Old Photograph German Seamen's House Methil Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the German Seamen's House on Durie Street in Methil, Fife, Scotland. In 1898 the German Church in Edinburgh sent the missionary, Herr Voss, to minister to the German Seamen visiting the port in Methil. In 1900 the mission built the " Deutsches Seemanahaus ". At the outbreak of World War One the activities of the mission were suspended and closed permanently in 1939.



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Marlitta H. Perkins said...

There is a good chance that my great-uncle George Buttkus stayed here during his visits at Methil. He was a fisherman from Schiffdorf, near Bremerhaven, Germany. He drowned near or at at Methil, trying to save a fellow fisherman who was swept off the fishing boat during a storm. This was in the 1930's, I believe. Both men are buried somewhere in Methil. I'd love to find out more about this incident and where exactly they are buried.

23 June 2016 at 13:35

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