Paul, I had always thought that the difference in age and occupation would not preclude the possibility that this is the person I am looking for although I must admit that I have nothing to support this view other than general experience of incorrect information on records. I must also admit that the only reason that I think the death record may be of my relative is that I can find no other record of a death that could possibly be him. David -----Original Message----- From: mariners-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mariners-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Paul Benyon Sent: 15 September 2011 17:32 To: mariners@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MAR] Missing Seaman On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:08:03 +0100, "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> wrote: >Although then as now men changed occupation and ages can be varied on >death records, I would not think a man 10 years different in age and as >a Carpenter would be likely to be yours? Joseph >CLARK(E) is not an uncommon name Must admit that I was thinking along the same lines as Nivard Paul 50° 33' N, 2° 26' W http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message