I"m new to this,but I think you may have sent this to the wrong email as my query was about flatboats of cheshire in the 1800's.Noeline --- On Wed, 2/11/11, Peter Kirsopp <peter.kirsopp@gmail.com> wrote: From: Peter Kirsopp <peter.kirsopp@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MAR] {MAR} Alexander Clark, mariner. To: mariners@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, 2, November, 2011, 9:52 AM You might examine Lloyd's Register on-line at books.google.com for masters of that name. Unfortunately a common name with several possibles, since not all have the initial. However a quick check on the 1860 edition shows a possible one as master of the bark Margaret of Aberdeen, 558tons owned Marsh & co, on a voyage Liverpool to Quebec. Good hunting, Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Isobel Jones" <jonesib@manx.net> To: <mariners@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 3:36 PM Subject: [MAR] {MAR} Alexander Clark, mariner. > Hello List, > > Can any one suggest where I might find some information on Alexander CLARK > born Arbroath Scotland 1807. > In the 1841/51/61 Census records his wife Elizabeth was described as a > shipmaster’s wife, but by 1871 she was a widow. > I have not been able to find his name in any Mariner’s records. He would > probably have been at sea by about 1821, and as he was born in Arbroath I > imagine that he probably joined a ship from there. > > Unfortunately I do not know the names of any of the ships on which he was > a crew member. He is supposed to have died from yellow fever in the West > Indies. I have in the past searched some burials of seamen in Jamaica, but > he may well have been buried at sea.  He is not listed  in overseas > deaths-or deaths at Sea ( Findmypast) > > Isobel Jones > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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