Request any information about family and ship. I have a picture. Are there any naturalization or other records availabe. What area in Switzerland would they be from.? We would mainly try to find where Auguste Huber was from and what happened to him once he arrived New York. Ship Name - La Gascogne Place of Origin - Switzerland Port of Departure - Le Havre, France Arriving - New York Arriving Date - 29 Aug 1887 Family seems to be traveling together: HUEBER Valentine Huber, b. abt 1860 male Catherine " b. abt 1862 female Marie Hueber, b. abt 1842 female ****** Hypolite, b. abt 1872 male Auguste b. abt 1874 male ******** Joseph b. abt 1875 male Elise b. abt 1877 female Albertine, b. abt 1878 female Childe, b. abt 1880 female Jean, b. abt 1854 male We believe AUGUSTE HUBER is our ancestor who showed up 1900 in Whiteside Co., Illinois. There is no social security record of marriage record that shows parentage. Story is that his mother went back to Switzerland and left him with friends. I think I located Joseph in 1900 and 1920 and 1930 in Albany. Valentine and Catherine are in Brooklyn, N.Y. 1900.

Hi Patricia, Sorry but cannot help with passengers. LA GASCOGNE 1886 7,395 gross tons, length 495.4ft x beam 52.2ft, two funnels, four masts, single screw, speed 17 knots, accommodation for 390-1st, 65-2nd and 600-3rd class passengers. Laid down by Forges & Chantiers de la Mediterannee, La Seyne as L'ALGERIE but completed as LA GASCOGNE for Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, Le Havre. 18th Sep.1886 maiden voyage Havre - New York. 1894 rebuilt with two masts and 3rd class passenger accommodation increased to 1,500. 4th Mar.1911 last voyage Havre - New York. 1912 sold to Cie. Sud Atlantique, Bordeaux and used on the Bordeaux - South America route. Aug.1914 used as a French Auxiliary Cruiser but soon returned to the company. 26th Feb.1915 chartered back to CGT and Bordeaux - New York for three voyages. 1915 again requisitioned by the French Government and used as a naval depot ship at Salonica. 1919 scrapped at Genoa. Picture at http://www.immigrantships.net/v5/picturesv5/lagascogne.jpg regards Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Welch" <patwelch63@hotmail.com> To: <TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 5:09 AM Subject: [TSL] La Gascogne -29 Aug 1887 - Depart: Le Havre, France - Origin: Switze-Arrive:N.Y. > Request any information about family and ship. I have a picture. Are > there any naturalization or other records availabe. What area in > Switzerland would they be from.? We would mainly try to find where > Auguste Huber was from and what happened to him once he arrived New York. > > Ship Name - La Gascogne > > Place of Origin - Switzerland > > Port of Departure - Le Havre, France > > Arriving - New York > > Arriving Date - 29 Aug 1887 > > Family seems to be traveling together: > > HUEBER > > Valentine Huber, b. abt 1860 male > Catherine " b. abt 1862 female > Marie Hueber, b. abt 1842 female ****** > Hypolite, b. abt 1872 male > Auguste b. abt 1874 male ******** > Joseph b. abt 1875 male > Elise b. abt 1877 female > Albertine, b. abt 1878 female > Childe, b. abt 1880 female > Jean, b. abt 1854 male > > We believe AUGUSTE HUBER is our ancestor who showed up 1900 in Whiteside > Co., Illinois. There is no social security record of marriage record that > shows parentage. Story is that his mother went back to Switzerland and > left him with friends. > > I think I located Joseph in 1900 and 1920 and 1930 in Albany. Valentine > and Catherine are in Brooklyn, N.Y. 1900. > > > > ==== TheShipsList Mailing List ==== > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > TheShipsList Website > http://www.theshipslist.com/ > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > > >