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Wren Montreal, Canada I just
wanted to let you know that I really love your website.
From the graphics and content to the music, you have
done a remarkable job!!!
Irene Johnstone hijohn@telusplanet.net
Provost, Ab. Canada I am one of the committe members
working on "Save The Artifacts" from the Empress of
Ireland. I was most fortunate to visit the Museum at
Rimouski this past July. They do have a fine Museum of
Empress artifacts. However, there is also a large
collection owned privately that is being sold and we are
working to keep these in Canada. Anyone interestd in
this project, please contact me.
Angela Grafton agrafton@hotmail.com
Gibsons, B.C. Canada ------- 13 Sep
2003 My Great, Great Grandmother,
Mrs. Susanna Caroline Grafton was 81 years old. She was
living on Bowen Island, B.C. when she decided she wanted
to make one last trip back to England to visit family
and friends. Unfortunately you know the rest of the
story. I wonder if you have any information or pictures
available to me. She was sailing with the Salvation Army
group. Thanks very much for you time. Please don't
hesitate to e-mail me.
Angela Grafton agrafton@telus.net
Gibsons, B.C. Canada ------- 13 Sep
2003 Very nice site you guys. The
photos are amazing! If anyone has info on Mrs. Susanna
Caroline Grafton, please contact me. Trying to find out
as much info as I can. Thanks!
R Marsh marsh cr@forces.gc.ca
-------
12 Sep 2003 Many years ago I read
the story of the E of I and I was ashamed of my
ignorance of Canadian history.To honour the Empress and
her victims I spent two years constructing a detailed
precisely scaled model which I am told does her
justice.It is my small way of making sure that the
legacy of the Empress of Ireland stays here in Canada
where it belongs.
JOHN GOODMAN megafadeyi@yahoo.com
LINZ AUSTRIA ------- 10 Sep
2003 THE IS A LOT OF GOODYS I LOVE
TO HERE
B
MacDonald emdbmd@hotmail.com
Canada ------- 05 Sep
2003 Loved your site, I was
overwhelmed when I saw a picture of Matthew Tales who
was aboard the "Empress of Ireland" He was my great
great grandfather as I am a great grandaughter of James
Tales who was one of the children who was left in Canada
when his father returned to England. It is a wonderful
site.
Ingrid Sabatini sabatini@mb.sympatico.ca
Ste. Anne Mb, Canada ------- 31 Aug
2003 My grandmother Kathleen, who
passed away at the age of 107 last year, came to Canada
from England in 1913. They had attempted to book on the
Titanic, but it was unfortunately full. She traveled to
Canada on the Empress of Ireland. Her story of travel is
recorded on tape. She talked of a birth on the ship. The
baby was named Alberta, because the family was
homesteading in Alberta. Her story is incredible. Her
family name is Riddle. Her mother, brother and older
sister traveled at the same time. Are there lists that I
can view of the passengers list from that
year? Thank you Ingrid Sabatini
Rachel Axford rachel.axford@windom.k12.mn.us
Minnesota ------- 29 Aug
2003 My Grandmother was a
passenger on the Empress of Ireland in the spring of
1914. We have often heard stories of her trip on the
ship. She is now 95 and will be thrilled to hear there
is information about her ship on the web.
Connie Nisinger HRHConnie@aol.com
Godfrey, Illinois U.S.A. ------- 04 Aug
2003 I just returned from a trip
to Quebec City and Rimouski last week to see the
Empress-related sights. What a memorable and emotional
experience for me! My grandfather, George Zuk, was a
survivor, but he lost his first wife and their two
children in the accident. Along with Marion Kelch, Irene
Johnston, her daughter Gail and son-in-law Greg, I was
fortunate to be able to go by boat out to the site of
the sinking. We had a short ceremony and threw roses in
the water in memory of several of the victims. We also
visited many of the CPR memorials in Rimouski and Quebec
City...I'll never forget this trip nor all of the
wonderful people I met as a result!
My
article on Laurence Irving, Mabel Hackney, and the
Empress of Ireland has just appeared in the Journal of
the Irving Society.
I thank all of you for your
generous help. The full reference
is:
The
Performance of Their Lives: Laurence Irving, Mabel
Hackney, and the Empress of Ireland." First
Knight 7.1 (June 2003): 13-51.
It
has a very full selection of illustrations, though some
are not as well reproduced as I had
hoped.
If
you wish a copy, you have to buy, alas, the full journal
at 7 pounds sterling! Send an email to
Michael Kilgarriff, Chairman and Acting Editor, The
Irving Society at
André Gauthier angauthi@cgocable.ca
Rimouski --------31 July
2003 I've just taken a look at
your most interesting site. Good work! I live in
Rimouski and I do visit the Empress of Ireland museum at
least once a year. It's a good thing to see that peoples
still remember this tragedy and it's numerous victims. I
always have a special though for the children that died
on that terrible night. Some senior peoples (now
deceased) used to talk about children that survived, but
having lost their parents and being left with nothing at
all, in a place where they could not even understrand
the language (french spoken here). Should have been a
nightmare to them, even though the population of the
area did her best to help. Let's hope this never happens
again
Irene Johnstone hijohn@telusplanet.net
Provost, Alberta Canada --------15 July
2003 A wonderful web site. My
grandparents and two young sons peished that fateful
night May 29th 1914 the night the Empress of Ireland
sank. I, along with my daughter Gail, husband Greg,
Marion Keltch (who is head of our project to save the
artifacts that the diver Philippe Beaudry has collected
) and Connie Nisinger from Illionis will be visiting
Rimouski next week - July 23rd. We hope to possible take
a boat to the site of the liner and drop some flowers.
