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the ship Cambroman

CAMBROMAN (the ship)

Information and Picture for the ship S. S. Cambroman
 
This ship left Antwerp, Belgium on 30 May 1907 and arrived at Ellis Island, New York on 17 June 1907 carrying Johann (John) Kristman (-2G). He was the father of Johanna B. Kristmann (-1G), the first wife of my paternal uncle, Albert T. Thoma (-1G). The manifest for this journey lists Johann as 30 years old and married, although he is apparently traveling alone. He is emigrating from Modos, Hungary where he was born. He is of German ethnicity, stands 5 ft. 10 in. tall, is of dark complexion, and has brown hair and eyes. He has a scar on his left cheek but is otherwise of good physical condition. He was classed as a laborer. His destination was St. Louis, MO where he had a friend.

CAMBROMAN -

Owned by Red Star-American Lines

Routinely traveled between Antwerp, Belgium and New Yory (city) in the 1890's and the next decade.
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This ship was built by Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, England in 1892 for the Warren Line. It carried the British flag and traveled the Antwerp to New York route. It weighed 6,059 gross tons and was 429 (bp) feet long and 46 feet wide. It was powered by a triple-expansion steam engine with a single screw drive running at a service speed of 13.5 knots. It held 1,275 passengers, all in third class. In 1899 it was sold to the Dominion Line (British flag) and in 1907 to the Red Star Line (British flag). It was scrapped in 1909.

Information on the Cambroman ship and picture are from the Ellis Island web site.

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Created on 22 Feb. 2003. Updated on 14 July. 2003 by Erven Thoma