I'm fascinated by the families that traveled back and forth multiple times like Laura Cribb's family. I think of immigration at that time being one way, one time only, and I guess that's a misconception.
Yes, that is a common misconception. My great-grandfather immigrated to Canada in 1898 and worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway. Because he worked for CPR he could travel anywhere for free (nice perk!). I was surprised to discover that he returned to visit his family in his hometown of Newport, Tipperary many times between 1898-1950, with the frequency of his visits interrupted by both World Wars. His brothers also returned home to visit a number of times.
One thing I want to add about one of these stories is that Rhoda Abbott was the only woman who survived without getting into a lifeboat by grabbing onto a collapsible boat in the water. She held onto her sons until the very end but they were swept away from her. Just to clarify that she didn't board a lifeboat without them.
An interesting question to research how did some of them come to Europe prior to their travels on the Titanic, also very sad to see the outcome for so many of them, even the ones who survived but lost a family member.
What a beautiful idea to remember the many unknown people on the Titanic. We tend to focus only on the notable passengers, with the remaining victims left nameless.
This would be a nice project for the Empress of Ireland disaster, which sadly claimed the lives of over 1,000 people. Maybe not-so-fun fact: my great-grandparents and baby grandfather were heading to Ireland from Montreal in the summer of 1914 and were booked on the Empress of Ireland. For some unknown reason, they changed their booking to another ship, the Lake Manitoba, at the last minute.
I'm fascinated by the families that traveled back and forth multiple times like Laura Cribb's family. I think of immigration at that time being one way, one time only, and I guess that's a misconception.
Yes, there are a lot more passengers too that were not even us born who this was the case for too. Very interesting!
Yes, that is a common misconception. My great-grandfather immigrated to Canada in 1898 and worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway. Because he worked for CPR he could travel anywhere for free (nice perk!). I was surprised to discover that he returned to visit his family in his hometown of Newport, Tipperary many times between 1898-1950, with the frequency of his visits interrupted by both World Wars. His brothers also returned home to visit a number of times.
Thanks for sharing this, Lisa. Makes me curious to look into these stories for our ancestors.
One thing I want to add about one of these stories is that Rhoda Abbott was the only woman who survived without getting into a lifeboat by grabbing onto a collapsible boat in the water. She held onto her sons until the very end but they were swept away from her. Just to clarify that she didn't board a lifeboat without them.
So many tragedies within this tragedy.
An interesting question to research how did some of them come to Europe prior to their travels on the Titanic, also very sad to see the outcome for so many of them, even the ones who survived but lost a family member.
I can’t state my thoughts any better than what Sarah has said.
I’m slowly getting caught up with everything reading wise Charlotte and have saved the best for last which is your impeccable engaging work.
What a beautiful idea to remember the many unknown people on the Titanic. We tend to focus only on the notable passengers, with the remaining victims left nameless.
This would be a nice project for the Empress of Ireland disaster, which sadly claimed the lives of over 1,000 people. Maybe not-so-fun fact: my great-grandparents and baby grandfather were heading to Ireland from Montreal in the summer of 1914 and were booked on the Empress of Ireland. For some unknown reason, they changed their booking to another ship, the Lake Manitoba, at the last minute.