Camara Momo

[taggg]

Hi

any help on Camara Momo married to Agnes Cunningham, one child? Margaret born 1922.

Regards

William

[sancti]

Although the birth is showing on SP index I can't see the marriage record for the parents.

[hume]

Hi William,

From the death record found on SP:

Camara Momo, 33 years, ship stoker, single [bold my own]
d. September 11th 1928 at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow (us. res. 44 Macbeth Street)
parents - William Momo, ----- (deceased) and Margaret Momo m.s. ----- (deceased)

A Corrected Entry was made only to note his age at death from 33 to 34.

hume

[sancti]

2 members on GR have Margaret on their tree

[Johnboy2u]

Hi, Camara Momo had another child a few years later called Mary(deceased several years ago). Mary was my mother. My mother also told me she had another  sister who died of whooping cough while a still a baby. Camara ( my grandfather and granny never married as far as I know,although she had been previously married with children whom she had little in life. My mother has little recognition of her dad as he died when she was  an infant.

[taggg]

hi Johnboy2u.

all that i have on Camara is born 12 March 1895 Sierra Leone, death 11 sept 1928 Royal infirmary Glasgow, 9:45 pm Cerebral Haemorage, informant John Wilson.
Partner Agnes Norwood Mills born about 1888 death 1979 no other details.

Children

 Margaret McDougall Ankrah Momo born 1 july 1922 Glasgow, death 7 sept 1996 Glasgow. married to Geoge Webster Neary 31 dec 1941.

Mary born about 1928 death Jan 2011.



This is all i have on the Momo family

[Johnboy2u]

Yes Margaret(Peggy) is older by a few years. Mary  Momo was born 11 November 1926. Margaret's children (Neary)obviously are my cousins. I have seen the photo of Camara, which is on his passport. I think his nationality on it was "Negro", although he was classed as British.My mother lost the passport which was given to her  a few years before she died. what is interesting is that Camara was a ship stoker. Quite a few West Africans did the same  job.  Some stayed on in Scotland, but no without experiencing racism. After WW1 many of these  african workers where almost demobbed from serving on  ships for GB during the war. There was a race riot in Glasgow 1919 involving the african shipworkers. Not sure if he took part. But shots were fired, and my mum  said she thought her dad had a gun. This may be true as a lot of the ship workers had guns, especially just after the war. My aim is to find Camara's grave and put a memorial on it if not already got one.

[seaweed]

There are some Merchant Navy records for him on Find My Past. Both Cards CR10. On one he is titled Barara, on the other Canana but definitely him as photo ID is the same. He served as a Fireman, never ever a Stoker. on a number of British ships between 1918 and 1921 and in all likelihood had service throughout the First World War. Although he is titled Carara I have no doubt it his him.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8065503
If you need help interpreting the numbers on his CR10 cards just shout. Crew lists and Logbooks of the ships he sailed on should give you more general information about him.

[Johnboy2u]

Thanks always known him as a Ship Stoker, filling engines with coal. Not sure why his name has variations: possibly poor interpretation? Really grateful for the info as I had planned to find out  which ships he said with,is there any record of him, do others(probably deceased) have recollection of him. I hope to get to Glasgow sometime to look at burial records, more likely Sighthill Cemetery or others in theeast end. Not sure where they lived. My mother mentioned Muse Lane Cowcaddens(a horrid place). Margaret and my mum were brought up it Scotstoun. My mum moved to Richmond Street(now Strathclyde  Uni). Mary McDermid Kane is my mum's married name. It is by chance i only found out you were searching by looking up records of Smyllum House(terrible place), where my mum vaguely remembers being as a child, although for probably less than a year due to a family illness.