My 2 x great grandfather, John Morrissey, was born at sea, in the 1840’s, while his mother was on a little vessel, named “The Cabot”, from St. John’s to St. Mary’s, Newfoundland. John and his younger brother, James, had two fishing vessels. In the early 1870’s, while on a trip from St. John’s, Newfoundland to Sydney, Nova Scotia, on a littler steamer named “The Hawk”, John was washed overboard and his body never recovered. So, John was born and died at sea. I have had a time trying to locate anything on either ship. Can someone help me in this endeavor? Also, would John's birth certificate be in St. John's, where he lived or in St. Mary's, where they landed? Since he was washed overboard, where would his death certificate be filed?
Hi Wm Karr, Looks like these are probably east coast of Canada vessels. For information about the ships and possibly their records, I would start at the Memorial Univeristy of Newfoundland which has extensive records of local shipping as well as most of the archives of the (British) Registrar General of Ships and Seamen: http://www.mun.ca/mha/index.php Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "Shipslist" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 11:14 PM Subject: [TSL] The Cabot and the Hawk My 2 x great grandfather, John Morrissey, was born at sea, in the 1840’s, while his mother was on a little vessel, named “The Cabot”, from St. John’s to St. Mary’s, Newfoundland. John and his younger brother, James, had two fishing vessels. In the early 1870’s, while on a trip from St. John’s, Newfoundland to Sydney, Nova Scotia, on a littler steamer named “The Hawk”, John was washed overboard and his body never recovered. So, John was born and died at sea. I have had a time trying to locate anything on either ship. Can someone help me in this endeavor? Also, would John's birth certificate be in St. John's, where he lived or in St. Mary's, where they landed? Since he was washed overboard, where would his death certificate be filed? ------------------------------- visit TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/ ------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.11/1816 - Release Date: 27/11/2008 19:53