james cushaw Quillimaine

[janet62]

 I have ancestor james Cushaw can only find him in 1861 census
he is stoker in navy says born about 1836 in Quillimaine (thats the spelling on census) 
  i need advise on where to look for details on birth and is it possible
        thankyou Janet

[Gillian Mauchan]

Janet
Not sure that is a Q here is what it looks like on census
Gillian

[janet62]

Hi Gillian  I am not sure either but on his marriage certificate has no name for father but under rank or profession of father states  Of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope

[Gillian Mauchan]

  There are no documents in NAAIRS or Ancestry24 for that surname if you google Quillimaine there is a place  Quelimane in Mozambique. This seems to be the most likely spot as there is an article on galton.org that references a Quillimane in the Portaguese territories. There is also a letter at www.livingstoneonline.ucl.ac.uk mentioning Quillimaine river in Livingstones correspondence. Other artilcles all seem to indicate that Quillimaine is in East Africa in that time.

Regards
Gillian

[janet62]

Hi Gillian Thankyou very much for your help much appreciated   I dont suppose I will ever find out any more  but was very interested to find out his nationality
  All I know he was in the Navy and died 1871 in navy hospital but could get no information from there  regards  Janet