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the ships that brought our ancestors to America
- Ship "Emblem"
- Sailed from Liverpool,
England making its passage across the Atlantic and
arriving on the 4th day of May 1842. Two of its
passengers were:
Gabriel
Stead
32 Male
[departing from] England
Laborer [going to] Ithicha
Simmon
Stead
10 Male
[departing from] England
[going to] Ithicha
S.S. "Neckar"
Left
Bremen, Germany on September 10, 1904, making its passage across the
Atlantic in just 11 days weeks, arriving September 21, 1904 at the
port of New York where its passengers were processed at Ellis Island. One of the passengers, traveling to her brother-in-law's in Philadelphia, was:
Gdula, Tekla
21 years female single
Austrian Polish
[last permanent residence] Kamionka
[going to]Philadelphia
NECKAR / ANTIGONE / POTOMAC 1900
The NECKAR was built by J.C.Tecklenborg, Geestemunde in 1900 for Norddeutscher Lloyd [North German Lloyd]. This was a 9,835 gross ton ship, length 499.3ft x beam 58.1ft, one funnel, four masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots. Accommodation was provided for 148-1st, 116-2nd and 2,500-3rd class passengers. Launched on 8/12/1900, she sailed from Bremen on her maiden voyage to New York on 4/5/1901. On 8/10/1901 she commenced her first voyage from Bremen via Suez to Australia, but after one round voyage, she transferred on 12/5/1902 to the Naples - New York service. On 19/6/1902 she started her first Bremen - Baltimore sailing and susequently ran between Bremen - New York &/or Baltimore, or Mediterranean - New York. On 4/11/1905 she sailed from New York to the Mediterranean with 1st, 2nd and 3rd class passengers, and subsequently carried 369-2nd, 217-3rd and 2,865-4th class. On 16/5/1912 she commenced her first Bremen - Philadelphia - Baltimore voyage, and her last Bremen - Baltimore run commenced on 2/7/1914 (arr 14/7/1914) She then took refuge in Baltimore until she was seized by the US authorities in April 1917. She was renamed ANTIGONE and used by the US government until 20/3/1921 when she sailed from New York on a single round voyage to Bremen and Danzig, under charter to US Mail SS Co. carrying 200-cabin class and 550-3rd class passengers. On 5/5/1921 she was renamed POTOMAC and started a similar voyage, and on 10/8/1921 started her third and last one way voyage on this service. She sailed from Bremen for New York on 3/9/1921 for United States Lines and on 1/3/1922 commenced her fifth and final voyage on this route. In 1928 she was scrapped in Holland. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.564][description from www.theshipslist.com]
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