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I am trying to find out detail of Wm Sands who sailed from Liverpool to New York, departed 30th July 1904 on board the Campania. His ticket number was 7476. He was aged 49 and was a labourer.

Are there any records of people as they landed in New York and did the Americans have a census system like in the UK ?

This is a long shot as William Sands was my ggrandfather who disappeared off the English Census records after 1901 when he was a widower and the children were put in to homes. I have never found a britsh Death record for him.

He was born 1859 in Openshaw, Manchester england

Any help appreciated

www.ellisisland.org

search for landing records here

Thanks

Had a look on the Aug and Sept arrivals but no sign of him or others that were travelling with him on the outgoing manifest

Any idea how long the journey would have taken ?

Name: Wm Sands
Arrival Date: 6 Aug 1904
Birth Year: abt 1855
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race-
/Nationality: English
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Campania

On the original image, it has US citizen in the margin next to his name, married and machinist

Name: Wm SANDS
Date of departure: 30 July 1904
Port of departure: Liverpool
Destination port: New York
Destination country: USA
Date of Birth: 1855 (calculated from age)
Age: 49
Marital Status: Single
Sex: Male
Occupation: Lab
Notes:
Passenger recorded on: Page 4 of 18
Ship: CAMPANIA
Official Number:
Master's name: J Pritchard
Steamship Line:
Where bound: New York, USA
Square feet: 16587
Registered tonnage: 4973
Passengers on voyage: 958

On ancestry it states he is an American citizen and is a machinist. The journey took a week.
Can you post a census he is on as I can't seem to find him?

I can't find him either on the 1901 census in England.

Possible?

U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938

Name: William Sands
Birth Year: abt 1855
Keyed Birth Location: England
Birth Country: England
Admitted Year: 1905
Age at Admission: 50
State: Virginia
City: Hampton
Branch: Roseburg Branch

Wife listed as Rebecca I think.

Many thanks everyone for looking.

My ggrandfather William Sands last trace was in 1901 census in Middlesbrough, which will have been North Yorkshire in those days. He is shown as a widower.
I have never been able to trace him since then these last few years, really is a brick wall.
I have checked out all the death records in Britain but no luck.

Also, I should have double checked my facts first. He was born in 1859.

Cheers

John

This is the only William Sands b1859 I can find in Middlesbrough on 1901 census - it says he is single:

GOLDING, Thomas Head Married M 50 1851 Stone Waller Ireland
GOLDING, Susan J Wife Married F 42 1859 London
HASTINGS, Robert Step Son Single M 15 1886 General Labourer Stanhope Durham
HASTINGS, Martin P Step Son Single M 12 1889 Stokesley Yorkshire
HASTINGS, Martha R Step Daughter F 10 1891 Brotton Yorkshire
MULLERGAN, Thomas Boarder Single M 38 1863 General Labourer Ireland
>>SANDS, William Boarder Single M 42 1859 General Labourer Hopenshaw Yorkshire
HIRD, Martin Boarder Married M 40 1861 Ironworks Forgeman Sheffield Yorkshire

Registration District: Middlesbrough
Sub District: Middlesbrough
Enumeration District: 6
Ecclesiastical Parish: St Hilda

Civil Parish: Middlesbrough
Municipal Borough:

Address: 16, Olive Street, Middlesbrough, Middlesbro
County: Yorkshire (North riding)
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However, there is this in 1891:

ANDS, William Head Married M 32 1859 Furnace Fireman Manchester Lancashire
SANDS, Maria Wife Married F 26 1865 Byfield Northamptonshire
SANDS, Walter Son M 3 1888 Byfield Northamptonshire
SANDS, William Hy Son M 1 1890 Middlesbrough Yorkshire

Registration District: Middlesbrough
Sub District: Middlesbrough
Enumeration District: 33
Ecclesiastical Parish: St Pauls

Civil Parish: Middlesbrough
Municipal Borough: Middlesbrough

Address: 53, Adam Street, Middlesbrough
County: Yorkshire (North Riding)

MC

Yes, that is my family. Walter was my grandad. Maria, his mother died soon after that, so did Wm Hy. and they were buried in paupers unmarked grave in Middlesbrough.
Walter was put in to a boys home in Middlesbrough and I have never been able to find out what happenned to his dad, William. I think he was illiterate as he could only make his mark with an X.
That is the last piece of my family tree that I cannot complete after many years trying.

The last US census released was for 1930. You can search at:
https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/list#page=1®ion=NORTH_AMERICA

Just like the UK, there's no uniform system for registering BMDs, and each country (or colony, now state) sets its own rules, so to find a d.cert, you'll need to know which state he died in.