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Thread #126347   Message #2867707
Posted By: Snuffy
19-Mar-10 - 12:35 PM
Thread Name: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Subject: RE: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Not much info on the sailors - but currently only the index is available. There may be much more in the actual detail, some of which may be published shortly.

George Simpson, Dundee. First ship Castleroy, 1888; last County of Linlithgow, 1899. This one?

Edward Robinson, Sunderland - Went to sea 1878; left sail 1890; left sea 1928. [Storm Along] heard in the Glen Bervie, 40 years ago. This Glenbervie? (far right on top row)

William Fender, Barry - Went to sea 1878; left sail 1900. Sailed in ship Ingomar, 1880, Valparaiso, Chile.

Harry Perry, S.S. Leviathan - Born 1850 Shipped 1866. Last ship Daylight, 1914