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On June 6, 1914, my grandmother, Rose Lily Colsell, aged 17, embarked upon the U.S. Mail Steamer, "New York," of the American Line leaving from Southampton to New York via Cherbourg. For her, this was to be a summer trip with her employers back to the United States on home leave. He was Mr. Benjamin S. Allen, a correspondent in London for the Associated Press. My grandmother was Nanny to the family's two young sons. By the end of the summer, Grama said Ben Allen was told that war appeared imminent in Europe and that he was to return. Although, my grandmother was only in this country on a temporary visa as an employee to this family, it was decided that she would be safer remaining in the United States. I have since learned December 24, 2000, from William H. Allen, a younger son of Ben S. Allen that his records say that family was only in the USA "on brief leave just before World War I broke out," and that "he and mother and their two little boys (my oldest brothers) returned to London and were there until the United States entered the war. Dad then returned to the United States to serve under Herbert Hoover in the United States Food Administration."
They took up residence at the family's home in Woodland, California. Later my grandmother took a job working in the Tuberculosis Sanitorium there. In 1918, she met and married my grandfather. Both of her brothers were lost in or shortly after The Great War and her only sister ran away from her husband and disappeared, never to be heard from again. My grandmother never returned to Great Britain. She kept, and so have I, a copy of the List of Passengers from her voyage to the New World. My grandmother is merely listed as maid. (See "Allen, Mrs. And Maid" *)
| CAPTAIN: W.J. ROBERTS PURSER: R.R. MATTHEWS SURGEON, WILLIAM STUMP ASST. PURSER: H.H. MCNEALE CHIEF STEWARD: J.FARRELL |
| Aberman, Mr. David Allen, Miss Maude Allen, Mr. Ben S. [2] Allen, Mrs. and *Maid [1] Allen, Master Shannon Allen, Mr. John F. |
Baker, Mr. John Baker, Mrs. Barrat, Mrs. Barsa, Miss S. Beaumont, Mrs. Marguerite Bergin, Mr. Julius L. Biggs, Mrs. Daisy Biggs, Miss Gladys Black, Mr. C. Black, Mrs. Bowen, Mr. David R. Bowen, Mr. William Bowker, Mr. F.W. Bowker, Mrs. Brinton, Miss Sarah Brown, Mrs. H.B. Brown, Mrs. Estelle Brown, Master William C. Buck, Miss Evelyn Buck, Miss Winifred Burrows, Mr. William Bush, Mr. Thomas A. |
Cano, Mr. J.M. Carncross, Miss Flora M. Carteret, Mr. George Clark, Rev. Francis E. Cook, Mr. John E. Cohen, Mrs. Meyer Coleman, Mrs. Fanny L. Coleman, Miss Doreen Coleman, Master Eric |
Dann, Miss Charlotte M. Davies, Mr. Thomas Derrom, Miss J.L. Dinsmore, Miss Annie |
| Ely, Miss Anna Emslie, Mr. Allan G. Engle, Mrs. F. |
Fox, Mr. W.L. Fox, Miss E.R. Field, Mr. Edward S. French, Mrs. Rose M. |
Gandson, Mrs. Marina Gandson, Miss Victoria D. Gibbs, Mr. A.F. Grant, Mr. William Gyde, Miss Isabel |
Hamilton, Mr. Presley A. Hendry, Mrs. M. Winter Henry, Mr. A.F. Henry, Mrs. Hinton, Mrs. Emma Hinton, Master Arthur Hoppe, Mr. Gay Hoppe, Mrs. Adele Howell, Mr. Roy Howell, Mrs. Ruland Hurcum, Miss Josephine M. |
| Iorio, Mr. Fortunate Iorio, Miss Bertha Iorio, Miss Irene |
