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Hello & thank you all for your input.

Cynthia, thanks again for the advice I will try the family tree route.

Marie Celeste, I found the Fegan you mentioned on new York list who was a chef (sorry for spelling mistake) I have saved it to see if I find anything else out.

Astra, thank you for your research, he might have dropped his first name but I have his marriage certificate for his first wife (Mary Ramsay/Ramsey) where he states he is 21 in 1930 & his fathers name is also Joseph? I will try Cynthia's suggestion on the family tree route and see what comes up.

Again many thanks ladies for your help, it's truly appreciated.

Kind regards

Kathy

The same man is on a number of crew lists, this is a later one:

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Joseph Fegan
Arrival Date: 19 Dec 1950
Birth Year: abt 1905
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: English
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Empress of Scotland

Now a public room steward. Had been serving on ships for 30 years.

Katherine - might he have been a chef and not a chief?

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Joseph Fegan
Arrival Date: 11 Feb 1943
Birth Year: abt 1910
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: English
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Lucellum

This one is a crew member and is an assistant cook and baker.

I wonder if he dropped his first name

FEGAN, Joseph Henry Head Married M 38 1873 Painter Lancs Liverpool VIEW
FEGAN, Elizabeth Ann Wife Married4 years F 24 1887 Lancs Liverpool VIEW
FEGAN, Mary Elizabeth Daughter F 2 1909 Lancs Liverpool VIEW
FEGAN, Henry Joseph Son M 0 (3 MONTHS) 1911 Lancs Liverpool VIEW

RG number: RG14 Piece: 22230 Reference: RG14PN22230 RG78PN1315 RD454 SD2 ED3 SN333 Registration District: Toxteth Park Sub District: Toxteth Park South West Enumeration District: 3 Parish: Toxteth Park Address: 49 Morton Street Liverpool County: Lancashire

Maybe not. there is a marriage for Henry J Fegan in Liverpool in 1951

Was he definitely born 1909?

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Joseph Fegan
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1905
Registration district: West Derby
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 400

That's the only birth I can find, but the father was called William per the baptism record.

Hello Katherine, welcome to the boards!

When you say "trying to locate" - do you mean his death, etc?

I am trying to locate Joseph Fegan born 1909 he married Mary Ramsay in 1930. They had 4 children Mary, Shirley, Dolores & Peter all born in Liverpool.

He was a chief on ships & left Mary & their 4 children in approximately 1940. The last information we have was that he jumped ship & lived in Australia. He married someone else whilst still married to Mary, she was visited in 1960's by police who informed her of his bigamy.

Josephs father ws also called Joseph Fegan, he was a collier, he had a large family & lived in Liverpool also.

Thank you to anyone who can help.