John Anderson

[yarty]

Just chasing an old family story to do with John Anderson, master mariner, (ie Captain) of a paddlesteamer sailed from Scotland to Australia in 1850s and Google has found this thread from 2 or 3 years ago.  Not sure if it is possible to join these 2 threads together.  I am researching the ship and the man and trying to produce an illustrated booklet of the lives of the adventurous pair.

I also started a thread on Roots Chat last month with a query; but put Captain John Anderson as the title.  They are the same man.  I have had some success in his family line which matches what the earlier thread deduced too - some good detectives at work back there.  I am indirectly connected to his first family, with daughter Jessie.  She married a William Boyd Macalister; and he would be a somewhat distant cousin of mine.

[Poozan]

Am nor sure if we are talking about the same John Anderson. May I direct you to my family history site for what I know about him -

http://www.wauchopecottage.co.uk/susan/Cuthbertson/Cuthbertson%20Direct%20Ancestors/johnandjanetanderson.html


I am descended from his second marriage with Janet Halley in 1848. We think that they may well have been cousins.

Good luck

Poozan

[yarty]

Thank you for picking up this thread and for that information - I shall certainly go through those lines of your fascinating website carefully and check the details of my own sources.  It was an enormous task that you did there to get all the family lines sorted so coherently.  These five pages on Roots Chat of rolling-thoughts over time are most interesting.

I am confident that it is the same man, John Anderson, but not entirely sure of his ancestral history.  I have his birth pinned down in Paisley in Oct 1793, to Petter/Peter Anderson and Janet Smith, (one day out from the date I had from a Macalister family story, written down by his grandson).

I am also trying to find if any sources of the records of the shipping companies he worked for (including Messrs G&J Burns, David Hutcheson in 1830-1850s).

[Poozan]

If you are sure of John Anderson's parents you will have answered a question that I paid a researcher in vain to find for me. Alas, a few months ago I put the information from the website into a printed book but without that important detail. I had 30 of my 32 great great great grandparents and with Petter/Peter Anderson and Janet Smith I have the last two. Are you absolutely sure that your information is correct?

I have lots of PDF's from The Scotsman that one of the researchers sent me. If you would like them perhaps we should correspond by email.

I have attached the article in the book that I put together about him. it is better than the website.

I did try and find out more of his life in Shipping but not very hard so I had no luck.

Good luck

Poozan

[yarty]

Hello again,
John's Parents: Not absolutely certain; but two matching pieces of info from two different unrelated sources seems pretty convincing.  A shame if now too late now for your book.  (I should like to purchase a copy if printed for public!)

From OPR on website: John was born on 15 October 1793 in the Abbey parish of the town of Paisley.  His parents are recorded as Peter/Petter Anderson and Janet Smith.  He was baptised on 20 October at the Abbey.  No others recorded to give a close competition for date and place.
From Story by Grandson in Liverpool: He was born in the neighbourhood of Glasgow on October 16th 1793.
Cannot think at this minute what else would help....Obituary from Singapore?....hmm...will try...

Thanks for text doc; I will check it too for extra facts.  I have quite a lot on Shandon now from lots of sources both books and websites.

Like the sound of the Scotsman stuff.  How do I find your email without printing it here; is it possible through your website perhaps?  I am a novice on this system.

Yarty

 

[MonicaL]

Hi Yarty

Welcome to RootsChat 

Just click on this link here www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=105234  This will take you through the personal message service for Susan. You can exchange personal emails this way.

Good luck...like you, Susan, I want to know about this book you have now published!

Monica

[Poozan]

Thank you Monica, I remember how helpful you were to me a year or so ago.

The book that I put together was privately published courtesy of an American Website. I thought that hard copy would be more use, when the next generation are interested and I am dead, than a website. I had 15 printed, 13 for myself and immediate family members and two spare ones. They cost £15.00 each including postage. It has 211 pages and is a mix of information, very little about the distant relatives, copies of documents and photographs. The American firm did a good job in the printing of it.

There you are

Poozan

[yarty]

Thank you both, Poozan and Monica - I'll be in touch soon!

Yarty