Thanks, Marion, confirms much of what I had, but the picture is a treasure, seems to be done in Hong Kong.
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Thanks, Marion, confirms much of what I had, but the picture is a treasure, seems to be done in Hong Kong.
Through me out a bit as I was initially going through Barry Dock records.
Your reply today helped a lot.
RE: 63 when he died, that seems old for a merchant seaman.
It was pretty normal, one of my relatives was killed 17th September 1940. Age 62.
Keith.
Thanks, Keith.
Please, Marian. She was born in Sligo and they started their married life there before moving to Peterhead. No indication how they got together, it is likely she was Roman Catholic and he was Presbyterian and they would not normally mix, but sailors go lots of places and this might not be an issue for them. There were 8 Taylors in Sligo in 1749 but none in Calry but that is a long time before she was born.
Sergeant (Air Gunner)
THIRD, HUGH WILLIAM
Service Number 802490
Died 20/11/1940
Aged 25
149 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
Son of Hugh Nixon Third and Jane Ann Ross Third.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/c...-hugh-william/
97, Catherine Taylor was born on 21 May 1845 in Sligo, Sligo, the daughter of Jane [nee Gilmore] and Hugh. She married William Third on 25 August 1864 in her hometown. They had eight children in 15 years. She died on 14 June 1900 in Leichhardt, New South Wales, at the age of 55.
Ewen, Have sent you pm with photo.:)
It was a Civil Registration Ewen, will send you the reference numbers of marriage cert in case you want to order a copy from the General Register Office.... Catherine's photograph included in the email also.
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I am tracing information on father and son, who are linked to my wife's family. The father is William Third, Master Mariner, born 1842 in Aberdeen and married Catherine Taylor of Calry, Sligo, Ireland in 1866. One child was born in Sligo and the rest in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. I know nothing of his shipping experience but he probably was in charge of one or more ships since he was a Master Mariner. His third child was Hugh Nixon Third who was drowned at sea on the Homeside which was sunk in January 1941. I already have had more on him from contact with Old Friends Plus, thanks to you folks. There may be more Thirds in the maritime business as Aberdeen was and is an important port.
I also have Glasgow merchants John Young (four generations), my ancestors, who traded extensively and had ships coming in and out of port in the 18th and 19th centuries, but I have no information on how to find any information on those ships. But Old Friends Plus may not go back that far.
As regards Peterhead I am familiar with as today is a port like Aberdeen geared up to cater to the North Sea oil Industry. Apart from the port itself the town is some way away, the closet industry to the port would be the prison which overlooks the harbour. Some of us received invites to the prison officers club which incorporated bar facilities and saved on taxi fares into town. I don’t know when the prison was built , but there must have been a large amount of the populace employed building it. Maybe enquiries into the history of the prison might turn up some names. That could maybe start with an enquiry on google. Regards JWS