Is this a death certificate? If so are we saying that Margaret whatever was a ships captain? Be nice to hear from Leccy about this
aberdein
Nothing quite so exotic, I'm afraid.
It's from a birth certificate from 1855 registered Pocklington, Yorkshire.
Margaret Windas "late Groundwater formerly Hunter" was the mother. The father (one William Windas) was the Marine Captain and whatever merchant.
The Arundel bit still throws me. When he was married the previous year (in Liverpool) he listed his occupation as "Master Mariner", so that bit's fine. If he retired he must have done this soon after.
I can't find any trace of him in the 1861 census (Margaret and the son are living with he father in London), which suggests he's either at sea or has died by then.
I also can't find him in post office guides for either Pocklington, Yorkshire or Arundel, Sussex in 1855.
Thinking Arundel might be the name of the ship, I've checked the Lloyd's Register for years around 1855. Up to 1853 there is a William Windas master of a ship called the Henry Woolley, which I guess could be him. There is a ship listed for 1854 and 1855 called Arundel but Windas isn't listed as the captain. Nor can I find him scanning all the ships listed starting with 'A'.
So unless someone else has a brain wave, I think we can mark this one as officially 'stumped'.
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