Owner of ships in 1840s and 1850s

[*Sandra*]

thread on USA - William Irving Alsop, son in law of Alexander Thompson

Sandra

[hanes teulu]

New York Newspapers   http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html

If you search this site for "Captain William C Thompson" it returns 15 hits (not all the same person). One refers to the death of Alexander Hyslop Thompson and mentions his father, William C Thompson and the Sarah Sands.

There are several for 1886 and the death of William C Thompson - does look like "your" William.

 

[hanes teulu]

Re.the New York papers, check out the item "New York NY Evening Post 1886" (should be the 3rd listed)

[jeanlit]

Everything seems to add up now, thanks to the Fulton site.

An index prepared years ago sent me on the wrong track - they indexed Alexander Thompson's death and mentioned his son-in-law's surname as ALSOP instead of HYSLOP.   

Just goes to prove the old saying to go the source as much as possible.

[*Sandra*]

Re.the New York papers, check out the item "New York NY Evening Post 1886" (should be the 3rd listed)

New York Newspapers   http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html

If you search this site for "Captain William C Thompson" it returns 15 hits (not all the same person). One refers to the death of Alexander Hyslop Thompson and mentions his father, William C Thompson and the Sarah Sands.

There are several for 1886 and the death of William C Thompson - does look like "your" William.

Check US thread - information already found - lots of articles.

[jeanlit]

Westoe:

Thanks for all the lovely links which I will continue to go through.

I haven’t had any luck with the lithograph image of “Sarah Sands” by James Henry Lynch but I have made a note to keep on looking.

Google books are proving very informative.  The article about the ownership of the “Pacific” filled in some gaps as well.

And now I have conquered the Fulton history website – well, what a treasure trove !