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Alice Bushby

Female 1878 - 1918  (40 years)


 

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Passenger Manifest - S.S. Sierra - Arrival in San Francisco 15 Jan 1906

The manifest of the S.S. Sierra shows Alice Barrington, age 25, a nurse born in England, arriving in San Francisco on 15 Jan 1906 with Ada Tozer, age 24 [born c.1884], a nurse born in Sydney. Both were second class salon passengers from Sydney, Australia.

Information about the vessel:

SIERRA / GDANSK 1900
5,989 gross tons, length 400.0ft x beam 50.2ft, two funnels, two masts, twin screw, speed 17 knots. Built 1900 by W. Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia for Oceanic SS Co, San Francisco (Spreckels Line), she made her maiden voyage in Sep 1900 between San Francisco, Honolulu, Auckland and Sydney. 1907 laid up. 1910 transferred to San Francisco - Honolulu service. 1915 San Francisco - Sydney service.

Jul 1918 - Sep 1919 became US Navy troopship and then returned to lay up.

1920 sold to Green Star SS Co, New York. 1921 sold to Polish American Navigation Corp, New York, one funnel removed, speed now 14 knots, renamed GDANSK. Used on the NY - Danzig service until 1922 when she reverted to the name SIERRA, owned by Walter A. Rush, NY.

1923 repurchased by Oceanic SS Co, refitted and 1924 resumed service San Francisco - Honolulu - Sydney. In 1934 control of the Oceanic SS Co passed to the Matson Line and the SIERRA sailed for Japan under the name SIERRA MARU and was scrapped. [North Star to Southern Cross by J. Maber] [Register of Merchant Ships Completed 1900 by
Starke / Schell]

Ancestry.com. California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.


Date15 Jan 1906
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