Hello Pam,
Your ancestor probably organised his journey through a travel agent and I think you'll possibly find that the ship line owners of SS Republic only operated out of Liverpool and Ireland. It was cheaper to sail to an English port on the eastern coast such as Hull and travel across the country by train to Liverpool. I believe records show that annually this is what 2 million mainland Europeans did. One of the ship lines operating out of Hull to Holland and Germany was the Wilson Line and somewhere online there is a poster which shows their ship arrival/departures and it also lists train timetables from Hull to Liverpool.
Best Wishes,
Rena
Dear Rena and Listies,
Have been curious about that.
Have always used online clues to locate library microfilm records to confirm my own family research, but I believe not all are indexed.
The situation which you describe? Europe to English or Irish port... Indirect List? Not all all indexed.
More difficult to locate an ancestor on an indirect list.
I have a question about Queenstown though. I have always thout of Queenstown as a place located in Austrailia.
That is no where near Ireland, or Brittish ports. Is there another locality called Queensland?
Warmest Regards,
Barbie-Lew
P.S. Please forgive my lack of knowledge. I wouldn't ever read a list if I knew all the answers.
Dear Listies,
Opps.. Idiotic. Queensland verses Queenstown. A stuck point with me... I confuse Queensland and Queenstown..Brittan vrs Austrailia.
Just as I confuse Woodriver, Waterloo and Woodstock, Illinois.
Call me Barbie-Goof.