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master mariner

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sue

sue Report 9 Nov 2008 21:29

thank you, you are a star
i dont suppose you can find george knight the master mariner lol

sue

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 9 Nov 2008 21:13

The Bimsons are next door in 1891:

1891 England Census
about Mary Bimson
Name: Mary Bimson
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: James
Gender: Female
Where born: Liverpool
Civil Parish: Toxteth Park
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
Town: Liverpool
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration district: Toxteth Park
Sub registration district: Toxteth Park
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household Members: Name Age
Gertrude Bimson 1
James Bimson 26
James Bimson 3
Mary Bimson 27
Mary C Bimson 5
Ellen Ryley 10

Ellen is listed as neice. Looks more like Rigby on the image.

Rose

sue

sue Report 9 Nov 2008 19:33

having looked, i think the witnesses were from the carr side of the family and not the knights, i found a marriage for a mary carr to james brimson in 1882 in liverpool.

sue

sue

sue Report 9 Nov 2008 17:46

the names of the witnesses are hard to read but look like J Bimson and Mary Bimson.

sue

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 9 Nov 2008 17:25

What about the witnesses to the marriage?

Rose

sue

sue Report 9 Nov 2008 15:36

thank you cynthia off to have a look
sue

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 9 Nov 2008 14:49

Also the Lancashire bmd is a useful site too!

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 9 Nov 2008 14:48

Some more thoughts:
My Master Mariner was from Liverpool too! Try the Merseyside Genealogy and History Forum - it's free and its v. helpful. Loads of info available on anything to do with Liverpool.
Also, google the Liverpool Maritime museum as they can be helpful.
Someone also suggested I tried the Captain's Register at the Guildhall
http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/capintro.
But honestly, the above Merseyside link is great. Happy hunting

sue

sue Report 9 Nov 2008 12:45

seaham lass,
thank you very much, i have been searching census's for hours and my heads gone fuzzy.
I need to fnd her birth now.
she was married to john carr in 1889 in toxteth liverpool.
i also need to find her in 1881 and 1871 to find her parents.
george knight was a master mariner in 1889 on wedding cert but says he was deceased.

sue

doddsy1

doddsy1 Report 9 Nov 2008 11:33

If I've found the correct John and Mary Carr in Toxteth in 1891, then Mary states that she was born 1869 in London

sue

sue Report 9 Nov 2008 09:06

all i can find is 1881
toxteth park liverpool
mary knights wife head, 37, ireland, husband at sea
mary e knights dau,11, liverpool

but i dont know if this right as its mary E and not mary L

sue

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 9 Nov 2008 00:47

Is this Mary...?

Births Jun 1869
Knight Mary Lydia Southwell 7b 269


EDIT
No. I think her father was Thomas a butcher

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 9 Nov 2008 00:40

I dion't see a birth for Mary. Do you have her in 1871 and 1881?

Rose

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 9 Nov 2008 00:31

Sometimes the marriages are recorded for the purposes of a naval widow's pension. You might try the National Archives site.

Rose

sue

sue Report 8 Nov 2008 23:03

had a look but cant find anything.
his name was george knight born c1844, died pre 1889. only child i know of is mary lydia knight born liverpool 1869. she married john carr in toxteth park liverpool.

sorry thats all the info i have on him.

sue

sue

sue Report 8 Nov 2008 22:18

Hi,
many thanks, i will look at the maritime website.

sue

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 8 Nov 2008 22:00

An idea may be to go to the National Maritime museum website.

I found my master mariner by contacting the local maritime authorities. Happy hunting.

CLW2005

CLW2005 Report 8 Nov 2008 21:36

do you want to post the name and other details?
sometimes mariners on vessels are listed on census

Christine

sue

sue Report 8 Nov 2008 21:34

I have just had my husbands grandparents marriage cert, the wifes father's occupation was master mariner.
does anyone know where i could find out which ship he was on?
Or anything else about it, as i am struggling to find his family in the census's.

many thanks

sue