"Steve Walker" <stevewalker@stevewalker.karoo.co.uk> wrote: > > My Great, Great......Grandad Thomas Holyman was a Master Mariner and > it looks like he was at sea for the 1881 and 1891 census. > > I'm really after his date of birth and marriage details to Lydia > Holyman (not sure of pre marital name yet). > > The only details I have is that Lydia was born in 1836 and at the > time of the 1881 census was living in Hull, Yorks, UK at 11 > Boulevard. But I believe by 1892 had moved to 245 Boulevard. > > Is there anyway I can find out marriage dates and possibly search > who was onboard ships at the time? just lost a big post on 1881 as MS OE died and I had not done a control S quite a few around Holman Navy "Indus" and "cityof London" then started googlin 1881 Census: Residents of Whitechapel Union Workhouse ... Medlock. Thomas HOLYMAN, U, 66, M, Inmate, Seaman, London, City Of, Middlesex. ... Middlesex. John MCDONALD, W, 63, M, Inmate, Mariner, Liverpool, Lancashire. ... users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/Whitechapel/ WhitechapelSouthGrove1881.html about the right age ? a possible there are also a Holyman in Tasmania shipping line PRO has records, too: http://catalogue.pro.gov.uk ships lists seamans pouches some have been dispersed to Greenwich and Canada Hugh W "Hugh Watkins" <hugh_watkins@net.dialog.dk>