seaman in Whitby

[SooCatt]

Does anyone know if there are any records of seamen from Whitby.

I have an ancestor (Thomas Marshall b Ireland 1844) who I have just found on the 1861 cencus aboard the vessel 'Romp of Whitby'.

I have been having major difficulties with this particular chap and was wondering if the vessel owners may have kept logs that may have held information on, say, next of kin.

I know it's clutching at straws really but - well - you try everything don't you

Here's hoping

Susan

[SheilaM]

Hi Susan

Don't know if this will help much but there is an 1871 entry which looks like your man.

RG10/5266 Folio 33 Page 3 - Cains Bldgs, Millom, Cumberland

Thomas Marshall Head b 1844 Fermmnon? Ireland, ? Mariner
Anne Marshall wife b1846 Atherstone Lancs

It's a very faint copy but if this is yours maybe a marriage cert would give his fathers name.

Hope this helps.

Sheila

[SooCatt]

Thanks for that Sheila
In fact I already have him on the 1871 cencus - in West Hartlepool.  The marriage certificate shows his father as John but we have been unable to track down any record of birth.
We had thought we we might have found him in Macosquin in Londonderry although the dates were not quite right but now that I have found him on the 1861 I'm sure the one in Macosquin must be the wrong one.  It's always difficult trying to trace people from Ireland isn't it

Thanks for looking though i really appreciate it.


Susan

[Shipwright23]

http://www.durain.demon.co.uk/ has some crewlists you`d have to go and look or ask them to
shipwright

[SooCatt]

thanks for that link Shipwright.

I will give them a try.

Susan

[Michelle Kemp]

Hi Susan

I know that Whitby library have registers of ships and crew sailing from there.  You could contact them and ask if they would check for you.

Michelle

[SooCatt]

Thanks for that Michelle.  I'll give them a try.

I definately feel a trip to Whitby coming on

Susan

[Will Marshall]

wow so weird to here your family name been talked about when there could be a link.  my family has lived in scarborough and Whitby for hundreds of years. I have a Thomas born later and cant see any way they could be closely connected {unless one of my guys went be his middle name.] Then again with so many of the men moving around, as a result of them been mostly mariners it could be a distant link. Thats the problem with that coastline Ive been looking for links for ages but the constant moving makes it hard to trace.

Out of interest do you have thomas's fathers name?

Oh well sorry its nothing to do with your search but just couldn't resist .

[SooCatt]

Hi
It's always lovely to hear from anyone who may have a possible link however remote the possibility.

My Thomas was born in Ireland the son of John Marshall.  He was a seaman in Whitby on the 1861 cencus and in West Hartlepool on the 1871. 
He married Margaret Rowland of Whitby in 1867.

By 1881 he was a steelworker at Stillington steelworks and by 1901 was living in the Consett area of Co. Durham

Susan