Hello, all, Again, Malcolm on the Wigtownshire list, has done some fantastic sleuthing, this time finding the 1875 Register of Accounts of Wages & Effects of Deceased Seamen, etc., recovered and disposed of. The entry of interest is for Gordon Hyslop, one the three brothers in one family who drowned. Sarah Hyslop was the sister of the three Hyslop brothers and was my great-great-grandmother married to William Clint. The Hyslop family of 11 chilsdren lived in Auchencairn, Kirkcudbrightshire. Sarah Hyslop and William Clint (he from Carlingwark --- Kelton---Kirkcudbrightshire0, also lived in Auchencairn. (William Clint is the brick wall as nothing can be found of his parentage or siblings.) The entry for Gordon Hyslop has an obvious error as being a 3rd Engr. at age 12. He served on the Victoria ouT of Liverpool and drowned when the ship was in Lagos, Nigeria, 1875. As Britain had abolished the slave trade in 1807 (?), this ship could not have been involved in this trade, therefore. I am trying to find out more about the Victoria and what its shipping business was in Lagos, Nigeria at that time. Gordon Hyslop’s name is the only entry on the page from the Victoria. Any suggestions where I can look to find out more about the Victoria? Maisie

Hi Maisie The entry is more detailed than you mention, the pertinent part being the official number, it reads :- Mar 24 (1875) L'Pool Victoria 63769 Africa HYSLOP Gordon 3rd Engineer age 12 2nd Jan 1875 Lagos drowned 12/- Collr Lagos Mar 24 (its transcribed as HYSTOP) Using the official number The Victoria (one of many ships so named) was built in 1870 and first registered at Glasgow , built by Henderson Coulborn & Co Renfrew It seems to have had a fairly short life being hulked from 1879 http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?a1PageSize=25&year_built=&builder=&a1Order=Sorter_name&a1Dir=DESC&a1Page=47&ref=9866&vessel=VICTORIA Builders http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Henderson,_Coulborn_and_Co You may find voyages mentioned in the newspapers Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 09/04/2016 04:22, Maisie Egger via wrote: > Hello, all, > > Again, Malcolm on the Wigtownshire list, has done some fantastic > sleuthing, this time finding the 1875 Register of Accounts of Wages & > Effects of Deceased Seamen, etc., recovered and disposed of. > > The entry of interest is for Gordon Hyslop, one the three brothers > in one family who drowned. Sarah Hyslop was the sister of the three > Hyslop brothers and was my great-great-grandmother married to William > Clint. The Hyslop family of 11 chilsdren lived in Auchencairn, > Kirkcudbrightshire. Sarah Hyslop and William Clint (he from > Carlingwark --- Kelton---Kirkcudbrightshire0, also lived in > Auchencairn. (William Clint is the brick wall as nothing can be > found of his parentage or siblings.) > > The entry for Gordon Hyslop has an obvious error as being a 3rd Engr. > at age 12. > > He served on the Victoria ouT of Liverpool and drowned when the ship > was in Lagos, Nigeria, 1875. > > As Britain had abolished the slave trade in 1807 (?), this ship could > not have been involved in this trade, therefore. > > I am trying to find out more about the Victoria and what its shipping > business was in Lagos, Nigeria at that time. Gordon Hyslop’s name is > the only entry on the page from the Victoria. > > Any suggestions where I can look to find out more about the > Victoria? > > Maisie --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Hello Maisie Have you tried the Bartlett Library, National Maritime Museum Cornwall or the Newfoundland Maritime History Archive https://www.mun.ca/mha/ Cheers Susan -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Maisie Egger via Sent: Saturday, 9 April 2016 1:23 PM To: LANARK@rootsweb.com Subject: [Lanark] Victoria ship 1875, Lagos, Nigeria Hello, all, Again, Malcolm on the Wigtownshire list, has done some fantastic sleuthing, this time finding the 1875 Register of Accounts of Wages & Effects of Deceased Seamen, etc., recovered and disposed of. The entry of interest is for Gordon Hyslop, one the three brothers in one family who drowned. Sarah Hyslop was the sister of the three Hyslop brothers and was my great-great-grandmother married to William Clint. The Hyslop family of 11 chilsdren lived in Auchencairn, Kirkcudbrightshire. Sarah Hyslop and William Clint (he from Carlingwark --- Kelton---Kirkcudbrightshire0, also lived in Auchencairn. (William Clint is the brick wall as nothing can be found of his parentage or siblings.) The entry for Gordon Hyslop has an obvious error as being a 3rd Engr. at age 12. He served on the Victoria ouT of Liverpool and drowned when the ship was in Lagos, Nigeria, 1875. As Britain had abolished the slave trade in 1807 (?), this ship could not have been involved in this trade, therefore. I am trying to find out more about the Victoria and what its shipping business was in Lagos, Nigeria at that time. Gordon Hyslop’s name is the only entry on the page from the Victoria. Any suggestions where I can look to find out more about the Victoria? Maisie ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Maisie, Here is another link that may help: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/archive/info-sheet.aspx?sheetId=47 Best wishes, John