Ingred Löfgren is the wife of Johan Löfgren. Johan, or John as we will call him, is the brother of Nils P. Falkman. And Nils is the father of Herman Falkman. And Herman Falkman is the father of Allen B. Falkman. Who is my Dad.
Anyway Ingred is traveling with her two daughters, Clara and Emma Löfgren. On their way to America. To meet up with her husband, John, who had traveled to America a few years earlier. I still have to re-search how Ingred traveled to Liverpool England. Probably leaving from Göteborg Sweden to Hull England. Over land, by train to Liverpool.
(A little information of the S.S. Samaria: Built in 1868. In Cessnoch Band, Govan, Scotland. Govan is about 45 miles east of Edinburgh. The Ships dimentions are, 320 ft. long, 40 ft. wide (at the widest part), and sat 27 ft. in the water.)
The family's journey would have taken them from Liverpool, across the Irish Sea. to Queenstown. In county Cork, Ireland. And then the 10 day trip to America.
Queenstown is now known as Cobh, a seaport town located on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland. It's situated on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour. Cobh was formerly named Queenstown in honor of Queen Victoria's visit in 1849. Once described as the saddest place in Ireland, the Port of Cobh was the embarkation point for the millions that left the country throughout the 19th Century. Today the compelling Queenstown Story exhibition in the town, tells their sad tale. If your ancestors were Irish, the chances are that they left Ireland from the port of Cobh , or Queenstown as it was called before it reverted back to its original Irish name. Cobh was Ireland's most important port of emigration and from 1815 to 1970 over 3 million people boarded here, heading for new lives in North America.
