I'm looking for information on William Elgin Birch. He was born around 1830 in the District of Columbia. He married Mary Jane Stevens(from Maryland) in San Francisco in 1858. He appears on the 1860 census in San Francisco along with his wife and son, also named William Elgin Birch. There is also an H. A. Stevens, 43, female and Geo. W. Stevens 10 years old in their household. William Elgin is listed as a crewmember of the Pacific Mail Ship "Golden Gate". I have found him on many crew lists for ships that traveled from San Francisco to Panama and back. In 1862 he was captain of a Schooner "Gov. Wallace" which sailed to Shanghai. He died there of Cholera. Although D.C. is listed as his place of birth on the 1860 census, I can't seem to find him on an earlier census in D.C. There is a William Birch listed on the 1850 D.C. Census who is about the right age, but resides with a J. T. Birch and his family, but the way he is listed indicates that he is an apprentice cabinet maker and may not be related at all to J.T. Birch. Any help would be appreciated. Jodie Birch