Hi David I think the Vessel was State Of Nevada, Official No 71653 Crew lists are available at the Maritime History Archive , you can purchase them on line. http://www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/viewcombinedcrews.php?Official_No=71653 Maybe some one else on the list can tell us what type details are contained on an 1889 crew list ? . Let us know how you get on. Mick Mariners List ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Railton" <railton.david@btinternet.com> To: "MARINERS@rootsweb" <MARINERS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 2:01 PM Subject: [MAR] Missing Seaman > My gg grandfather, Joseph Clarke, was born in Liverpool in 1841. Records > of > him up to 1881 showed him to be a bookkeeper. In the 1881 census, however, > he is described as a ship's steward and in 1887 a record shows him as a > purser. After that there is no further record of him and there is no oral > history in the family of what became of him. I think that he probably died > while abroad or at sea. > > > > The only possible death at sea record is the death of a Joseph Clarke on > 16th June 1889. This was on the 'SS State of Navada' a Glasgow registered > ship number 653. This Joseph is described as a carpenter aged 58. My > Joseph > would have been 48. Despite the difference in age and occupation I think > that this may have been him. > > > > Can anyone offer any advice as to how I might be able to research this > further. > > > > David > > > ------------------------------- > 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