Jack The NY Times reports on a ship called Hermann, Capt Willson, in the Oct 9, 1851 paper. But the Dec 24 arrival of the vessel lists Capt Crabtree: ARRIVAL OF THE HERMANN. The U.S. Mail steamship Hermann, Capt. Crabtree, arrived yesterday morning, in 20 days from Southampton, having experienced, for 12 days in succession, tremendous gales from the westward. On the morning of the 7th and evenings of the 10th and 15th inst., the ship encountered severe tornadoes, which lasted from 3 to 4 hours before their violence began to abate. Some sails were lost, but no other damage sustained. The Hermann brings a valuable cargo of German, French and English goods. ... the item continues and gives a list of the cabin passengers. As for the Franklin...Nov 3, 1851 NYTimes reports her arrival from Havre and Cowes -- sailing from Havre Oct 22 and Cowes on the same day at 6:30p.m. Regards.. Marj At 08:05 PM 7/20/2008, jackmorter wrote: >I am trying to find information on the ship Hermann, Capt. Crabtree or >Franklin, Capt. Wotton. My ancestors migrated from Norfolk to New York City >in 1851. Also trying to locate Passenger lists if possible. >I would be very grateful for any information on the vessel or suggestions of >where to look for information. > >Jack >USA > __________________________________________________________ > >------------------------------- >visit TheShipsList Website >http://www.theshipslist.com/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message