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No information about the name you are researching, but I am also seeking information about a line of my ancestors called PRITCHARD from Bangor - especially CATHERINE PRITCHARD  who married Thomas Brown and moved to Liverpool. She was my great, great Grandmother.
Catherine Pritchard was born in Bangor in 1829. She was the daughter of John and Rebecca [Griffiths] Pritchard. John Pritchard [Snr] was born in Bangor. Rebecca was the daughter of John and Mary Griffiths. She was born in Denio and was christened on 30 August 1801. John and Rebecca had four other children:
Grace Pritchard [christened 13 January 1831]
John Pritchard Jnr [christened 10 March 1827]
Elizabeth Pritchard [born 1835]. Elizabeth was a confectioner. In 1871 when she was 36 years old, she was living at 255 High Street,    Bangor. In 1901 when she was 66 years old, she lived at 69 Caellepa with a boarder.
Mary Pritchard [christened 1825]. Mary was a dressmaker.
Neither Elizabeth or Mary ever married.
If you come across information about this line, I would love to hear from you - and I will do the same about yours. Perhaps it is the same line!
David Brown [ davidartshed@yahoo.co.uk ]

Good to hear from 'gurd'. The poem is fascinating.

My interest in 'Lillies' is because my great great grandfather, Thomas Brown [b. 1817], was a Steward on the ship and, on 24 February 1857, his son, Pacific Brown, was born on board during, I believe, a journey to Australia. Interesting that the wife of the Captain/Master, William Fell Bell, also gave birth to their daughter on board the ship and they named her 'Lillies'.

If your ancestor was on the maiden voyage, it seems likely that Thomas was among the crew at the time. It's a small world!

Later, Thomas settled in Liverpool and Pacific in Bangor, North Wales.

David

I am very interested in 'Lillies' and have spent some time loooking into its history. One of my ancestors, Thomas Brown worked on the ship and his son, Pacific, was born on board during the 1857 voyage.

I read with interest the comments by 'Seaweed'.

I know that Lillies was built for Hon. Alexander McLauchlan Seely of Saint John, New Brunswick, and was named after Seely's wife, Lillies Ann Hammond (originally of Charleston, Mass., USA). The ship was built by Alexander Sime, who emigrated from Aberdeen, Scotland, to New Brunswick in 1811, and eventually ended up constructing ships at Pleasant Point, opposite Indiantown (now part of Saint John). In October 1863, Lillies was wrecked in Morecambe Bay. The Captain, William Fell Bell, was rescued but died from his injuries several months later.

THE INFORMATION ABOUT "LILLIES" IN THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH WAS PROVIDED BY THE ARCHIVES & RESEARCH LIBRARY, NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM, SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK.

Captain Bell was the person who signed the report of my ancestor's birth onboard Lillies.

Does 'Seaweed' have an image of the ship? That would be a really good addition to my family document!

David