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Wendy

Wendy Report 12 Oct 2006 23:18

Can anyone help please?

KeithInFujairah

KeithInFujairah Report 12 Oct 2006 23:19

Wendy was it forces?

Wendy

Wendy Report 12 Oct 2006 23:21

I have an ancestor who was a master mariner. His last ship set sail in 1885. Legend has it he died in Malta but I have found no evidence. Have checked Lloyds list and deaths abroad. His wife was a widow by 1891. Did he die or do a runner!! His name was William Shipley. Wendy

Jeanette

Jeanette Report 12 Oct 2006 23:21

this is a good site for BMD in Malta http://website(.)lineone(.)net/~stephaniebidmead/other%20sites(.)htm Remove brackets jeanette

Wendy

Wendy Report 12 Oct 2006 23:21

Sorry Keith, you were too quick for my typing.

KeithInFujairah

KeithInFujairah Report 12 Oct 2006 23:22

Wendy I believe (but have not checked) that 1837 online has births and deaths abroad.

Wendy

Wendy Report 12 Oct 2006 23:26

Sorry Jeanette, all I get from this is tiscali!!!

Wendy

Wendy Report 12 Oct 2006 23:27

Thank you Keith but I have checked deaths abroad. I was hoping there may be a member who lives in Malta!

Denise

Denise Report 12 Oct 2006 23:27

If they were in the forces you could try http://website.lineone.net/~stephaniebidmead/index.htm Has info about graves.

Jeanette

Jeanette Report 12 Oct 2006 23:31

Oh dont know why it doesn't work perhaps Denise's will work Jeanette

Wendy

Wendy Report 12 Oct 2006 23:52

Must have been me--it works fine, many thanks to you both. The site is brilliant but sadly no William Shipley. I'm not surprised. His ship the Petriana, left in early 1885 bound for USA, not Malta! there is no record of a wreck or accident but there is no further record of him in the Captain's register either. So he died or disappeared in 1885. In America? A deserter? Leaving a wife and 6 children? Somehow his previous story doesn't suggest this. An unsolved mystery I fear.

imp

imp Report 13 Oct 2006 00:38

Hi Wendy Just as a last check does he have a seamen's register on Documents Online. I think the only possible one is William Shipley born 7 August 1835 in Hull. The rest are born to late if he sailed on his last ship in 1885. Regards Gail.

Wendy

Wendy Report 13 Oct 2006 00:49

Thank you Gail but my William was b. 1842 South Shields. He had Master's cert number 85662--later 'lost at sea' and replaced with number 97135. I have traced his merchant service from his apprenticeship at age 13 to his disappearance in 1885! Just a forlorn last hope! I think he did a runner in USA--or perhaps died there? Who knows.