PIETRO'S AND HIS FAMILY'S TRIPS TO AMERICA
On the site http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ I found some news about the trips of Peter De Sanctis and of Rosina Pinto and their 7 children for reaching New York.
Pietro was registered as Pietro de Santis. It's easier and in Italy we often are called in this way.
Peter left Italy in 1894, from Naples. The ship was the S.S. Wieland.
The steamship WIELAND was built for the Adler (Eagle) Line by Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow (yard #171), and was launched on 16 June 1874. 3,504 tons; 114,4 x 12,2 meters/375 x 40 feet (length x breadth); straight stem, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, service speed 13 knots; accommodation for 90 passengers in 1st class, 100 in 2nd class, and 800 in steerage; crew of 110.
She was transferred to HAPAG control. 7 July 1875, maiden voyage, Hamburg - Havre - New York.
1882, rebuilt; higher superstructure, 2 funnels. 29 August 1894, last voyage, Hamburg-New York.
In 1894 one roundtrip voyage, Naples-New York.
1895, sold to Ph. A. Lieder, Hamburg and Shanghai; transport in the Chinese-Japanese War. 15 October 1895, seriously dam aged by fire at Shanghai. 3 January 1896, sent to Singapore for scrapping.
About Rosa Pinto and children's trip, all them were registered as "Pinto".
There are mistakes in Angiolina's and Elvira's names, but it was very easy to write wrong data.
They left Italy in 1896, the ship was the S.S. Werra.
The Werra left from Genoa and ported also in Neaples before leaving Italy.
The "Werra" was a 4817 gross ton vessel, built in 1882 by John Elder & Co, Glasgow for Norddeutscher Lloyd [North German Lloyd]. Her details were - length433.1ft x beam 45.9ft, two\line funnels, four masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 16 knots. There was accommodation for 125-1st, 130-2nd and 1,000-3rd class passengers.
Launched on 4/7/1882, she sailed from Bremen on her maiden voyage to Southampton and New York on 2/10/1882. On 9/11/1891 she commenced her last voyage on this service and on 4/1/1892 was transferred to the Genoa-New York run. Started her last voyage on this service on 10/11/1898 and was then chartered to the Spanish company, Cie Trasatlantica who used her to repatriate Spanish troops.
On 24/9/1899 she started the Bremen-Southampton - New York - Naples - Genoa service until commencing her last voyage on 28/8/1901, and in September of that year, she was scrapped at Genoa.
