Coastguards

[barry01]

Hi there,

 Im looking for any information on  my great great great great granddad
Coastguard John Conaty,  b.1819 London d.1866 tynemouth
married to selina agnes creber conaty.

He was injured whilst rescuing people trapped on board the s.s stanley which had ran a ground on the Black middens rocks in tynemouth 1864 . He apparently fell broke his back and damaged his brain, dying 2 years later in 1866

father Phillip conaty b. ireland   mother possible ann.

anyone know anymore?

barry.

[Little Nell]

John Conoty was originally posted to Blyth Haven from HMS Trident as a boatman on 14 Jun 1851.  He served there for just over a year and it was noted that he was "inclined to drink."

He was stationed at Seaham Harbour from Jun 1852 until 26 Feb 1858 when he was removed and promoted to Tynemouth.

You can trace his movements in ADM 175/7 at the TNA.  I'm afraid I don't know anything about his parents.

Nell

[barry01]

Thanks for that,

I didnt think there would be any takers,
I down loaded those file from the NA yesterday and found the three pages applying to him, didnt pick out the drink part, but I like that, as far as Im aware his father was a wine merchant,
I've put some feelers out about the Hms Trident on another forum, glad you confirmed that ship because I wasnt too sure.

thanks, How did you know about it?

[Little Nell]

Not quite sure which part you're asking about.  I have a coastguard on the family tree, which is why I looked at the file.

Glad you have already found the TNA info - the files are very useful.

Nell

[barry01]

hi there,

I figured it was a very unusual area,
and did not even expect a reply,  let alone so quick.
I have another coastguard in the family but have not found him on the ADM 175 files,although aint looked properly.
I did spot a rich miller Ill see if I can find my notes of which page he was on.

hes called;

Richard Miller
b isle of wight 1832
and was a coastguard in tynemouth in 1861
his son benjamine married john Conatys daughter selina conaty - my great great grandparents

John conatys wife was born in davenport and some of his kids were born there
then a couple are born in Sheerness and then one in seaham
so I think that shows his movements


Im going to investigate the tridents links with sheerness.

ps a friend of mine lives in the old coast guard cottage in weymouth, and he has an old rocket box he found in the loft.

barry

[Little Nell]

Richard Miller is on the same folio as John at Tynemouth.  He was posted there from the revenue cutter "Mermaid" in 1854 but I can't read what is says after "subsequently...."

Richard would appear to have married on the Isle of Wight where two of his children were born (one of them Benjamin).  Then it was Weymouth.  Once in the North-East, the family seems to have stayed there: some of his grandchildren were born there.  Richard had become a lodge keepr at a chemical works by 1881.

Nell

[barry01]

That ties in with what I know, nice to get backup.
same folio, thats good to know to.
cheers for your help so far

barry

[treesurfer]

Hi Barry

My ggggfather was also John Conaty, his son also John Edward Roxworthy Conaty was my gggfather.  Not sure how this works but I hope you will be able to contact me.   I have photos of some of the family and a lot of the family tree information.

I only stumbled upon this tonight and am a bit of a stranger to RootsChat.

Hopefully we will speak soon.

Linda

[rsw]

hya barry john conaty was my ggg grandad also and richard miller was my ggg grandad aswell. i have been looking at my family tree for a while now and i have not been able to get further than john conaty and richard miller so i would love to hear from you if you have any more shared family history for me.