|
Everingham Family History
For more information about who Rebecca Everingham was,...
Read our HUGE transcript of the Diary of Sarah Louis Wadley who claims that the Riverboat was named after her mother.
Also see her family page on this web site.Here is a passage from the diary:
Friday, April 13th 1860. "Our baby is one week old today, he is still doing well and has grown a good deal since his birth, his name is John Everingham he is named for Mother's father."
Somewhere out there is information about a southern John "EVERINGHAM" who had a daughter "Rebecca", and records of a "John Everingham Wadley, born 1860."
About the Stamp & Riverboat:
Before railroads and automobiles, America's rivers served as the nation's "highways." Twenty years after Robert Fulton's first steamboat run on the Hudson River in 1807, more than 200 steamboats were in use, hauling freight and passengers. In another 30 years, nearly one out of every two vessels on any major river in America was a steamboat. Steamboating was a lucrative industry in the United States for almost 150 years. Steamboat designs varied, and included side-wheel and stern-wheel paddlers, as well as powerful and majestic passenger vessels and heavily loaded cargo boats. Rivalries between steamboat pilots led to races that often had disastrous results. In the first 40 years of steamboats it was estimated that 500 vessels were lost, taking with them nearly 4,000 lives. Many of these boats were sunk taking unnecessary risks while racing, but some became grounded or hit a snag that punctured their hull and submerged the vessel. Because of the many dangers and accidents, the average life-span of a steamboat was only four to five years. The advent of efficient automobiles and transcontinental railroads in the late 19th and early 20th centuries led to the decline of the steamboat era. By the 1950s, the vessels had become relics of the past. The Rebecca Everingham, which was in service from 1880 until 1884, is featured on the First Day Cover shown above.
Original painting by Dennis Lyall. Reverse of FDC contains historical background text.
.
|
|