Hello Albie, The entries in Richard Keys' "Dictionary of Tyne Sailing Ships" are in a numbered list in alphabetical order. MOUNTAIN MAID is entry #3134, sandwiched between MOSLEY (#3133) and MOUNTAINEER (#3135). If you Google this term (with the quotation marks, but without the square brackets): ["MOUNTAIN MAID" Shields] you'll get hits for The Mercantile Navy List, which will give you her call letters, and also this free download book: The Shipwrecked mariner - Page 112 - Google Books Result https://books.google.ca/books?id=SbEEAAAAQAAJ 1860 Monarch Merchant Mountain Maid . ... Shields That book is actually 3 volumes of 4 quarterly reports each. They are Volume VII - 1860 Volume VIII - 1861 Volume IX - 1862 By Google's pagination, there are 733 pages in total. You'll find something of interest on pages 364 (Relief to Shipwrecked Crews between 1 Dec. 1860 and 28 Feb. 1861) and 365 (the amount paid on behalf of the surviving crew members of MOUNTAIN MAID). As a Bonus!, have a look at page 484 ("Annual Grants to Widows"). Amongst the North Shields mariners' widows are a Jane Gibson and a Margaret Gibson, also their ages and the numbers of children they had. Are either of those yours? So ... to answer your question ... Yes!, you'll find little nuggets (not whole pages) of information about your ships in many places. Whenever you happen across a new source, just plug in your names and try. Many times you'll come up empty, but other times you'll be immensely pleased with the treasures you find. Regards, Adi -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 3/2/15, Albie via <mariners@rootsweb.com> wrote: Subject: [MAR] Movements smaller English Mechant ships To: mariners@rootsweb.com Received: Monday, March 2, 2015, 1:37 AM Hi, Some real novice questions: I see there are 2 numbers that relates to a ship, for instance, 3134 "The Mountain Maid" and O/N 1246 what are their respective meanings? Is there a way, except newspaper notices, to get more information and movements of smaller English merchant ships (300-500)tons that worked the Baltic, Mediterranean and Black see, East Indies and Quebec? Thanks, Albie Gibson South Africa
Thank you very much (again), Adi! I do not think the two ladies were near relatives but will surely investigate further. Regards, Albie -----Original Message----- From: Mme_N_Carmichael [mailto:mme_n_carmichael@yahoo.ca] Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 8:35 AM To: mariners@rootsweb.com; Albie Subject: Re: [MAR] Movements smaller English Mechant ships Hello Albie, The entries in Richard Keys' "Dictionary of Tyne Sailing Ships" are in a numbered list in alphabetical order. MOUNTAIN MAID is entry #3134, sandwiched between MOSLEY (#3133) and MOUNTAINEER (#3135). If you Google this term (with the quotation marks, but without the square brackets): ["MOUNTAIN MAID" Shields] you'll get hits for The Mercantile Navy List, which will give you her call letters, and also this free download book: The Shipwrecked mariner - Page 112 - Google Books Result https://books.google.ca/books?id=SbEEAAAAQAAJ 1860 Monarch Merchant Mountain Maid . ... Shields That book is actually 3 volumes of 4 quarterly reports each. They are Volume VII - 1860 Volume VIII - 1861 Volume IX - 1862 By Google's pagination, there are 733 pages in total. You'll find something of interest on pages 364 (Relief to Shipwrecked Crews between 1 Dec. 1860 and 28 Feb. 1861) and 365 (the amount paid on behalf of the surviving crew members of MOUNTAIN MAID). As a Bonus!, have a look at page 484 ("Annual Grants to Widows"). Amongst the North Shields mariners' widows are a Jane Gibson and a Margaret Gibson, also their ages and the numbers of children they had. Are either of those yours? So ... to answer your question ... Yes!, you'll find little nuggets (not whole pages) of information about your ships in many places. Whenever you happen across a new source, just plug in your names and try. Many times you'll come up empty, but other times you'll be immensely pleased with the treasures you find. Regards, Adi -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 3/2/15, Albie via <mariners@rootsweb.com> wrote: Subject: [MAR] Movements smaller English Mechant ships To: mariners@rootsweb.com Received: Monday, March 2, 2015, 1:37 AM Hi, Some real novice questions: I see there are 2 numbers that relates to a ship, for instance, 3134 "The Mountain Maid" and O/N 1246 what are their respective meanings? Is there a way, except newspaper notices, to get more information and movements of smaller English merchant ships (300-500)tons that worked the Baltic, Mediterranean and Black see, East Indies and Quebec? Thanks, Albie Gibson South Africa