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Marriner death at sea

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Lord Martyn

Lord Martyn Report 4 Sep 2007 10:09

Hello world,

I have a William Thomas B CAMBURN b1870 Whitstable, Kent. He married in 1890 in Whitstable. On the 1891 census he is on a boat docked at Shereness on the Isle of Sheppy in Kent. He was ships mate on the 'Penoa'. (no idea what sort of boat it was)

His wife Isabel remarried in 1895. Her marriage cert states she was a widow. The family rumour is that William Camburn was a ferryman working between Whitstable and Shereness and that he was drowned at sea. I can not find his death in the GRO indexes.

Assuming that the he did die at sea, (as opposed to just getting fed up with wife and 'dissappering') any ideas where else his death may have been registered? Is there a separate register of deaths at sea?

Many thanks
Martyn

~~Trassle

~~Trassle Report 4 Sep 2007 12:09

Hi Martin have had a look on FIND MY PAST they have army,navy & marine deaths but cannot find anything for Thomas between 1891 & 1895 Sorry dont know what else to suggest .

Lord Martyn

Lord Martyn Report 4 Sep 2007 12:55

Thank you for that. He was William Thomas B Camburn though, did you check for just Thomas?

Regards
Martyn

~~Trassle

~~Trassle Report 4 Sep 2007 13:02

sorry yes i did look for William Thomas no one with name camburn at all. It was a long shot

Regards
Tracey