William PRUE

First Name: William Last Name: Prue Ethnicity: English Last Place of Residence: London, England Date of Arrival: Jul 04, 1904 Age at Arrival: 34y Gender: M Marital Status: M Ship of Travel: Saint Paul Port of Departure: Cherbourg, France Manifest Line Number: 0019 Manifest says William is a Laborer, Final Destination was to beKingsbrigde, NY; He had $2 with him and was not headed to anyrelatives. William was married when he arrived with his son Leonard. He marriedour Great-Grandmother and did not tell her he was married nor that hehad a son!! Sometime he had sent his son back to England or had hidhim from my Grandmother and paid off Leonard to keep away. Eventually,Leonard became upset or greedy - who knows and appeared at the doorone day and informed our Great-Grandmother of the first wife and ofhimself and that Williams' pay was going partly to them!! Right now Ican't remember the entire mess, but William was a real snake in thegrass according to the family. Built by William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilders, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, 1895. 11,629 gross tons; 554 (bp) feet long; 63 feetwide. Steam quadruple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 19knots. 1,370 passengers (350 first class, 220 second class, 800 thirdclass).Two funnels, two masts, first USA built screw express steamer. Built for American Line, in 1895 and named Saint Paul. Southampton-NewYork service. Used by US Navy as auxiliary cruiser in Spanish-AmericanWar of 1898. Transferred to United States Navy, American flag, in 1918and renamed USS Knoxville. Armed transport service. Capsized whilecompleting refit in April 1918. Laid-up 1918-20. Returned to AmericanLine, in 1920 and renamed St. Paul. Further trans-Atlantic service.Scrapped in Germany in 1923. William Prue http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=2b7c9b1f-edae-4f3e-9863-73341afd1072&tid=1193492&pid=1569 McCord - Prue Marriage license http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=93069d0b-42ba-462e-8f08-8a1575c0d80b&tid=1193492&pid=1569

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