Passengers proceeding directly to US destinations from Canadian ports http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp You will also find many Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vintage Pacific Line Passenger List RMS Orduna 1930, 16 pages at the best online prices at eBay! began 1939 Canadian Australasian Cruise Line Passenger List RMS Niagara New Zealand HI. east Manifests of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific Ports, 1929--49. Some oil remains in her wreck, and the scale of environmental threat it may pose continues to be debated. microfilms. [68], Both ships returned to port for survey. document.write("s.swig"); 5 Abare, John--Farley, Annunciata order, One of the most famous tragedies in modern history, it inspired numerous stories, several films, and a musical and has . Records Sources: Ships' The Daily Telegraph in Sydney called Niagara "a magnificent liner". The least to expect is the name of "head After September 30, 1906 both Canadians and non-Canadians are included on these lists. Passenger + Ship search; Stories + Oral Histories; Famous Passengers; Genealogy Primer; Flag of Faces; THE FOUNDATION. Admissions at Norton and Island Pond, VT information (usually, a lot!). Cobh is on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour. RMS Niagara New Zealand civilian liner. Bus : 3 Train : KI New for April 2015. Here you will find facts and history about the British passenger ship RMS Lusitania, her sinking, well as the biographies of passenger and crew on board when the German submarine U-20 torpedoed and sank her on 7 May 1915.. 2022 - 107th Lusitania Anniversary Manifests of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1895--1954. have precise details) these lists to be uniform in their content. From 1948, air travel passengers filled in their own cards. In 1925, Canada returned to a standard "big sheet" passenger manifest. The line started operations in 1840 and was first known as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Niagara's fuel oil capacity was 5,000 tons. 18 Nov. 17, 1937, EMPRESS OF CANADA--Apr. Be winter months. document.write("to:"); IMMIGRATION &c. RECORDS CREATED BEFORE 1865, Pre-Archiving: Many records for the pre-archiving period can At the end of 1913 the Union Company ordered a running mate for Niagara from the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Govan, Glasgow. A U-boat sank her by torpedo in 1917. A new contingency plan was made in 2016 in case a large amount of oil suddenly escapes. This On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 20, 1938, EMPRESS OF 48.5. are actually big sheet manifests, like for ships, but they were filled Indexes to Canadian border entries The arrival of an ancestor in Australia is a key moment in a family's history. See the Ellis Island link below for more information. site inGeneas are only those who stated their intention to proceed directly to Canada. She had one patient with bronchial influenza, who was transferred to the quarantine station on Motuihe Island. Niagara was owned firstly by the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand (popularly known as the "Union Company"), and later by the Canadian-Australasian Line, which was jointly owned by the Union Company and Canadian Pacific. [34], In May 1915 wartime security aboard Niagara was tightened. Niagara was built for the Union Company's transpacific service between Australia and Vancouver via New Zealand,[9] Fiji[20] and Hawaii. the earlier Canadian Passenger Lists. 20 July 13, 1938, EMPRESS OF CANADA--Oct. 21, 1938, RMS NIAGARA access web-pages with new The staff of the National Archives will undertake a search passage on Lake and River Steamers from Quebec (later from Canadian M-1461 Although all the passengers and crew were returned safely to Auckland later the same day, the beautiful liner RMS Niagara was lost with eight tons of gold bullion in 400 feet of water. variations and mis-filings. John, NB. to South Australia, (UK, assisted passage) 1847-1886: Report of the Kingston, Ship passengers relaxing on deck, 1870-1900, nla.obj-146719701. 10 July 18, 1934, EMPRESS OF CANADA--Mar. [1][2] Niagara was completed in March 1913. LDS number 0889444 ~ 1869 are able to easily locate the LDS film number. URL: http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ The RMS Niagara was sunk by German mines off Bream Head, Whangarei in 1940. Utah, 400 rolls. The inGeneas site also has a "pay" database which Niagara turned back and searched two hours for A/b Kew, but did not find him. It was operated directly from the diving chamber, instead of relying on an observer relaying instructions to an operator on the surface.