Hi, I'd really appreciate it if someone could help. I'm trying to find the death of Thomas Scott born 1856 in Greatham. He married Margaret Hannah Suffield on the 31/12/1879 and their daughter Amelia was born Oct/Nov 1880. Thomas died before the 1881 census as this shows Margaret as a widow. The story in the family is that Thomas died onboard a ship that was involved in some kind of military action but I don't know if it was a merchant vessel or a royal navy ship or even how true the story is. Can anyone tell me how I can find his death and/or the name of ship? Many thanks Patricia

Patricia, the findmypast, formerly 1837online, site has the deaths at sea index, go to their site and look for Overseas BMDs click the link then scroll through list of available indexes to find the deaths at sea. I don't have the link for the site but if you google for findmypast it should come up. regards Jenny DeAngelis Spain. > I'd really appreciate it if someone could help. > I'm trying to find the death of Thomas Scott born 1856 > in Greatham. > He married Margaret Hannah Suffield on the 31/12/1879 > and their daughter Amelia was born Oct/Nov 1880. > Thomas died before the 1881 census as this shows > Margaret as a widow. >