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Facts and Events
| Name |
John Palmer |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
1837 |
Southwick, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotlandat Cushat Grove |
| Christening[1] |
9 Dec 1837 |
Colvend and Southwick, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
| Census[2] |
Apr 1841 |
Colvend, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotlandat Cushat Grove, Southwick |
| Census[3] |
1851 |
Rothesay, Bute, ScotlandBishop Street |
| Marriage |
19 Sep 1871 |
Rothesay, Bute, Scotlandto Mary Brown McAlpine |
| Census[4] |
1881 |
Rothesay, Bute, ScotlandBishop Street |
| Death[5] |
20 Aug 1882 |
At Seaon board UK merchant ship Garth Castle |
| Reference Number |
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9M1Q-C1J (Ancestral File) |
A description of the ship Garth Castle was found online. She was a mail steamer for the Cape [of Good Hope] Mail Service until 1890.
References
- ↑ Scotland. Old Parish Registers, Births & Baptisms. (Edinburgh, Scotland: ScotlandsPeople (National Records of Scotland)).
- ↑ Colvend (parish 861), in Scotland. Census Office. Census returns of Scotland for 1841. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1952)
Enum Dist 6, page 13.
Cushat Grove, Southwick, Colvend, Kirkcudbrightshire
John Palmer, 29, schoolmaster, born in county
Mary Palmer, 27, born in county
William Palmer, 5, born in county
John Palmer, 3, born in county
Jannet Palmer, 2, born in county
Margaret Palmer, 2 months, born in county
- ↑ Rothesay, Buteshire (parish 558), in Scotland. Census Office. Census Returns of Scotland for 1851
Enum Dist 21, page 1, schedule 1.
4 Bishop Street
John Palmer, head, mar, 39, burgh & parochial schoolmaster, born Kirkcudbrightshire, Balmaghie
Mary Palmer, wife, mar, 37, [no occ'n], born Kirkcudbrightshire, Colvend
John Palmer, son, u, 13, scholar, born Kirkcudbrightshire, Colvend
Janet Palmer, dau, u, 11, scholar, born Kirkcudbrightshire, Colvend
Margaret Palmer, dau, u, 9, scholar, born Kirkcudbrightshire, Colvend
Isabella Palmer, dau, u, 6, scholar, born Buteshire, Rothesay
Robert Palmer, son, u, 4, [ ], born Buteshire, Rothesay
Thomas G Palmer, son, u, 9 mths, [ ], born Buteshire, Rothesay
Elizabeth Clifford, serv, u, 17, household servant, born Lanarkshire, Glasgow
- ↑ Rothesay, Buteshire (parish 558), in General Register Office for Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
Enum Dist 20, page 10, schedule 54.
John Palmer, head, widr, 69, teacher, born Kirkcudbrightshire, Balmaghie
John Palmer, son, widr, 43, mariner, born Kirkcudbrightshire, Southwick
Mary Palmer, dau, unm, 23, [no occ'n], born Bute, Rothesay
John G. Palmer, grandson, [ ], 8, scholar, born Bute, Rothesay
Janet H. Maitland, serv't, unm, 19, domestic servant, born Lanarkshire, Glasgow
- ↑ John Palmer was a mariner, or seaman, in the merchant marine. The last evidence of his being alive was a letter written by him dated 31 July 1881 to the solicitor looking after his father's estate in which he stated that he was not willing to be an executor.
His son, John, my grandfather, told me that he was still at school when his father died. (Young John was 8 years old in 1881.)
It is assumed he went back to sea and lost his life during a voyage. Deaths at sea and deaths reported to British authorities abroad and available to the general public have been checked. All came up negative.
The above was written in 2013 outlining research started in 1980.
Today, 29 Apr 2023, I checked the United Kingdom Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths at Sea, 1844-1890 (BT 158), now available online through Ancestry and found John Palmer. He died of phthisis (tuberculosis) while on board the MS Garth Castle in August 1882. His wife had died from phthisis in September 1880.
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