MARIA ANESI FERRARI and children VALENTINA, GIUSEPPE,
CUNEGUNDA, CARLO, ANTONIO, and GIOVANNI sailed from Antwerp on on May
16, 1903 on the S. S Vaderland. They arrived at the Port of New York
on May, 26 1903. Maria was joining her husband Valentine. At
that time, Valentine was residing at 18th and 30th Street, Paterson, New
Jersey.
The manifest of the S. S. Finland provides the following information:
(The lst answer is Maria's; the 2nd is Valentina, the 3rd is Cunegunda,
the fourth is Carlo, the fifth is Antonio, and the sixth is Giovanni. When
the answers are the same for all three travelers, it will be written only
one time. )
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No. on List: 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,22
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NAME IN FULL: Ferrari, Maria, Valentin, Giuseppe, Cunegunda,
Carlo, Antonio
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Age: 46; 11; 11; 9; 8; 6; 11 months
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Sex: F; M; F; M; F; M; M
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Married or Single: married; ------
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Calling or Occupation: -
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Able to Read: yes - Write: yes (all marked yes,
except for the youngest two children)
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Nationality: Country: Austria Race
or People: Italian (above this is written "No")
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Last Residence: Leifers
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Final Destination in the United States. (place, city, or town):Paterson,
NJ
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Whether having a ticket for such final destination: no
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By whom was passage paid: husband; father
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Whether in possession of money, if so, whether more than $30 and how
much if $30 or less: ---; $42.00
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Whether ever before in the United States and if so, where and when:No
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Whether going to join a relative; and if so, what relative. Their name
and address: husband Val. Ferrari & 2 ch.; father
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Ever in prison or almshouse or supported by charity? If yes, state which:No
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Whether a Polygamist: (There are notations in this column for
Maria and the first four children listed. The notations do not seem
to refer to the question.)
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Whether under contract expressed or implied, to labor in the United
States.No
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Condition of Health, Mental and Physical: (Note: There
are numbers in this column that need further study)
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Deformed or Crippled. Nature, and cause: No
The VADERLAND was built by John Brown & Co Ltd, Glasgow,
for the Red Star Line, and launched on 12 July 1900. 11,899 tons; 170,92
x 18,35 meters (560.8 x 60.2 feet, length x beam); 2 funnels, 4 masts;
twin-screwpropulsion, service speed 15 knots; accommodation for 342 1st-,
194 2nd-, and 626 3rd-class passengers. 8 December 1900, maiden voyage,
Antwerp- Southampton-New York (British flag). 11 December 1901, first voyage
for the American Line (chartered), Southampton- Cherbourg-New York. 8 April
1901, last voyage for the American Line, Southampton-Cherbourg- New York
(3 roundtrip voyages). 16 May 1903, first voyage, Antwerp-New York (Belgian
flag). 25 July 1914, last voyage, Antwerp-New York. 22 September 1914,
first voyage, Liverpool-New York (British flag). December 1914, first voyage
for White Star-Dominion (chartered), Liverpool-Halifax-Portland.
February 1915, last voyage for White Star-Dominion, Liverpool-Halifax-Portland
(3 roundtrip voyages). 1915,
renamed SOUTHLAND (International Navigation Co); taken up as a troopship.
2 September 1915, torpedoed in the Aegean Sea; reached port; repaired.
August 1916, first voyage for White Star-Dominion (chartered),
Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal. 4 June 1917, torpedoed and sunk by German
submarine U.70 off the Irish coast (4
lives lost) [Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An
Illustrated History of the Passenger Services
Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands:
Brookside Publications), vol. 2 (1978), p.
855]. Pictured in Arnold Kludas, Die grossen Passagierschiffe der Welt;
Eine Dokumentation, Band I: 1858-1912. (2nd ed.; Oldenburg/ Hamburg: Gerhard
Stalling, c1972), p. 83.
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