Crew list on the Opawa ship

[carolhuia.smith]

My great great grandma and granddad were crew on this boat, I think the year was 1867 or 1868. My great great grandma was 15, born 1862 Stratford, Avon, England, she was a maid, my great great granddad was a cook. they met on this ship, later got married when he went back to India to changed his name to Samuel Fredrick Timmo, born 9 May 1852 Madras, Tamil, Nadu, India. How will I find a crew list for this ship. Also I'm trying to find Samuel ancestors All we have for him is his dad Samuel Alfred John Timmo born 1832 in India, and his mum Minnie, now maiden name, born 1836 India. we have now grandparents, great grandparents etc. for him or his parents.

[seaweed]

If your GGGrandmother was born in 1862 that would make the date she was on board OPAWA as 1877/78 which would make sense as the ship was not built until 1876 at Linthouse. A sailing vessel of some 1076 tons, owned by New Zealand Shipping co.Ltd. Christchurch NZ.
OPAWA was official number 73740
Her 1877 Crew Agreements are available from here
http://www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/viewcombinedcrews.php?Official_No=73740
I think they charge C$40 for a search but they are very efficient and well worth the fee.
Her 1878 Crew agreements are in the British National Archive.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C2478549

Do you have a previous name for Samuel Fredrick Timmo?

[SharonDaily]

 Hi
I too am looking at the history of Samuel Frederick Timmo
MaryAnn and Samuel are my 3rd great- grandparents
Was hoping crew list would help