If you can't find him in the marine deaths register at GRO there are some other suggestions here http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/UKDeathsAtSea.html. Also might be worth contacting http://www.scarboroughsmaritimeheritage.org.uk/ If you can find his records in the Britain merchant seaman records at findmypast, then you may be able to crossreference with some of the vessels names (where all crew lost) from here http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~stormrhb/lost.htm Good luck Corinne Curtis #5579 On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 6:51 PM, Jim Owston via <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks: > > I am looking for city directories for Scarborough in the 1870s. I am > trying to pinpoint a death of a mariner at sea. No burial records > exist as he was not buried in the local parish. His death occurred > between 1871 and January 1878. > > The directories may list his wife as a widow and this may pinpoint a > year of death. > > The sailor's name was Thomas Owston born 1840 - married to Hannah Pockley. > > The date of death will aid in determining the paternity of his > children, as some were clearly born years after his death. The > paternity of several of his older children are in question. > > Thanks for any help in this matter. > > -- > Jim > > James M. Owston, EdD > Owston One-Name Study > #5647 > [email protected] > http://www.one-name.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi?find=5647 > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message