Hello Edie,   I can't help with all your questions - can't even find the article in The Bristol Mercury to which you refer, but here's a much later bit.   From:  SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE . Glasgow Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), Saturday, April 8, 1865; Issue 7879   "The Colombo, Evans, from Calcutta for Hull, was at anchor at Saugor until the cyclone of the 5th of October last, but has not since been heard of."   Regards, Adi   --- On Sat, 7/16/11, Edie McArthur <ediemc@bigpond.com> wrote: Has anyone any more details about the mariner Robert Evans who was by 1864 a Captain Robert Evans who had the misfortune of being aboard the "Colombo" in the awful Cyclone at Calcutta in October of 1864. I have seen one report in the Bristol Mercury where it states he was washed overboard along with a carpenter and two seaman.  I think there are three more articles in same newspaper for other weeks I haven't seen as yet.  Does anyone belong to this family please.  He was married to Mary Ann Tucker in the Gloucestershire area in 1852.  Mary Ann was born in Somerset. It isn't completely known for sure if This Robert Evans who married Mary was a Captain by 1864 but he was definitely a mariner and a family member has a memorial plague of sorts to state he was with the Colombo when she went down. Does anyone know where such a plague can be found please. Edie

Thanks very much for that ADi. I am trying to gather up as much as I can and starting to do that thanks to folk like you. didnt have this. Thanks again Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: Mme_N_Carmichael To: MARINERS@rootsweb.com ; Edie McArthur Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 2:00 AM Subject: Re: [MAR] Captain Robert Evans, of the Merchant ship "Colombo" sank in Cyclone of Calcutta, 1864 Hello Edie, I can't help with all your questions - can't even find the article in The Bristol Mercury to which you refer, but here's a much later bit. From: SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE . Glasgow Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), Saturday, April 8, 1865; Issue 7879 "The Colombo, Evans, from Calcutta for Hull, was at anchor at Saugor until the cyclone of the 5th of October last, but has not since been heard of." Regards, Adi --- On Sat, 7/16/11, Edie McArthur <ediemc@bigpond.com> wrote: Has anyone any more details about the mariner Robert Evans who was by 1864 a Captain Robert Evans who had the misfortune of being aboard the "Colombo" in the awful Cyclone at Calcutta in October of 1864. I have seen one report in the Bristol Mercury where it states he was washed overboard along with a carpenter and two seaman. I think there are three more articles in same newspaper for other weeks I haven't seen as yet. Does anyone belong to this family please. He was married to Mary Ann Tucker in the Gloucestershire area in 1852. Mary Ann was born in Somerset. It isn't completely known for sure if This Robert Evans who married Mary was a Captain by 1864 but he was definitely a mariner and a family member has a memorial plague of sorts to state he was with the Colombo when she went down. Does anyone know where such a plague can be found please. Edie