Hi I am still trying to track down the death of Capt Andrew Gowans - What I know to date is that he Captained ships between Greenock and St John's, the latest ships Agreement list I can find for him is Captaining the Maiden Voyage of the Walter Bain which he leaves after that journey in late 1851. As previously stated the family tombstone has him Lost at Se in Jan 1855. I recently came across this article in a Greenock newspaper dated April 17 1855. "Intelligence has reached town of the melancholy death of Capt. Gowans of St John's Newfoundland, by the upsetting of a boat at Purto Rico. The deceased was well known in Greenock, having been for many years in the Employment of Messrs Kerr & McBride." This tends to support my theory that the family had relocated to St John's sometime between 1851 and 1855. Any ideas about how to track down a death of the island of Puerto Rico? Thanks Gillian.