JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: overlaping data bases? and a new question... #general
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Susan&David
A look at the ship manifest itself shows the arrival port "New York"
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crossed out and "Boston" added. Both the historic Boston Globe and New York Times for March 3, 1921 report that one person aboard the Saxonia was found to have lice. The ship was quarantined at Gallups Island in Boston Harbor and had to be fumigated and the passengers deloused. It is possible that this infection caused the ship to be re-routed. to a port where the problem could be handled more expeditiously than in N.Y. David Rosen Boston, MA JEF BARNETT wrote: What I did find of interest, is showed the ship, The Cunard Saxonia left |
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