Jessie Munro Wilson (born Lamond)

Residence

1901 - 27 Castle Street, Albion Place, Broughtyferry

1912 - 14 Malcolm Street, Dundee

1928/29 - 79 Craigie Avenue, Dundee

1940s - 24 Bank Street, Dundee

1958 - 1A Kingennie Terrace, Dundee

1905 June 12 - Ellis Island Passenger Record

Name - Jessie Lamond

Ethnicity - Britain, Scotch

Last Place of Residence - Broughty Ferry, Scotland

Date of Arrival - 1911 March 26

Age at Arrival - 25 years

Gender - Female

Marital Status - Single

Ship of Travel - Caledonia

Port of Departure - Glasgow

Manifest Line Number - 0024

Ship Manifest

Jessie Lamond arrived at Ellis Island, New York on 26 March 1911. Robert Wilson already has an address there ( 3039 Parnell Avenue, Chicago, Illinios)

Jessie is going to stay with a friend, Miss Fonbister at 157 8 6380 N.Y.C.

Jessie arrived with 25 Dollars.

She is described as 5’ tall, fresh complexion, dark hair, dark eyes

Notes on the Caledonia

Built by D. & W. Henderson & Company, Glasgow, Scotland, 1904. 9,223 gross tons; 500 (bp) feet long; 58 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 16 knots. 1,428 passengers (383 first class, 216 second class, 829 third class).Two funnels and two masts.

Built for Anchor Line, British flag, in 1904 and named Caledonia. Glasgow-New York service. Used as a British troopship 1914-16. Torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off Malta in 1916.