Hi Wendy,
Thank you for sending me all that information. Funny, but when the digest arrived this morning, there wasn't anything from you.
I think that I have to accept that the captain of the Oswy was Daniel Fairburn as a lot of sailings took place after I think Robert died.
The Lloyds' register of captains doesn't show him at all! So that's disappointing.
Adi, on the list found a Captain Robert Fairburn in London in 1835, but I have no idea if he was ever in that part of the world.
It's interesting that Daniel named his only son, John, when his father was also a Daniel, and his wife's father was Ralf. I believe Robert Fairburn had a brother and also their father was named John.
Thanks for your help.