Sharon wrote: > William Trevelyan, his wife Julia and daughter Elizabeth Jane (born 2 May > 1860 Collingwood) departed Melbourne in May 1861 on the ship Sussex for > London. It is believed the wife Julia died on the voyage. > > William and the daughter Elizabeth who was renamed Julia Thomas, have been > found back in Cornwall where the daughter (Julia Thomas) died 2 Sept 1861, > age 17 months. > > I am unable to find any record of the ship Sussex in London with reference > to deaths at sea. Can anyone help please. > > Regards > Sharon I read somewhere that BDM events at sea were recorded at the next port of call, regardless of nationality. That may or may not help. Doug.

It may even be more complicated than that, someone in my tree died on the voyage from London to New Zealand and was reported as having died "near the Falkland Islands" in 1852. The death(s) were reported by the Ship's Master in Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (soon to be Tasmania) I have never understood if they gave up trying to round the Horn and went to NZ "the long way around" via Tasmania or if there were not suitable reporting facilities in NZ at the time so Hobart was the "next" port of call? -----Original Message----- From: Doug Laidlaw [mailto:blackhole@afraid.org] Sent: 11 December 2009 01:11 To: genanz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Possible Death at sea Sharon wrote: > William Trevelyan, his wife Julia and daughter Elizabeth Jane (born 2 May > 1860 Collingwood) departed Melbourne in May 1861 on the ship Sussex for > London. It is believed the wife Julia died on the voyage. > > William and the daughter Elizabeth who was renamed Julia Thomas, have been > found back in Cornwall where the daughter (Julia Thomas) died 2 Sept 1861, > age 17 months. > > I am unable to find any record of the ship Sussex in London with reference > to deaths at sea. Can anyone help please. > > Regards > Sharon I read somewhere that BDM events at sea were recorded at the next port of call, regardless of nationality. That may or may not help. Doug.