What My Daughter Found
High Miles
I finally found when the Bendas came to the US, & it was together.
They left Hamburg on May 6, 1890, on the Columbia, (in steerage, of
course) and arrived in New York on June 13.
His occupation is listed as 'cartwright,' whatever that is. He was 26,
she was 21. Both showed traveling with no family.
His marital status was left blank, and hers shows unmarried. Go figure.
Here's the webpage, if you wanna go. You have to use a capital B.
http://195.21.144.73/STAARCH/roots.roots_rep_passagier_us.show_parms
a history of the ship they sailed on:
The "Columbia" of 1891 was a Hamburg America Line ship, built
in dry dock in 1889 by Laird Bros, Birkenhead. Her details were 7,241
gross tons,
length 463.5ft x beam 55.6ft, three funnels, three masts, twin screw and
a speed of
18 knots. There was accommodation for 400-1st, 120-2nd and 580-3rd class
passengers. Floated on 27/2/1889, she left Hamburg on 18/7/1889 on her
maiden voyage
to Southampton and New York. On 19/12/1893 she commenced her first
voyage from
Genoa to Naples and New York and made several further winter voyages on
this
route. Her last Hamburg - Southampton - New York sailing commenced on
14/10/1897 and in
1898 she was sold to the Spanish government for use as a troopship and
auxiliary
for the Spanish - American War and renamed "Rapido". In 1899 she was
repurchased
by Hamburg America Line, went back to her original name of "Columbia" and
on 31/8/1899, commenced sailing between Hamburg, Southampton, Cherbourg and
New York. Her last sailing on this route started on 9/10/1902 and on
3/4/1904 she made a single sailing from Naples to Genoa and New York. In
1904 she was
sold to the Russian Volunteer Fleet, renamed "Terek" and used as a troop
transport
in the Russo - Japanese War. Scrapped in 1907.
[North Atlantic Seaway by
N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.396] [Merchant Fleets in Profile by Duncan Haws,
vol.4, Hamburg America Line]
sko...@usemtuzas.com
<2blue...@comcast.net> wrote:
>This is my mother's side.......................
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>I finally found when the Bendas came to the US, & it was together.
>They left Hamburg on May 6, 1890, on the Columbia, (in steerage, of
>course) and arrived in New York on June 13.
>His occupation is listed as 'cartwright,' whatever that is. He was 26,
>she was 21. Both showed traveling with no family.
Cartwright, wainwright, wheelwright - all respectable, skilled
occupations. The transport would seize without their contribution
then!
High Miles
Mom remembers her father carrying his VERY heavy tool box on the
streetcar to reach down town jobs.
PaulJK
> This is my mother's side.......................
> I finally found when the Bendas came to the US, & it was together.
> They left Hamburg on May 6, 1890, on the Columbia, (in steerage, of
> course) and arrived in New York on June 13.
> His occupation is listed as 'cartwright,' whatever that is.
That's normal English. Cart = wagon, wrighting = making/building.
Cart maker/repairer, that was quite a good profession then.
> He was 26,
> she was 21. Both showed traveling with no family.
> His marital status was left blank, and hers shows unmarried. Go figure.
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PaulJK
> High Miles wrote:
>> This is my mother's side.......................
>> I finally found when the Bendas came to the US, & it was together.
>> They left Hamburg on May 6, 1890, on the Columbia, (in steerage, of
>> course) and arrived in New York on June 13.
>> His occupation is listed as 'cartwright,' whatever that is.
>
> That's normal English. Cart = wagon, wrighting = making/building.
Actually, wagon maker was a wainwright.
Cartwright was a cart maker.
> Cart maker/repairer, that was quite a good profession then.
Wheelwright was technically most demanding and best paid.
High Miles
>
> See what "kol�r^" (cartwright) does:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Noe_wainwright.jpg
>
> J
Thanks
Nifty fact.
I'll share it with the daughter who digs into such things.
D
High Miles
potato growers.
Unless they grew a hell of a lot of 'em.
D
High Miles
He continued to make wheels in Chicago.
Including replacements for some early autos.
Both grandpas must have done all right, as they were able to build / own
their own homes fairly early on.
I was born to the house my mother was born in, and it's still looking
good. So her dad must have known his onions.