This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SOC.2ACE/886 Message Board Post: While searching for William Smith (see previous post) I came across the following deaths, that may be of interest to SMITH researchers : (1) James Edward SMITH - born: Brighton, Digby County. Residing: Digby. Age 34 (in 1875). Captain of the barque HARRY BAILEY, died at London, England, on Sunday, October 24, 1875. (2) Charles SMITH - born: Freeport, Digby County. Age 29 (in 1880). Second Mate on ship, EDITH TROOP, ( Captain was John Anderson Smith, born Eastport, Maine). Charles Smith " fell overboard and drowned " on Saturday, 15 May, 1880. Location given as " Atlantic Ocean North". ( Source : Cd - SHIPS AND SEAFARERS of ATLANTIC CANADA, Memorial University of Newfoundland.) John Thurber