Death of a Veteran

[hanes teulu]

Victory muster list

http://memorialsinportsmouth.co.uk/dockyard/victory-muster.htm

[CaroleW]

I don’t think they had any children but if they did - nothing online to support it.  Although they married in 1819, Susanna was only around 26 then so I would have expected if they had children, at least one or more would be living with them in 1841

I did wonder whether Matthew was previously married given the age difference but no marital status on the marriage entry

[lilylangtree]

Thank you CaroleW

Yes, i noted thier age difference. I can't seem to find him on that list of crew. I appreciate your help. Lily. 

[spendlove]

Hi,

On Ancestry under UK, Naval Officer and Rating Service Records, 1802-1919 you can see
Information re ships on which he served.

Mathew Hambley, Liskard

Port Royal 24.7.1803 to 16.6.1804
There is then a note :-  as Hennly? Hard to read, but different spelling of his surname.
And at the Battle of Trafalger

Belleisle 16.6.1804 to 9.1.06

The list goes on ending 31.8.1814

If you do not have Ancestry, it may be possible to access via your local library.

For information on the ship Belleisle:-

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Belleisle_(1795)


 And a good painting on https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/774337729654211533/

His service commenced in 1803 when he was aged 20 years, so born 1783.

Regards Spendlove

[lilylangtree]

Ok, so i went to the records office today.  It's the main hub for Cornwall and a lady there found Mathew Hambley's was baptised on the 20/12/1778 in a place called St Pinnock which isnt' far from here and managed to get his parent's names being that of William and Elizabeth Hambley so that was a move forward although i don't know any more about his parents and don't know where to go next with that one.  Also i need to get in touch with the naval archives to locate the HMS Victory and i know if a ship was wrecked then they named the new ship the same name so i know the year Nelson fatally was shot which was in 1805 then thats where ive got to search next. 

[hanes teulu]

Have you tried Cornwall OPC?

http://cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/

[ShaunJ]

Does anyone have any information on a guy called Mathew Hambly of Caradon Town in Liskeard Cornwall.  In the newspaper clip it states he spent time, in the navy during the late war with Napoleon and was one of the hero's of Trafalgar, in the vessel in which Nelson fell.

With some difficulty I found the newspaper article in the the Cornish Telegraph of 19 March 1862 (page 3). It records the name as Matthew Hambley, not Mathew Hambly.

[lilylangtree]

 Oh Hanes. What is OPC?

[lilylangtree]

 Thanks Shaun....i will look it up.