Samuel Elves born in Portugal

[aidansrest]

Hi

I am researching a man named Samuel Elves, born c1796 'at sea' - possibly in Portugal?

He married Christiana Edwards in Tower Hamlets, London on the 16th August 1829, before returning to Whitby, North Yorkshire, were Christina was born.
At this point he was a merchant seaman.

The family then relocated to Old Quarrington/Coxhoe in Durham where Samuel worked as a labourer, but continued to indicate that he had ben a former seaman.
He died in Tudhoe in 1876.

Can anybody give me any advice as to where I could trace a baptism for him?

Many Thanks
Sue

[jorose]

If at census records he says "at sea" from where does Portugal come?

A baptism doesn't have to take place in the place of birth or at the time of birth; if his family were briefly in Europe and then came back they may have had him baptised in England a couple of years later, for example.

[aidansrest]

Hi

He gives his place of birth as Portugal on the 1861 census (Portugal - British subject) and 1871 census (Portugal).
The 1851 census (at sea).

Thanks
Sue

[garstonite]

Have you considered with his Portugese accent his name might be Alves - but sounded like Elves to the English Curate who married him ?

examples
https://en.geneanet.org/fonds/individus/?size=10&sexe=&nom=alves&ignore_each_patronyme=&prenom=samuel&prenom_operateur=or&ignore_each_prenom=&place__0__=&zonegeo__0__=Portugal&country__0__=PRT&region__0__=&subregion__0__=&place__1__=&zonegeo__1__=&country__1__=&region__1__=&subregion__1__=&place__2__=&zonegeo__2__=&country__2__=&region__2__=&subregion__2__=&place__3__=&zonegeo__3__=&country__3__=&region__3__=&subregion__3__=&place__4__=&zonegeo__4__=&country__4__=&region__4__=&subregion__4__=&type_periode=between&from=&to=&exact_month=&exact_day=&exact_year=&go=1

I couldn't find any Elves records in Portugal

[heywood]

I agree garstonite.

The marriage record - 16th August 1829 St George in the East
Samuel Alves and Christiana Edwards

[ShaunJ]

Samuel Alves of Whitby on this 1836 mariner record: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=TNA%2FBT120%2F2132508553%2F1

Though per the census records he was a British Subject so not Portuguese. 

[aidansrest]

Thanks everyone for your interest and replies - all taken 'onboard'!

Sue