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Member Since: September 2007 Posts: 53 Send Message	James	Report	23 Oct 2007 22:09
	Well i was hoping for a picture of barge and to build up a picture in my mind of his work and life by finding more about the role of the barge. He was born in Harkstead which is on the shotley peninsula so i wondered if the barge sailed from pin mill on the river orwell (famous for barges) or the stour which would be nearer his birthplace of harkstead.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20 615 Send Message	Heather	Report	23 Oct 2007 21:35
	Barges could change names. What are you hoping to find out?
Member Since: September 2007 Posts: 53 Send Message	James	Report	23 Oct 2007 21:30
	I found my great great grandfather on the 1881 census on the barge 'ethel' in london doing the suffolk to london straw run i think. But after researching barges named ethel i found the ethel ada and ethel maud both of which seem to have been built after 1881. So i am confused, I think the barge must have been built in molden, essex baecause thats where the master of the barge comes from. Does any one know anything to help me