BEENGAARD, Julius Vilhelm

   Et andet navn for Julius var BEENGAARD, James.

  Notater:

Opslag 36 født. Tvilling. I USA kaldte han sig James Beengaard.

Fundet i Udvandrerdatabasen som afsejlet 30. aug. 1892 med skibet "Norge" med New York som bestemmelsessted. Stilling: Arbejder.

Militærtjeneste USA 20. juli 1900.
Sep. 1903 påmønstret USS Solace.
Indført i lægdsrulle 9. jan. 1908. (Oprindelig stilling: bager).
Militærtjeneste USA 16.9.1921.

I årene 1925-26 gennemførte han 11 sejladser mellem Southampton, England, og New York med skibet "Leviathan". Han arbejdede som nattevagt.

"Ship Information
Ship Name: LEVIATHAN
Years in service: 1917-
Funnels: 3
Masts: 2
Aliases: Ex-Vaterland (1917)
Shipping Line: United States
Ship Description: Built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany. Tonnage: 59,957. Dimensions: 907' x 100' (950' o.l.). Quadruple-screw, 24 knots. Steam turbines. Two masts and three funnels. Note: Funnels 80 feet high from deck level. Height from keel to top of funnels 184 feet. From waterline to funnel tops was 144 feet. From keel to top of mast 210 feet.
History: First voyage as an American passenger liner was on July 4, 1923 from New York to Cherbourg and Southampton. Withdrawn from service in 1934. Left New York for the shipbreakers yard at Rosyth, Scotland, January 25, 1938. Ex-Vaterland (1917). The tonnage of this great liner was listed as 54,282 tons gross, when under German ownership. Her tonnage under American rules of measurement was finally set at 48,943 tons. During her American trials in 1923 attained a speed of 27.07 knots for one hour."

Julius Vilhelm (alias James) Beengaards registreringskort fra 25. april 1942 viser, at han boede i en bolig for veteraner, og han var tilsyneladende ugift. Han havde et anker tatoveret på venstre hånd. På et tidspunkt havde han søgt om pension fra marinen, men det blev afslået.

  Om Julius:

• FT-1880, 01.02.1880, "Kongens Hørgård", Stenderupskov, Sønder Stenderup Sogn.

• FT-1890, 01.02.1890, "Kongens Hørgård", Stenderupskov, Sønder Stenderup Sogn.

• Konfirmation, 11.10.1891, Sønder Stenderup Kirke, Sønder Stenderup Sogn, Nørre Tyrstrup Herred, Vejle Amt.