Hello Listers I have been endeavouring to trace a time of death in respect to my 3 x g.grandfather Alexander Robertson. All that I know of him todate is that he married at Jarrow on 26th June 1791. His wife Mary ROBERTSON, nee SAMPSON, baptised Alnwick 30 July 1769 survived him in South Shields until 1844. At the time of the 1841 census she was living with her youngest son Thomas Robertson(1795-1872). My next lead will have to come from a signature on the indenture documentation for the two sons, William Robertson (1792-1861) & Thomas Roberston (1795-1872). Both these sons were originally shipwrights and lived in South Shields, so would surely have been apprenticed. On another occasion, my grandmother's g. grandfather, Wynham RENNISON aged 11 years, was apprenticed on deck on the 3 April 1795. Fortunately the original of this document has remained in the care of my immediate family and it revealed that his mother had signed these indentures. This action confirmed that her husband, Ephraim Rennison, had passed on earlier. I have now established that Ephraim was buried in St Hilda's cemetery. As you will note Wyndham was 11 years older than the William mentioned above. Could some kind person direct me, if possible, to a source which could provide me with access to indenture information for South Shields resident apprentices say in the years 1805-1815? Kindest regards Alan Bird Brisbane Qld Aus.