George Seigh

George Seigh was born in England and first shipped when he was 25 years old. He would work 12 years on merchant ships and one year on a steamship. In October of 1860, George Seigh entered the Seamans' Retreaton Staten Island. On November 30, 1860, George Seigh became an inmate of Sailors' Snug Harbor. George would remain at the Harbor for 13 years and nine months, dying on August 24, 1874. George is buried in Plot 2, Row 4, grave 10, of the Snug Harbor Cemetery. His Grave number is 876 on the cemetery Map.

Abandoned Sailors's Retreat - Untapped NY Michelle Young

George Seigh served as a look-out on the Transatlantic Steam Ship the Baltic. The Baltic was built in 1849 for the Collins Line. The New York steamship was the fastest and most luxurious, and most up-to-date vessel on the Atlantic at this time (Heyl,57). It sailed from the Port of New York to Liverpool (Heyl,57). All public rooms were heated with steam heat, and there were special smoking rooms, barbershops, and baths Heyl,57). The Baltic held the record in 1852 as the fastest steam ship to make the Atlantic Crossing. The Baltic did this in 8 days and 15hrs (Heyl,57).

The Steam Ship Baltic - Richard Heyl, Early American steamers. v.1, 1953, page 57.

• Heyl, Erick. Early American Steamers Vol. 1, Buffalo, NY, 1953, digitalized University of Michigan, URI:https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000773667
• Seigh, George,SSHRegisterA_Inmate163. Register page of Sailors' Snug Harbor resident George Seigh from the Register of Inmates A. Inmate number 163, Date Created: February 26 1870 Place: New York (State)--New York--Staten Island, publisher: The Trustees of Sailors' Snug Harbor, ;The Sailors' Snug Harbor records are the Property of the Trustees of the Sailors’ Snug Harbor. The collection is on permanent loan at the Stephen B. Luce Library of SUNY Maritime College, Medium: Digital, URI:https://maritimedigitalcollections.com/Detail/objects/7460
• The Harbor of New York./From the Brooklyn Bridge Tower - Looking south-west. Publisher: Currier & Ives, American, active 1834–1907, Date Created: 1857–1877, Medium: lithograph, Culture: American, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven Connecticut, URI: https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/120065 .
• Young, Michelle. Abandoned Seaman's Retreat- Bayley Seton Hospital ,size: 720px by 524px, January 2020, URI:https://untappedcities.com/2020/01/30/the-abandoned-seamans-retreat-hospital-on-staten-island/ .