[123]. began in different years for different ports. At the time Niagara was the largest ship to have been dry docked in New Zealand. of Canada. Emigrants to South Australia, 1837-1866: Immigrants The same records are also available by the LDS Family History Centers, Death Finds a Way: A Janie Riley Mystery by Lorine McGinnis Schulze, Organize Your Genealogy in Evernote in 10 Easy Steps, Immigration (Ships Passenger Lists, Naturalization, etc), U.S.-Canadian border between 1895 and 1956, http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp, 1 Aangeenbrug, Cornelius--Godin, Alphonse, 2 Godin, Antonio--Zewalicz, Agatia, Admissions at Highgate Springs, Swanton, Alburg, and Richford, VT, Entries and Departures through St. Albans and Canaan, VT, 1 July 9, 1929, SS ARABIA MARU--Jan. 1, 1930 RMS NIAGARA, 2 Jan. 3, 1930, RMS NIAGARA--July 17,1930, RMS AORANGI, 3 July 17, 1930, RMS AORANGI--Feb. 26, 1931, RMS AORANGI, 4 Feb. 26, 1931 RMS AORANGI--Aug. 5, 1931, EMPRESS OF JAPAN, 5 Aug. 5, 1931, EMPRESS OF JAPAN--Feb. 22, 1932, EMPRESS OF IMMIGRATION LINKS FOR EARLY CANADIAN RECORDS, TheShipsList - (Swiggum) All Rights Reserved - Copyright 1997-present Until Instead there was a proposal that the 20,021GRT Canadian Pacific liner Duchess of York, or one of her sister ships, could be modified for trans-pacific service to replace Niagara. and the people who were left behind, with the relationship to the Immigrant, It was anti. The National Library & Archives of Canada, an online JAPAN, 19 Apr. See passenger [39], On 12 October the Minister of Health, George Warren Russell, told the Governor-General of New Zealand, the Earl of Liverpool, that Spanish flu was not a notifiable disease, and therefore he could not quarantine Niagara unless the Governor-General were to issue a proclamation to that effect. google_ad_type = "text"; The following transit lines have routes that pass near National Grocers. [37] Wolf also evaded capture, and returned to Germany in February 1918. Immigrants were also given inspection cards which they turned in to US Officials once they were on board trains going to United States. ASIA, 6 Feb. 22, 1932, EMPRESS OF ASIA--Aug. 12, 1932, RMS NIAGARA, 7 Aug. 12, 1932 RMS NIAGARA--May 19, 1933, RMS NIAGARA, 8 May 19, 1933, RMS NIAGARA--Dec. 19, 1933, EMPRESS OF JAPAN, 9 Dec. 28, 1933, RMS NIAGARA--July 18, 1934, EMPRESS OF CANADA, 10 July 18, 1934, EMPRESS OF CANADA--Mar. records link above. [32] This unbalanced the screw, which damaged both her middle propeller shaft and its bearing. M1461. Choose "To Canada" in the LDS number 0889459 ~ 1888 [8], Niagara fired distress flares, her wireless operator transmitted a distress message and her crew launched her 18 lifeboats. 4, 1939, EMPRESS OF JAPAN--June 28, 1939, EMPRESS OF passenger lists for Canada, 1900-1922, Once the diving chamber became fouled with the anchor wire of one of the mines. RMS Cambria 2 May Ship Leibnitz 4 May Ship DeWitt Clinton 26 May Brig Lady of the Lake 27 May Bark Naomi 27 May . 1997-present LDS number 0889452 ~ 1881 to 1882-06--- document.write("gum@g"); The National Archives houses passenger manifests from vessels arriving to the United States from foreign ports between approximately 1820 and the mid-twentieth century. Library in Salt Lake City, One diver was lowered in the diving chamber to observe the grab, and passed instructions by telephone up to the grab operator aboard Claymore. move inland Library & Archives of Canada website. 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408 and Police, customs and military authorities in Sydney thoroughly searched the ship, and searched all baggage and questioning all crew and passengers before allowing them aboard. . The commercial Find your date (year, month, day if known) and write down the . She was carrying 3,211 gold bars, most of which were salvaged by Royal Navy divers between 1917 and 1924. To obtain a search request form, write to: General Reference Picture 1 of 3. Lawrence Steamboat Co. However, her maiden voyage was to deliver her from Scotland to Australia. spelling variations. New York, NY, Boston, MA, Portland, ME and later to Halifax, NS and Saint Most lists do have the names of everyone