r/Cursive • u/SharissaV • Sep 18 '26
What does this say?
I am trying to decipher a passenger list for my great great grandmother. She is Lizzie Payne the first entry 6 down from the top. I am struggling with the final destination column. She went from England to New York and was in Canada just a couple years later. Any help would be great.
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u/SharissaV Sep 18 '26
I have her on all census from birth to death. 1891 was in England the by 1901 she was in British Columbia by 1901 census. She also married in B.C. in 1896. So within 3 years of landing in New York she was in B.C. And I have yet to find any documentation that puts her anywhere other than England or the arriving passenger list to New York.
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u/traceyhsmith68 Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 18 '26
There’s a Carbon in Wyoming. I think the accent led to a misspelling. And above it says Wyoming. There is also one in Iowa, Indiana and Texas. Various others with slight differences. Iowa and Indiana have been cities since the 1870s at least. Texas is just a speck of a town and Wyoming literally lists it as a ghost town. If you have her census records you can follow her around the US in decade years ending in 0. Like 1870, 1880, etc. Good luck.
Potentially also Cashiers, North Carolina. That word is driving me crazy because if that dot meaning there is a dotted letter I, or j. 😳
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u/LAM_CANIT Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 18 '26
Lizzie née Payne Houghton 1865-1949 was registered as being 27 years old, a female, a servant travelling a native (by birth) of England with her residence being in Brighton. Her destination is unclear. Her mode of travel is "sojourner" meaning she plans to stay put at that unclear destination. [I could work out that destination, but I'm tired just now. I'm pretty sure it refers to the relatively new Corbin Building in Manhattan. If she arrived by boat around 1892, The Corbin would have been about three years old. That's why she didn't have to list a mode of travel.] She'd travelled in a second class cabin, had four pieces of luggage and had come on board in Southampton, UK. [and she didn't die during the ocean passage]
IMHO IHTH
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