I'm researching shipbuilding at Fishbourne, Binstead parish, Isle of Wight, England in the 19th century. This was the List family business, Daniel LIST (1781-1868) being the master shipbuilder. He probably retired ca 1850 after some 40 years of successful production that seems to have made him a wealthy man. Shipping registers show that James CURTIS built two vessels at Fishbourne, in 1849 & 1852, possibly in conjunction with List. The 1851 Census Index for Binstead, published by the Hampshire Genealogical Society, shows what appears to be a family comprising James Curtis, age 59, born Southampton; Sarah, age 58, born Burseldon; and Alfred, 20, Alice Mary, 25, and Frederick, 23, all born Portsea (Portsmouth). The Census reference is HO/107/1664 page 011. There are no Curtis in the 1841 Census for Binstead. I am curious to know more about James Curtis the shipbuilder and how he came to be working at Fishbourne. Does anyone have any information about him? Thanks, Peter Gawn (Canada).