James William Yapp


My Dad had an older brother James William Yapp born in 1893.

At the age of 19 he immigrated to Australia aboard the SS. Miltiades


















SS Miltiades 1913 Source: Google Images

























This is the SS Miltiades leaving England in 1913.


Source: Google Images


I was able to find these pictures of the SS Miltiades from the Google images.


 EMIGRATION CONFIRMED:


He Immigrated to Australia on a Ship called the Miltiades.


Passenger Transcript Details


Name: Mr James YAPPS


Date of departure: 24 April 1913


Port of departure: London:


Passenger destination port: Melbourne, Australia.


Age: 19


Marital Status:


Sex: Male


Occupation: Fishmonger


Notes:


Passenger recorded on: Page 10 of 18


 


CONFIRMED: FROM THE PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE VICTORIA.


Unassisted Immigration to Victoria


Index of Inward Passenger Lists for British, Foreign and New Zealand Ports 1852 to 1923.


1 result found.


Family Name: First Name: Age: Month Year: Ship: Port Fiche Page:


YAPP JAS WM 19 JUNE 1913 MILTIADES B 874 005


DETAILS: Obtained from the Internet.


MILTIADES / ORCANA 1903:


The MILTIADES was a 6,793 gross ton ship, length 455ft x beam 55.1ft, Clipper bows, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 15 knots, accommodation, considered luxurious for 89-1st and 158-3rd class passengers. Completed in Oct.1903 by Alex Stephen & Sons, Glasgow for the Aberdeen Line, she started her maiden voyage from London for Cape Town - Melbourne and Sydney on 3rd Nov.1903. In 1912 she was rebuilt to 7,817 tons and lengthened to 504ft and a second funnel added. Accommodation was increased to 150-1st and 170-3rd class. Taken up for trooping duties in 1915, she resumed commercial service on 4th Jun.1920 but started her last Australia voyage on 20th Nov.1920. Purchased by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co; and renamed ORCANA, she was transferred to Pacific Steam Navigation Co in 1922 for their 'round South America' service: However, she proved too expensive to operate and the second voyage was cancelled. In 1923 she was laid up at Liverpool and later at Dartmouth and in 1924 she was towed to Holland and scrapped. [Merchant Fleets, vol.17 by Duncan Haws.]


Here are a couple of pages taken from the actual “Miltiado-Grams” in 1913. These were sent to my family by James and we discovered them after the death of my Mum in 1989.




















































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It would appear that my Uncle James William Yapp disappeared from the face of the Earth after stepping off of the Ship in 1913 as I can find no records of him after that date; No marriage, No death, No Census or Electoral Rolls records, No Yapp children born that appear to be his but I am still researching in the hope that something will turn up.




































 

















Here is the actual Passenger List from the 1913 Miltiades Voyage to Australia as presented to me by an Internet contact and now friend, Jeanette Miller whose Grandmother was also on board this ship at the same time. James is listed 13th from the bottom.





















James William Yapp about 1913


ELECTORAL ROLL:


Exact Search Results - Australian Electoral Rolls, 1901-1936


You searched for Yapp.


James William Yapp is not mentioned at all in any State of Australia between 1913 and 1936 so there are 3 options:


1. He changed his name.


2. He left Australia before any enrolment took place.


3. He went Bush and was murdered or died as the family story had it.


We believe the above photo to be our Uncle James William Yapp and I believe he was still around somewhere in 1935 as he was one of the Beneficiaries in his Mothers (Alice Yapp) will.

 




 


 

























So, if there is any Australian Yapp’s out there reading this and you believe that this James William Yapp is your Ancestor, then I am DESPERATE to have you contact me and that can be done via this site. I look forward to that as I am keen to find my Aussie relations and it might just put me in the “Not the Eldest Yapp” category. Ha-ha!