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Elizabeth Pettigrew Shearer nee Thomson (1907)

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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 7 Sep 2013 23:06

Britain: outbound passenger lists leaving UK 1890-1960 - person transcript

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Name: Mr Thomas SHEARER
Date of departure: 10 December 1938
Port of departure: London
Destination port: Durban (Port Natal)
Destination country: South Africa
Date of Birth: 1907 (calculated from age)
Age: 31
Marital Status: Married
Sex: Male
Occupation: Builder
Notes:
Passenger recorded on: Page 1 of 3
The following people with the same last name travelled on this voyage: -
Mrs E SHEARER
Ship: UMVUMA
Official Number: 136725
Master's name: W H S Hall
Steamship Line: Bullard King & Co Ltd
Where bound: East Africa, Africa
Square feet:
Registered tonnage: 4419
Passengers on voyage: 24

home address 52 John Street Larkhall

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 7 Sep 2013 23:02

went out in 1934 too

Britain: outbound passenger lists leaving UK 1890-1960 - person transcript

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Name: Mrs Elizabeth SHEARER
Date of departure: 10 March 1934
Port of departure: London
Destination port: Durban (Port Natal)
Destination country: South Africa
Date of Birth: 1907 (calculated from age)
Age: 27
Marital Status: Married
Sex: Female
Occupation: Nil
Notes:
Passenger recorded on: Page 2 of 4

The following people with the same last name travelled on this voyage: -
Mr Thomas SHEARER occ builder
Ship: UMVOTI
Official Number: 118343
Master's name: W Edwards
Steamship Line: Bullard King & Co Ltd
Where bound: South Africa
Square feet:
Registered tonnage: 5183
Passengers on voyage: 33

home address 52 John Street Larkhall

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 7 Sep 2013 22:32

Name: Thomas Anderson Shearer
Gender: Male
Age: 44
Birth Date: abt 1907
Departure Date: Jul 1951
Port of Departure: London, England
Destination Port: Mombasa, Kenya
Ship Name: Mantola
Search Ship Database: Search the 'Mantola' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: B I S N Company, Limited
Official Number: 146274
Master: R R Stone


Adress given as 52 John St, Larkhall

Occupation of builder
Travelled alone


1954 travelled with Eileen Dulcie Shearer

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 7 Sep 2013 22:29

Do you know when Thomas was born ?

Name: Thomas Anderson Shearer
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1907
Date of Registration: Feb 1984
Age at Death: 77
Registration District: Southampton
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 20
Page: 1271


John

John Report 7 Sep 2013 22:21

I am trying to track down where this relative of mine died.

She was born 17/01/1907 in Larkhall, Scotland
Married Thomas Anderson Shearer in 1923 in Larkhall
Sailed for Natal, South Africa in 1924
Returned to Scotland in 1937 and returned to Cape Town in 1948
No luck after that though, need help