Vivian Maude Norman

Abt 1901 - 1998  (~ 97 years)

• Name	Vivian Maude Norman
  Birth	Abt 1901	Ireland
  Gender	Female
  Census	1901	369 Rathmines Park, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland
  Census	1911	17 Butterfield, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland
  Death	1998	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  Notes	1901 census - 369 Rathmines Park, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland William Norman aged 29 watchmaker born Kings Co. Marion Norman wife aged 30 born Dublin William Norman son aged 2 born Dublin Isabel Norman daughter aged 1 born Dublin Vivian Norman aged 6 months born Dublin 1911 census - 17 Butterfield, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland William H Norman aged 39 electrical engineer married 14 yrs born Birr Marion Isabel Norman wife aged 41 born Dublin Isabel Dorothy Norman daughter aged 11 born Dublin Vivian Maud Norman daughter aged 10 born Dublin Vera Norman daughter aged 6 born Dublin Obituary to Vivian Maude Willingale aged 97 was in "The Province" a newspaper published in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada dated 7/7/1998.
  Person ID	I2809	Willingale One Name Study
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2013

  
  

  Family	Clement Willingale Fursdon           b. 1 Feb 1893, Barnstaple, Devon           d. 11 Jan 1963, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1932
  Family ID	F0917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Birth - Abt 1901 - Ireland Census - 1901 - 369 Rathmines Park, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland Census - 1911 - 17 Butterfield, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland Death - 1998 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
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  SS Athenia - Ship manifest

  
  

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  SS ATHENIA Athenia was built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Ltd., and was launched at Govan, Scotland in 1923. She was built for Anchor-Donaldson Ltd.'s route between Britain and Canada. For most of her career she sailed between either Glasgow or Liverpool, and Quebec and Montreal. During the height of winter, she operated as a cruise ship. After 1935, her owners became the Donaldson Atlantic Line Ltd. Athenia displaced 13,465 tons, was 526.3 feet long and had a 66.4 foot beam (160.4m x 20.2m). She had two masts and a single funnel. She carried 516 cabin class passengers and an additional 1,000 in 3rd class. She was a twin screw vessel powered by steam turbines, with a top speed of 15 knots. On 3 September 1939, just hours after Britain declared war on Germany, U-boat U-30 (Oberleutnant Fritz-Julius Lemp) sank Athenia, mistaking her for an armed merchant cruiser. The 13,500 ton passenger liner was carrying 1,103 civilians, including more than 300 Americans, and 315 crew, from Glasgow to Montreal. The ship, under Captain James Cook, had departed there on 1 September, and after calling at Liverpool and Belfast departed Britain on the 3rd. By evening that day she was 60 miles south of Rockall (250 miles northwest of Inishtrahull, Ireland), when U-30 sighted her and fired two torpedoes into Athenia's hull without warning. She began to settle by the stern. As Athenia was an unarmed passenger ship, the attack was in violation of the prize rules U-boats were to be operating under, that obliged them to stop and search potential civilian targets and allow passengers and crew to abandon ship before sinking their vessel.