Solvay is way too late for your man., whom I think you said died in 1837? I am sure you have dotted all the is and crossed the Ts but I find the change from Master Mariner to surgeon a bit worrying. If he had been a ship's surgeon then records would probably say that. Job changes from professional/apprenticed to non professional, such as shopkeeper or innkeeper are easier to accept. Job changes from unskilled to skilled are just about tenable but crossing from one profession to another seems the least likely. Judy On 19 Feb 2006, at 17:26, Janet wrote: > I have been watching this thread with some interest and curiosity. > On the Liverpool list it was suggested, privately, that one of my > elusive folk might have been engaged in Whitehaven. He was a > Master Mariner at the time of his marriage in 1818 - I may have > already mentioned - and a Surgeon at his death in Liverpool. I am > wondering, whether Sodium Carbonate would create any hazard, > requiring a medical practitioner. Just thinking aloud really. > > Janet > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A BARRATT" <tony.barratt@btopenworld.com> > >>> I'm not sure of the dates when it started, but there would have >>> been >>> considerable traffic from Whitehaven to the Mersey, specifically >>> Runcorn / >>> Widnes, from the Soda Ash plant at Whitehaven( which could have >>> used the >>> Solvay process as recently mentioned) Latterly this was owned by >>> Albright >>> and Wilson. Soda ash (chemically Sodium Carbonate) is an important >>> chemical for a number of processes and products (detergents etc) >>> so would >>> have been shipped in considerable quantities. >>> >>> Dave > > > >> There were also shipping links The Brocklebanks of Whitehaven >> evetually >> settled in Liverpool. They were active in shipping for almost 200 >> years. >> Numerous Liverpool vessels were built on the Cumbria coast >> >> Regards >> Tony >> >> >> >> ---- Original Message ----- >> From: "Dave Greenly" <adg532@yahoo.co.uk> >> >>> Robert Tennant <birkenheadtram@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >>> <Whitehaven is >>> about 150 miles, as the crow flies, North of Liverpool. I >>> think it is also the place that the Pilgrim Fathers left England. >>> Somebody >>> will correct me if I am wrong. Reading lister's notes, there does >>> seem to >>> be >>> a strong connection between people at these to coastal towns, if no >>> apparent >>> trade link> >>> > > > ==== BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== > Our list Web site with links useful for Wirral genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/BIRKENHEAD- > WIRRAL.html > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >