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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : I was told that my Grand Father (William F. Zipse), his mother and numerour brothers and sisters were on the Slocum that day. Only my grandfather, his youngest brother and mother survived.
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Zipse, Albert, 10, dead. #2965.
Zipse, Helen, 3, dead. #2900.
Zipse, Louise, 11, dead. #2901.
Zipse, Mary, 13, dead. #2966.
Zipse, Sophia, 17, missing.
Zipse, Sophia, 41, taken to Lincoln
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Zipse, William, 15, uninjured.
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : MY GREAT GRAND-UNCLE GEORGE MAURER AND HIS WIFE MARGARETHA, AND THEIR 2 CHILDREN, CLARA AND TILLIE WERE KILLED ON THE SLOCUM. ALSO, MY GREAT GRAND-UNCLE JULIUS WOLL'S WIFE, FREDA DITTMAN-WOLL, THEIR UNBORN CHILD AND THEIR DAUGHTER
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Comment (Continued): ( 9 more lines in this box) : FREDA WERE KILLED. WE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT IF GEORGE MAURER'S SON, JULIUS MAURER WAS ABOARD THAT DAY, BUT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN A WHOLE PASSENGER LIST. ANY INFO YOU HAVE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. ALSO, WE JUST ATTENDED THE MEMORIAL SERVICE IN MID
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : Sue, I found the following:
Maurer, Clara, 12, dead. Cert#3130.
Maurer, George J, 53, dead, #3131.
Maurer, Matilda M, 14, dead,#3132.
Maurer, Margaret,48, died June 25, 1904 of pneumonia following burns, death certificate #22,976.
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Comment (Continued): ( 9 more lines in this box) : Margaret's death certificate was issued in Manhattan, the rest in the Bronx. The family's address was 421 East 9th Street Manhattan.
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Woll, Fredericka J,2, dead, #3475.
Woll, Fredericka, 27, missing.
Woll, Julius, 30, survived, taken
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : Sue,
Another source also lists "Freda Woll" as missing, but shows her age as 38. It also list Julius Woll as 30, but lists him as "Uninjured."
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : I'm looking to see if Wilhelmina Paulsen or any other Paulsen or Gabler was on board. Thanks.
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : I am trying to find out if any of the Ohlson children were on the slocum. Not sure of exact spelling of the name.
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : Holly,
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : Kathy,
The closest I could find was a Clara Olsen, 16, survivor who is listed as a servant of the Fulling family of 110 W. 129th Street. The closest other names are "Ohl"
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Name: : Debra
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : My great aunt Elizabeth? Kuhn was on this excursion. I believe she is the only family member that went that day.
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : my great great grandparents were aboard the General Slocum and were killed in the disaster...Mr. and Mrs. John Rheinfrank. Do you have any information about them?
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : One of my great great grandfather died on that boat. His name was John Rheinfrank. Any chances of having that name or more on your list??
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : Dear Candace and Conduit 24,
My list shows a John Rheinfrank, 75, of 343 W. 71st Street as a Slocum victim. His death certificate number was 2,910. It also shows Catherine Rheinfrank, 64, same address as a victim. Her
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No other information is listed, but if I come across anything else I'll let you know.
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : Is there a roster of St. Mark's anywhere? My family believes that our great grandmother and her family were supposed to go on the General Slocum that day, but were saved by the grace of God. I wanted to see if this story is
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Name: : Deborah Pollard
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : Who built the "General Slocum" or
which shipyard did it come from?
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : Sylvia HARRIS (age 10) of 242 Fifth St. reported as 'dead' in June 26, 1904 NY Times; previously she had been reported 'missing'. Sylvia is the daughter of my great-great uncle, David HARRIS (David changed his last name, date unknown). His brother Jacob R
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : My previous message stated that only my Great Aunt Elizabeth? Kuhn was on the excursion. I have recently found out that her aunt was also with her. The last name could be Kuhn, Kopta or Hoeller.
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : Debra, I could not find the names Kuhn or Kopta on the lists of known passengers. I did find an Barbara "Holler," 56, of 338 6th Street, NY, NY as a victim. Her death certificate number was 2,750.
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : Deborah, The General Slocum was built for the Knickerbocker Steamboat Company by the Devine-Burtis company of Brooklyn in 1891. Some parts were made by the W.A. Fletcher company of Hoboken NJ.
