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Lost at Sea

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Meryl

Meryl Report 11 Oct 2007 17:09

Thanks very much for that Chris. Typical of my family it is as though they didn't exist. The mother ship must have returned and picked them all up. I best watch out! lol.

Researching:
Long, Rainford, (Merseyside/Wales/Ireland) Cunningham, Hally, (Tipperary Ireland)

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 11 Oct 2007 14:25

Country Girl

For overseas BMDs....Including deaths at sea.

http://www.familyrelatives.com/

Free to search but you have to register.

I have had a look in Marine Deaths for 1922 but there is no James Long registered.

Chris

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

Meryl

Meryl Report 11 Oct 2007 14:18

Thanks Fairy and Diane.

I will google the museum and I will have to ask my uncle If he has a death cert.

Researching:
Long, Rainford, (Merseyside/Wales/Ireland) Cunningham, Hally, (Tipperary Ireland)

Diane

Diane Report 11 Oct 2007 13:57

Cunard may well also have archives then... also there may have been mention in the newspapers of the incident..

Familyfinder

Familyfinder Report 11 Oct 2007 13:14

Do you have his death certificate?

Familyfinder

Familyfinder Report 11 Oct 2007 13:12

You could try contacting information people on the scilly's or even their museum-they have lists of things like that and they're ally helpful there. Try googling for the Scilly Isles museum I'm sure they'll help you in the right direction.

Meryl

Meryl Report 11 Oct 2007 12:53

Hi Diane,
He was a stoker on the Cunard line and my uncle has been doing the tree for years and told me about this person and asked me to try and find where he is buried.

Researching:
Long, Rainford, (Merseyside/Wales/Ireland) Cunningham, Hally, (Tipperary Ireland)

Diane

Diane Report 10 Oct 2007 18:58

where did you get the information that he was "lost at sea" ?

Just wondering if it was a private vessel, or a commercial/navy vessel that he was an employee of?

Meryl

Meryl Report 10 Oct 2007 18:54

Thanks Carrie.
More help and ideas welcomed thanks.

Researching:
Long, Rainford, (Merseyside/Wales/Ireland) Cunningham, Hally, (Tipperary Ireland)

Carrie

Carrie Report 10 Oct 2007 17:57

Lost at sea?

Was he's body found? if it was never found then there surely won't be an actual grave.

You could always contact the Local records office in that area and see what they recommend.

All the best
Carrie

Meryl

Meryl Report 10 Oct 2007 17:48

I have James Long born 11/12/1901 Liverpool lost at sea in 1922. We cannot find where he is buried. We think he may have been washed up on one of the Scilly Isles.
Can any one help please?

Researching:
Long, Rainford, (Merseyside/Wales/Ireland) Cunningham, Hally, (Tipperary Ireland)