Laurie, My grandfather was a ships' carpenter, he signed on and that was in 1910. Got here to Australia. He told me by the time they had been at sea a few days the meat had maggots in it. I said, what did you do? He said, we ate it, there was nothing else. Maybe picked out the maggots first one hopes? He built a house here and when it was finished sent for grandma. My mother was born 9 months after she landed in Brisbane. Guess the second thing he took off was his hat? Robyn Shaw. On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Laurie Thompson <lt030329@bigpond.net.au>wrote: > Dawn . I started research in 1958 and along the way in conversations many > men joined as crew , no pay just food and signed off honourably in America > or Australia . Laurie Melbourne Australia > > -----Original Message----- > From: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dawn Webb > Sent: Saturday, 28 April 2012 8:53 AM > To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] WHITE, POINTON > > I browsed the ship list and could not find him. Mind you I did not see his > sister emma White nor her husband - not that I was looking for them, and I > am in a rush to go out. However I did notice a couple of names crossed out > and wonder if he could not have been on something like a "stand by" list > and > not included by accident on the pax list? > > My feeling is, he went as crew and then hopped off in NY, having worked his > passage - he would not then have appeared on the passenger list. > > Sorry I can't help more. > That page you see like a bit of hessian I saw too, and I suspect is just a > cover page from a book or such. > > Dawn (Melbourne Australia) > > -----Original Message----- > From: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Graham Pointon > Sent: Saturday, 28 April 2012 8:19 AM > To: Staffordshire List > Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] WHITE, POINTON > > I'm trying to find William POINTON (born 1876) travelling to the US in > 1901-1910. > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 7092 (20120427) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > apply > to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Robyn Freney-Shaw Manager/Co-Ordinator Spiritus Soup Kitchen Toowoomba.