Trying to decipher at death at sea record

[gmerrall]

Wasn't the sure of the best place to pop this question.

I've stumbled over a death at sea record for a relative and I'm having some trouble deciphering it.

I can't make out the first name unfortunately but one genealogy site thinks it's "Smith" which I don't agree with.   Also the second line of the entry is a bit of a mystery. I'm presuming "Comet" is the name of the ship.

It's interesting as the person appeared to die 12 Feb but it doesn't appear to have been entered until the end of March.

I've stitched the top and the bottom of the document together to remove surplus entries.  Any squinting and tilting of the head appreciated!

Cheers,
 Graeme

[Stumped!]

Is it possible that the word you think is Comet is actually Coroner.
Perhaps an inquest was held when the ship returned to London?
Peter

[Necromancer]

Think the ships name was 'Thomas A. Partridge'

[PrueM]

I was going to say the same thing:  name of ship was "Thomas A Partridge" (it's written in quotation marks which is the clue).  I don't think "Comet" is "Coroner" though - the last "r" is not consistent with the other rs in the rest of the document.  Maybe there were two ships, only one of which has quotation marks around it?

I have no idea what the first name is!  It looks like Elk or Shelk but it can't be (can it?!).

Here's what I think the second line says:
London M 30.3.1859,  Comet, London, "Thomas A Partridge", Mart - Regn. 120, 1859.

Prue

[ShaunJ]

I think it's Elk.

There's an 8 year old boy  Elkanah Merrall in the 1841 census in Stanbury, Haworth.

[PrueM]

 

Just when I think I've seen them all, another name comes along to floor me! 
That's some nice sleuthing, Shaun 

Prue

[ShaunJ]

It wasn't such an unusual name in the past - if you go to the A2A site and search for "Elkanah" it comes up with 253 references. No Merralls though!

[aghadowey]

It's interesting as the person appeared to die 12 Feb but it doesn't appear to have been entered until the end of March.

If the death happened at sea (12 Feb.) it should have been registered at first port (which seems to have been London in March).

[adee7]

Excuse me, Shaun, I don't want to interrupt, but I have a

question.           

What is the A2A list?

Kathleen