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Title: Looking for my great grandfather who was Irish sailor
Post by: hansen70 on Thursday 18 June 20 19:44 BST (UK)

Hi, i`m looking for any information about my great grandfather Karl (Carl) Oskar Engman born 20.03.1870.I`ve heard a story that he was an Irish sailor who sailed to Finland with his Swedish wife.I haven`t found any finnish birth records for him.How can i find any information if he was born in Ireland?
Thank you in advance Hans Engman

Title: Re: Looking for my great grandfather who was Irish sailor
Post by: Sinann on Thursday 18 June 20 19:59 BST (UK)

Irish Genealogy has BMD but I'm getting no result for Engman.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp
Its free you just need to sigh in and prove your not a robot.

Shipping and crew lists is no help either
http://census.nationalarchives.ie/search/cl/home.jsp

Bear in mind the spelling of the name may vary as it would be very unusual, it may be a good idea to try E*man

Title: Re: Looking for my great grandfather who was Irish sailor
Post by: jamcat95 on Thursday 18 June 20 23:20 BST (UK)

Hi Hans
What records do you have?
Do you know his wife's name and where she came from. I could perhaps look here in Sweden.

Ian

Title: Re: Looking for my great grandfather who was Irish sailor
Post by: hansen70 on Friday 19 June 20 07:24 BST (UK)

His wife name was Edit Maria and she was born 25.06. 1876

Title: Re: Looking for my great grandfather who was Irish sailor
Post by: jamcat95 on Friday 19 June 20 09:16 BST (UK)

You don't happen to have a maiden name. Also when was their first child born in Finland?

Ian

Title: Re: Looking for my great grandfather who was Irish sailor
Post by: hansen70 on Monday 22 June 20 17:44 BST (UK)

Quote from: jamcat95 on Friday 19 June 20 09:16 BST (UK)

You don't happen to have a maiden name. Also when was their first child born in Finland?

Ian

Hi,it could be Blomqvist ?

Title: Re: Looking for my great grandfather who was Irish sailor
Post by: jamcat95 on Tuesday 23 June 20 08:47 BST (UK)

Hi
Are sure of her birth date? I cannot find any Edit Maria with those dates.

Ian

Title: Re: Looking for my great grandfather who was Irish sailor
Post by: seaweed on Tuesday 23 June 20 11:34 BST (UK)

I have found a Carl Engman, age 22, on board the vessel CAMPBELL official number 75866, in February 1881. His rank is given as AB (Able Bodied Seaman) and his place of birth was given as Sweden. His previous ship is given as JENNY B? (I cannot find a British or Empire vessel with this name.)
CAMPBELL sailed from London UK on 7/12/1880 and returned to that port 25/04/1881. Carl Engman signed on in New York, so it could be that JENNY B was a US flagged ship.

https://www.mun.ca/mha/1881/viewcrew1881.php?Record_ID=358696&%20CrewListPage=4&page=1

Carl is number 33 on the crew agreement. I don't know if this is the man you seek.

CAMPBELL was built in 1879 at Weymouth, Nova Scotia and she was registered at that port. Her tonnage was 1133 tons. She was classed as a Barque.