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Re: shipping records for ssCity of London 1855
« Reply #63 on: Tuesday 20 September 11 11:16 BST (UK) »
thank you all for the help that you have given me....Yesterday was a fantastic day.  The weather was fantastic.  I found Catherine Carnegies headstone, no mention of our William.  Looked all around to no avail.  I have ordered The death cert in Lambeth, june qtr and await the results of this.
I could not have done this without your help.  I met a family who were from america looking for her grandmothers burial site, so passed on Deceased on line info to here and the Roots chat.
I need to get my head round  using the NA site as I can never get my head round it...

Thr picture of the boat is amazing and difficult to think how hard it must have been to keep it well stoked so it covered the journey.

I found commerce street and it must have changed so much since my ancesters lived there...right on the harbour as well.  Idid not manage to get to the Maritime Museum, but am hoping toget there on a weekend off very soon.

Thank you all for giving me a hand with this and you have stirred up my interest in my hobby again...I need to make time for it cos I enjoyu it so much.  It was well worth the 300+ mile journey.

Regards to all,
Lynda
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Re: shipping records for ssCity of London 1855
« Reply #64 on: Tuesday 20 September 11 15:09 BST (UK) »
Your post makes great reading Lynda  :) Says everything and more about this mad, crazy hobby (AKA obsession!) of ours.

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Re: shipping records for ssCity of London 1855
« Reply #65 on: Wednesday 21 September 11 00:24 BST (UK) »
Of course you are correct Monica.  When people stop thinking Anarchy is the result.
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Re: shipping records for ssCity of London 1855
« Reply #66 on: Monday 26 September 11 20:42 BST (UK) »
I was wondering if I can access his sailing records to see where he had been...
If he had been around after 1861 then we could maybe find his details from Crew agreements via the ships O/N
All I can suggest is that you take a look in the National Archives at Kew.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=2354785&SearchInit=4&SearchType=6&CATREF=bt114%2F1

 Did a bit more on this one.It may be worth searching the following pieces at Kew  BT98/3231   BT98/3638  BT98/4065   BT98/4358 Crew Agreements of Aberdeen vessels 1853-1856
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Re: shipping records for ssCity of London 1855
« Reply #67 on: Monday 26 September 11 22:32 BST (UK) »
thank you so much for this, I will check it in the morning...Thank you Seaweed I will let you know...Lynda
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Horan,  Edinburgh.
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Re: shipping records for ssCity of London 1855
« Reply #68 on: Wednesday 12 October 11 20:50 BST (UK) »
Hi Lynda, have you received the death certificate yet?
Today I collected the copy I'd requested of the book about The Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company Ltd. According to the author, the company's history is based on the Minute Books covering from 1836 - 1925 (held at the University of Aberdeen.The 1940 - 1974 Minute Books were, in 2000, held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.I haven't read the book thoroughly  yet but I can confirm that in February 1854 the British government chartered the "City of London" @ £600 per week for use in the Crimean War.After a boiler repair at Granton, she resumed duties on March 20th 1855, mainly carrying horses & cattle from Genoa & Malta to Balaclava.
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Re: shipping records for ssCity of London 1855
« Reply #69 on: Sunday 01 April 12 10:08 BST (UK) »
well folks, I am so disappointed...I have received the death cert, but it is not the one I am looking for....this William was 70 and single and from London....don't know where to go from here....
But thank you all again for your help..maybe they will always be a mystery......and I dont like mysteries....hehe..
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Horan,  Edinburgh.
Robertson, Penicuik, oodfellow, Hodgson, Birtley,Chester le Street Durham.

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Re: shipping records for ssCity of London 1855
« Reply #70 on: Sunday 01 April 12 13:47 BST (UK) »
Oh, Lynda, what a pain  :-\ :'(

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Re: shipping records for ssCity of London 1855
« Reply #71 on: Sunday 01 April 12 13:52 BST (UK) »
I can only say I am gutted after such a long wait...my fault as I never sent for it immediatly...financial constraint...recession....hehe, but will find it though....such is my confidence..lol
Welsh Allan, Wemyss, Caird, McAllister,Gibb, Kincardineshire,
Chisholm, Rew,McDonald,Macdonald, Brechin, McConnachie, Pirie, Welsh, Angus
Gibb, Allan, Ross, Stewart,McRobb, Aberdeenshire,
Horan,  Edinburgh.
Robertson, Penicuik, oodfellow, Hodgson, Birtley,Chester le Street Durham.