We are looking forward to visiting the Museum at
Rimouski. We are also looking forward to dinner with
Philippe Beaudry evening of the 24th at the Chateau
Frontenac. I do have a lot of information about the
Empress.
Marcella Jackson Coffeen,Il.
--------30 June
2003 I just found this web-site of
the Empress of Ireland. I am very interested in it
because I had two great Aunts on the ship. They were in
second cabin page 5. There names are Bessie and Florence
Bawden. They were from Hillsboro,Il not Indiana. I have
a book about the Empress of Ireland and it names
all the passengers. I will be looking at more of this
site. thank you. Marcella
Jess Ansley JessyG83@hotmail.com
UK --------21 June
2003 I mentioned a family member
being lost at sea (stanley Bigland). I found out he
actually gave his life belt to 2 married men. Awhile
after the tragedy they came to England to find him but
discovered he'd died on the
ship.
Jackie (Martin)Kent maof15@hotmail.com
Oshawa, Ontario Canada --------17 June
2003 My grandmother,mother and her
brother and Aunt came to Canada on the Empress of
Ireland,within a year before she sank. I have a child's
deck chair from their voyage on the ship. They
were Frances, Edith, and Alan Haw and Everald
Holder. I would like to know how to view the
passenger list to see the exact date they came over.
Reply from
SeaView: Hello
Jackie. The only passenger list that is posted on
this web site is the list from the final journey of the
Empress of Ireland. We do not have any
others. To get a list like that you might try
contacting CPR archivist Ms. Judith Nefsky @ (514)
395-7951 in Montreal.
John Williams North Wales UK --------13 June
2003 Just a small note, Please
could anyone point me in the right direction to find out
more info on Cpt Frank Carey who sailed the Empress on
the 29/6/06. Im not sure if it was his maiden
voyage or the ships.thank you. I would also like
to know if there are any collectors out there who may be
interested in a Shillelagh(shil-lay-lee) that was
presented to him on this day. If so please leave
your e-mail with your replys and i will get back to you
once again thank you very much.
JW
Derek
Grout gurinskas@mondo.net
Montreal, Canada ---------12 June
2003 A few comments for Roger
Williams, grandson of Second Officer Roger Williams.
Further to your posting of Feb. 23, 2003 I thought you
might be interested to know there's a photo of your
grandfather, along with other officers, on p. 43 of my
book "Empress of Ireland: The Story of an Edwardian
Liner." You might also be interested to know that you
can probably reconstruct a good part of his maritime
career. As an officer, details of his career would have
been recorded in Lloyd's masters records; they will
show, for example, the various ships he worked on and
voyage dates. Visit the website of Memorial University
to find out how you can obtain copies of his record. You
can also obtain detailed information on Crew Agreements
at the Public Record Office in Kew for the Empress and
other vessels. Contact me and I will send you the name
of a man whom I engaged to research some aspects of the
book. As to his burial site, the record shows (as you
know) simply "LOST". In this case, it means his body, if
recovered at all, was not identified. Thus, two
possibilities. His body may not have been recovered and
is still entombed in the hull or, second, it was
recovered during the diving operations conducted during
the summer of 1914 but was not identified. There is a
mass grave at Rimouski where the remains of 20
identified and 68 unidentified bodies are buried. He is
not one of the 20. Other crew members were buried in two
Quebec City cemeteries. If you want to visit some places
that your grandfather knew, the Breakwater in Quebec
City where the Empress docked is still there, and so is
the former Seamen's Institute. See my book for details.
Hope this helps you. --Derek Grout
Jess Ansley Jessyg83@hotmail.com
http://www.geocities.com/conlee83/familytree
Yorkshire, UK ---------09 June
2003 Great site. Came across it
after being told by my nan that her Mum's Cousin was
killed on that dreadful night. I looked at your
passenger list and there he was STANLEY BIGLAND. All i
have to do is find out when he went over to canada in
the first place and who with. Wicked
website!
Tony hird tonyhird@blueyonder.co.uk
Liverpool UK ---------07 June
2003 Further to my earlier
message, I visited the Merseyside Maritime Museum and
traced the AVA. She was a 5076 tonne vessel owned by the
British and Burma Steam Nav. Co. It appears she sailed
from Liverpool for Dakar and Rangoon on 26th January
1917 (my father's 15th birthday) and was torpedoed of
the coast of SW Ireland some days later. The crew of 92
were all lost. At least I have an approx date of my
grandmother's
death.
