Great Aunt Laura's comings and goings

Nellie Hubbell and Laura Morgan made 5 trips together abroad, but Laura went alone 6 times and another time she went with her brother Col. Sidney Morgan and wife Ethel Creagor. here are a few of her trips.

Name: Laura Button
Arrival Date: 28 Sep 1934
Estimated Birth Year: 1892
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: New York, New York
Ship Name: Transylvania
Search Ship Database: View the Transylvania in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: Pennsylvania
Line: 1
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_5555
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
Birth Location Other: Ardmore
Page Number: 97

Name: Laura M Button
Arrival Date: 4 Oct 1933
Estimated Birth Year: 1892
Age: 41 Years 8 Months
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: London, England
Ship Name: American Merchant
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: Pennsylvania
Line: 3
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_5400
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
Birth Location Other: Ardmore
Page Number: 223
Ship Name: American Merchant
Years in service: 1924-1940
Funnels: 1
Masts: 2
Aliases: Ville de Namur (1940), Ex-Aisne (1924)
Shipping Line: American Merchant
Ship Description: Built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, PA. Tonnage: 7,430. Dimensions: 436' x 58'. Single-screw, 15 knots. Steam turbines. Two masts and one funnel.
History: Renamed: Ville de Namur (1940). Torpedoed and sunk in June 1940. Ex-Aisne (1924). Sister ships: See American Banker.

This is the Manifest for great aunt Laura and our great grandmother Jennie coming back from the promised trip to Ballintoy, Antrim, Ireland and Scotland which Laura paid for.
Ship Name: Caledonia
Years in service: 1925-1939
Funnels: 3 Masts: 2
Aliases: Scotstoun (1939)
Shipping Line: Anchor
Ship Description: Built by Alexander Stephen & Sons, Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 17,046. Dimensions: 553' x 70' (578' o.l.). Twin-screw, 15 1/2 knots. Speed increased to 17 knots in 1939. Steam turbines. Two masts and three funnels.
History: Passengers: 264 first, 458 second, 620 third. Launched, April 22, 1925. Maiden voyage: Glasgow-New York, October 3, 1925. Converted to armed merchant cruiser in 1939. Renamed: Scotstoun (1939). Torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic, June 13, 1940. Sister ship: Transylvania.
This is the trip Laura took with Nellie to Europe and stayed awhile. They could be anonymous in Europe and be gay I guess.
Name: Laura Button
Arrival Date: 25 Jul 1941
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: New York, New York
Ship Name: Kungsholm
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: Pennsylvania
Line: 19
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_6564
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
Birth Location Other: Ardmore
Page Number: 5
Name: Nellie Hubbell
Arrival Date: 25 Jul 1941
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Age: 49
Nativity: Iowa
Line: 14
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_6564
Birth Location: Iowa
Birth Location Other: balkon
Page Number: 10

1948 arrival at LaGuardia Airport from Kindley Field, Hamilton, Bermuda of Laura Morgan Button and Jackie Hubbell of Iowa
Grandad Taylor used to make fun of these two women when he saw then coming up the walk. He wasn't being mean, just making people laugh. Being gay in those days was unusual. I guess the girls thought they had everybody fooled.

Ship Name: Fort Amherst
Years in service: 1936-1952
Funnels: 1
Masts: 2
Aliases: Al Amir Saud (1952)
Shipping Line: Red Cross (Furness Withy & Co., Ltd.)
Ship Description: Built by Blythswood Shipbuilding CO., Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 3,489. Dimensions: 314' x 45'. Single-screw, 13 1/2 knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and one funnel.
History: Renamed: Al Amir Saud (1952) Arabian. Sister ship: Fort Townsend
Name: Laura Button
Arrival Date: 14 Sep 1950
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: New York, New York
Ship Name: Fort Amherst
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: Pennsylvania
Line: 3
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_7888
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
Birth Location Other: Ardmore
Page Number: 81
Name: Nellie M Hubbell
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Age: 58
Nativity: Iowa
Line: 20
Birth Location: Iowa
Birth Location Other: Waukon

Repeat?
Nellie Hubbell and Laura Morgan were a pair their whole lives almost. Gramma called Nellie "Jackie" because I think her given name was Jacqueline. Great Aunt Laura called her Hubbie. They made 4 trips together abroad which I could verify, but Laura went with her mother in 1936 and another time she went with her brother Col. Sidney Morgan and wife Ethel Creagor. All together Aunt Laura mad about 10 trips I could verify. Poor Gramma sitting at home and Laura going to Europe every other year. I wonder what got her going to begin with?

