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Hello,

I have followed William John Renshaw's life from his birth in Glasgow on 25th December 1895 to his life in Dublin. He then joined the Navy. His Service Number was SS5954. His first service date was 29th May 1915 and the first ship he served on was the Pembroke I. His last service date was 7th May 1925 and the last ship he served on was the Cyclops.

I can find no record of him after 7th May 1925. Would anyone be able to offer any advice as to how to proceed to try to find further details after this date.

Thank you.

Pat.

Have you found his actual service records

The later one may be at Kew and give details of if he went to another ship or left the service

There is an application to be discharged from the Orcades 14,sept 1937

Seems he went into the Merchant Navy after being in the Royal Navy

It's part of this record
First name(s) WILLIAM JOHN
Last name Renshaw
Age -
Birth year 1895
Birth day 25
Birth month December
Birth place Glasgow
Birth county Lanarkshire
Place GLASGOW
Discharge number R 159353
Identity certificate number -
Card type CR1
Date range 1921-1941
Series BT349
Piece number -
Record set Merchant Navy Seamen
Category Education & work
Subcategory Merchant navy & maritime
Collections from Great Britain
Transcriptions © brightsolid online publishing ltd

Not seeing a death for him .perhaps he went back to Scotland after coming out of the merchant navy

Hello Shirley,

Thank you very much for your replies. It is good to have a lead on where he went. I doubt if it was Scotland, he left it as a child and went to Ireland, but I'll check it. He had no one left in Scotland but had a sister and father in Ireland. I can find no trace of him with them.

Thank you again I really appreciate it.

Pat.

There's no record of his having died in Scotland - per ScotlandsPeople.

A couple of possibilities - there are others - though not in Ireland - but no way of knowing if either of them is him without buying the cert.

I'm not really seriously suggesting them, but you never know.

Or perhaps he died abroad.


William Renshaw
in the England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: William Renshaw
Birth Date: abt 1895
Date of Registration: Dec 1948
Age at Death: 53
Registration district: Darwen
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10c
Page: 126



William Renshaw
in the England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: William Renshaw
Birth Date: abt 1896
Date of Registration: Jun 1968
Age at Death: 72
Registration district: Liverpool North
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10d
Page: 214

Thank your very much for your help ArgyllGran.

Pat.

Have you discounted this one?

England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: William J Renshaw
Birth Date: abt 1896
Date of Registration: Sep 1952
Age at Death: 56
Registration district: Maidstone
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 5b
Page: 512

Hello Gritty,

No I haven't discounted anything. I'm open to all suggestions.

Thank you for your help.

Pat.

Have you traced his other siblings?

1905 Dublin Workhouses Admission & Discharge Registers (South Dublin Union)

Margaret Renshaw Wife of Labourer (William) 29
Christina Renshaw 11
William Renshaw 9
Joseph Renshaw 7
Margaret Renshaw 9 mths

Were living at 15 Charlotte Street:
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Or his wife:
First name(s) William John
Last name Renshaw
Registration year 1920
Registered Quarter/Year Jan - Mar 1920
Registration district Dublin South
Volume 2 Page 684
MarriageFinder™ William John Renshaw married one of these people
Catherine Kelly, Deborah Moran, Catherine Cantwell
Record set Irish Marriages 1845-1958

Hello again Gritty,

Yes that is William. There is a story behind what you have posted there. It is the reason I'm trying to find out what happened to him. I lost track of him after 1925 but "Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it" in one of her posts above has brought me to 1937.

Thanks for your interest.

Pat

I am William John Renshaw's daughter Molly Rose. The previous details are mainly correct. His siblings were Joseph and Christina.. The family lived in Dublin after leaving Scotland where the father was a bootmaker, married to Margaret my grandmother. My father William John Renshaw entered Chatham Dockyard during world war 2 and died at the age of 56 in Maidstone when I was 6. I am interested in locating Patrick as he may be a relative.

Hello Molly,

I am delighted to hear from you.

I sent you a private message earlier this morning.

Pat

Hello Patrick,

I too am delighted to hear from you . I have just replied with a message.

Molly