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Merchant sailor or navy sailor?
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DaveatHove | Report | 25 Aug 2009 10:55 |
Hi Just spotted your queries. I am going to Kew at the end of next week and will have a look for him in the Merchant Navy microfiche records. He may not be there as a lot of records from this period were destroyed. It won't take long to look. I will email you one way or the other. |
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was plain ann now annielaurie | Report | 22 Aug 2009 16:15 |
He doesn't appear to be on the documentsonline site for those in the Royal Navy so perhaps he was a merchant seaman. Fairly difficult to find records for this period. Have a look at the Research Guides on the National Archives website about Merchant Navy records. |
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Michelle | Report | 22 Aug 2009 10:40 |
Was plain ann- his name was George McCulloch born- Liverpool, 1880 give or take a year. |
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AllanC | Report | 21 Aug 2009 17:21 |
Liverpool suggests a merchant seaman; it was one of Britain's busiest ports at that time. |
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Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) | Report | 21 Aug 2009 17:12 |
If he was in the Royal Navy then you might find his record on the National Archive site. They have downloaded all of them for this time period: |
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was plain ann now annielaurie | Report | 21 Aug 2009 15:47 |
What was his name and where and when was he born? |
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Thelma | Report | 21 Aug 2009 12:42 |
My father in law was from a long line of merchant seamen. |
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Michelle | Report | 21 Aug 2009 11:50 |
gwyn- it just says Sailor, the same as on the 1901 census. |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 21 Aug 2009 11:26 |
How is great grandfather's occupation defined on his child ( your grandparent's) marriage certificate? |
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Michelle | Report | 21 Aug 2009 10:58 |
AllanC- he was in Liverpool. I guess the only way I'm going to know for sure is to do some more digging. |
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AllanC | Report | 21 Aug 2009 10:45 |
My feeling is that he was probably in the Merchant Navy. How a person's occupation is described is very much up to the individual. I could accurately describe myself at one stage in my career in three different ways - by professional qualification, field of work or employer's business. Unless your g-g'father was retired or happened to be home on leave on census night I would have thought he would have been included in the census under vessels (in port or at sea) had he been in the Royal Navy. I think there was more likelihood of a merchant seaman being at home for longer periods between voyages. |
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Michelle | Report | 21 Aug 2009 10:35 |
Thanks jonesey x |
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Michelle | Report | 21 Aug 2009 09:44 |
On the 1901 census my great grandfather’s occupation is listed as sailor. What I’m wondering now is, if he was in the navy would it say this on the census? or with it saying just the word sailor should I presume that he was a merchant sailor? |