Bob Campbell via <genbrit@rootsweb.com> Wrote in message: > I have just received via mail a record stating that at the age of 14/15 an > ancestor George Lake PICKERING "ran away to sea" in 1823. > My question being, are there any records online, Royal Navy or merchant > seaman crew lists from this period? > 5 years later in 1828 George Lake PICKERING was back in London getting > married and remained in London/Surrey for the remainder of his life. > > Cheers from > Bob in Brisbane > > Sounds as likely as one of mine, Bob. He is supposed to have taken a dislike to his stepfather, fired a gun at him, then ran away to sea and came back a captain. the truth is that his father was a captain. The son was a merchant who married then emigrated to South Australia in the usual way. But you have a "record."How believable is it? Doug in Bendigo, Vic. --
Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> Wrote in message: > Bob Campbell via <genbrit@rootsweb.com> Wrote in message: >> I have just received via mail a record stating that at the age of 14/15 an >> ancestor George Lake PICKERING "ran away to sea" in 1823. >> My question being, are there any records online, Royal Navy or merchant >> seaman crew lists from this period? >> 5 years later in 1828 George Lake PICKERING was back in London getting >> married and remained in London/Surrey for the remainder of his life. >> >> Cheers from >> Bob in Brisbane >> >> > > Sounds as likely as one of mine, Bob. He is supposed to have > taken a dislike > to his stepfather, fired a gun at him, then ran away to sea and > came back a captain. > the truth is that his father was a captain. The son was a > merchant who married > then emigrated to South Australia in the usual way. > > But you have a "record."How believable is it? > > Doug in Bendigo, Vic. > -- > Another thought, Bob. Would he have been accepted as a sailor at 15? Doug. --
On 07/11/2015 21:30, Doug Laidlaw wrote: > Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> Wrote in message: >> Bob Campbell via <genbrit@rootsweb.com> Wrote in message: >>> I have just received via mail a record stating that at the age of 14/15 an >>> ancestor George Lake PICKERING "ran away to sea" in 1823. >>> My question being, are there any records online, Royal Navy or merchant >>> seaman crew lists from this period? >>> 5 years later in 1828 George Lake PICKERING was back in London getting >>> married and remained in London/Surrey for the remainder of his life. >>> >>> Cheers from >>> Bob in Brisbane >>> >>> >> >> Sounds as likely as one of mine, Bob. He is supposed to have >> taken a dislike >> to his stepfather, fired a gun at him, then ran away to sea and >> came back a captain. >> the truth is that his father was a captain. The son was a >> merchant who married >> then emigrated to South Australia in the usual way. >> >> But you have a "record."How believable is it? >> >> Doug in Bendigo, Vic. >> -- >> > > Another thought, Bob. Would he have been accepted as a sailor at 15? > No problem, would have been quite normal at that time. -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Doug Laidlaw wrote: >> Sounds as likely as one of mine, Bob. He is supposed to have >> taken a dislike >> to his stepfather, fired a gun at him, then ran away to sea and >> came back a captain. >> the truth is that his father was a captain. The son was a >> merchant who married >> then emigrated to South Australia in the usual way. >> >> But you have a "record."How believable is it? >> >> Doug in Bendigo, Vic. >> -- >> > > Another thought, Bob. Would he have been accepted as a sailor at 15? > > Doug. > The usual age for merchant marine apprentices was 14, some boys went to sea even earlier as cabin boys and the like. Midshipmen in the Royal Navy could be as young as 10 or 11. -- Anne Chambers South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com