Jo the question will be.. where did you locate the ticket.. if it was BT or Registrar of Seaman then he was a merchant man.. if the series was ADM then likely to be Navy. folks moved between the services.. but your period is later than my interest so I can't be specific. No doubt others will give more information. cheers Chris *Chris Maxworthy* *NSW Councillor* *Australian Association for Maritime History* (AAMH) *http://aamh.academia.edu/ChrisMaxworthy <http://aamh.academia.edu/ChrisMaxworthy>* On 9 November 2013 19:00, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Captain's Steward (Peter Monks) > 2. Royal and Merchant Navies - cross-overs? (Jo) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 06:59:25 -0700 > From: Peter Monks <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MAR] Captain's Steward > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Greetings. Generally he was a waiter, in this case specifically to the > Captain, to whoom he cared for. He would supervise the other waiters, > dress standards, smartness, clean appearance, was generally stood behind > the Captain at meal times to regulate the meals, arrival times, wine or > spirits to be ready as needed. He would clean and press the Captains > uniform, laying out ahead of time, to be smart and ready as needed, try not > to spill the meals or wines no matter how rough the seas, the Captain might > not like it. > > Peter in Canada, once Captains steward on a Swedish ship, but seasick not > helping!! > > > On Nov 6, 2013, at 1:35 AM, Don Taig <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Listers, > > > > Just an update for those who have provided previous assistance- I have > managed to track down George Sutton on the Norfolk ON 11920 and am in the > process of getting the crew agreements and so on I have been seeking. > > Thank you. > > > > On a general query, can anyone help either with a general understanding, > or point me in the way of an appropriate source for what the duties of a > Captain's Steward would have been in the early 1870's for a merchant seaman? > > > > Your assistance as usual will be wonderful. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Don > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 20:44:51 +0000 > From: Jo <[email protected]> > Subject: [MAR] Royal and Merchant Navies - cross-overs? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > OK, I'm puzzled. I should probably look into this more before posting > but everyone on this list is so knowledgable! > > I'm back to Daniel Quinn. Enlisted on board HMS Fair Rosamond as a Boy > in 1825. With Lauretta Harris's I've managed to find quite a lot of his > service but there are gaps because he is known to have used at least one > alias. > > On FindMyPast today I found a ticket for him which I thought meant he > had been in the merchant navy, but it mentions HMS Acorn and was > actually issued aboard HMS Acorn while it was stationed on the River > Uruguay (26th August 1846). I know that Continuous Service didn't start > till around 1853. Were the two services interchangeable or was this > just another way of recording sailors? > > I also can't make out the word in the very last 'Remarks' column. It > looks like 'Received', but received what? > > There are also some hieroglyphics in his last entry on the record in > 1848. It looks like 'Paid off 8/11/ ??' but this doesn't tie up with > other records (from memory, the ship's muster book), which had him being > discharged from HSM Acorn on 26th March 1848. > > Anyone care to have a stab at it if I were to forward it by e-mail? I > can read the rest of it. Interestingly, the fact that he is usually > resident in Lambeth when not working gives me a clue as to where and > when he died! > > Thanks in advance. > > > Jo > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the MARINERS list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the MARINERS mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of MARINERS Digest, Vol 8, Issue 353 > **************************************** > --