Tony Hird tonyhird@blueyonder.co.uk
Liverpool UK ---------03 June
2003 I have been tracing my family
tree back to 1750. I have discovered that William Hird
survived the tragedy. He was an assistant engineer's
steward. He was my father's elder brother. I have a
newspaper cutting dated 4th January 1979 from a Sydney
newspaper, the 'SUN' in which he recounts his escape
from the 'Glory Hole'. He tells that he celebrated his
16th birthday only six days before the vessel sailed. On
his return to Liverpool his mother begged to leave the
sea. His father had died in 1912. Many of his family
worked for the White Star Line. It was ironic that she
worked as a stewardess for the White Star Line. She was
lost at sea on board the AVA which was last sighted off
the French coast in 1916. Her name appears on our local
war memorial and in York Minster. Bill emigrated to
Australia in 1921 - hence the Australian newspaper
references.
June Hayes Hayesj@telus.net
Langdon Alberta Canada ---------16 May
2003 My grandfather's sister Annie
Juniper and her little boy Arthur were living in
Toronto, Ontario . My mother "baby sat" little Arthur.
Annie did not like living in Canada and was returning to
England on the Empress. They were third class passengers
and both were
lost
Heidi papen heidipapen@hotmail.com
Belgium ----------13 May
2003 I was so happy to find the
passenger list of the Empress on this site. My
grandfather's brother Camille Vernier(s) emigrated to
Canada and decided to come back to Belgium with his wife
and six children aboard the Empress. My grandfather and
his whole family (parents and 11 brothers and sisters)
waited for a long time...but their brother and his
children, they had never seen, never came back... It
felt good to see their names on the passenger list...
Thanks, sincerely, Heidi Papen
Barbara Zuk Walbar@aol.com
East Alton, IL USA ----------04 May
2003 My late father-in-law, his
first wife Maria or Marie, and his two children were
passengers on the Empress of Ireland when it sank May
29, 1914. George was saved, his wife and two children
were lost. The two children are buried somewhere at
Quebec City but we have been unable to find their
graves. George Zuk was spelled Zouk on the
ship's passenger list.
Geoff Whitfield whitfieldgeoff@aol.com
United Kingdom ----------24 Apr
2003 Hello
Jenna, I was interested to
see your posting relating to Christopher Halliday. You
probably have all of these details but hopefully can
correct me if I have too many things wrong! Christopher
Halliday was born in Moffat, Dumfries, Scotland around
1863, the son of David and Elizabeth Halliday. As a
young man he found employment in Dumfries as a grocer,
working on the main Dumfries High Street. He married
Helen Aitken on 20th november 1888 in johnstone,
Scotland, from the marriage two children, Helen and
David were born. He became a farmer in Dumfries before
the family emigrated to Pierson, Manitoba in 1898 where
he again took up farming, later establishing a store
named Lockerbie & Halliday. Some time before 1914 he
was widowed and retired from his business, although
continued to act as Postmaster for Pierson. 1914 saw him
returning to Scotland to visit with family and with a
view to their returning with him. His body was recovered
and is buried in Winslow, Saskatchewan. Kind regards
Geoff
Jenna Jenna_halliday2002@yahoo.ca
----------16
Apr 2003 Their is actually a
monument of the empress of Ireland, on one of the
southwestern manitoba parks. My Great Great Grand
father, Chris Halliday was going back to Ireland, to
bring his family over to Canada when the empress went
down.
Alan Salmon rockandhels@salmon27.freeserve.co.uk
Penzance, Cornwall, UK ----------06 Apr
2003 I have been trying to trace a
crew list for the Empress of Ireland. I happened to come
across your website during my research and thought it
was excellent. Alan Salmon
Bernard Queensland, Australia
----------05
Apr 2003 You have a wounderful
sight about the Empress of Ireland. I was wanting to ask
you about the bodies recovered from the wreck sight. I
noticed that on the Empress of Ireland memorial or grave
marker in Rimouski, PQ that there are names of
passengers and crew who don't have 'Body Identified' by
their names in your passenger and crew list. Were these
other bodies recovered much later? Or is it just an
oversight on the passenger crew list. Do you have a
complete list of all bodies recovered in number order
and their disposition? Thanks
Private krankenversicherung http://www.private-krankenversicherung-2003.de/
DE ----------01 Apr
2003 Hello! Great site! Greetings
from Germany
Marchant kar_marchant@hotmail.com
----------26
Mar 2003 My great grandfather came
to Canada on the Empress of Ireland. I'm presently
working on my family geneology and if anyone has the
dates or locations of were she ported in 1901 to 1908
mostly 1908 it would be appritated if you could send
them to me.
Geoff Whitfield whitfieldgeoff@aol.com
----------23
Mar 2003 Micheal, The last
survivor to die was Grace (Hanagan) Martyn on 15th May
1995 - the first to die is a more difficult question.
Several people died shortly after rescue, but one of the
first to die, who actually sailed home, was first class
passenger Charles Lindsay Claude Bowes-Lyon who was
killed during active service on 23rd October
1914. Reply
from SeaView: Thanks for
that reply Geoff. I had the great pleasure of
having dinner with Grace Martyn one evening. A
friend of mine Steve Brooks knew her from years ago when
he was involved in diving the wreck site. He had
met her then. So Steve and I went to St.
