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Scotland / Shipping List for non passenger? Where to from here??
« on: Tuesday 29 March 11 00:18 BST (UK) »
My Grandad is the last of his generation and I have been searching his family tree for him. I am very much a beginner at this but I wonder if I have reached the end of my leads on his Grandfather, Charles Alexander McBeth (Alex).
I cannot find where he came from at all. In fact the first record I have is his marriage to Charlotte Perham in NZ. I have searched all of the passenger lists for ships arriving in NZ (he was married in Akaroa 1864) to no avail. Now (after all that reading!) I have heard that he was an apprentice seaman and may not have been listed as a passenger. Are there any records I can search to look this up?
His childrens birth registers have his origin as Scotland but his death register has his birth place as Essex, England. I have spent a small fortune on Scotspeople and other websites (as well as bdm printouts) but found nothing relating to him.
Some of his children were born in Little River and it is rumored he was a pit sawman and that he was born about 1842 but this has not led to any information so far. He died in Hawera or Stratford but there is no additional information held about him at the cemetery. My Grandad is still sharp as a tack and all he can remember is that he thought Alex came from Aberdeen. It was also rumored that he was on the 'Elizabeth' that was wrecked in Okains Bay (this was a schooner taking timber to Lyttleton) and the year given was correct but could not find any leads from this info either.
Any ideas or suggestions about where I should look next would be greatly appreciated.
I cannot find where he came from at all. In fact the first record I have is his marriage to Charlotte Perham in NZ. I have searched all of the passenger lists for ships arriving in NZ (he was married in Akaroa 1864) to no avail. Now (after all that reading!) I have heard that he was an apprentice seaman and may not have been listed as a passenger. Are there any records I can search to look this up?
His childrens birth registers have his origin as Scotland but his death register has his birth place as Essex, England. I have spent a small fortune on Scotspeople and other websites (as well as bdm printouts) but found nothing relating to him.
Some of his children were born in Little River and it is rumored he was a pit sawman and that he was born about 1842 but this has not led to any information so far. He died in Hawera or Stratford but there is no additional information held about him at the cemetery. My Grandad is still sharp as a tack and all he can remember is that he thought Alex came from Aberdeen. It was also rumored that he was on the 'Elizabeth' that was wrecked in Okains Bay (this was a schooner taking timber to Lyttleton) and the year given was correct but could not find any leads from this info either.
Any ideas or suggestions about where I should look next would be greatly appreciated.