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Renfrewshire / Re: Agnes Robertson McKellar nee McMillan b1883 missing from 1911 Census Greenock
« on: Tuesday 25 January 22 12:42 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for this.  I have pursued quite a lot of these, but am getting two impressions - one, that he was taken off the ship and died (perhaps in the large military hospital) at Le Havre.  Second was that this Alexander McKellar was older than my grandfather, according to ship's members lists - my husband, who is an ex-mariner, doesn't believe he was experienced/qualified enough to captain a ship such as the King Edward - but it was wartime and strange things happened.  Both men (if there are two) had strong Greenock connections.  I had got down to believing that I needed to look at the ship's log for the period, but this was last year, when things were locked down at Kew and I decided to wait for the 1921 census and some return to normality before continuing.  I posted because I noticed that his death was being copied to other family trees and I wanted them to be aware that it may be incorrect. 

KB

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Renfrewshire / Re: Agnes Robertson McKellar nee McMillan b1883 missing from 1911 Census Greenock
« on: Monday 24 January 22 16:06 GMT (UK)  »
I'm now uncertain if this was the older Alexander McKellar (shown above?) who is in the war grave -need to try to get ship's log, if possible.

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Kirkcudbrightshire / Re: William McMillan - lost at sea 1891 off Bangor COMPLETED
« on: Wednesday 26 May 21 17:06 BST (UK)  »
William McMillan was my great Grandfather.  I had previously thought he might be the William McMillan who was drowned in Glasgow Harbour, 31 October 1901, who was the Master of the Katherine.  I had a vague memory of my Mother saying her grandfather had a ship called the Katherine, which I had just named my daughter, but that could be wrong, although 2 William Mc Millan (Master) deaths at sea within 10 years is co-incidental. 

Both he and my grandfather were ship's Masters and my Mother used to say that the ship had been carrying slate, which shifted in a storm, she thought from Ireland but if it was coming from Wales, that might be the case.  I'd be interested to know where you're research has taken you.  KB

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Renfrewshire / Re: Agnes Robertson McKellar nee McMillan b1883 missing from 1911 Census Greenock
« on: Tuesday 25 May 21 21:55 BST (UK)  »
Hi
Agnes Robertson Mc Millan was my Grandmother.  My Great Grandfather was William Mc Millan.  I see both are being searched for on this site.  Agnes was married to Alexander, whose death I have recently found in Commonwealth War  Graves.  He died at Le Havre on 8 September 1917 and there is a head stone in the Ste Marie cemetary in Le Havre, France.  He was Master of the SS King Edward.  I am waiting until the National Archives at Kew reopens to get the ships log and see how he died, if recorded.

Agnes R Mc Millan and he had a blazing row before his last known voyage and before his second daughter, Margaret (who went onto great things) was born in 1910.  He left, never to return and Agnes had to leave her children with relatives and go to Liverpool to find work and support the family.  My mother was told he was lost at sea - however - his grave record and probate shows that he was living with a Sarah Carmichael, (known as McKellar) at Greenock, and she put the inscription on his grave and was also awarded his estate (£703) worth about £50K as of 2021, rather than his legal wife. 

I remember the Bygrave relatives - we used to visit them in Liverpool from time to time.  There was a great mystery about this, which was only revealed later, after grandmother's death. 

I have only recently started to research my Mother's side of the family - I'm looking forward to the 1921 census being released, as it may answer some questions. KB

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