Hi Mel How about Name: SOWTER Initials: H W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: First Engineer Regiment/Service: Mercantile Marine Unit Text: Steam Trawler "Celia" (Hull) Age: 26 Date of Death: 08/01/1915 Additional information: Husband of Mrs. Sowter, of 7, Salisbury St., Hull. Born at Yarmouth. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > I've stumbled upon a tree on Ancestry that lists my aunt and uncle plus > ancestors on her branch which I did not have > > One ancestor on the tree - Hezekiah William SOWTER is listed as died in > 1915 - lost at sea. No sources for this are given. > > I have searched both FreeBMD and the Yorkshire BMD for a death entry > without > results. > His residence in 1901 was Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire and in the 1911 > census he was visiting another family in Sculcoates and his occupation is > given as Marine Engineer. > > I have found his marriage in 1913, the birth of a son in late 1913 and the > remarriage of his widow in 1916 > So the death entry would appear to be reasonably accurate and occupation > and > fact of being lost at sea could jibe. > FindMyPast deaths at sea only go to 1890 > Are there some other sources I can check (preferably online) that would > confirm this death > > Thanks > > Mel Smith > Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Nivard: Many thanks for that. It is definitely him. I never linked 1915 with WW1 and a war related death. I was fixated on a fishing trawler, with emphasis on fish. I am assuming this came from the CWGC site. Mel -----Original Message----- From: eng-yorkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-yorkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington Sent: December 23, 2010 2:29 PM To: eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] Lost at Sea ?? Hi Mel How about Name: SOWTER Initials: H W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: First Engineer Regiment/Service: Mercantile Marine Unit Text: Steam Trawler "Celia" (Hull) Age: 26 Date of Death: 08/01/1915 Additional information: Husband of Mrs. Sowter, of 7, Salisbury St., Hull. Born at Yarmouth. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > I've stumbled upon a tree on Ancestry that lists my aunt and uncle plus > ancestors on her branch which I did not have > > One ancestor on the tree - Hezekiah William SOWTER is listed as died in > 1915 - lost at sea. No sources for this are given. > > I have searched both FreeBMD and the Yorkshire BMD for a death entry > without > results. > His residence in 1901 was Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire and in the 1911 > census he was visiting another family in Sculcoates and his occupation is > given as Marine Engineer. > > I have found his marriage in 1913, the birth of a son in late 1913 and the > remarriage of his widow in 1916 > So the death entry would appear to be reasonably accurate and occupation > and > fact of being lost at sea could jibe. > FindMyPast deaths at sea only go to 1890 > Are there some other sources I can check (preferably online) that would > confirm this death > > Thanks > > Mel Smith > Whitby, Ontario, Canada Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message