I am trying to determine when my Grandfather made it to Texas.  Does anyone know of the trips the King Gruffyd made from 1899 to 1901? My grandfather, an ordinary seaman) made a trip on the King Gruffyd from 11 Nov 1898 to 27 Jan 1899 from Barry Dock to Galveston, TX and back. He had another trip on the same ship from 6 Feb 1899 to May 29 1899 from Barry to Buenos Aires to Cardiff. I know he was in the Atlantic when Queen Victoria died (22 Jan 1901) because they came upon a ship whose flag was at half staff and their captain called over to see who had died -- the answer was, "The Queen".  Everyone was so shocked because although they knew she was elderly, no one could remember a time when Victoria was not queen. Thanks you, Betty Hebert Wimberley, TX