Yes, I'm still searching for him!!
Am I right in thinking that if someone died on board a vessel at sea they made an entry in the Captain's Log Book and disposed of the body. When they returned to port the Captain was required to register the death.
There is an entry that a Daniel Booth died on 10th August 1839. The vessel returned to port on 12th February 1840.
It is not in the GRO index - could it be in the Liverpool Register? They keep giving me the number for Southport but they can only help with the ones on the index!
Doolittle
