shipping records for ssCity of London 1855

[lyndyloo6]

Ann Findlay was the daughter of Thomas Findlay and Barbara Farquar, born c 1795.  James Allan is a weaver.  daughter Margaret Allan, inmate registered her death.. Ann was 67 when she died in 1862.  Thomas seems to be still alive.  Diferent parents from Margaret Findlay though.

[MonicaL]

Complete guess with the names only and possible dates:

...I discovered a record of a Margaret Bothwell marrying a S R W Shaw in St. Nicholas, Aberdeen in 1874. Furthermore, a Margaret Bothwell was born to a John Bothwell and Margaret Findlay in 1847 in St. Nicholas. The Bothwell-Findlay union took place in June of 1841. As I could determine from the census, John who married Margaret Findlay was born about 1819 in Old Meldrum which makes him: John Bothwell, (christened 1819 in Old Meldrum) the son of James Bothwell....

http://kylanderbranches.blogspot.com/2007/08/another-bothwell-mystery-cousin-maggie.html

Monica

[sancti]

If you look at the link I gave Lynda, you will see the information on which SS.City of London she is referring to;
www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=8
From my searching tonight The vessel arrived at Glasgow from Calcutta, via London, as per "Caledonian Mercury" 7th June 1855. William Allan died 8th June 1855.
There is 1 William Allan registered in the June Quarter in england
Lambeth 1d 244.
flst

So he died after the ship berthed in Glasgow

His death should be on SP

[Flattybasher9]

Taken from the 1851 census of Brechin.
"Catherine Allan, wife of William Allan, born about 1813, St Cyrus, Kincardine, age 38, Civil Parish, Brechin, Town, Brechin, Address, Upper Wynd.
William Allan, husband of Catherine Allan, born about 1806, St Cyrus, Kincardine, age 45, Civil Parish, Brechin, Town, Brechin, Address, Upper Wynd."
 
William Allan, b 23 October 1808, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire.
Catharine Carnegie, b 24 June 1811, Fordoun, Kincardineshire.
Catharine Carnegie, b 24 July 1812, Fordoun, Kincardineshire. (TWO ENTRIES).

No births for the spelling of Catherine between 1800 and 1820, for the whole of Kincardineshire.

Regards

Malky

[lyndyloo6]

now I am confused....I have Catherine at 26 commerce street with the children in 1851, aged 36, born in Bervie....sailors wife.....

I have looked at Glasgow deaths and still cannot find our William..although I thought I saw  one last night...

[seaweed]

Given that your man was a Fireman. The only vessel that fits the bill is CITY OF LONDON official number 26349 registered in Aberdeen.http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=8186  The other vessels with the name around in 1855 were sailing ships!
Her ownership details would fit too.

What "Shipping records" are you looking for?

[lyndyloo6]

I was wondering if I can access his sailing records to see where he had been...

[Flattybasher9]

"now I am confused....I have Catherine at 26 commerce street with the children in 1851, aged 36, born in Bervie....sailors wife....."

You are not the only one.

There is no record for the birth of a Catherine, or Catharine Carnegie in Bervie between 1800 and 1820, but, there is a birth of a Katharine Carnegie, b 20 December 1807 at Bervie.

Regards

Malky

[MonicaL]

Malky, remember a large number of births/christenings went unregistered or records are now lost. There are a number of entries on the OPRs in Bervie the right period for likely siblings for Catherine, with parents as named in her death cert that Lynda has.

I think Lynda has all the censuses for Catherine between 1851-71 leading up to Catherine's death in 1880.

Monica