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« on: Sunday 27 July 25 12:40 BST (UK) »
@Neale1961
These are some amazing finds and they definitely all add up and make sense thank you so much for finding, I think I can follow the family tree up now!!
I guess we may never know why they changed their names to Brooks? Perhaps at the time both parents were dead the sisters had to look after them and as they were a brooks they gave them that name?
What do you think to the below on perhaps a reason why 1886 is listed as death date by a lot of other family trees? I can’t find anything online about this? The dates make sense so I believe this is him
Canada, Seafarers of the Atlantic Provinces, 1789-1935
Name Joseph Field
Record Type Crew
Age 39
Birth Year 1846
Birth Place London, England
Vessel Name Lydia
Vessel Type Ship
Voyage Departure Date 25 Nov 1885
Voyage Departure Port London, England
Voyage Arrival Date 10 May 1886
Voyage Arrival Port England
Vessel Registration Number Y874034
Vessel Registration Place Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Year Vessel Constructed 1874
Date Joined Present Ship 15 Dec 1885
Place Joined Present Ship London, England
Crew Number 18
Literacy Signed name
Completed What Signed On To Do? No
Discharge Date 25 Feb 1886
Discharge Place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Discharge Deserted
Registry of Last Ship English
Company From Last Ship 0
Capacity (Rank) Able-bodied Seaman
Payment Type (Time) By the month
Wage 215
Wage Currency Sterling