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Research in Other Countries => South Africa => Topic started by: grosjean545 on Tuesday 26 January 16 09:37 GMT (UK)
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Hello,
I'm asking your help to look into South African Commercial Advertiser to trace the brig Antelope circa 1820-1825.
In 1824, I found she was under 'R. Butler' command and I would like to know if he was the only captain of this ship. In 1826, R. Butler seems to be captain of another brig called Thomas.
Someone could help me to trace "Antelope" and "R. Butler" from 1820 to 1826, please?
Thank you very much.
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Hi you can try this link, there are some extracts from the SA Commercial advertiser on here covering your time frame as well as other newspapers.
http://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/south-african-commercial-advertiser
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Thank you for the link, but in this website, there are no departures/arrivals for shipping, only deaths, mariage, births... :( :-\
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Hi
These are the passenger lists that they have on that site.
http://www.eggsa.org/arrivals/eGGSA%20Passenger%20Project.html
Do you know to and from where the ships were sailing??
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Hi
Don't know if you've seen this site, but it is pretty comprehensive
http://www.theshipslist.com/index.html
:D
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Hello,
For 3sillydogs : Thank you for your links, but they are about later shippings, circa 1850-1900.
I found on googlebook that the Antelope was used in 1824 to carry settlers from Cape Town to Natal area with another ship (the Julia, I think).
On Lloyds List, it seems that in 1822, the captain was named Cole, but the ship was sold in 1823. Perhaps, Butler became captain of this ship in 1824, but I would like to confimr with some look-up into local newspapers... :)
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If someone could look up into "Cape Gazette and African Advertiser" for these entries "Antelope", "Butler' between 1820 and 1826, it could be very helpful...
Thank you.
:)
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Do you have R Butler's full names???
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Hello,
I think (and I hope!!) could be Richard Butler, a mariner who lived in Cape Town between 1820 and 1829.
I think he was the same R. Butler who was captain of the brig Thomas in 1826 (lost between Algoa Bay and Table Bay in march, 1829), and perhaps the same who was captain of the Harmony in 1825-1826 (wrecked in Knysna in 1826)
Thank you very much if you could help me! :)
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The commander of the Harmony was definitely a Richard Butler (per advertisements in the Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser, London, various dates in February/March 1825)
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Some issues of the Advertiser are on line here as well as other newspapers
http://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php
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Thank you for your answer. :)
I always found these advertisements from Public Ledger last week on FindMyPast too.
I'm now trying to prove that there is only one captain for all these ships. The name seems similar and he used to go in the same area (Cape Town, Knysna, Algoa Bay), but in the same time Butler is a very common name.
It's difficult, because, online, I can't read all the newspapers I would like (Cape Town Gazette & African Advertiser, South African Commercial Advertiser...) and I'm living too far from Libraries where I could find them.
Fortunetaly, I find some help from each side of the world with volunteers, here and in others places. So thank you for all! :)