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Robert Holland's Story

The Children's Home
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  1. Chronological History
  2. Newspaper Articles

  3. 1873 May 29, Spectator
    1873 Jun 3, Hamilton Evening Times
    1874 Oct 7, Hamilton Times
  4. Children to Hamilton

  5. 1873 May, SS Polynesian
    1874 Sep, SS Texas
    1884 May, SS Sarnia
    About the SS Sarnia
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S.S. Sarnia

SS Sarnia (1882) Dominion Line
(subsequently White Star Dominion Line and eventually the Star Line )

Built by: C. Connell Company, Glasgow, Scotland
Tonnage: 3, 726
Dimensions: 360' x 40'
Propulsion: Single-screw, 13 knots
Other info:

  • Four masts and one funnel
  • Had accommodations for 80 first-class, 60 second-class and 1200 steerage
  • Sister ship SS Oregon
Picture Source: Ships of Our Ancestors, Anuta, Michael J., p. 297
  • Originally published in 1983 by Ships of our Ancestors, Inc. in Menominee, Michigan
  • Reprinted in 1993, 1996 and 1999 by the Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland
  • ISBN 0-8063-1381-1
  • Copyright 1998 Michael J. Anuta, all rights reserved
  • Note on p. 297 indicates picture was courtesy of the Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
  • Permission to use picture requested July 2001