From: Geoff Nicholson Robin: The NDFHS publish an index which covers all burials in Northumberland 1813-37. It contains no suitable John Bowstead/Boustead etc. However, there was a John Boustey buried at Newcastle Ballast Hills nonconformist cemetery on 16 January 1825 aged 48. I know you say he had a child baptised in 1828 but could that possibly have been a late baptism, possibly delayed precisely because the father died around the time the child was born? I also realise the age is not quite in accordance with what you said, but it isn't far out and reported ages at death are notoriously inaccurate. I'm not saying "This is him", just "Take note, in case you can't find anything more likely"! Geoff Nicholson -----Original Message----- From: Shetland Sheep via <northumbria@rootsweb.com> To: northumbria <northumbria@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 18:25 Subject: [NMB] Death of John BOUSTEAD about 1830 Can anyone point us at sources for the death of John BOUSTEAD around 1830? His daughter Sarah was baptised at St Johns Newcastle upon Tyne in 1828 when the BT's show that he was a 'brewer' of Tynemouth. He (a husbandman) and wife Elizabeth had previously been at Point Pleasant, Wallsend. John's father makes a bequest to 'George the son of my deceased son John' in his will signed in October 1832. John Boustead was born in or near Irthington in 1882 and married Elizabeth Murray (of Arthuret (Longtown)) in 1812 in Wetheral where their first child was baptised. There were at least three families in the Newcastle area with John Boustead and Sarah as parents baptising children so sorting them out has taken time. Any help or suggestions welcome. Robin ps we have traced Elizabeth Boustead through the censuses as she is widowed with three of her daughter in Newcastle in 1841 and then lives with her daughter Ann Brown through the 1851 and 1861 period up to her death in 1867. -- Robin and Margaret McEwen-King Lanark Scotland .. Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please introduce yourself at the top of every post. The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
On 13/10/2014 19:31, "Geoff Nicholson" <geoff.nicholson@aol.co.uk> wrote: > The NDFHS publish an index which covers all burials in Northumberland 1813-37. > It contains no suitable John Bowstead/Boustead etc. However, there was a John > Boustey buried at Newcastle Ballast Hills nonconformist cemetery on 16 January > 1825 aged 48. Thanks Geoff Apologies for typo he was born about 1782 son of Ambrose Boustead in Irthington Cumberland Robin
Hello, Skeffington received his Certificate of Competency as 2nd Mate on the 25 May 1860 aged 23yrs. I don't think he obtained any other qualification except sailing the 7 seas for the rest of his life, spending time in unbelievable places enduring sickness and many shipwrecks. He was also in New Zealand for a few years. I am wondering if sks knows what he would have done to reach this service wise, study etc. Would he have served an apprenticeship with any specific ship/captain? His father Matthew Dodds and Grandfather John had shares in shipping though it wasn't what Matthew had planned for him, being the eldest son, and they were estranged for many years. Cheers Gwyneth Sydney
An apprenticeship would have to be paid for and, given the relationship with his family, this route is unlikely. However, he would have required a Seaman's Ticket,not he record of which would show whether he did serve as an apprentice. Not all seamen did, and "learned the ropes" the hard way. Ruth Sent from my iPad > On 3 Nov 2014, at 03:58, Gwyneth Watson User via <northumbria@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > Skeffington received his Certificate of Competency as 2nd Mate on the 25 May > 1860 aged 23yrs. I don't think he obtained any other qualification except > sailing the 7 seas for the rest of his life, spending time in unbelievable > places enduring sickness and many shipwrecks. He was also in New Zealand > for a few years. > > I am wondering if sks knows what he would have done to reach this service > wise, study etc. Would he have served an apprenticeship with any specific > ship/captain? > > His father Matthew Dodds and Grandfather John had shares in shipping though > it wasn't what Matthew had planned for him, being the eldest son, and they > were estranged for many years. > > Cheers Gwyneth > Sydney > > > .. > Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please introduce yourself at the top of every post. > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Gwyneth All posts to this list must relate to the counties of Northumberland or Co Durham. There are lists devoted to shipping and seamen - notably Mariners at Mariners http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Occupations/MARINERS.html Please address such queries there. Brian On 03/11/2014 03:48, Gwyneth Watson User via wrote: > Skeffington received his Certificate of Competency as 2nd Mate on the 25 May > 1860 aged 23yrs. I don't think he obtained any other qualification except > sailing the 7 seas for the rest of his life, spending time in unbelievable > places enduring sickness and many shipwrecks. He was also in New Zealand > for a few years. > > I am wondering if sks knows what he would have done to reach this service > wise, study etc. Would he have served an apprenticeship with any specific > ship/captain? > > His father Matthew Dodds and Grandfather John had shares in shipping though > it wasn't what Matthew had planned for him, being the eldest son, and they > were estranged for many years. > > Cheers Gwyneth -- Brian Pears Joint Admin NORTHUMBRIA Mailing List GENUKI Maintainer for Northumberland