| Name |
RUSHMER, James Henry |
| Birth |
1898 |
Thurlton, Norfolk, UK  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1901 |
Priory Farm, Lower Thurlton, Norfolk |
1901 Census.
Priory Farm is there now (2019) and appears on OS Map and Google Maps streetview. Its just East of a small pond. |
| Departure |
20 Dec 1930 |
St. John, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Returns home for a 4 month trip to Manor Farm, Thurlton, Norfolk. He sails from St. John to Liverpool on the RMS Duchess of Richmond. He is listed as a motor mechanic. This ship along with 2 others including the Duchess of Atholl, he sailed back to Canada on, were nicknamed the'Drunken Duchesses'as they were not too good in high seas! |
| Departure |
15 May 1931 |
Liverpool, UK |
| Returns to Canada after a 4 month trip home to Manor Farm, Thurlton, Norfolk. Listed as a clerk he sails on the Canadian Pacific Line's RMS Duchess of Atholl, 3rd class, arriving 14 days later. This ship along with 2 others including the Duchess of Richmond he had sailed on from Canada were nicknamed the'Drunken Duchesses'as they were not too good in high seas! It held the record fro fastest Canada to Liverpool trip in 1928. It was sunk by a German submarine in 1940. |
| Professional position/status |
Rock Creek, British Columbia, Canada |
| Owned a motor garage here |
| Residence |
tbc |
Rock Creek, British Columbia, Canada |
| email from his daughter Marj Cowie says he lived at Rock Creek |
| Death |
1967 |
- Probate Penticton. Left £3227.
Died of Lymphosarcoma.
|
| Person ID |
P622 |
My Genealogy / The Shardalow Name |
| Last Modified |
1 Oct 2019 |
1898 - 1967 (69 years)
