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Australia / Re: Clarence Mekal Olsen
« on: Tuesday 13 February 24 06:27 GMT (UK)  »
I've been through all the records of shipwrecks around Australia from 1910 to 1930 and Mekal Herman Olsen is not listed as missing or died at sea.  There were a couple of wrecks where the missing person was not named but there were other survivors including the captain so ruled those out as well.

So what happened to him?
There are living descendants in Australia who may know the answer but don't know how to get hold of them. The NZ descendants don't know.

Cheers


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Australia / Re: Clarence Mekal Olsen
« on: Tuesday 30 January 24 04:02 GMT (UK)  »
 I have seen posts elsewhere where it is claimed that Mikel Herman Olsen drowned at sea. There is no date given or even a year. There is a suggestion it may have been 1922 which means he would have been 56 at the time; 1922 - 1866 = 56

Being a sailor or merchant seaman he may have been on a ship that sank and all hands lost.
Consequently there would be no captains log to verify this but there must be some records somewhere specifying crew members who sailed on various ships and a list of the ships that were lost with all crew perishing.
Can anyone point me in the right direction to find such information?
I am very interested to find the demise of my great grandfather.

Thank you to anyone who can help.

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Australia / Re: Clarence Mekal Olsen
« on: Saturday 10 February 18 23:16 GMT (UK)  »
Daphne Olsen was my mother and she died 18 December 1952 from polio. She was born in 1926 in a town called Hunterville where her father, (my "Granddad") worked for the NZ Railways.
She was Clarence's sister. She also had a sister Gwendoline and another brother Cyril.

Verification of Mekal Norman Olsen's death.  The date is correct. I was at the funeral and 17 years old at the time. I remember like it was yesterday.
Rosalea is quite correct when she says that Mekal, Deas (Nanna Olsen) and Daphne are buried next to each other at the Aramoho Cemetery in Whanganui, NZ. I, too, have been to the grave site on more than one occasion.




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