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Henry Thornton Linford - Travel and Migration

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June

June Report 2 Jul 2018 18:15

we thought he could have been the missing family member to link family in New Zealand, UK and America.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 2 Jul 2018 19:59

I did a bit of Google searching on the Lackawanna from the 1927 record that AG found.

I was intrigued at first by the fact that it had sailed from Manchester, which was more of a freighter port than one for passenger ships.

Sure enough, the Lackawanna appears to have been a freighter, and thus maybe that Henry was a crew member?????????

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 2 Jul 2018 22:38

Yes, you're right, Sylvia.

Having looked again at the image, I see it's a list of seamen, although there's no rank given for Henry.

He seems to be on a list of three British men, separate from the main list.

The main list is headed "List or Manifest of Aliens employed on the Vessel as Seamen.", and all the men on it have ranks/jobs listed.

The page where Henry is listed is divided into sections. The two top sections' titles are missing - unfortunately Henry's in one of those. The two bottom sections are "Discharged Seamen" and "Seamen left in Hospital".

The front page of the document is "Statement of Master of Vessel regarding Changes in Crew Prior to Departure".
It states:
Total crew at time of arrival (in NY) - 33.
Number of seamen discharged - nil.
Number of seamen signed on at this port - 3 [maybe that's the list Henry's on ? ]
Number of seamen deserted - 2.
Seamen left in hospital or died - 1.
Total crew this date - 33.

So that should mean that Henry signed on in NY, and went on somewhere else with the ship.

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Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

June

June Report 3 Jul 2018 08:41

I'm not sure but it appears to have gone from New York to Avonmouth in Bristol in 1927

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