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Ellis Island Passenger Lists

Whilst searching for information about our relatives, I came across these crossings to New York that were made by Frank Oliver Stables (b. 1876, Manchester). These are taken from the lists of passengers who passed through Customs & Immigration at Ellis Island[1], New York between 1890 and 1924.

 

Frank Oliver’s father, Joseph (b.1845, Barnburgh), was a Tea Traveller (i.e. a tea trader/dealer) and I thought initially that his son might have made numerous crossings to New York, as part of the family business. However, the 1901 census shows that Frank Oliver had a glamorous job as a Velvet Salesman.

 

Jessie is listed as female, and judging by the fact she travelled with Frank, was presumably Frank’s wife. She only appears to have accompanied him 5 times.

 

Frank made 17 crossings to New York over a 20 year period and it appears that both he and Jessie may have actually lived in the USA for part of that time. In the 1881 Census, Frank Oliver was a schoolboy living with his Father and Mother, Sarah Jane Dey, in Doncaster.

 

Passenger Name

Residence

Arrived

Age on Arrival

Notes

Frank Oliver Stables

Cheshire

04/11/1904

29

Sailed on ‘the Cedric’ from Liverpool.

Frank Ol Stables

Richmond Ave
P.Richmond

18/01/1906

30

Sailed on ‘the Majestic’ from Liverpool.

Jessie Stables

Staten Island, New York

18/01/1906

30

…Sailed with Frank.

Frank O. Stables

Manchester

13/01/1907

31

Sailed on ‘the Carmania’ from Liverpool.

Jessie Stables

Manchester

13/01/1907

31

…Sailed with Frank.

Jessie H. Stables

… England

13/01/1908

32

Sailed on ‘the Carmania’ from Liverpool. Made the journey without Frank.

Frank O. Stables

New York, USA

1909

33

 

Frank Oliver Stables

USA

1910

35

 

Frank Oliver Stables

New York, USA

1911

35

 

Frank Oliver Stables

Manchester

1912

36

 

Frank Oliver Stables

Manchester

07/04/1913

38

Sailed on the Franconia from Liverpool.

Jessie Stables

Manchester

07/04/1913

35

…Sailed with Frank.

Frank O. Stables

Manchester

03/10/1913

38

Sailed on ‘the Adriatic’ from Liverpool.

Frank Oliver Stables

Manchester

1915

40

 

Frank Oliver Stables

Manchester

1916

44

Age looks wrong!

Frank Oliver Stables

Chapel-inleFinch

1917

42

 

Frank O. Stables

Derbyshire

1918

43

 

Jessie Stables

Chapel

24/09/1919

44

Sailed on ‘the Caronia’ from London.

Frank Oliver Stables

Chapel-en-le-Frith

1920

45

 

Frank O. Stables

Manchester

1921

45

} Made 2 crossings

Frank Oliver Stables

Chapel-en-le-Frith

1921

46

} in one year.

Frank Oliver Stables

Manchester

07/09/1923

48

Sailed on ‘the Aquitania’ from Southampton.

 

The Cedric

Built by Harlan & Wolff Limited, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1902. 21,035 gross tons; 700 (bp) feet long; 75 feet wide. Steam quadruple expansion engines, twin screw.  Service speed 16 knots.  2,875 passengers (365 first class, 160 second class, 2,350 third class).

 

Built for White Star and Dominion Lines, in 1902 and named Cedric. Liverpool-New York service. Used as an auxiliary cruiser and then as a troopship during World War I. Scrapped in 1932.

 

 

The Majestic

Built by Blohm & Voss Shipbuilders, Hamburg, Germany, 1922. 56,551 gross tons; 950 (bp) feet long; 100 feet wide. Steam turbine engines, triple screw.  Service speed 23.5 knots.  2,145 passengers (750 first class, 545 second class, 850 third class).

 

Built for Hamburg-American Line, German flag, in 1914 and named Bismarck. Laid up, 1914-19. Work continued in Britain until 1919. Sold to White Star and Dominion Lines, in 1921 and renamed Majestic. Southampton-New York service. Transferred to British Admiralty, British flag, in 1936 and renamed HMS Caledonia. Refitted as cadets’ training ship service. Burned and sank while berthed at Rosyth, Scotland on September 29, 1939. Scrapped in 1943.

 

 

The Carmania

Built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland, 1905. 19,524 gross tons; 675 (bp) feet long; 72 feet wide. Steam turbine engines, triple screw.  Service speed 18 knots.  1,550 passengers (300 first class, 350 second class, 900 third class).

 

Built for Cunard Line, British flag, in 1905 and named Carmania. Liverpool-New York service. Served as an armed merchant cruiser, then troopship 1914-18. Scrapped in 1932.

 

 

The Aquitania

Built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland, 1914. 45,647 gross tons; 901 (bp) feet long; 97 feet wide. Steam turbine engines, quadruple screw.  Service speed 23 knots.  3,230 passengers (618 first class, 614 second class, 1,998 third class).

 

Built for Cunard Line, British flag, in 1914 and named Aquitania. Southampton-New York service. Served as auxiliary cruiser and then a troopship during WWI. Broken up in Scotland in 1950.

 

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[1] Taken from the web-site: http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/

 

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