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Death certificate question
« on: Sunday 05 November 23 12:09 GMT (UK) »
One of my family members, Robert Hughes, was a sea captain whose ship sank going from Ascension island to Newfoundland. (This was sometime in 1904 - the insurance claim to Lloyds was submitted in January 1905.) Where, if anywhere, would his death be registered? Thank you for any help you can give.

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Re: Death certificate question
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 05 November 23 12:21 GMT (UK) »
The National Archives ref BT334 Box035

There is an image on find my past which reads
Robert Hughes aged 52 Born and resided Port Madoc. Supposed drowned. Ship lost between Ascension and St John's Newfoundland. Last spoken 12 September 1904. Ship Edith Mary registered Glasgow
Smith Tiplady Boulton Branthwaite King Miller Woolfall Bretherton Archer and many more

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« Reply #2 on: Sunday 05 November 23 12:41 GMT (UK) »
Oh thank you so much. That's him. Thank you very much for your quick reply.

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« Reply #3 on: Sunday 05 November 23 15:12 GMT (UK) »
Welsh mariner's index
http://welshmariners.org.uk/search.php

search for "hughes robert" and see entries 27 and 28 (not numbered)

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« Reply #4 on: Sunday 05 November 23 15:29 GMT (UK) »
The Mariner's index mentions "Borth y Gest" - wondered if this might be his wife?

see col 3 - "Coffee Supper"
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3317721/3317728/58/%22capt%20robert%20hughes%22

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« Reply #6 on: Sunday 05 November 23 15:49 GMT (UK) »
Thanks ever so much. That's brilliant. I had no idea he had a gravestone. His parents and three of his siblings and various other relations are all buried in a row in a cemetery in Porthmadog, so I didn't know where to look when there was no mention of him there. Diolch yn fawr.

Yes, the family lived in Borth, so that may well be his wife. My hen daid was the headmaster at the school.

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« Reply #8 on: Sunday 05 November 23 15:58 GMT (UK) »
It's so sad to read that a bad sign is the discovery of lifebuoys and that the owners had ceased paying wages!

More reports in Jan 1905 can be found.
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