BALTIC

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Baltic... Sailing from Liverpool May 20 1908 - Arrival in New York June 6 1908 

#        NAME              BIRTH DATE BIRTH PLACE                DEATH DATE   DEATH PLACE

1231 WIEST, Friedrich Karl 6 Jul 1881 Rohrbach, Kherson, Russia  27 Feb 1957  Fresno, Calif.
1230 CROISSANT, Katherina 25 May 1882 Rohrbach, Russia            5 Mar 1944  Dinuba, Tulare, Calif.
1236 WIEST, Lydia         13 Feb 1906 Friedrichsfeld, Russia
1237 WIEST, Friedrich     17 Apr 1907 Friedrichsfeld, Russia     15 Jan 1996  Fresno, California

Final destination given - Father - Carl Wiest, Fort Collins, Colorado

 

BALTIC - Photo: Frank Pichardo Collection

Built by Harlan & Wolff Limited, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1904. 23,884 gross tons; 726 (bp) feet long; 75 feet wide. Steam quadruple expansion engines, twin screw.  Service speed 16 knots.  2,875 passengers (425 first class, 450 second class, 2,000 third class). Built for White Star and Dominion Lines, in 1904 and named Baltic. Liverpool-New York service. Largest ship afloat, 1904-05. Troopship during World War I. Scrapped in 1933.

Source: The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. American Family  Immigration History Center