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Many thanks for your hard work & reply. Isaac died on 18th January 1906 and was buried on 19th for the sum of £1-12-6! The burial records give his age as 59 and the gravestone as "in his 60th" year so arithmetic puts his birth in the 1846/Jan 1847 range. Based on that, a search of the LDS chuch records finds an Isaac Walton baptised at St. Peter's, Liverpool on 10th August 1846. Parents given as Isaac & Martha which fits with later info in the census returns. Despite the baptism in Liverpool, his birth place is always listed as Seacombe in other documents. I've tried BMD but no joy so it looks like that registration slipped through the net. I hadn't found Mary's birth record yet so many thanks for that snippet. Any other info will be much appreciated.

I'm trying to find anyone who has information regarding Isaac WALTON. He was born in 1846 in Seacombe, Cheshire. His father was Isaac WALTON (1823-1852) and his mother Martha GRIFFITHS (1817-1900). He served as ship's boy on the Rover (1861) before becoming Master of the sea-going tug Bright Star (1871-1891). He married Mary Cowan McDOWELL in 1865 and had 12 children: Isaac (1865); Francis (1867); Thomas (1869); Ernest (1871); Eveline (1873); William (1875); Harold (1877); Edith (1880); Herbert (1882); Edwin (1884); Ethel (1886) & Alfred (1889). After retiring he ran the Old Fort public House in Bath Street. When he died he was buried in Anfield Cemetery.

I have discovered that the Bright Star was one of the 2 tugs used to bring the Great Eastern back to the breaker's yards at Liverpool in 1888 but cannot confirm that Isaac was master in charge on this voyage. He may not have been since he only had a coastal licence.

Any info about his nautical life and/or his retirement would be appreciated. Or any ideas on where to look next would be useful. I found someone else searching for similar info last year so if you are still out there hkerrysue, please get in touch.