I am hoping someone can help. I am trying to find the death record for Donald McGregor born about 1829 in Glasgow I think but lived in Liverpool and was married there and had his children there. His marriage certificate says his father was named John (a Baker). The only baker I can find with a son called Donald is in Glasgow so I guessing that is correct. Anyway, Donald was a mariner.....a Captain according to my father......who was lost at sea. I can find four Donald McGregors who died at sea and only one comes close but it lists his date of birth as 1833. I know there is a Donald McGregor who was first mate who was born in Edinburgh in 1833 and I am supposing that maybe that is his death certificate. There is a newspaper article from 1880 about a Captain Donald McGregor from the ship Wave, who goes missing on a train from Newcastle (but shows up again). My dad thinks the description (he was only 5 foot 5 inches) sounds like the men in his family but again not sure. I cant find his wife Jane and children John, Agnes, Catherine and Elizabeth in the 1871 census so I cant see when she begins to write as a widow, but definitely by 1881 she is a widow. I have checked passenger lists but cant see that they left the country. Last child was born in 1863. Can anyone help put the puzzle together? Were dates of birth that accurate? I notice that Donald's son's date of birth changes as he get older....from 1858 to 1862! Is there anywhere else I can look?
