Munchen only. First Settlers of New Hampshire. "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. His body was recovered and later returned to Farmington, Illinois for burial. These duplicate lists have been scanned to preserve the integrity of the BT27 dataset. The wildcard is denoted by a * and can be used in both the first name and the last name search fields. I was the only War Orphan in my town and that is why I was selected to unveil the monument. List of passengers disembarking at Southampton and London. Able Body Seaman, Francis Edwin Turner, Royal Navy, Service No. The arrival of an ancestor in Australia is a key moment in a family's history. Sea departure cards are marked on the search results as 'card'. McAfee was born in Coldwater, Ohio about 1897 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 1, Coldwater, Ohio. 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. 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. We did not suffer any damages, but the schooner was sent to the bottom. I was brought up to the hospital with a number of others that had been hurt. Geoffrey already had three brothers living in Australia. 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. . A few destinations in Africa which have yet to be allocated a country are included under Africa in the dropdown list. Your son, 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. Other services may also be available. Discover your ancestors who left Ireland and Great Britain between 1890 and 1960. 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. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 with Casual Company No. 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. His father, Henry J. Swadner, Arcanum, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. 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. The SS Rhein is listed among the following 14 sister-ships: Hermann 1865, 2873 tons, 318ft x 40ft. The Alfred brings no mail. For instance, in the South African dropdown list there are the important ports of Durban (Port Natal) and Port Elizabeth (Algoa Bay). Radabaugh was born in Connersville, West Virginia about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 4, Marietta, Ohio. Replacement Unit #1, was being transported aboard the Otranto. His family came to see him off in New York before he left, signing a $10,000 life insurance before he left. In many cases, the country is self-evident, i.e., Boston is of course in USA, Melbourne in Australia and so on. We have constructed the database in such as way so that, where a port has had two names within the period covered by the BT27 data series, the ports are joined together in the drop-down list and therefore are searched together. 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). 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. Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 Discover your ancestors who left Ireland and Great Britain between 1890 and 1960. Dr. Bowden, surgeon-superintendent, reports them to be in a highly healthy state, no diseases but measles having exhibited itself. He enlisted into the Ohio National Guard at Cincinnati, Ohio on 17 March 1917. Belfast, Ireland. However, in a few minutes we got orders to go up on C deck with life preservers, which we did in a calm manner. [7], https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RMS_Otranto_(1925)&oldid=1124982995, This page was last edited on 1 December 2022, at 15:49. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 2, from Fort Screven Georgia. Just a few days before his enlistment he bought himself a new automobile for her pleasure. You may search for a ship by entering the first letter of the name. Kish was born in Cleveland, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Cleveland, Ohio. 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. By providing the drop-down list, we save a researcher from searching for information which is not within the database. Pearl Horn told his son that they had to re-train on the Big French guns (his description) before going to the front. 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. Only known photo of Able Seaman Thomas Goodwin, shown 2nd from left in the front row. 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. During the first decades of the 20th century, the . 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. Westfal Larsen. Sergeant Battle enlisted into the Army on July 8, 1918 at Fort Screven, Georgia, and was attached to the Coast Artillery Corps. I wrote you last Monday saying that I had landed safely. My injury isnt very much only a bruised thigh. We finally managed to get below to safety but it was a trying hour, believe me. Her tonnages were 20,032gross register tons(GRT), 12,031net register tons(NRT) and 12,228 tons under deck. Able Seaman Sidney George Ludlow. They then boarded a train in Wilkes Barre and rode into Baltimore, Maryland. This ripped a large hole in her side at the point where the ships hospital was. Also on his discharge papers, it gives the dates of his departure on Sept. 25, 1918 to go overseas, and his return date of January 14, 1919. The destroyer Mounsey pulled alongside to rescue the men and Cpl. The three parts of a list may be on a single page or spread over two or more pages. Your account confirms what he told me. 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. "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. S.S. Kronprinz 1948-9: Fitted out as a one class ship at Birkenhead. When the destroyer reached port he was virtually frozen stiff to the railings and they had difficulty prying him loose.. But I meant to do all in my power to make good. His mother, Mrs. Martha McAfee, R. F. D. 1, Coldwater, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. 1891-1954 immigration passenger lists: 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. L. Baldry. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 24 July 1918 at the age of 20 1/2 years old. She was Orient Line's second ship of that name. Steamship Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd) Class of Passengers: Cabin. Again, lots of love to all. Your ancestor may have arrived as an individual or with family. The "RMS" prefix stands for Royal Mail Ship, as she carried overseas mail under a contract between Orient Line and Royal Mail. The records in this collection consist of passenger lists created between 1910 and 1939. Eventually my father had surgery to remove the bone spurs and calcium growths. It is awful to think of Clyde as going down in that terrible water. That is, passengers may go to sleep Wednesday night and find that it is still Wednesday when they arise the next morning. 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. Route: Bremen to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg. He was survived by his wife Elizabeth (Pauling) of 248 St. Leonards Road, Poplar E. Date this page was last updated March 2, 2019 Otranto accidentally collided with the Japanese steamer Kitano Maru[4] in August 1928, heavily damaging her. 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. partial passenger list. If you also see a more generic option in the drop-down alongside specific ports, it is important to note that this is not an 'all ports' option. Private Pearl B. Horn, USA, likely taken at Fort Dade, which was on Egmont Island in the Tampa Bay Harbor. The photo on the right shows five HMS Otranto crewmen. LOC 2018696845. He could never finish telling the events of the sinking, as he would be come very upset. Pvt. S.A.R., [September Automatic Replacement] C.A.C., National Work Council. Pvt. The accident happened not far from the same place where the Lusitania was sunk near Ireland. In most instances, you will find more information by looking at the image of the list. Mounsey managed to take off several hundred soldiers and crewman 431 died. Analysis. He helps Isabella escape from the castle during Manfred's suspenseful pursuit, while also attracting the . The Titanic is an exception, with the ill- fated 1912 vessel and its 1894-1900 namesake listed separately. 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. 1 from Fort Screven Georgia, and sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918. On 6 Oct. 1918, during a heavy storm while carrying troops from America to Glasgow and Liverpool, HMS Otranto collided with the P&O liner H.M.S.