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US Citizens abroad
« on: Sunday 27 June 10 03:04 BST (UK) »
Hello, I am presented with an issue I am not sure how to go about solving.
I have an ancestor named Edmund Duckworth (b. abt 1806 in England) emigrated to New York City in abt 1834. He married Catherine Beatty, born abt 1814 in Ireland, in New York City in 1835. Edmund was naturalized in the NYC Marine Court in 1838 and after that no record of him in the USA can be found. One of his sons, Samuel Ezekiel Duckworth was born in 1847 in Bogota, Colombia, and died in Brooklyn in 1917. His obituary stated that his father Edmund was United States Consul General to the United States of Colombia and later moved to Panama where he lived for some years. There are numerous records of his wife and his children traveling between Aspinwall, Panama, and NYC.
Sooo, my question is how would I go about finding a death record of Edmund Duckworth if he died in Panama? I am mainly interested in the birthplace, birth date, parentage, etc. of Edmund. If anyone has access to any Panama records, a look-up would be fantastic ;D. Otherwise, any ideas would also be greatly appreciated. Thank you,

Ben

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Re: US Citizens abroad
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 27 June 10 04:17 BST (UK) »
Could this be Edmund?
New York passenger list, from Aspinwall, Panama and Kingston, Jamaica to New York.  Arriving 3 January 1853 on board the Georgia:
E Duckworth, born c1806, American.  Occupation: Contractor(?)

There are two "US" columns; perhaps this man was born in America.  :-\
Ellison: Co. Wicklow/Canada       Fowley: Sligo/Canada       Furnival: Lancashire/Canada       Ibbotson: Sheffield/Canada       Lee/DeJongh: Lancashire & Cheshire       Mumford: Essex/Canada       Ovens: Ireland/Canada       Sarge: Yorkshire/Canada             Stuart: Sligo/Canada       Sullivan: Co. Clare/Canada      Vaus: Sussex/Surrey      Wakefield: Tuam or Ballinasloe, Ireland              (Surname: Originated/Place Last Lived)  (Canadians lived in Ontario)

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Re: US Citizens abroad
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 27 June 10 06:50 BST (UK) »
Yeah I saw that entry too. I couldn't distinguish what his occupation was. This could very well be him. By this point he was naturalized, so he could be referred to as being American