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Ship Parthia arriving Ellis Island on Jul 30 1949 - only crew listed

Ship Parthia arriving Ellis Island on Jul 30 1949 - only crew listed

Posted: 27 Dec 2014 5:46PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: O'Donohue
We have my wife's mothers passport showing a date of arrival in New York as 30 Jul 1949 but we are unable to find her on any passenger lists for that date.

A ship named Parthia seemed the most likely although we can only find crew registers. Ellis Island also does not return any results.

The link we are using to browse the passenger list is: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=7488

Her name was Maeve Ita O'Donohue and she was Irish, born in 1922. She was not emigrating to the US, only working for a few years. Would she have bypassed Ellis Island then?

You should be able to see her full profile at http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/73763046/person/42281112925

Any help would be gratefully appreciated,

Regards

Ryan

Re: Ship Parthia arriving Ellis Island on Jul 30 1949 - only crew listed

Posted: 7 Jan 2015 5:31AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 7 Jan 2015 5:37AM GMT
She would not have passed threw Ellis Island. In 1924 it closed as an immigrant receiving station. For the next 30 years it was used as a detention and deportation center.
The Immigration Act of 1924 required visas and providing for the inspection of prospective immigrants at U.S. embassies overseas. Note: this information was obtained from the book
"They Came in Ships" author: John P. Colletta, Ph.D.
She may have arrived by airplane.
The links that you posted on Ancestry.co.uk I could not access even though I am a member of Ancestry.com is the U.S. and have international access.
New York Passenger Lists 1820-1957 T715 Roll 7726 Dates 7/27/49 - 8/3/49 Pg.'s 1-1317 is what I believe you are referring to. Page 1315 has aircraft crew members and some of the other Rolls 7727,7728 etc. also have airplane passenger manifests but are not the correct dates. A list of ships arriving on July 30, 1949 see attachment.

Tim
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Re: Ship Parthia arriving Ellis Island on Jul 30 1949 - only crew listed

Posted: 7 Jan 2015 10:49AM GMT
Classification: Query
Thanks Tim.

She did have a visa, that's how we know it was that date. As you say, could have been a plane but unlikely as she left Dublin. More than likely the Parthia which just doesn't have passengers listed.
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