I am not an expert on naval titles, but I found "matros" for "seaman" in concise dictionary. Didn't find anything for "jungmann." Sent from my iPad John Ferman Minneapolis, MN > On May 7, 2015, at 2:00 AM, norway-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 04:37:18 -0500 > From: "Lars E. Oyane" <lars.e.oyane@sdsl.no> > Subject: [NOR] Charles Gudmundsen - lifelong seaman of Brooklyn, NY > (1892- ) - help to interpret seaman titles - died when? > To: norway@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <CF9D4F21-F255-4712-BB90-FE8E1ED237C2@sdsl.no> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Dear Listers! > > Do we have any experts on seaman titles? > > Karl Johan aka Charles John Gudmundsen > born in Bergen, Norway Sep. 2, 1892 > emigrated in 1911 as a "jungmann" (mate?) to A