• General Notes

  Detail Provided by Richard Buchanan
  
  1.  New York Passenger Lists, 1820 - 1957:
  
      Name:  Josephine Thompson
      Arrival Date: 29 Nov 1900
      Birth Year:  abt 1872
      Gender:  Female
      Ethnicity/Race/Nationality:  British (English)
      Port of Departure:  Gibraltar
      Port of Arrival:  New York, New York
      Ship Name:  Werra
  
  2.  The ship's (S. S. Werra) manifest shows the following:
  
      Name In Full:  Josephine Thompson - Age (Yrs: 28) - Sex: Female - Married or Single: Married - Calling of Occupation: Wife - Able to Read: No - Able to Write: No - Nationality:  British Subject - Last Residence: Gibraltar - Seaport of landing in the United States: New York - Final Destination: Pottsville, Pennsylvania - Whether having a Ticket to such final destination: Yes - By whom was passage paid: Her Husband - Whether in possession of money, if so, whether more than $30 and how much if $30 or less:  $10.00 - Whether ever before in the United States, and if so when and where: No - Whether going to join a relative, and if so, what relative, their name and address:  Her husband, William Thompson Pennsylvania, Hall Hotel, Pottsville - Ever been in prison: No - Whether a Polygamist: No - Whether under Contract , express or implied to labor in the United States: No - Condition of Health Mental and Physical: Good - Deformed or Crippled Nature & Cause: No
      The following children immigrated along with Josephine: Louis Thompson Age 6, Catherine Thompson Age 4, and Victoria Thompson Age 1 year and 6 months.  They are all British Subjects, born in Gibraltar, in good health (mental and physical) and were not deformed or crippled.

Details of Sophia's family with William THOMPSON