Very good information, Nivard. I just would not have known where to unearth this information. I can not quite figure out what the ship was used for, however,...what would be brought into and taken away from Lagos? I gather, too, the days of the sailing ship were over. Also, I doubt if I would ever find out the circumstances of how Gordon Hyslop drowned if he was a 3rd engineer. Would he then have been working below decks? On the Register of Accounts I see the spelling of Gordon Hyslop is correct, with a check (tick) mark above it. Many thanks for these extra details. Maisie -----Original Message----- From: Nivard Ovington via Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 5:48 AM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Victoria ship 1875, Lagos, Nigeria 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 ------------------------------- 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

Maisie, Some info on the port of Lagos. This was the main port for Nigeria and exports were mostly palm oils. From Wikipedia: "In order to stop the slave trade there, Britain annexed Lagos in 1861. In 1879, Sir George Goldie gained control of all the British firms trading on the Niger, and in the 1880s he took over two French companies active there and signed treaties with numerous African leaders. Largely because of Goldie's efforts, Great Britain was able to claim S Nigeria at the Conference of Berlin (see Berlin, Conference of) held in 1884–85." As for 3rd Engineer, this is not the highly qualified position it sounds like. It's was more someone who ran around do scut work for the senior engineers, such as cleaning, check for leaks, etc. Jo-Ann Croft On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Maisie Egger via <lanark@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Very good information, Nivard. I just would not have known where to > unearth > this information. > > I can not quite figure out what the ship was used for, however,...what > would > be brought into and taken away from Lagos? > >