That is the conclusion that I came to, but it would be nice to know for sure what happened to him. The thing that gets me is there is nothing, not even a death for him after 1881. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Warn"

Bob Newell wrote >The thing that gets me is there is nothing, not even a death for him >after 1881. Have you checked for deaths abroad? If he *had* joined the Merchant Navy and died at sea his death would not appear in the ordinary indexes. -- Jenny M Benson