Hello I'm trying to establish how a member of my ancestral family drowned between Tralee and Schull on the 9th February 1884 whilst a crew member on a vessel . Unfortunately I don't have the name of the ship . All I have is the inscription on the family gravestone naming him as Lewis Williams aged 14 ys ,drowned between the places mentioned above .It did imply that his body wasn't recovered . He came from Newuay ,Cardiganshire Wales . Does anyone know of any shipping disasters for that time and in the areas mentioned or any newspaper report of the drowning ? many thanks Buddug Hollett

The National Maritime Museum have a website covering memorials at: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/memorials/Memorials.cfm which may be of assistance Regards Jeanette Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buddug Hollett" <buddugh@talktalk.net> To: <IRL-CORK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 10:22 PM Subject: drowning between Tralee and Schull > Hello > I'm trying to establish how a member of my ancestral family drowned > between Tralee and Schull on the 9th February 1884 whilst a crew member on > a vessel . Unfortunately I don't have the name of the ship . All I have is > the inscription on the family gravestone naming him as Lewis Williams aged > 14 ys ,drowned between the places mentioned above .It did imply that his > body wasn't recovered . He came from Newuay ,Cardiganshire Wales . > Does anyone know of any shipping disasters for that time and in the areas > mentioned or any newspaper report of the drowning ? > many thanks > Buddug Hollett > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Jeanette Thanks for the info .I hadn't tried that site Thanks again, Buddug ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanette Lee" <JeanetteLee@bigpond.com> To: <irl-cork@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 7:42 AM Subject: Re: drowning between Tralee and Schull > The National Maritime Museum have a website covering memorials at: > > http://www.nmm.ac.uk/memorials/Memorials.cfm > > which may be of assistance > Regards > Jeanette Lee > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Buddug Hollett" <buddugh@talktalk.net> > To: <IRL-CORK@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 10:22 PM > Subject: drowning between Tralee and Schull > > >> Hello >> I'm trying to establish how a member of my ancestral family drowned >> between Tralee and Schull on the 9th February 1884 whilst a crew member >> on >> a vessel . Unfortunately I don't have the name of the ship . All I have >> is >> the inscription on the family gravestone naming him as Lewis Williams >> aged >> 14 ys ,drowned between the places mentioned above .It did imply that his >> body wasn't recovered . He came from Newuay ,Cardiganshire Wales . >> Does anyone know of any shipping disasters for that time and in the areas >> mentioned or any newspaper report of the drowning ? >> many thanks >> Buddug Hollett >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Buddug. Unfortunately, your family member may have just had the misfortune to have been lost overboard. On of mine was presumed to have fallen overboard 1 Dec 1889 aged 19 on the way to the Cape of Good Hope. His fate is only known from a letter written to his parents. I hope you manage to solve your mystery. >From Jenny, Sydney, Australia My Family History Website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~becher/index.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buddug Hollett" <buddugh@talktalk.net> To: <IRL-CORK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 12:22 AM Subject: drowning between Tralee and Schull > Hello > I'm trying to establish how a member of my ancestral family drowned > between Tralee and Schull on the 9th February 1884 whilst a crew member on > a vessel . Unfortunately I don't have the name of the ship . All I have is > the inscription on the family gravestone naming him as Lewis Williams aged > 14 ys ,drowned between the places mentioned above .It did imply that his > body wasn't recovered . He came from Newuay ,Cardiganshire Wales . > Does anyone know of any shipping disasters for that time and in the areas > mentioned or any newspaper report of the drowning ? > many thanks > Buddug Hollett >