Catharines to meet with her at the old age home she was
at and then went out to Swiss Chalet that night.
She always liked talking to the divers who had been to
the wreck site and particularly like my buddy
Steve. We had a great evening. I was sorry
to hear that she had passed away within the next
year.
Adam Australia ----------21 Mar
2003 I would like to say that the
begining of the'M's' in Second-class passenger list is
partley missing. Could you fix this? Thanks
Reply from
SeaView: Hello
Adam. Thanks for pointing this out. I have
corrected it.
Micheal Phillips
Glasgow ----------21 Mar
2003 I was wondering who was the
first Empress of Ireland survivor to die? Who was the
last passenger and crew member to die?
Joyce Vear Australia ----------21 Mar
2003 About the three maids onboard
the Empress of Ireland, I have found the name of one of
them. It is Hilda Haggerson. She was the maid of Mable
Irving. She was from London, England and had been
travelling with the Irvings through the USA and Canada.
She had originaly booked, with her employers, onboard
the Teoutnic (a White Star Line ship) but cancelled and
booked on the Empress of Irealand. One other thing she
was travelling with, Harold and Elsie Neville of
Second-class. Unfortuantly the entire party were all
lost in the sinking. It is beleived that Lauence Sidney
Irving's body was recovered from the wreck sigh and
identified by a signet ring he was wearing. The other
two maids, names unknown belong to - Mrs. Maude Cullens
(lost) and Mrs. H. R. O'Hara (saved). I hope this helps
Ethen from Sydney.
Irene Johnstone ----------20 Mar
2003 My grandparents and
their two young sons perished on this fateful
journey of the Empress of Ireland, May 29,
1914. They were on their way back to Sweden when
tragedy struck. Marcus Sylvester Blomquist, wife
Elisabet (Lisa) Katarina Eriksson(Dotter), sons Olav
Sigfrid Blomquist (age 11) and Erick Walfred Blomquist
(aged 9) leaving 5 sons and two daughters to continue
with their life out west in the province of
Alberta. My father Karl (Carl) - the last one
of this family died Feb, 3rd 1983. The name
had been changed to Nelson. I am the only
surviving child of Carl Nelson's family. I
am, also, a member of the committe to save the artifacts
of this liner from being sold to a buyer in
Florida.
Thank you to http://seaviewinmaging/
for the wonderful information.
Alyssa basketball_gurl_17@basketball.com
Kansas USA ----------20 Mar
2003 This is such a cool site i did
research on here and found EVERYTHING that i
needed Reply
from SeaView: Hello
Alyssa. Glad you enjoyed the web site on the
Empress of Ireland and that it was of some assistance to
your project at school.
Connie Zuk Nisinger HRHConnie@aol.com
U.S.A. ----------16 Mar
2003 I just received the Empress of
Ireland video--it is EXCELLENT!!! I'm still
searching for the burial site of my father's
half-siblings Wladisaw & Josefa Zuk. They did
not survive the shipwreck & were identified by my
grandfather George Zuk (who was one of the survivors),
but haven't had any luck yet. May my ancestors rest in
peace AND may the artifacts remain in Canada where they
belong.
Karl viele_bunte_sachen@yahoo.de
http://www.viele-suchmaschinentipps.de/
Geramny ----------14 Mar
2003 Hiya, good one! Really nice
site, wirh a very clear and simple design!
Reply from
SeaView: Hello
Karl. Glad you enjoyed browsing the site.
Thanks very much.
Jane
Willis valle@rangenet.com
Minnesota, USA ----------09 Mar
2003 I happened upon Country
Canada on CBC television today (March 9th,2003) and the
story of the Empress of Ireland. And I was amazed
that I had not ever heard of the tragedy of that summer
of 1914. How sad, how so very sad that this story
has not been widely known - at least here in the
U.S. Everyone has seen and heard countless stories
and documentaries on the Titanic, but how many of us
know what happened to the Empress of Ireland?? Not
too many is my guess. And how sad, that the powers
that be in the Canadian government have not much to keep
the artifacts and history of their final voyage in
Canada.
It would be an outright shame if this
very important piece of Canadian history shipped out to
another country. It is my hope that the deadline
is met with the funds to keep the artifacts in
Canada. I have one question.....why hasn't someone
(if not the Canadian government won't help out), with
the financial resources come forward with the
dollars? We can only hope as the March 20th
deadline looms, the monies will be found.
Reply from
SeaView: Hello
Jane. I think in most cases if one person or
organization did want to come forward with enough money
for the artifacts, that they would want to keep the
artifacts for themselves not in a museum. I
believe it will have to be a governmental purchase for
the artifacts to stay in a national museum. The
Canadian government is not willing to pay all the monies
for that. It will take numerous small donations
from people to come up with $750,000.00.
Personally I don't believe that Phillippe Beaudry has a
solid sale agreement with someone in Florida although he
says he does. Now that he has a permit to
export them out of the country, if he had a solid
agreement, then why doesn't he send them to the person
in Florida that wanted them. Saying he'll help
Canada out by keeping them here till the money is raised
seems like a breech of contract with the person in
Florida. Seems very strange. I have to
wonder if there ever was a real buyer in Florida.