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : Mark,
You got cut off. My records also show an adopted child, Agnes Bell Harris, 19, as a victim. Her death cert.# was 2,796. Sylvia's was 3,765.
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E-Mail address (Optional): : BILL2345
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : FREDERICK C. HOFFMANN MY GREAT UNCLE WAS ABOARD HE HAD A BIG WRITE UP IN THE PAPER ABOUT TRYING TO SAVE HIS MOTHER,BROTHER NIECES AND NEPHEWS. IT IS A HEARTWARMING STORY OF HOW HE JUMPED IN THE WATER AND HAD HIS NEPHEW IN HIS ARMS AND HOW HYSTERICAL PEOPL
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Comment (Continued): ( 9 more lines in this box) : OF HIS ARMS, HE RETURNED TO THE BOAT TO GET HIS MOTHER, THE STORY WENT ON TO SAY HE WAS A HERO HIS MOTHER WAS CECILIA HOFFMANN, THERE WAS AN ERNEST,ARTHUR AND WILLIAM TOO.
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : My Grandfather, John A. Scheuing, a NYC Policeman, rescued five people. Barbara Doerhoeffer, Ciara Becker, Annie Kipp, Andrew Zimmer and another person who is unknown to me. Where can I obtain text and/or pictures of disaster?
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : MaryLou, A 1904 book entitled "New York's Awful Steamboat Horror" devotes a couple pages to John A. Scheuning (note the spelling variation). He was a policeman attached to the Alexander Avenue Station. He borrowed a row boat,
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : Ah, it cut me off at the bottom of the second box... Scheuning then (after saving 5 people) brought ashore 13 bodies and assisted the coroner in tagging 171 of the dead.
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : We are searching for any information on the family of Meyding living in New York City of German decent that were on the General Slocum. We are told several members of the family were lost in this disaster. Any
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Comment: (after 7th line continue in the next box) : My grandfather, Michael F. Nugent, was a New York City fireman in June, 1904. His obituary indicated that he was decorated by the New York Fire Department for his work with the General Slocum survivors that day. Do you have any information?
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : Hello Rob-
I'm glad to see that this site has grown. I just read the archived guest book and was very touched by the family responses. Last night I spoke with Karen about a few projects related to the Slocum. I hope to be helping her with one of them. Wh
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Comment Box 2 (after 8 more lines go to Box 3) : noticed one name and I konw there are many more with two spelling variations, ADDICK, ADDICKS and ACKERMAN, ACKERMANN. I guess that is to be expected. I hope that we can work together with Karen to document as accurately Slocum Fire and share information
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E-mail Adress : r.gauger@ieee.org
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : My mother, Augusta Brandt, age 14 at the time, was supposed to go on the ill-fated General Slocum that day, but a friend wrote a note advising her to stay home due to some illness going around that he felt she might catch. I don't recall what the disease
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : My great grand aunt, Metta Margareth Cordes nee Hops b. 22. February 1852 in Klattenhof, Hannover was found on Riker's Island. She officially died by suffocation. Her daughter, Albertine Cordes, b. 9. March 1882
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Comment Box 3 (8 more lines) : 10. April 1854 from childbirth complications, died on 24. May 1891 from tuberculosis. The family was buried in the Cordes family plot in Lutheran Cemetary on 18. June. The Cordes family had a retail bakery on Steuben ST, Brooklyn. They moved uptown afterw
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : Michael, Thanks for writing. Unfortunately some of it got cut off. I found the following on the Cordes family of 417 E. 16th St. NYC: Frederick, 14, dead, cert #3194; Henrietta, 21, dead, cert
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Comment Box 2 (after 8 more lines go to Box 3) : #3193; Meta, 52, Dead, cert #2731; Henry J, 20, survived, taken home; Charles, 17, survived, taken home. They are also mentioned in the June 16, 1904 New York Times but Meta is called Maida and Henrietta is called Etta.
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : my father was a survivor named Edward R. Meyer. he lost his mother, Elizabeth Ottinger Meyer then. I'm not sure if father, William, was on board.
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E-mail Adress : BurningGenSlocum@aol.com
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : I am the author and Histroian of the factual book "The Burning of he General Slocum" It is compiled of 3 decades of research...consisting of original pictures, maps, letters, survivor interviews and more.
