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| Westernland |
| William E. Heath age 46, sailed from Liverpool, England on the 28th of September 1904 with Sarah his wife age 47, Edward William age 23 and Thomas age 19, their sons, and Edith age 22, and Norah age 13, their daughters. They arrived in Philadelphia aboard the Westernland on the ninth of October 1904. William gave their last residence as Brownhills, Walsall, England. |
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The Westernland of 1888 was built by Laird Bros. at Birkenhead in 1883 and was actually built in a drydock as opposed to a slipway and was floated out on completion on 4 August 1883. She was 5736 gross tons, length 440feet x beam 47.2 feet. Speed 14 knots. She had accommodations for 1,340 passengers (80 first class, 60 second class, and 1200 third class). She sailed under the Belgian flag on her maiden voyage from Antwerp to New York on 3 November 1883 and stayed in this service until 1901 when she was transferred to the American Line and altered to carry 170 second class and 1200 third class passengers. She sailed on her first trip under the US flag from Liverpool to Philadelphia in May 1901. In 1906 she resumed services for Red Star Line�s Antwerp-NY service for three round voyages and then went back to the American Line and made her last trip for them from Liverpool-Philadelphia in September 1908. She was scrapped in 1912. |
| Note: William's middle initial was added with the 1920 Michigan state census. Note: Since I don't have the manifest for William, I've taken the information from his application for Certificate of Naturalization #351647. |
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