Hi all,
I'm currently chasing George Taylor Dann born in Sawtry,Huntingdonshire in 1866. I know about his parents and siblings in Sawtry and am trying to establish his whereabouts from 1891 until his death.
1881: he was a 14 year old steward on the "Prince of Calais" in Dover
1891: he was a 24 year old mariner boarding in Liverpool
1901: where?
1911: where?
post 1911: where?
Lloyd's Captains' Registers in the London Guildhall Library says:
DANN, George Taylor b. Sawtry, Hants. 1866 020604 Hull 1893
vol.46 1893, 1895 Extra Folio 3; vol.61 1896-98, 1900, 1902-03; vol.76 1904-05, 1907-11
I think that this means that he got his Captain's ticket in Hull in 1893?
On the 1911 census, the entry for Walter McLean Dann - George’s younger brother living at Hartlepool, Durham - shows his sister in law Sarah Dann, a visitor, born 1877 in Myrnsong, Victoria, Australia. That got my antennae up! Myrnsong may be a typo as there is a Myrniong about 70kms out of Melbourne, near Bacchus Marsh, one of the gold rush towns. It could also be a total typo for Maribyrnong, an old district of Melbourne which even I have trouble spelling. Then I found the following on a google search….
“The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 16th November 1937 (George would have been 70)
Vice Regal column.
Captain G T Dann, retired secretary of the Imperial Merchant Service Guild in London, reached Sydney in the Esperence Bay yesterday. Although he went to other Australian ports when he was serving at sea, both in sail and steam, this was his first visit to Sydney.
His wife, who is accompanying him, is a native of Melbourne.” After reading this, my antennae twitched like mad!
I can't find a marriage or death cert in the UK, nor anything for any children and have also looked in the obvious records for Victoria,Australia. It doesn't really sound like they had settled in Australia, so where were they hiding?
Can anyone help?
Many thanks!!!!
cheers
Liz