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Other Countries / Re: Death in Sierra Leone dated 1854
« on: Thursday 14 September 17 09:21 BST (UK)  »
Hi Westoe - yes, after a while we were getting the hang of the hand writing ( it could have been William J's own presumably). Also the image is not the clearest.

Using the information that both you and Shaun J have provided, I am using Ancestry to trace the records of William J's son (also William) born 1842. Also his son Bertram Samuel (born 1879) may appear, as may in turn his son William (born 1921).

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Other Countries / Re: Death in Sierra Leone dated 1854
« on: Wednesday 13 September 17 18:29 BST (UK)  »
Hi Westoe - many thanks once again - there is so much to search through. In particular I was noticing the sailing in 1830 where a Captain Day was mentioned. As William J would only have been 18, it is unlikely to be him, and there is an outside chance that it may have been his father Thomas (born 1789) who was also a master mariner.


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Other Countries / Re: Death in Sierra Leone dated 1854
« on: Tuesday 12 September 17 22:01 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Shaun J, I've found that. Now I wish that the handwriting was a bit clearer!

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Other Countries / Re: Death in Sierra Leone dated 1854
« on: Tuesday 12 September 17 19:43 BST (UK)  »
Hello Westoe - thanks for your continued help and support. I have managed to print off the certificate. Can you tell me the steps that I need to take to unearth his record of service. I am obviously skirting around it, but not quite finding it.

Thanks.

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Other Countries / Re: Death in Sierra Leone dated 1854
« on: Wednesday 06 September 17 16:16 BST (UK)  »
Hello Westoe - in this day and age, I don't know why I continue to be surprised that you should be in Canada helping me with enquiries based in Devon! The news is a little disappointing, but not insurmountable.

None of those names are siblings as far as I am aware. The Days were prolific in Appledore, and William J's father, son and grandson were all master mariners. One of the other Robert's was a customs officer, which rather put him on the other side of the fence.

Thinking of you being in Canada, my Devon research led me to one of the highlights of my family history career when I had contact with a long lost cousin several times removed who contacted me from Mississauga in Ontario!

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Other Countries / Re: Death in Sierra Leone dated 1854
« on: Wednesday 06 September 17 10:07 BST (UK)  »
Hello Westoe -

A grateful thank you for the wealth of information to follow up. Not sure that we are completely there yet, but more than enough information to be going on with.

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Other Countries / Re: Death in Sierra Leone dated 1854
« on: Wednesday 06 September 17 10:05 BST (UK)  »
Hello Shaun J  - many thanks once again. Yes indeed, it can only be an assumption that he owned his own ship, certainly his father did, but that's not to say that William J did.

The MI at Northam is where we obtained the information about his death (and lots more as you say!)

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Other Countries / Re: Death in Sierra Leone dated 1854
« on: Tuesday 05 September 17 20:37 BST (UK)  »
Thank you both for your replies. There are certainly some leads to follow. My relative was William Jones Day. Regrettably I don't know the name of his ship. As he is described as a Master Mariner, I am assuming that he may have owned his own vessel.


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Other Countries / Death in Sierra Leone dated 1854
« on: Tuesday 05 September 17 18:26 BST (UK)  »
Hi there - my great x 3 grandfather owned his own ship and worked out of Appledore, Devon. I understand that he died in Sierra Leone in 1854 aged 42. Presumably he visited the country as one of his trading routes.

Maybe it is a forlorn hope, but I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how I may make progress in finding out more about the circumstances of his death ?

Thanks in anticipation.

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