The Virginia was run by the National Line
A Norwegian company They advertised the journey as :
National Line via Copenhagen and Kristiansand. By steamship to Hull, railway to Liverpool and from there to New York
Built in 1863 at Jarrow-on-Tyne by Palmer‘s Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd.
S/S Virginia 1863 2,876 gross
This is a similar ship ss Canada built in 1883
The Virginia set sail from Liverpool on Virginia on the 13th of April,(source http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_shiplist.asp?co=natio )
They arrived in America (New York) on 29 Apr 1870. John was 25
The record carried the following information:
Estimated birth year: abt 1845
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland
Destination: United States of America
Place of Origin: Ireland
Ethnicity/Race-
/Nationality: Irish
Ship Name: Virginia
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Arrival: New York , United States; Microfilm serial: M237; Microfilm roll: M237_326; Line: 51; List number: 325; .
Source Information:Ancestry.com. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Mary Sullivan their first child was born in 1878 in the US.
By 1881 they had returned to Ireland where the second child Agnes and third child James (1883) were born.
By 1885 the family were living in Cardiff (Emily was born here in 1885.) The family are recorded in the 1891 Wales Census living at 78 Ethel street. Mary the eldest is working as a dress maker.
No comments:
Post a Comment