In the early 20th century, my grandfather, James Walsh, jumped ship in Table Bay. On 31 March 1901, he was part of the crew of the Jane McColl off the Welsh coast. The master was his father the well-known Thomas “Lanigan” Walsh of Wexford. He married my grandmother in Cape Town in 1905. Between these two dates, he arrived in Cape Town. Does anyone have any knowledge of the incident in Table Bay which would point me to the name of the ship on which he travelled? He was almost certainly part of the crew. Thank you Kevin Whyte

Kevin - do you ahve a sister, Tabby? Coral Anna > From: kwhyte@kingsley.co.za > To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 16:57:19 +0200 > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Jumping ship in Table Bay > > In the early 20th century, my grandfather, James Walsh, jumped ship in Table Bay. On 31 March 1901, he was part of the crew of the Jane McColl off the Welsh coast. The master was his father the well-known Thomas “Lanigan” Walsh of Wexford. He married my grandmother in Cape Town in 1905. Between these two dates, he arrived in Cape Town. Does anyone have any knowledge of the incident in Table Bay which would point me to the name of the ship on which he travelled? He was almost certainly part of the crew. > > Thank you > > Kevin Whyte > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Kevin Hi1 There were 2 ships with that name but the one was wrecked prior to 1900 so can't be the one the other one is listed as follows in the ships register as. Jane McColl a schooner of 87 tons; built in Rothesay in 1868; regd. Glasgow ; owned by John Gilmore of Killyleagh in 1887; in 1922 registered in Dublin & owned out of Wicklow when wrecked 28 Apr 1924 Sailors frequently jumped ship in those days were hardly given a mention in newspapers etc. and as one could easily be absorbed into the local population tracing details is very difficult. My own GGF was shipwrecked in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth) the newspaper reported the stranding of the ship but there is no record anywhere of who the crew were. I found him listed as a shop owner on the diamond diggings in Kimberly several years later. Neville ----- Original Message ----- From: "Coral Anna Foster" <thandisa@msn.com> To: "south africa" <south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Jumping ship in Table Bay Kevin - do you ahve a sister, Tabby? Coral Anna > From: kwhyte@kingsley.co.za > To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 16:57:19 +0200 > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Jumping ship in Table Bay > > In the early 20th century, my grandfather, James Walsh, jumped ship in > Table Bay. On 31 March 1901, he was part of the crew of the Jane McColl > off the Welsh coast. The master was his father the well-known Thomas > "Lanigan" Walsh of Wexford. He married my grandmother in Cape Town in > 1905. Between these two dates, he arrived in Cape Town. Does anyone have > any knowledge of the incident in Table Bay which would point me to the > name of the ship on which he travelled? He was almost certainly part of > the crew. > > Thank you > > Kevin Whyte > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message