Hi, Listers I have been told that my relative, Albert Joseph Hunter Dodd (b 1882), was educated at the Sunderland Orphan Asylum which he entered in 1893 or 95, his widowed mother living at 44 Sea View Cottages, Grangetown, Sunderland. He left there on 26 Dec 1896 and went to sea, working at one time on SS Yongala of the Adelaide Steam Shipping Co. However, he was no longer on the Yongala when, in 1911, en route from Melbourne to Cairns, she steamed into a cyclone and sank with no survivors . (It is now, according to Google, a very popular Scuba-diving site) His father was Joseph Hunter Dodd (1846-91). I don't know his mother's name. That's all I "know". I cannot say which details of this story are fact and which are scraps of family legend. Can anyone suggest where I might look for more, please? Bruce Dodd Ottawa

On 21/07/2010 06:26, "Bruce Dodd" <bmdodd@rogers.com> wrote: > > I have been told that my relative, Albert Joseph Hunter Dodd (b 1882), GRO Ref Sunderland 1883 MarQ Volume 10a page 601 1891 Census RG12; Piece: 4139; Folio 103; Page 17 Living at 15 Villers Street, Bishopwearmouth with father Joseph Hunter Dodd a Pawn Broker (wife Isabella C), 5 siblings and a nurse. Can send image if you want. You can find some of the births and deaths by searching at http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl You can also find his father's marriage in Sunderland RD in1874 To Isabella COLLING Regards Robin