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Merchant Navy Records

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Janet

Janet Report 27 Jul 2013 11:27

I saw this morning that there are some merchant navy records published on The Genealogist website, does anyone know if these are different to the ones on Find my Past ?

The person I am looking for is

Colin Campbell
Born 1863 Berwick upon Tweed

lived in North Shields and then Stratford/Cable Street East London/Docklands

I know from his sons marriage cert in 1921 that he was a Chief Engineer Merchant Marine

and according to a family member I recently spoke to (daughter of said son) "turned up" in Greenwich on a merchant ship about 1932, after having disappeared (preumably to sea) after his wife died in 1904

I have the Birth Marriage and census records but am trying to track him down after that, seems that because he disappeared, his son did not wish to see him again :-(

Jan

Researching:
Campbell, Page ,Phippen, Alder, Rivett, Beinder, Mandy and Gainsbury,

Gee

Gee Report 27 Jul 2013 13:23

Hi Jan

This is from a tree at Ancestry



Timeline - Colin Campbell
.
Birth1863 Dec Berwick, Northumberland, England


Brith Registered1863 Dec Berwick, Northumberland, England Berwick 10b 322


Marriage Registered1885 Dec Age: 22Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England King's L 4b 947



Marriage to Adelaide Louisa Page1885 Dec Age: 22Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England



Death1904 Dec Age: 41Tynemouth, Northumberland, England



Death Registered1929 Mar Tynemouth, Northumberland, England Tynemouth 10b 142


Title Engineers Steward



Researching:

Janet

Janet Report 27 Jul 2013 14:27

Hi Gins

thanks for trying to help me

Most of the infromaton is mine, the death is incorrect...................

he just copies and then guesses !! the death on 1904 was Colin's wife not him

Jan

Researching:
Campbell, Page ,Phippen, Alder, Rivett, Beinder, Mandy and Gainsbury,

Gee

Gee Report 27 Jul 2013 14:38

Thought it was a bit odd!

Can you list Colin's parents (inc maiden name)/siblings and children, something might come up overseas using this info

Don't suppose you have Colin's full DOB?

Researching:

Janet

Janet Report 27 Jul 2013 15:01

Hi Gins

His parents were

Joseph Campbell (c1838 Newcatle upon Tyne...family lived in Alnwick for some years) and Margaret Wakenshaw (1838 b Chatton, Northumberland)

He was born Berwick upon Tweed barracks
the marriage quoted above is correct

Brothers Andrew Young Campbell 1866 and David Stewart Campbell 1869
sister who died as a toddler Emma 1870

Brothers and father buried in St Andrews cemetery Newcastle

Children
Joseph William Page Campbell 1886
Colin Campbell 1887
David Campbell 1890
George Wilson Campbell 1893 (my grandfather)

as you can probably detect he is my big brick wall !!

Jan


EDIT: DOB was 22 October 1863 (27 Nov was baptism)

Researching:
Campbell, Page ,Phippen, Alder, Rivett, Beinder, Mandy and Gainsbury,

Gee

Gee Report 27 Jul 2013 15:20

Sorry, no luck.

He could have died at sea, changed his name or even died overseas

Researching:

Janet

Janet Report 27 Jul 2013 15:23

He could.

Frustrating though huh? Grrrr

jan

Researching:
Campbell, Page ,Phippen, Alder, Rivett, Beinder, Mandy and Gainsbury,