Our Family Tree - Robert Peebles Sudall

Chronology by Robert (Peebles) Sudall

(The following text, has been passed down by Robert, and has been faithfully transcibed below.)

Born 5:15 a.m. 13 Feb 1883 at Sudall's Music Shop, 156 Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England

Moved to 62, Lord Street, Oswaldtwistle.

1889 Moved to 5 Hesse Street, Darwen
Moved to 29 Belgrave Road, Darwen

Moved to 44 Railway Road, Darwen
Employed half-time at Lancashire Evening Express office as Office Boy at 11 yrs
Sold papers; reported news and sports;yeo or.

1896 Moved to New Moston, Manchester
Moved to 555 Oldham Road Harpurhay
Started work with Dad's engraving shop on Ancoat Street, later at Miles Platting.

Moved to Piggy Riley on Rochdale Road
Dad went to Glasgow to Duff & Towarts, I lived with Annie.
Later went to 187 Onslow Drive
Re-organised Lyceum; became District visitor and Scottish organiser.
Convention at Manchester Delegate.

1907 Godfather to Robert Baldwin.
Left Glasgow on S.S. Numidian arrived Boston 10 Oct 1907.
Moved to Simpson place then 417 Dyckman Street Peekskill N.Y.
Worked for Geo M Stones Engraving

1909 Joined Dr Peebles Battle Creek Michigan.
Shaker colours and lecture tours

1909 House Los Angeles
Later to 5719 Fayette St

Naturalized 26 January 1914 #424808 - Petition Vol 9#2008

Married 1 Dec 1916

1917 Tuolumne

Title to Land Homestead July 1918/1920

1925 Mother died 12 March

1938 Father died 25 May

1929 Leased ranch and left for Peekskill
Worked at Newark N.J. at Stones
Worked at Rhode Island

1932 Returned to ranch via Los Angeles

1942 Started at Ware Island. 11 Aug Toolmaker lived with May at San Rafael
Moved to Vallejo

1946 Returned to ranch

1951-1952 Engraver - Tool and Diemaker

The Allan Line/Montreal Ocean Steamship Company
The Allan Line, more properly the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company, was founded in 1854 and began sailing in 1855. They continued to sail until about 1911 when negotiations with the Canadian Pacific Line took place. The company was merged with CP and became known as the Canadian Pacific Ocean Services Limited in 1915. However, it was not until 1917 that an official announcement of the merger finally became public.

Fares in 1855 were 18 guineas outwards and $80 homewards. They sailed from Quebec at 9 A.M. every alternate Saturday and from Liverpool on Wednesdays.

S.S. Numidian

S.S. Numidian 1891-1914

The "Numidian" was a 4,836 gross ton ship, built by D&W Henderson Ltd, Glasgow in 1891 for the Allan Line. Her details were - length 400ft x beam 45.2ft, straight stem, one funnel, two masts, single screw and a speed of 13 knots. There was accommodation for 100-1st, 80-2nd and 1,000-3rd class passengers. Launched on 9/6/1891, she sailed on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal on 20/8/1891. On 22/5/1903 she commenced her first Glasgow - New York voyage and started her last New York voyage on 28/9/1905, closing this service. She started her first Glasgow - Quebec - Montreal voyage on 21/4/1906 and between 1906 - 1914 sailed from Glasgow to Montreal, Boston or Philadelphia. In 1906 she had been downgraded to carry 2nd and 3rd class passengers only. Her last Glasgow - Halifax - Boston voyage commenced on 31/7/1914 and her last Glasgow - Quebec - Montreal - Glasgow on 24/10/1914 (arr.Glasgow 24/11/1914). She was then sold to the British Admiralty and sunk as a blockship. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P. Bonsor, vol.1, p.319] - [Posted to The ShipsList by Ted Finch - 23 July 1998]

In the first World War she was filled with cement and sunk, so as to block a channel against submarines.
Sister ship: Mongolian.

Robert (Peebles) Sudall - Notes

Chronology by Robert (Peebles) Sudall