Hello Ann Is your friend Paul Booth by any chance? He was asking about John Frederick Booth of the Dolphin and Moyne on the list back in October. If not, maybe you should get together. I’m bcc-ing him a copy of this. Cheers Piers _____ From: Piers Smith-Cresswell [mailto:pierssc@yahoo.com] Sent: 10 July 2011 21:12 To: Piers Smith-Cresswell Subject: Fw: [MAR] Fwd: Where to look next John F Booth -& ships ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Anndriscoll@aol.com" <Anndriscoll@aol.com> To: MARINERS@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 10 July 2011, 20:36 Subject: [MAR] Fwd: Where to look next John F Booth -& ships ____________________________________ I am trying to help a friend in Australia who is seeking information about his g.g. grandfather John F. Booth. Below is a list of the ships he believes John Booth sailed on or was master of. Where can we go to find crew lists for these ships and hopefully John Booth's register ticket? Many thanks Ann 1864-1867 ‘Dolphin’ #48398 Wrecked Pieman River, Tasmania 1867 ‘Moyne’ #48267 Wrecked Pieman River, Tasmania 1867-1870 ‘Sarah’ #31908 Wrecked Crescent Heads 1871-1872 ‘The Peveril’ 1872-1881 ‘Sarah Ann’ # 42983 1881-1882 ‘Alexandra’ Brig 239t ------------------------------- 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 messageÒ

Hello Ann, Piers and the List, Since my last post I have been able to find a rough birth year from a hospital admittance record (1842/3) and spent some time going through Lloyds registers at the Maritime museum in Sydney. Unfortunately there is no record of the Captain in Lloyds, although he is mentioned in 'The Mercantile Navy List 1880', on page 241 (Dolphin listed as being owned by John Frederick Booth) and page 92 of 'The Register of Australian and New Zealand Shipping' (January 01, 1876). So at this stage we have no ticket number for him. The ships he sailed weren't large, so its been suggested that this is the reason for him being absent from the lists. I have also gone through the registration papers for the ships, and while I have located all the vessels, I only have one entry that relates to John himself, and that's 'The Dolphin', his first ship in Australian waters and the only ship he purchased himself. At some stage over the next few years I'm almost certainly going to go through the Archives in Melbourne and Hobart. Apart from various medical records that I know are down there, there could be something connected to his work life that will give me more biographical information. Searches through the UK census's give me a few possibilities (Educated men from maritime families) and even a John Booth on a RN vessel 'Firebrand' in Carthagina Near Granada South America during the 1861 Census. I was able to order up his Entry Record from the national archives and the biographical details are close (b. Aberdeen, 1894) it appears that this John Booth is unable to write as it is signed with an 'X'. Also, I don't know properly, but what are the chances of being a 'boy 1st class' in 1861 and then Captaining a Schooner in 1864? (if any list member wants to weigh in on this please feel free) I have been fortunate that I have so much information in the local papers from the early 1860's. He seemed to have some luck in opening up a river in Tasmania for logging and a few wrecks thereafter. All these are wonderfully written up in the papers as well as a beautiful report written by the man himself. From that time he blend in and completes his work life. I have a number of inwards passenger lists to help me track his movements as well as the Shipping movements listed in the newspapers of the time. Unfortunately The Captain ended his days at the Kew Psyciatric Hospital in Melbourne, but again (from a family history viewpoint) good for me, as this is where I was able to gain a rough birth date. My search is ongoing, but seems to have hit a slow patch (until Archive visits). I want to thank the list, not only for their direct help but also for clarifying many issues in other posts. I'll add a few things in the next few months, including an account of life on board in the 1880's, from the perspective of a 10 year old. Much thanks, Paul Booth > Hello Ann > > Is your friend Paul Booth by any chance? He was asking about John > Frederick Booth of the Dolphin and Moyne on the list back in October. > > If not, maybe you should get together. I’m bcc-ing him a copy of > this. > > Cheers > Piers >