Hi again, Walter I of course appreciate that your health problems restrict your 'pc time' nowadays, but wondered if you might perhaps have missed my response to your question re the Crosby Lightship 1850-1870 viz :- >What sort of information were you hoping for concerning the Crosby >Lightship c1850-1870? >Since responsibility would at that time have come under the auspices of the >MDHB, records of both personnel and vessel should be in the Merseyside >Maritime Museum archives at Albert Dock. >Let's know exactly what you want and I'll see what I can do? Best wishes Gordon From: "Gordon Evans" <gordon.w.evans@btinternet.com> To: <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:54 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] William TREVASKISS,executed 23 July 1844 in Halifax, Nova Scotia >Hi Walter >Sorry to hear of your health problems, but good to see you back on the >Merseyside list again after a long absence. :-) >Many thanks for searching the Scotland's People data-base, even if this >did >prove fruitless. >Wonder how complete their data-base is, and whether they're still adding >to >it? >James GILBERTSON and Sarah POPLAR (the witnesses to Elizabeth TREVASKISS's >wedding in 1848) married quite late in life in London, banns being read in >the churches of Southwark St Thomas (James' parish) and Streatham St >Leonard >(Sarah's) on 28 August, 4 September & 11 September 1836, culminating in :- >Marriage >St Thomas, Southwark >22 September 1836 >James GILBERTSON, bachelor, and Sarah Esther POPLAR, spinster >Both signed the register >Witnesses were William ARMSTRONG and Maria ARMSTRONG >The bride's full names would appear to scotch my suggestion that she and >John TREVASKISS's wife (Esther POPLAR) may have been sisters, but the >indications are that they must have been related in some way? >What sort of information were you hoping for concerning the Crosby >Lightship >c1850-1870? >Since responsibility would at that time have come under the auspices of >the >MDHB, records of both personnel and vessel should be in the Merseyside >Maritime Museum >archives at Albert Dock. >Let's know exactly what you want and I'll see what I can do? >Best regards >Gordon > From: "Walter Jones" <alsrecs@btopenworld.com> > To: <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 10:01 PM > Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] William TREVASKISS,executed 23 July 1844 in > Halifax, Nova Scotia > > Hello Gordon, and George, > Nice to be able to get involved for a change, but I'm afraid that after > trying late last night, and again earlier today, I have, after trying > everything I can think of, been unable to find anything on " > scotlandspeople > " to do with anyone by the name of POPLAR or any variants, nor Marriages > Etc:- for GILBERTSON. > I did find quite a few GILBERTSON'S in Shetlands, but non of the correct > F'nasme or Age, Census was a washout too for POPLAR. > Sorry I've not been able to get on the List much since Jan' so I hope all > Listers are Well? I've got to limit my time at the PC. due to Health > problems, which have eased a bit just lately, but still have to be > careful, > Old Age, don't help much either. > If there's Anything I can help with? Please let me know, and I'll do my > best > for you, and Anybody else for that matter. > One question for Gordon, would you know anything about the "" CROSBY LIGHT > SHIP ""? about 1850 TO 1870 ISH!? I've tried a number of searches but got > nothing of any use. > I'll need to leave it there for now, hope to hear from you > soon? > Walter, (SCOTLAND).