Hi Jo Presumably you've looked into whether any likely ships (presumably including HMS Fair Rosamund) might have been at sea in the Madagascar vicinity in August 1835. John's second name might well suggest this. > 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