The S.S. Ravenscrag The British ship, the Ravenscrag sometimes spelled “Ravenscraig”, arrived from Madeira to the port of Honolulu on Saturday, August 23, 1879, from Madeira Islands. She brought a total of 423 souls – 135 men, 115 women, and 178 children. The immigrants are all healthy, hearty-looking people and will prove a valuable acquisition…
Author: Melody Lassalle
Description of the Voyage of the Bark Priscilla to Hawaii 1878
The Bark Priscilla The community at large was pleased to learn on Sunday, Sept. 30, 1878, of the arrival of the pioneer company of Portuguese, procured at Madeira, through the exertions of Dr. Hillebrand, formerly a family from this city. They came on the German bark, ‘Priscilla’, after a passage of 120 days and all…
Description of the Voyage of the S.S. Orteric to Hawaii 1911
The SS Orteric Death stalked amongst the 1,500 Spanish and Portuguese immigrants aboard the British steamship, Osteric, which arrived yesterday after a long voyage from Spain and Portugal. There were 48 deaths recorded among the children on the voyage. Measles was the cause, to enter on the Ship’s Log. In all instances, the bodies were…
Description of the Voyage of the S.S. Kumeric to Hawaii 1907
KUMERIC HERE WITH SMALL-POX CASES ON BOARD Passengers, Who Are A Fine Lot of Immigrants, To Be Landed on Quarantine Island The British ship Kumeric, Captain Baird, bringing 1058 Portuguese Immigrants from Funchal, Madeira, arrived off port last night at 6 o’clock and will come into the quarantine dock early this morning. There were 3…
Description of the Voyage of the S.S. High Flyer to Hawaii, Voyage 1, 1880
These descriptions are from newspapers articles written at the time of the voyage of the S.S. High Flyer in 1880, the first voyage The SS High FLyer HAWKINS, MASTER MEMORANDA – Notice to Mariners. Left St. Michaels on Oct 15th at 4 p.m., with a fresh north-east wind; after that had moderate trade winds to…