Charles Westin

[wdytya]

Many thanks for the records you have found. Where Claes jumped ship, under Ewry July 1859 is the word Irelan. Do you think this is Ireland and maybe the Swedish spelling. Also Claes was a Jungman on the ship, any idea what that is?

I wonder if Claes and his two ship mates went out for a few beers, got drunk and missed the sailing of their ship when they went back to the port, we shall never know!

Thanks again for your continued support

[jamcat95]

Hi
It actually reads "1 resan" - 1st journey.

Jungman means deck hand.


Ian

[wdytya]

Thanks for the 1 Resan as I thought it was Ireland given I thought Claes jumped ship in Newry. Not sure now if that is correct as on the record you send there is an obscured letter in front of it. Also what does Ryoudi2 mean if I have read it right, it is the word above Ewry.

[jamcat95]

It says "Rymde i" - jumped ship in.

Ian

[jamcat95]

I actually think it does say Newry.
If you look at reply #43 you'll notice an A.F. Nyman. The "N" is very similar and the "e" is obscured by the tail of the "y".

[wdytya]

Yes I think you are right with the way the words are written and the way the letters are similar.  So we will decide he jumped ship in Newry in 1859. The next record I have of him is when he turns up in Cardiff in 1861 (after the census date) and marries my Gr Gr Aunt Elizabeth aged 17. On the marriage certificate he records himself as a "Sailor". I wonder, when he got a job as a sailor out of Cardiff Docks, whether there were any checks about his previous employment and his "jumping ship"

By 1870 there is a newspaper report of a person stealing trousers from aCardiff  Clothes Outfitters shop owned by a Charles Westin and the 1871 census records him as an Outfitter living in the Docks area of Cardiff.

[jamcat95]

Hi
Here is Anders Peter Westin's probate. It states that Claes Victor was on the schooner Prosper when Anders died. (The same boat Claes jumped ship off):

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01pnq/


Ian

[wdytya]

Thanks for the further information.

Looking online I found the following which might be the Schooner Prosper that Claes jumped ship.


Here in Spårösund in 1865 the schooner Prosper sank on its way to Västervik.
There was a very strong wind when Prosper entered this narrow passage and Prosper bounced into the cliff near the customs house and continued through the passage while the water was rising under deck. Prosper grounded again at the north point and sunk there. The wreck is still standing on the bottom at 18 m depth today.

[jamcat95]

Cheers.
Interesting information.

Ian