Could this be a set up? I know several
people that believe it
is.
Paul
Martin ---------07 Mar
2003 Hi I have just
seen a segment on Country Canada about the Empress
of Ireland and how you are trying to keep the artifacts
in Canada. Have you tried contacting the Canadian
Pacific Railway for a donation after all it was a CPR
ship, who knows they may come across with some money.
It's would be in their interest as a GOOD Corporate
Citizen and the PR wouldn't do them any harm. Let
me know how you make out. Reply from SeaView:
Hello Paul. As far as I understand
it, CPR has pretty much washed their hands of the
Empress. They don't seem to be interested in it at
all. I do know that any artifacts that are
recovered from the Empress have to be reported to the
"Receiver of Wrecks - Canadian Coast Guard". They
are then kept for a year and a day and if the owner
(CPR) doesn't want them, then the artifacts are given
back to the salver with a receipt saying they belong to
them (this is before it became an historical
site). CPR didn't want anything to do with the
artifacts. The committee has already approached
CPR about helping fund keeping the artifacts in Canada
and they have not responded
yet.
David Davies Adelaide,
Australia ----------07 Mar
2003 Can you tell me if the following
passengers were survivors of the Empress of Ireland -
Dorothy Balcombe, Mr. and Mrs. Graham, Mrs. Wood and the
Greenaway party (Thomas, Margaret and Herbert). Any
information will be greatful. Reply from
SeaView: To see the
Passenger List go to "Final
Journey Passenger & Crew List" .
These are new pages on this web site.
Elizabeth White London, England
----------07 Mar 2003 Can you
tell me if J. R. Abercrombie was from Vavcouver, BC or
from India? Did he survive the
sinking? Reply
from SeaView: To see the
Passenger List go to "Final
Journey Passenger & Crew List" .
These are new pages on this web site.
ethan
sydney ----------07 Mar
2003 I understand there were three maids
(personal servants) travelling in First-class. Who
were they? Did they survive? Which
First-class passengers where they were employed to?
Thank-you. Reply from SeaView:
Hello Ethan. Sorry I don't have that
information.
Adam
Australia ----------28 Feb
2003 I was wondering if the following
survived or died in the sinking - William Akerman; Ethel
Bachi; Gordon Davidson; Mrs. Carl Flifet (Josephine);
the Taavettila Family (Allan; Hilma and Annti)and the
Delmont Family (Mr. and Mrs.; Arthur W.; Lizzie and
Leonard. Thank-you for any information about these
passengers. Adam. Reply from SeaView:
Hello Ralph. To see the Passenger
List go to "Final
Journey Passenger & Crew List" .
These are new pages on this web site.
Marie-Eve Martin Laval,
near Montreal, Canada
-----------26 Feb 2003 I Just
wanted to thank you guys for the wonderful website you
have done on the Empress of Ireland. I had a work
to do on it, and because of you, I understood the
tragedy a lot better ! Good work ! Reply from
SeaView: Hello
Marie. Glad you enjoyed browsing the site and it
helped you. Thanks very much.
Ralph Shandley reshandley@shaw.ca
Sidney,B.C.,Canada
-----------27 Feb 2003 Hi,
Enjoyed perusing your web pages. I've read a
couple of books on this tragedy, one listed all
passengers. I am trying to find a Crew List. My
great Uncles brother was a crew member on Irelands last
trip. Can a record of Enoch Ffoulkes (Foulkes )be found
in the Crew List? Reply from SeaView:
Hello Ralph. To see the Passenger
List go to "Final
Journey Passenger & Crew List" .
These are new pages on this web site.
Howard Hutcinson 8hutchh@sout1.k12.id.us
www.pbs online/ lost liners Idaho
USA -----------24 Feb
2003 Hey Love your site it's sad I Would
Like you to e-mail me if you get this message Im A fan
of the Empress Of Ireland
Roger
Williams -----------23
Feb 2003 Hi, My name is Roger
Williams. My grandfather was, I think, a second officer
on the Empress of Ireland. Skipping the tragedy that his
death caused to my family, along with all the others; I
would like to know if he has a grave or other memorial
in or near Fathers Point or Rimouski. If so I want
to visit. Can you help please?
Roger. Reply from SeaView:
Hello Roger. There were several
Williams on the crew of the Empress (9). Only one
is listed as a 2nd Officer:
| Name |
Position |
Remarks |
| WILLIAMS,
R. |
2nd
Officer |
Lost |
He may have been buried at the mass grave at
Rimouski, Quebec. You could contact the Rimouski
museum to get a listing of the individuals buried
there. Their web site is: http://www.museedelamer.qc.ca/html/empress.htm
. The contact information is: Le Musée
de la mer de Pointe-au-Père 1034, rue du Phare
Pointe-au-Père (Québec) G5M 1L8 Téléphone :
418-724-6214 Télécopieur: 418-721-0815 Courriel
: mailto:museepc@globetrotter.qc.ca If
they were not buried there then you could also try
contacting David Zeni who has done a lot of research on
the subject and written a book "Forgotten
Empress". His email is dzeni@earthlink.net
. Hope this
helps.
