Merchant Seaman Register

[Loobs]

Can anyone out there help me?

I have a relative David Constant from Gravesend in Kent. Probably born in 1820s
Depending on hearsay or whatever records you view he was:
a seaman,
a ships captain,
in the merchant navy
He had died by the time his daughter Eliza/ Elizabeth  married in 1866 in Scotland

Is anyone able to check out the Merchant Seaman Register for me?

Thanks

[Jomot]

There is a seaman's ticket for him in 1847. 

David Constant born Gravesend Kent 1 Mar 1822.  Capacity: Seaman
5ft 4 ins, Black Hair, Brown Eyes, Fresh Complexion
Able to write
First went to sea as an apprentice in 1839
Ticket No. 351554

Also in the Thames Watermen & Lightermen, Binding Records
10 Jan 1839 David Constant of Gravesend bound to John Vincent Dixon

[Girl Guide]

Find My Past has a record of David Constant.  The information from the image states:-

David Constant born at Gravesend, county of Kent, 1st day of March 1822

Capacity - Seaman, height 5' 4", hair black, eyes brown, complexion fresh.

First went to sea as app (I'm assuming this means apprentice) in the year 1839.

This is from a Register Ticket issued at Rochester on 14th day of April 1847.

[Loobs]

Hi
Thank you so much for this information and the speedy reply.
Very much appreciated
 

[hanes teulu]

1851 Census
Ann Constant, Head, Widow, 60, monthly nurse, born Maidstone
David Constant, son, married, 29, Mariner master of yacht, born Gravesend
David Pankhurst, Grandson, 10, born Gravesend
Address 19 Church Street, Gravesend

[hanes teulu]

The GRO (General Register Office) has the death registration of a -

David Constant, age 33, Sep Qtr 1855, Gravesend, 2a 153

Do you have the death cert for your David? Is it one of the records you have re. profession?

[Loobs]

Hi everyone. I really appreciate the team spirit and help.
No, Hanes I don't have David's death certificate. I had real difficulty pinning down the correct David Constant

[Girl Guide]

There is a burial record on FindMyPast for David:-

Buried 26 July 1855 at the Municipal Cemetery, Gravesend

Residence given is New Street

Birth year 1822, age at death 33.

[hanes teulu]

I think his parents were Amos and Ann.
There's an Ann Constant, widow, at 17 New Street on the 1861 Census. She was with David in 1851 at Church Street.

The South Eastern Gazette 1852-1912 is on line at
https://www.ukpressonline.co.uk/ukpressonline/?sf=Km

It's free to register and you might find a report of his death?