Hello Gordon,   >From the newspapers, here are some 'possibles' to check against Lloyd's registers for master's name, owner's name. Apparently there was more than one SHANKS as master, but the shipping news usually gives surname only.   Here's the link to Lloyd's registers online: http://www.maritimearchives.co.uk/lloyds-register.html   and here's the list of possibles: 1841 - schooner BELECK CASTLE of Glasgow 1841-2  - CLYDE 1842 - HUGH WALKER 1842 - SARAH 1843-4 - ROBINA 1845 - HANNAH ISABELLA 1845-6-7, 1849 - brig ANNA or ANN 1846, 1848 - MAGOG 1848 - SUPERB 1851 - COILA 1853-4-5 - AGNES SOPHIA of Glasgow 1854 - MINERVA 1854 - ship CANADA of Greenock   Regards, Adi --- On Mon, 7/4/11, Nivard Ovington <ovington1@sky.com> wrote: Hi Gordon I took the liberty of giving your post a subject line, "posting" does not tell the reader very much One possible sighting Glasgow Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), Monday, April 28, 1845; Issue 4408. A Chartered Vessel At Glasgow - For Antigua, Direct. The fine A1 British built coppered Brig ROBINA, 130 tons register Walter SHANKS, Commander, has a great part of her cargo engaged, and will meet with immediate dispatch. Apply to N.R. HANDYSIDE 18 Gordon Street Glasgow 26th April 1845 Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > My g g grandfather was Captain Walter Shanks, born in Saltcoats, Scotland on > December 18, 1818. He was the son of a ship's carpenter and perhaps part > owner of a shipbuilding business at the Braes in Saltcoats. My understanding > is that Captain Shanks was a Master Mariner. I have only been able to find > one record of him from 1850 as Captain of the Brig Minerva bound from > Londonderry to Philadelphia. Captain Shanks apparently owned a small fleet > of ocean crossing vessels. He died on the Keswick Ridge in New Brunswick at > age 81 on September 19th, 1900. Can anyone help me find any other records of > Captain Shanks? > > Thank you > > Gordon Shank