Euro europuletti@tiscali.it
Costacciaro (Peruse, Umbria, Italy)
-----------23 Feb 2003 Dear
Sir, my name is Euro, Yes, You have well understood:
exactly like the common European money. I am Italian,
and I live and teach in Umbria, nearby Assisi, "the land
of Saint Francis". I would like to know if, in the
shipwreck of Empress of Ireland, there was some Italian
simple passenger. Besides, I only would like to know,
if, in the shipwreck of the Empress of Ireland, there
were these two "SURVIVORS" Italian third class
passengers: Mr. MORELLI PAOLO and Mr. LUPINI NAZZARENO,
or NAZARENO? If You can not help me, please suggest to
me where could I find and consult the survivors list of
Empress of Ireland? With respect and congratulations for
Your excellent website and activity! This information
could help me in a piece of research about this
forgotten, but fascinating, sea tragedy. Excuse me
because of my English: extremely rusty and unbearable
impolite. I beg Your pardon! Thank You very much! With
respect and congratulations for Your politeness!
Costacciaro, Umbria, Peruse, XXII-II-MMIII Dr. Euro
Puletti P.S. My name is ?Euro?, and not, please? ??uro?.
It comes from ancient Greek. It was the name of the
south east wind. My own address is: Euro Puletti, Via
Flaminia n. 23, C.A.P. 06021, Costacciaro, Perugia
(Italy). E.P. Reply from SeaView:
Hello Euro. I'm sorry but I've
looked and do not see either of those names any where on
the passenger list for the final journey of the Empress
of Ireland.
Capt. Bill Hewitt (Dolphin Charters) bhewitt@mnsi.net
www.mnsi.net/~bhewitt
windsor, ont. Canada -----------19 Feb
2003 Great looking site - already have a
couple of your videos - excellent job.
Jeremy Allgrove allgrove@clara.net
UK -----------10 Feb
2003 Many thanks for your reply. You are
right that the surname has been misspelt and should be
Allgrove not Allgrane. This helps me to try to trace the
people concerned further.
Seto Kaiba 8randac@sout1.k12.id.us
Idaho/Usa -----------05
Feb 2003 would be so kind as to send me more
of the Empress of Irelands story and i love your site
davidbarber
refridgerationman vancouvercanada
-----------03 Feb 2003 my great aunt and her two
children survived this disaster as well as her unborn
child
Lesley Turner lesley.turner2@btinternet.com
Norfolk, England -----------02 Feb
2003 I believe my Great Grandmother, Mrs White was on
the Empress of Ireland when she went down,I'm not sure
if anyone else was with her, I do know that my great
Grandfather,David White, stayed in Canada awaiting her
return from England where she was coming to collect her
son and his family of five young children, (he lost his
wife the previous year). The only other information I
have is that she would have probably been in her 50's,
they emigrated to Canada with the Salvation Army a few
years previous, I think they lived in Erith in the U.K.
before they emigrated and that her destination would
have been possibly Plumstead (London or Kent). My great
Grandfather, I believe, remained in Canada working for
the Salvation Army, where he eventually died and was
buried. I would really appreciate any information you
can give me. With kindest regards
Adam Daly Ringwood,
Australia -----------01 Feb
2003 Thank-you for your reply. I was reading the New
York Times Newspaper of, May-June, 1914 and noticed it
mention that their were three maids in First-class. Did
they survive? I know that there employers were as
follows - 1. Mrs. Mable Irving (died) and the maids name
was, Miss. Hilda Hagerson. 2. Mrs. Maude Cullen (died)
and maids name unknown. 3. Mrs. H. R. O'Hara (survived)
and the maids name unknown. If you could fill in the
gaps I would be happy. How many bodies were recovered?
How many member of the Salvation Army were onboard and
how many survived? One last question. Is it true that
the Titianic and the Lusitania disasters had conections
to the sinking of the Empress of Ireland. Thanks for any
information.
Chris Randall nancychris@cableone.net
Idaho USA -----------26 Jan
2003 Your site is cool i have a book on the empress
is there any way i can h elp
CHRIS
RANDALL nancychris@cableone.net
USA -----------24 Jan 2003 Sad
site it makes me want to cry and I am I love the empress
of ireland e-mail me please she was a beutiful vessle
iam 13 going on 14 i read a lot about ships this one
makes me want to cry. Reply from SeaView:
Hello Chris. I'm glad you enjoyed
seeing the Empress on our web site.
Howard Young youngjh@gosympatico.ca
Ontario,Canada -----------21
Jan 2003 Excellant site
Connie Zuk Nisinger HRHConnie@aol.com
Godfrey, Illinois U.S.A. -----------18
Jan 2003 My grandfather (George Zuk) was a survivor
of the Empress of Ireland shipwreck. His wife & 2
children drowned. I'm trying (without any luck) to
locate the children't graves (they were identified by my
grandfather & buried, but we don't have a clue as to
where)...apparently his wife went down with the ship. He
later met & married my grandmother--my father is
named after his dead half-brother. Unfortunately, my
grandfather didn't talk about the shipwreck much &
he died while my father was young, so we don't know
much. If anyone can give me some hints as to where else
I can seach for information, it would be GREATLY
appreciated! Here's my bio & photo for him on the
FindAGrave website: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7037174
. NOTE: (I could not connect to this web
page). Reply from
SeaView: The listing
below indicates that your grandfather was saved and
transported June 10th to New York. You can see
that Josefa and Wladislaw's bodies were recovered.