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Comment Box 2 (after 8 more lines go to Box 3) : My mother and grandmother were both on the boat..though my mother got off as she was pregnant with my brother....saving her life and giving me mine. Her crying over the program which I still have inspired me to research this "poor man's Titanic"
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Comment Box 3 (8 more lines) : Please e-mail me if you have any questions. Thank you for remembering this lost tragedy.
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : Helen, My list shows a Meyer family of 88 Ave. A, NYC. It shows Elizabeth, 40, dead, death cert. #2,985. Catherine, 7, dead, death cert #2,937.
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Meyer, Lizzie, 39, dead; Edward, 10, dead; Kate,7, dead.
It also mentions that "two little Meyer boys, 8 amd 9, were left without father and mother. But first names are not given.
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : My great-grandfather, Rush Webster, was a New York City police officer. He jumped into the River and saved one small boy and pulled many bodies from the water. He was awarded the Volunteer Lifesaving Silver Medal, the Congressional Gold Medal, and was als
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Comment Box 2 (after 8 more lines go to Box 3) : Dept.'s Honor Legion. On May 30, 1915, while on duty on the Queensboro Bridge, he stepped out onto the roadway to halt a speeding motorist and was struck by an oncoming car. He died three weeks later from his injuries in the Flower Hospital.
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : I am looking for a woman and her children that may have been on board at the time of the disaster. I believe their last name is Anderson and they were quite possible Danish or at least she was married to a Dane. Thanks.
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : What do you know abour Officer Scheuing who helped rescue some of the victums?
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : I heard about the General Slocum on NPR. Very interesting! How tragic and also how tragic that we did not learn of this horrific incident and its effects while in school.
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : Diane, The closest name to Anderson on my lists is "Ackerman" or "Achermann." Let me know if you find any other possible names to check.
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : Larry, According to a 1904 book entitled "The General Slocum Disaster," Scheuning (their spelling) was a police officer assigned to the Alexander Avenue Station. He saw the burning Slocum, commandeered a soda water wagon to a boat and
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Comment Box 3 (8 more lines) : Barbara Darhoffer of 121 Avenue A, Barbara Becker of 1157 3rd Avenue, Annie Kipp of 1894 Lexington Avenue, Andrew Zimmer of 17 East 3rd Street, and an unknown man. His exploit of going so close to the Slocum despite the heat encouraged others to do the sa
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : Hello All, this is from a different aspect of the Slocum Disaster. My great grandpa performed a lot of the funerals for the families of the Slocum Disaster. He was Hermann M Hunzinger, a Lutheran Minister there.
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Comment Box 2 (after 8 more lines go to Box 3) : I just found this out from my moms elder cousin who still lives there in NY. She told me that he was never the same after those funerals. It really hit him hard. I am currently researching my Hunzinger line. Love and Prayers for all.
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : My greatgrandfather James C.Ward piloted the motoryacht "Easytimes" and helped rescue many passengers of the General Slocum.
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : My great aunt, Kate Coan Weiss was on the boat with her husband's family. Her baby, her first born, was lost in the water. She couldn't hold on to the baby. She never got over that. Her husband lost most of his family on the Slocum, I believe.
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : Joan, My records show a Katie Weis, 24, of 167 Avenue A as a survivor. Her son John Jr., 5 months old is listed among the dead, death certificate number 3,563. There is also a related Weis family of 532 East 5th Street.
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : My Greatgrandfather was the Coronor at the time of the disaster and also acted as Judge when a trail was held afterward. Our family still has the gavel he used to call everyone to order. I just finished a book called "The Hero of the Slocum Disaster" by E
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Name : henry brechter
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E-mail Adress : snatzo@aol.com
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : is there a passenger list available on line?
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Name : Kay
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E-mail Adress : meyding@yahoo.com
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : Hi, I posted previously but did not see a response. We are looking for information on anyone with the last name of Meyding that you may have on your list. Apparently several members of our family were aboard and perished in this disaster.
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Comment Box 2 (after 8 more lines go to Box 3) : Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Name : Rob
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E-mail Adress : Geberal Slocum@aol.com
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Comment Box 1 (after 8 lines go to box 2) : Kay,
I haven't been able to find any record for the name "Meyding." The closest names listed are "May" and "Meyer."
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Comment Box 2 (after 8 more lines go to Box 3) : Henry,
There is no on-line passenger list. But that's something I may work on in the future.
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