Hi,
I have a RN Rating whose service runs from 1866 to 1896. Up until at least 1881 he was unmarried. The record gives what seems a very fixed date of birth of 31st Dec. 1844 in Cork, County Cork. However there are no births/baptisms of around that date. I suspect he lied about his age to get in the navy.
Allotment records which record monies given to relations like mother/wife end seemingly in 1852. His naval record does not record his father or mother.
Are there other naval records which do record a parent ??
many thanks
John
