The Ships they Arrived on
(records from http://www.ellisisland.org)

The San Guglielmo
 Associated Passenger Date of Arrival Port of Departure
 Coniglio, Giuseppe August 02, 1912 Palermo
SanGuglielmo.jpg (26222 bytes)
Manifest Information
Giuseppe was 32 years old.
His contact in the U.S. was
Pasquale Calabrese,
Box 38, Robertsdale, Pennsylvania.
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Built by D. & W. Henderson & Company, Glasgow, Scotland, 1911. 8,341 gross tons; 470 (bp) feet long; 56 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engines, twin screw.  Service speed 15.5 knots.  2,425 passengers (50 first class, 175 second class, 2,200 third class).

Built for Sicula-Americana, in 1911 and named San Guglielmo. Italy-New York service. Torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Italy on January 8, 1918.
Photo: Maurizio Eliseo Collection 

 

The Berlin
 Associated Passenger Date of Arrival Port of Departure
 Coniglio, Gaetano April 30, 1913 Palermo
Also on this voyage:
Angela Alessi Coniglio (age 28), sister of
Gaetano's wife Rosa and wife
of Gaetano's brother Giuseppe.
Gaetano (age 24) and Angela went to
Giuseppe Coniglio,
76 Main Street, Pittston, Pennsylvania.

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Built by A. G. Weser Shipbuilders, Bremen, Germany, 1909. 17,323 gross tons; 613 (bp) feet long; 69 feet wide. Steam quadruple expansion engines, twin screw.  Service speed 16 knots.  3,212 passengers (266 first class, 246 second class, 2,700 third class).

Built for North German Lloyd, German flag, in 1909 and named Berlin. Bremerhaven-New York and Mediterranean-New York service. Transferred to White Star and Dominion Lines, in 1920 and renamed Arabic. Trans-Atlantic service. Broken up in Italy in 1931.
Photo: Richard Faber Collection 

 

The Patria
 Associated Passenger Date of Arrival Port of Departure
 Coletti, Rosa December 14, 1914 Palermo
Incorrect entry
This entry was incorrectly made instead of:
Coniglio, Rosa Alessi (age 21).  Her baby,
Gaetano Coniglio (age 1), was also listed
incorrectly, as Gorugio, Gaetano.
They went to meet Rosa's husband
Gaetano Coniglio,
Box 52, Roberstdale, Pennsylvania.

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Built by Chantiers de la Mediterranee, La Seyne, France, 1913. 11,885 gross tons; 512 (bp) feet long; 59 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engines, twin screw.  Service speed 16 1 knots.  2,240 passengers (140 first class, 250 second class, 1,850 third class).

Built for Fabre Line, French flag, in 1913 and named Patria. Mediterranean-New York service.  It was used by the British to deport Jews from Nazi Germany and blown up in Haifa harbor in 1940. Salvaged and scrapped in 1952.
Photo: Richard Faber Collection 

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