Isabella Millar Moffat

1891 -

• Name	Isabella Millar Moffat  [1]
  Born	22 December 1891	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	1913  [1]
  	nurse
  Residence	1891-1913	Ferryden, Craig, Forfarshire, Scotland   [1]
  	2 West Terrace
  Immigration	September 1913	New York, New York, USA   [1]
  	SS Cameronia, destsination Indianapolis
  Emigration	6 September 1913	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [3]
  	SS Cameronia
  Person ID	I72395	Clan Moffat Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 February 2009

  
  

  Father	John Moffat,   b. 22 June 1859, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland ,   d. 21 September 1929, Ferryden, Craig, Forfarshire, Scotland  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Isabella Millar,   b. 29 May 1860, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 18 July 1926, Ferryden, Craig, Forfarshire, Scotland  (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F50588	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Bella sailed to Indianapolis via New York from Glasgow on the SS Cameronia on 6 September 1913. The myth is that she was torpedoed on the way home and was never able to work again but the reason is not clear. There is supposed to have been a court case later to get her an annuity from her father or his estate. She did get something but again it is not clear how much Prior to sailing she was still living with her parents at 2 West Terrace, Ferryden and was only 22 years old. She was listed on the passenger list as a nurse and the next step is find out if she served on any of the ships that were requisitioned during WW 1 for carrying troops. The Cameronia for instance was requisitioned OFFICIALLY in 1917 for troops and sailed between France and Egypt. There is, however, a big question mark over the Cameronia because in 1915 The Lucitania was delayed by 2+ hours to take on some of the Cameronian passengers, some of whom died when the Lucitania was torpedoed and sunk just off the coast of Ireland. There seems to be no answer from officialdom as to why this happened. Bella was not listed on either the Cameronia or the Lucitania at that time. 2 West Terrace Ferryden http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=ed03eb8b-ecd1-4e0e-bd76-e1bc4125f244&tid=647366&pid=-2065285661 [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1567] GEDCOM file titled “Moffat Tree.paf.ged”, submitted by Rita Moffat. [S1572] Statutory Births, Parish of Craig in the county of Forfar, Born at 1.30 am and registered by his father Robert, Dunfermline, [Q:3]. [S2037] 1870 US Federal Census for Chester Twp., Burlington Co., New Jersey, USA.