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 and 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 in advance, Betty Hebert Wimberley, TX