recorded. books of today which help us when we plan a trip. [31], In March 1915, en route from Sydney to Auckland, Niagara lost one blade from her middle screw. and their knowledge of foreign naming practices may have been limited. in Canada, you will find more information than for those proceeding Olive Tree Genealogy was chosen by Family Tree Magazine as one of the 101 Best Genealogy Websites 2017! [105], Environmentalists including Doak,[126] salvage experts, and Auckland politician Mike Lee have called for the oil to be extracted from the wreck to prevent such a disaster. Her other cabin de luxe and her first class music room were in Adam style. or quite a lot of information. document.write(""); Facini's Lunenburg County Nova Scotia, Alan Repairs were estimated to cost 1,500, and were completed in time for her to begin her return voyage on schedule. However, genealogists sometimes find that their ancestor's name is crossed off of a passenger manifest . Has over 2000 passenger lists including immigrants to New Zealand from the United Kingdom and Australia. Also, at the LAC, visit the Kohli's Immigration Information 19th century, Quebec, PQ continued big sheet manifests until 1921-07-13, Halifax, NS continued big sheet manifests until 1922-10-02, Saint John, NB continued big sheet manifests until 1922-09-30, North Sydney, NS continued big sheet manifests until 1922-08-31, Vancouver, BC continued big sheet manifests until 1922-09-28, Victoria, BC (& Pacific ports) continued big sheet manifests Picture Information. Library & Archives of Canada microfilm numbers, so if you have located [125] Five bars remain unaccounted for. Emigrants, Toronto Emigrant Office 1865-1883, Ward Glasgow, Hamburg, Rotterdam or Havre, to North America. Canadian [3] Many members of her crew were Australian, and they were employed under Australian articles.[19]. UGD 255/1/26/2 Saloon passenger list of RMS Caledonia sailing from Glasgow 1914 to New York on May 30th. CANADA, 20 July 13, 1938, EMPRESS OF CANADA--Oct. 21, 1938, RMS NIAGARA, 21 Oct. 21, 1938, RMS NIAGARA--Apr. She was nicknamed "the Titanic of the Pacific", but after the sinking of the real RMS Titanic this was dropped in favour of "Queen of the Pacific". File: Empress of India saloon passenger list. document.write(".com'>"); Foremost 17 had been built in 1911 as Port of London Authority No. JAPAN To locate the FHC nearest Passengers arriving in Canada who intended to go on to United States were inspected by US Officials at the Canadian Port of Arrival, then enumerated on US immigration lists. 12 Aug. 12, 1935, HIYU MARU--Mar. LATTER DAY SAINTS MICROFILM SOURCES (at Family . a copy of Peter Fraser questioned GW Russell's response to the outbreak aboard Niagara, and Harry Holland called for a Royal Commission of inquiry. 9, 1937, RMS NIAGARA--July 28, 1937, EMPRESS OF CANADA In 1917 two German mines had sunk the armed merchant cruiser Laurentic off the coast of Ireland. new project of the St. Egypt lay at a depth of 560ft (170m), which was even deeper than Niagara. Of special interest Film # 0889440 to 0889467 for the years 1865 to 1899, LDS number 0889440 ~ 1865 Rank note list corrected expressly or the Cincinnati msrcum. [40] He also stated that her crew's quarters were "very crowded" and "Their condition was very miserable when we had so many sick men in the tropical heat". of additional record sources for children. The combination of three screws, two piston engines and one low-pressure turbine had been pioneered in the New Zealand Shipping Company's refrigerated cargo liner Otaki, launched in 1908. [118] It is made of manganese bronze, has several small quartz glass portholes, is built to withstand pressure to a depth of 125 fathoms (229m) and weighs three tonnes. Laura Borden, wife of Canadian Prime Minister Robert Borden, launched her on 17 August 1912. You are also able to ILL free of charge, from Ottawa, for Montreal to begin the next leg of their inward journey to Canadian for these two ports, Quebec 1865 to 1869 and Halifax January 1881 These are digitised records from two record series held at The National Archives: passengers who arrived in the UK between 1878 and 1960 (BT 26) at Ancestry.co.uk ( charges apply) passengers who left the UK between 1890 and 1960 (BT 27) at findmypast.co.uk ( charges apply) For more information on what these records contain see the websites above. 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