0. Nellie Hubbell 3 Nov 1924 1864 Female Hamilton,Bermuda Fort St George (This may be Nellie's mother)
Trips Jackie went with Laura which I could pin down.
1. Nellie Hubbell 14 Aug 1939 abt 1892 Female Le Havre, France Normandie
2. Nellie Hubbell 25 Jul 1941 abt 1892 Female New York, New York Kungsholm
3. Nellie Hubbell 17 Sep 1948 abt 1892 Female Kindley Field, Hamilton, Bermuda American
4. Nellie M Hubbell 14 Sep 1950 abt 1892 Female New York, New York Fort Amherst

Name: Laura Button
Arrival Date: 28 Sep 1934
Estimated Birth Year: 1892
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: New York, New York
Ship Name: Transylvania
Search Ship Database: View the Transylvania in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: Pennsylvania
Line: 1
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_5555
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
Birth Location Other: Ardmore (which house was this?)
Page Number: 97

Name: Laura M Button
Arrival Date: 4 Oct 1933
Estimated Birth Year: 1892
Age: 41 Years 8 Months
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: London, England
Ship Name: American Merchant
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: Pennsylvania
Line: 3
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_5400
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
Birth Location Other: Ardmore
Page Number: 223
Ship Name: American Merchant
Years in service: 1924-1940
Funnels: 1
Masts: 2
Aliases: Ville de Namur (1940), Ex-Aisne (1924)
Shipping Line: American Merchant
Ship Description: Built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, PA. Tonnage: 7,430. Dimensions: 436' x 58'. Single-screw, 15 knots. Steam turbines. Two masts and one funnel.
History: Renamed: Ville de Namur (1940). Torpedoed and sunk in June 1940. Ex-Aisne (1924). Sister ships: See American Banker.

This is the Manifest for great aunt Laura and our great grandmother Jennie coming back from the promised trip to Ballintoy, Antrim, Ireland and Scotland which Laura paid for. Jennie is listed as Mary so maybe her full name was Mary Jane Gould.

Ship Name: Caledonia
Years in service: 1925-1939
Funnels: 3 Masts: 2
Aliases: Scotstoun (1939)
Shipping Line: Anchor
Ship Description: Built by Alexander Stephen & Sons, Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 17,046. Dimensions: 553' x 70' (578' o.l.). Twin-screw, 15 1/2 knots. Speed increased to 17 knots in 1939. Steam turbines. Two masts and three funnels.
History: Passengers: 264 first, 458 second, 620 third. Launched, April 22, 1925. Maiden voyage: Glasgow-New York, October 3, 1925. Converted to armed merchant cruiser in 1939. Renamed: Scotstoun (1939). Torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic, June 13, 1940. Sister ship: Transylvania.

1941
This is the trip Laura took with Nellie to Europe and stayed awhile. They could be anonymous in Europe and be gay I guess.
Name: Laura Button
Arrival Date: 25 Jul 1941
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: New York, New York
Ship Name: Kungsholm
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: Pennsylvania
Line: 19
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_6564
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
Birth Location Other: Ardmore
Page Number: 5
Name: Nellie Hubbell
Arrival Date: 25 Jul 1941
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Age: 49
Nativity: Iowa
Line: 14
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_6564
Birth Location: Iowa
Birth Location Other: balkon
Page Number: 10

1948 arrival at LaGuardia Airport from Kindley Field, Hamilton, Bermuda of Laura Morgan Button and Jackie Hubbell of Iowa
Grandad Taylor used to make fun of these two women when he saw then coming up the walk. He wasn't being mean, just making people laugh. Being gay in those days was unusual. I guess the girls thought they had eve

1950 trip
Ship Name: Fort Amherst
Years in service: 1936-1952
Funnels: 1
Masts: 2
Aliases: Al Amir Saud (1952)
Shipping Line: Red Cross (Furness Withy & Co., Ltd.)
Ship Description: Built by Blythswood Shipbuilding CO., Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 3,489. Dimensions: 314' x 45'. Single-screw, 13 1/2 knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and one funnel.
History: Renamed: Al Amir Saud (1952) Arabian. Sister ship: Fort Townsend
Name: Laura Button
Arrival Date: 14 Sep 1950
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: New York, New York
Ship Name: Fort Amherst
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: Pennsylvania
Line: 3
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_7888
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
Birth Location Other: Ardmore
Page Number: 81
Name: Nellie M Hubbell
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Age: 58
Nativity: Iowa
Line: 20
Birth Location: Iowa
Birth Location Other: Waukon
nobody was fooled LOL