I see that the spelling is different. There is
also a Zuk on the listing [(ZUK (or ZSHUK), Kirilo] but
no other Zuk's so I don't think this is the one you are
looking for. The children may have been buried at
the mass grave at Rimouski, Quebec. You could
contact the Rimouski museum to get a listing of the
individuals buried there. Their web site is:
http://www.museedelamer.qc.ca/html/empress.htm
. The contact information is: Le Musée
de la mer de Pointe-au-Père 1034, rue du Phare
Pointe-au-Père (Québec) G5M 1L8 Téléphone :
418-724-6214 Télécopieur: 418-721-0815 Courriel
: mailto:museepc@globetrotter.qc.ca If
they were not buried there then you could also try
contacting David Zeni who has done a lot of research on
the subject and written a book "Forgotten
Empress". His email is dzeni@earthlink.net
. Hope this helps.
| Name |
Tickets Purchased
at |
Destination |
Remarks |
| ZOUK,
Georgi |
Chicago,
Ill. |
Lemberg |
To New York, June
10 |
| ZOUK,
Josefa |
Chicago,
Ill. |
Lemberg |
Lost, Body
Identified |
| ZOUK,
Maria |
Chicago,
Ill. |
Lemberg |
Lost |
| ZOUK,
Wladislaw |
Chicago,
Ill. |
Lemberg |
Lost, Body
Identified |
Private krankenversicherung http://www.private-krankenversicherung-ak.de/
-----------12 Jan 2003 Great
site!
Jamie Hay jamtart@telusplanet.net
Edmonton, Alberta -----------03 Jan
2003 Excellent site! I have book marked it and will
come back periodicvally to check for updates. The under
water videos are very unsettling yet help to complete
the picture of this unkown disaster. Thank you for your
efforts.
Carol Robinson crobinson22@hotmail.com
Maple Ridge, British Columbia/Canada
-----------03 Jan 2003 I'm wondering if a WILLIAM
SKENE was a passenger on the Empress of Ireland. We
found a very old bible (which looks waterlogged!) and in
there is a newspaper clipping of the tradegy of this
ship. Reply from
SeaView: Sorry I do not see the name Skene anywhere
on the passenger/crew list for the final voyage of the
Empress of Ireland.
Jeremy ALLGROVE allgrove@clara.net
UK -----------30 Dec 2002 My father's
first cousin, one James Rawlings ALLGROVE, had a wife,
Florence Alice (nee Daws), who was travelling back to
England with her two young daughters. I do not know the
names of the two daughters, although I think the elder
one was called Vera, as I can find no record of their
births in the Family Records Office as I suspect that
they were born in the USA. I would be very interested to
have any further information such as names etc and, if
possible, ages. I do know that there was some confusion
about the booking as they arrived to find their cabin
occupied by four men! I look forward to hearing from
you. Reply from
SeaView: I
had difficulty finding the name Allgrove on the
passenger list. The list has them spelled as
Allgrane. I believe this to be correct since the
first names are Mrs. F and Vera. The listing
reads:
| Name |
Tickets Purchased
at |
Destination |
Remarks |
| ALLGRANE, Mrs.
F. |
Windsor , Ontario
|
London,
England |
Lost |
| ALLGRANE,
Vera |
Windsor , Ontario
|
London,
England |
Lost |
| ALLGRANE,
Evelyn |
Windsor , Ontario
|
London,
England |
Lost |
Adam Davly Ringwood, Victoria
Australia -----------28 Dec 2002 I was
wondering how many personal servants were onboard the
Empress of Ireland. Did they survive? Who were their
employees? I have found your sight on the Empress of
Ireland very interesting. I have learnt quite a lot
about the passenngers and crew who sailed on her last
voyage. Reply from
SeaView: Hello Adam. There were quite a few
servants on board at the time. Many of the crew
were able to get off since they were on duty at the time
of the sinking. Those people who had not retired
for the evening had a better chance at getting off
during the 14 minutes it took to the vessel to
sink. The employer of course was the Canadian
Pacific Railway.
JohnWooFan jwf@pirannos.de
germany -----------26 Dec
2002 Happy new year!
Richard Easterbrook reaste1430@aol.com
UK -----------26 Dec 2002 I
have a photo of passenger Harold Neville as he may have
looked touring in Irving's company, now ready for email,
but, Dan, I have lost your home email as I have changed
PC. Richard Easterbrook. Reply from SeaView:
Thanks Richard. I
finally received your photo and I have posted a page
dedicated to Harold
& Elsie Neville.
