Die Kettwig Familien

The third of Norddeutscher Lloyd's four-stack liners, Kaiser Wilhelm II, was built by Vulkan of Stettin. Launched in 1902, she made her maiden voyage from Bremen to New York, with calls at Southampton and Cherbourg, on 14 April 1903. In April 1903 the 19,351 GRT ship, with a 40,000 horse power engine, got the blue ribbon for setting an eastbound crossing record with an average of 23.57 knots. At her top speed she needed about 760 tons of coal a day - one voyage Bremerhaven-New York - burnt 5,600 tons of coal. 215.34 x 22.05 metres (length x width); 646 passengers in 1st class, 346 in 2nd class, 799 in steerage, 654 crew members.

Dick (Dirk) Kettwig travelled on the Kaiser Wilhelm II from Bremen to New York from January 9-17 1906. He must have been on a short visit to his home country and was now on the way back to his wife in Lennox, South Dakota, where they had been living since 1882.

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Sources:

http://www.greatships.net/kwilhelmii.html

http://www.marinekameradschaft-muenchen.de/liner4.htm

http://www.ellisisland.org