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Armed Forces / Re: James Graham RN seaman 1857 - 1874, coastguard 1874 - 1893
« on: Saturday 24 June 17 17:35 BST (UK)  »
Hi Jo,
The system says that I'm not allowed to send private messages.
I would be very interested in learning about James Graham.
How do I increase my privilege level to send private messages?
Regards,
Martyn.
PS You can delete this entry once read, it just clutters things up.

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Armed Forces / Re: James Graham RN seaman 1857 - 1874, coastguard 1874 - 1893
« on: Thursday 22 June 17 20:31 BST (UK)  »
Hi JoT,
James Graham was my Great Grandfather. My Grandma was his second youngest daughter, Clara.
Grandma always thought that he came from Kingston Jamaica but Canada seems much more likely.
Her story was that James's father had been chased out of Scotland for sheep stealing. We don't know a year or have any corroborating evidence for this.
She also used to say that he was returning to Scotland to claim his inheritance as his father had been a Laird but he was shipwrecked and lost all his papers.
Your research is much more advanced than mine and the shipwreck story seems to have been borne out with HMS Orpheus but I don't know about the Laird bit..
I'm visiting West Mersea in September to see if I can find anything in the museum or the County Archive in Chelmsford. I'll let you know if I find anything.
Regards,
Martyn

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