David Tucker david.tucker@btconnect.com
Scotland -----------19 Dec
2002 Message: re Empress of Ireland, Thomas
Jones. Thought you might be interested. My aunt
who died in London (England) in 2002 was our unofficial
family archivist. In her trunk, I found reference to Tom
Jones who went down with the Empress. Don't know if he
was passenger or crew, but he had married my great-aunt
Lily just ten months before. Lily was one of eight
Hodgsons, one brother lived 100 years, another just 11
weeks - tragedy was neverr far away in those days.
Any status you can find for Thomas E. Jones?
Thanks Reply from
SeaView: The listing
shows T. Jone in Second Class. There were 13
Jones' on the crew but none with the initial
T.
| Name |
Tickets Purchased
at |
Remarks |
| JONES, Mr.
T. |
Toronto,
Ont. |
Lost |
Dianne Georgeson diannegeorgeson@shaw.ca
Strathmore, Alberta -----------19 Dec 2002 I believe that
two of my great uncles by the name of Robert Patterson
and Jack Patterson died while sailing on the Empress.
The story is that one of the boys was on his way back to
England to be married. Reply from SeaView:
Yes. The Patterson boys
were on the passenger list. The list reads
as: Name
Ticket Purshased
at
Remarks PATTERSON, Mr. John
Calgary, Alta.
Lost PATTERSON, Mr. Robert
Calgary, Alta.
Lost There is also listed under these
names: PATTERSON, Miss S.
Calgary, Alta.
Lost
Sue McGaw gayton.gardens@xtra.co.nz
-----------12 Dec 2002 I
have letter dated 1914 which mentions the Bloomfield
family as being passengers lost on the Empress of
Ireland. Reply from
SeaView: Yes. The Bloomfield family from New
Zealand were on board in First Class. The list
reads as: Name
Ticket Purshased
at
Remarks BLOOMFIELD, Lieut.-Col. W.R.
Auckland,
N.Z.
Lost..........body identified BLOOMFIELD, Mrs. W. R.
Auckland, N.Z.
Lost..........body identified BLOOMFIELD, Miss H. I.
R.
Auckland, N.Z.
Lost..........body identified
Lynn sassenachcan@netscape.net
Alberta, Canada -----------12 Nov
2002 Hello: I was told that
a Saul Pritchard was aboard the Empress of Ireland when
she went down. He was probably part of the crew.
Is there any record of him. Any information will
be greatly appreciated. Reply from SeaView:
Yes. There are 3
Pritchards listed as crew. The listing on
the crew reads as: Name
Position
Remarks PRITCHARD, E.
Asst. Cook
Lost PRITCHARD, J.
Asst. Steward
Saved PRITCHARD, O.
Asst. Steward
Saved Are any of these the Saul you are looking
for? I see two of them were
saved.
John Regan rego@merseymail.com
Liverpool
England -----------06 Nov 2002 Enjoy the site keep up the good work.
Looking for info on Michael Regan my granfathers brother
who served on the Empress. Reply from SeaView:
Yes. Michael Regan was
a fireman on the fatal journey of the Empress. His
listing on the crew list reads as: Name
Position
Remarks REGAN, M.
Fireman
Lost
Jacqueline Lee jsimmonds7@hotmail.com
-----------30 Nov 2002 I was
wondering if you had any information about a crew member
on the Empress of Ireland. His name was Gerrard Thompson
and he was a plumber. Thank you for your time. Reply from SeaView:
Yes. Gerald Thompson
was a plumber on the fatal journey of the Empress.
His listing on the crew list reads as: Name
Position
Remarks THOMPSON, G. J.
Plumber
Lost, body identified
Jim thechandlers@sympatico.ca
canada -----------30 Nov 2002 COOL
WE KEEP OUR BOAT AT T.P.M.B. PLEASE SEND US INFO. I
WOULD LIKE TO GET INTO DIVING. Reply from SeaView: You can try Executive Divers dive shop
in Port Dover for dive courses as well as Long Point
Divers. There is also Scuba Plus in
Simcoe. There is Dean's Sport and Dive in
Kitchener and Diver City in Brantford.
Haven't taken a scuba course in many moons or know any
of my friends who have so I have know idea of today's
cost. I think I've seen your boat down at the lake
before. Nice. Hope you find a course
and get in on the shipwrecks of Long Point.
Adam ADAM@seniorshealthguide.tv
-----------14 Nov 2002 Really good
site, with neat SeaView images!
Rae impromptu05@hanmail.net
-----------12 Nov 2002 It's REALLY
great and well organized site!! I'm just wondering when
the Empress sank. I couldn't find the specific
dates. Have a Good Day Reply from SeaView:
The Empress of Ireland sank
on May 29, 1914 in the early morning
hours.
Lindy Clements & J. Cox lindyclem@earthlink.com
Oakland, CA -----------11
Nov 2002 On the PBS Lost Liners show I saw what
appeared to be the passenger list of the Empress scroll
by including two names, one after the other: CLEMENTS
& COX. Can you please confirm this with any
additional info? Thanks for the great
site. Reply from
SeaView: Those two names are on the passenger list
of the fatal journey in the Third Class. They read
as: Name
&nbs |