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« on: Thursday 04 October 18 22:50 BST (UK) »
James drowned in the Waitaki river in 1862 at the age of 40 according to the other information I have. So that would make him born in 1822, however he was on board the whaling ship Mary and Elizabeth in May of 1834 so that would make him 12 years old. The Mary and Elizabeth picked up ex convicts from Hobart to sail the ship - James, may have been one of these men. If he was a convict he would have served at least seven years in Hobart before joining the crew of the whaling ship. So how old was he - I feel much older than the 40 years stated on the documentation I have but I don't know. Cheers