I will have a look at Kew today. Lauretta Harris London > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 22:46:17 +0100 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MAR] John Madagascar QUINN - born at sea 1835 > > Apologies if this arrives several times - I have been having a few email problems. > > What are the chances of this man having been born on a naval ship? On all of his own naval paperwork and the census documents his place of birth is given as 'At sea'. > > His father, Daniel Quinn, was on board the HMS Fair Rosamund at that time and I have a record of him being promoted to Armourer's Mate 2 months before the birth. The date of birth is 25th August 1835. His mother's name is Mary Ann Nicholson Quinn (nee Martin). > > I have checked the Forces' birth records on Find My Past and the only one that comes up is an Army birth in Canada in 1836. > > Short of trekking 400 miles to Kew to check the ship's books, is there anywhere else I can look? > > Grateful for anyone's advice. i've been trying to find evidence of this man's birth for at least 10 years! > > > Jo > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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