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- [S15] Familienregister Bundenthal mit der Filialkirche Bruchweiler 1800 - 1875, Alfons Helfrich; Andreas Drieß, (Pirmasenser Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Familienforschung, September 2007), 247.
- [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur.
Proposed Change: Christian Mudat (I69179)
Tree: Suedpfalz
Link: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I69179&tree=1
Description: Is it possible the date of death "off the coastal waters of
New Jersey" should be 13 Nov 1854 here is a news article: ASBURY PARK,
N.J. ? Most Jersey shore residents know the story of the SS Morro Castle,
the doomed ocean liner whose smoking hulk burned off an Asbury Park beach
in 1934.
But far fewer know the story of a much deadlier shipwreck, which happened
80 years before, in almost the exact same spot where the Morro Castle ran
aground ? a disaster so profound that it helped lead to the expansion of
the U.S. Lifesaving Service, which eventually morphed into the U.S. Coast
Guard.
The clipper ship New Era was carrying nearly 400 men, women and children ?
mostly German emigrants ? when it struck a sandbar during a nor'easter off
a desolate section of what was then called Deal Beach on Nov. 13, 1854.
Thursday marked the 160th anniversary of the tragedy.
Mary & John Curlew
- [S15] Familienregister Bundenthal mit der Filialkirche Bruchweiler 1800 - 1875, Alfons Helfrich; Andreas Drieß, (Pirmasenser Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Familienforschung, September 2007), 180.
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