Hi everyone, I trust that you are all well. I am trying to find out further info about the above Thomas Willcox, my ggg-grandfather, born c1810. He was a Mariner, as was his son, Fredrick, who was on the Anna May/May Anna ship. On the census with Fredricks' baptism, in 1843, (on 1851 census) Thomas was still a Mariner However, Thomas disappears of the census' altogether, and I can't find any death records. Is there records for Mariner's/Sailor's who would have been buried at sea, assuming that's what happend to him. Could have been on Ship at the time of the Census' being taken? Could he have jumped ship? My cousin & I are rather frustrated with this, so any help gratefully appreciated, please. Simon

In some censuses mariners were included.1851 was the first to include those on ships in port and 1861 also included mariners at sea, as did later ones. Deaths at sea were enumerated in separate books form the national BMD registers. Some sites have these to search ( but you have to pay or have a subscription. However, if you ancestor was simply lost at sea ( as was one of mine on a fishing boat) you will have to sea if you can trace his seaman's record of service. Subscribing to the Mariners List might help Mariners-L-request@rootsweb.com You could also look at their website http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/UKPages.htm Anne On 7 Nov 2011, at 16:55, Simon Martin wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I trust that you are all well. > > I am trying to find out further info about the above Thomas Willcox, > my ggg-grandfather, born c1810. He was a Mariner, as was his son, > Fredrick, who was on the Anna May/May Anna ship. On the census with > Fredricks' baptism, in 1843, (on 1851 census) Thomas was still a > Mariner However, Thomas disappears of the census' altogether, and I > can't find any death records. Is there records for Mariner's/Sailor's > who would have been buried at sea, assuming that's what happend to > him. Could have been on Ship at the time of the Census' being taken? > Could he have jumped ship? My cousin & I are rather frustrated with > this, so any help gratefully appreciated, please. > > Simon

Hi Simon I see Frederick with sister Alice in the 1851 but not Thomas or Elizabeth the mother Can you post the 1851 census refs, plus any other year if you have them Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) PS its always best to post to individual lists rather than crosspost which can cause problems for list admins where people reply to lists they are not subscribed to You have posted to WILLCOX & London lists plus three posts to the *request* address for WILLCOX, Surrey & London, they are for subscribing or unsubcribing only > Hi everyone, > > I trust that you are all well. > > I am trying to find out further info about the above Thomas Willcox, > my ggg-grandfather, born c1810. He was a Mariner, as was his son, > Fredrick, who was on the Anna May/May Anna ship. On the census with > Fredricks' baptism, in 1843, (on 1851 census) Thomas was still a > Mariner However, Thomas disappears of the census' altogether, and I > can't find any death records. Is there records for Mariner's/Sailor's > who would have been buried at sea, assuming that's what happend to > him. Could have been on Ship at the time of the Census' being taken? > Could he have jumped ship? My cousin & I are rather frustrated with > this, so any help gratefully appreciated, please. > > Simon