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« on: Saturday 09 March 24 13:34 GMT (UK) »
Hi Hugh,
On the 1901, 1911 and 1921 Censuses my Grandfather William James Wilson (1860 - 1937) says that he was born in Manchester, Lancs.
I’ve never been able to find a definite Birth or Baptism for him in Manchester, and I’ve never been able to find him on any of the earlier Censuses.
As five of his six sons, including my late Father, spent time in the Merchant Navy, it seems a reasonable assumption to think that he also must have spent time in the Merchant Navy?
His eldest son was William Havelock Wilson (1894 - 1974). I had assumed that the Havelock part of his name was a tribute to Joseph Havelock Wilson, leader of the Seaman’s Union in Swansea at that time. However, when I noticed ‘The Lady Havelock’ arriving in Swansea from Brest in 1891, I wondered if she was my Grandfather’s last ship?
Romilly