Janny, Mr. J. Elliott Jelbert, Miss Eliza A. Jolley, Mr. Fred Jolley, Mrs. Mary E. Jones, Mrs. C.C. |
Kelly, Mr. Peter Kelly, Mrs. Kerbey, Mr. H. Kerbey, Mrs. Kevern, Mr. John |
Lane, Mrs. Elmer B. Langdana, Mrs. Aima Langdana, Master N. Lee, Miss Alice Levin, Mr. Erik |
| McClenahan, Mr. W. McCoole, Miss K. Martin, Mr. C.J. Martin, Mrs. Matthews, Mr. P.B. Miller, Miss Nellie Miller, Mr. Arthur S. Minsky, Mrs. Fanny Moore, Mr. Henry B. Moore, Mrs. Muir, Miss Winifred |
Nilsen, Mr. T.T. | Patterson, Mrs. Dora Parker, Mr. Roswell C. Parker, Mrs. Marjorie E. Parotik, Mrs. Scheine I. Perry, Miss Frances Philpott, Miss L.M. Philpott, Mr.A.J. Pinkham, Mr. W.C.H. Pinkham, Mr. V.E. |
Rice, Miss E.V. Richards, Mrs. Ada G. Ridyard, Mrs. Mary Rogers, Miss W.M. Rosenberg, Mr. Earl Rosenberg, Mrs. Blanche Rosenberg, Miss Flan Rowe, Mrs. Thomazine |
| Sage, Mr. Harry W. Seaborne, Mr. Charles Siefert, Mrs. Caroline Sleap, Mr. Chas. Wm. Smith, Mr. Bernard E. Spenser, Miss G. Spenser, Miss S. Stansfield, Miss Stephan, Mr. W. Ray Stewart, Miss Agnes Straties, Mr. Gust |
Tevis, Mrs. S.S. Theothoropoulos, Mr. Dimitrios Theothoropoulos, Mrs. Vassiliki Theothoropoulos, Master Antonios Thompson, Rev. E.A. Thompson, Mrs. Thompson, Mr. Jas. H. Tutton, Mr. Isaac |
Warren, Miss Ethel Whatford, Miss Ivy Wise, Mrs. Mary A. Wilson, Mr. Frederick Wilkinson, Mrs. Anna Woodburn, Dr. W.E. Woodburn, Mrs. |
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| ORCHESTRA Mr. G. Payne Mr. H. Wright Mr. A. Dockrey Mr. A.O. Angel Mr. Watson |
SEA POST OFFICE CLERKS British: American: Mr. Robert J. Robson Mr. James T. Davis Mr. Fred G. Sawyer Mr. James E. Parks |
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[1] Grama's full Passenger Record reads:
Family name: Colsell Given name: Lily Rose
Years: 17 Mos. 6
Sex: F Married or Single: S
Able to read/write: yes
Nationality and Race: England/English
Last permanent residence: England, London
Name and address of nearest relative: Father: George Colsell, Chinnor, Oxon,
England
# on passenger list: 4
Final Destination: Woodland, California
Whether having a ticket to such final destination: yes
By whom was passage paid: Mr. Allen
Whether in possession of $50: yes
Whether ever before in the USA: no
Whether going to join as relative or friend: Domestic Servant to Mr. Ben S.
Allen, Woodland, California; accompanying family
Ever in prison/Polygamist/Anarchist?: no
Whether coming to work in USA: no
Condition of health: good
Deformed or crippled: no
Height: 5'7"
Complexion: fair
Color of Hair: Light Brown
Eyes: Brown
Marks of Identification: Scar under right eye
Place of Birth: England, Chinnor
[2] Passenger records for the Allen family:
Ben Shannon Allen, age 32 years,
1 month, male, married, born 19 Aug 1882, Grass Valley, CA, address in USA:
Woodland, CA
Victoria French Allen, age 27 years 1 month,
female, married, wife of natural born citizen; address in USA: Woodland, CA
Shannon Collier Allen, age 3 years 6 months,
male, single, born San Francisco, CA, child of natural born citizen, " "
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John French Allen, age 2 years 6 months, male
single
