Baby born aboard steamship Numidian, named Numidian

SS Numidian
SS Numidian

On April 28, 1892, the steamship Numidian left Liverpool, England and began heading west toward Quebec, Canada.

On May 1, a baby girl was born to German passenger Elizabeth Asmann. The baby was named Amelia Numidian Asmann — middle name in honor of the ship.

The Numidian arrived in Canada about a week later, and the Montreal Herald recounted the tale in print on the eleventh.

I couldn’t find any record of Amelia at the Quebec City Passenger Lists Index 1865-1900, but I think I found the rest of her family. Looks like she had older siblings named Jacob, Johan and Elizabeth.

Source: “The Numidian In.” Montreal Herald 11 May 1892: 6.

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