Hi all
I am totally gob smacked, speechless
I cannot thank you all enough , what a wonderful site , you have my eternal gratitude for finding David & the details regarding his death
You have given me so much to go on, i did know about my Gt Grandfather & grandmother
Yes he was known by his middle name, Edmond, not David, Edmond is another family name
Our family, from the Borders origianally, flitted back & forth as was common then, & a few made it to Fife, i actually stay in Banffshire, 50 miles North of Aberdeen
We were a sea faring family in some parts, farmers in others, my son was fishing up to 3 years ago
I have had a wonderful 6 months tracing relations here & there, but was totally at a loss re Edmond, IE David
One again my thanks to all who helped
If i can impose on you again to solve another sea mystery in our family, if you have the timeAgain Crail Fife
Mt Gr Gr Grand Father was lost at sea, he was sometime a fisherman , sometime a sailor
Alexander McDonald, also from Crail, his date of death is 10/1/1845, he is buried in Caril
He was born in Opinan,Gairloch to unwed parents, oppps!! Donald McDonald & Elisabeth Brown
But i am at a loss regarding his death, the story goes he was brought home to Crail with another 4 bodies
Can anyone help with any names of boats that went down at that time, i would think the boat would need to be from that area to bring bodies home?
as they would decompose quickly
Unsure if a fishing boat, but the Seamans mission & Museum in Anstruther have no info on him at all ,according to the family
It appears it could well of been an ordinary merchant ship,or fishing boat, if you can help with this , it will be drinks all round
Wendi thanks for the photo, it will be treasured
Once again thanks to Wendi, mmm45 & eve
Regards
Ron
