John Murphy born 1855 Swansea Wales joined as a fireman on the Steam Ship Lady Bertha ON.70513 of Swansea at Swansea on the 2nd Dec 1881, previous ship was the Berlin of London. On arrival at Cette France 29th April 1882 discharged by the British Consul on the grounds that he belongs to the Militia and ordered home to join his regiment at Swansea. Bryan www.swanseamariners.org.uk

There are lots of John MURPHY entries in the 'Cambrian',probably more than one person, but this one looks as if it might be the same man 19 May 1876 SWANSEA POLICE: JOHN MURPHY MILITIAMAN ACCUSED OF BEING DRUNK IN HIGH STREET, WITNESS PC 32.P3 Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Richards" <bryanrichards@btinternet.com> To: <Glamorgan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 8:07 PM Subject: [GLA] Another odd excuse to leave the ship > John Murphy born 1855 Swansea Wales joined as a fireman on the Steam Ship > Lady Bertha ON.70513 of Swansea at Swansea on the > 2nd Dec 1881, previous ship was the Berlin of London. On arrival at Cette > France 29th April 1882 discharged by the British Consul on the grounds > that he belongs to the Militia and ordered home to join his regiment at > Swansea. > > Bryan > www.swanseamariners.org.uk > > > -- > > To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be > found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >