Permission to come aboard

[weeKnightingale]

We are in the hands of very able British Merchant Navy Seafarers indeed!

A very special thank you to Vernon, Castleman.

And an extra special THANK YOU to JimmyS.

We are still in the fog; but, steady as we go the mist is clearing!

I found this poem on my sailing through the Internet:

Dear Ancestor ( Arthur John Robin )

* * * * * * Your Headstone stands among the rest,
* * * * * * Neglected and alone
* * * * * * The name and date are chiseled out
* * * * * * On polished,marble stone.

* * * * * * It reaches out to all who cares
* * * * * * It is to late to mourn.
* * * * * * You did not know that I exist
* * * * * * You died and I was born.

* * * * * * Yet each of us are cells of you
* * * * * * In flesh,in blood, in bone.
* * * * * * Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
* * * * * * Entirely not are own.

* * * * * * Dear ancestor the place you filled
* * * * * * One hundred years ago
* * * * * * Spreads out among the ones you left
* * * * * * Who would have loved you so.

* * * * * * I wonder if you lived and loved,
* * * * * * I wonder if you knew
* * * * * * That someday i would find this spot
* * * * * * And come to visit you.

Author Unknown.*
* * * *Monumental Inscriptions: A Beautiful Poem* found on the Merchant Navy rootschat 2005* *

[Doc Vernon]

Hello Karola,
A very beautifull Poem indeed and a very nice Tribute to whoever that was for!
There are some lovely Inscriptions on Headstones all over and it is so nice to see so many people care!
Thank you too for the kind words its always appreciated!
As said we do try! Old or not haha!
Keep the Search going!
Cheers

[weeKnightingale]

Hello Dear friends,

Well I'm still on the high seas without a chart and no port in sight as yet. That's how I feel a little lost!
With the help of Jimmy we did find a cemetery with some family but not Uncle Arthur grave. The cemetery
is in Glasgow area in Scotland.

One step closer! It's not easy to find a grave site.

Did come across a few of the ships that my uncle sailed on:

Out of London:
SS Graigles
Arrive: New York
June 7, 1942
Depart: St. Luica
Master Kirkwood

SS Naticina
Depart: Liverpool
March 24, 1943
Arrive: NewYork
April 16, 1943
Elles Mere Port
Master Ritche
# 9500042 Ht" 5'9" Wt: 166

MS Axel Johnson
Departed: Liverpool
June 10, 1943
Arrive: New York
June 26, 1943

British Vessel:
SS Fort Astoria
Master Blair
Arrive: Tacoma, Washington
July 26, 1943
Depart: New Westminster, BC
Departed: Sept 9, 1943
San Pedro, California via Christobal, Cz
Arrive: New York
#9500042
Length of service: 10 yrs
HT: 5'9" Wt: 170

[DeepSea]

I would like to add another avenue to this research.

At the time of his death had he actually been serving on board a ship and was taken to hospital from this vessel. Reason I ask his death maybe recorded in the Deaths at Sea Register for 1953. What we would need to do would be to find a copy of his full service record held in the Fifth Register at Kew which would of recorded this ships name. Once you have that it would be possible to check the 1953 Deaths at Sea Register. There is a slight possibility and I say slight, but on a very few occasions on these documents it was actually recorded where the individual was buried. I don't want to build your hopes up to much as I have browsed hundreds if not thousands of these files and maybe a couple of dozen have detailed place of burial.

Rgds Billy

[weeKnightingale]

Thanks Billy,

All suggestions are welcomed and any help is appreciated.
I have been at a loss of what to do next.
I would not have thought.
You are right it may or may not help;
but as they say 'nothing ventured nothing gained'.
'Leave no stone unturned.'
Thank you so much for your input!
You are a sweetheart!

Thank you,
Karola

[weeKnightingale]

Season's Greetings to You All!

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wishing you a good year with peace, good health, much love and happiness.
Karola

Sending Season's Blessings through the looking-glass.
❆❅❄ ♬♪♩ ❆❅❄ ♯♮♫♭
ƙarola

[Doc Vernon]

Hi Karola,
Many thanks for the Seasons Greetings,and may i also take this time to wish you and all you may hold dear to you a Verry Merry Xmas and a prosperous New Year!
Take care and stay safe!
All the best
Cheers

[weeKnightingale]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wishing you all a good year with peace, good health, much love and happiness.

Sending Season's Blessings for a safe year through the looking-glass.
♡ Karola


Thank you for all your input and help! Hope the next year brings new hope!

[happy daze john in oz]

I feel certian that all the members of this great site will reciprocate those sentiments.

[weeKnightingale]

Hello,

I have not forgotten all my wonderful friends here.
I hope you are all well and enjoying life.
Thank you again to you all who helped and contributed advise in our quest!
Ever since I started my search for my Uncle's resting place I have found friends. Plus it inspired me to go on and due a genealogy search that has proved to be fascinating. My family tree has splendid roots and is thriving with many branches, shiny leaves and beautiful flowers.

We are still in search of my Uncle Arthur John Robin's grave site. We thought he maybe be in Scotland his birth place. But new events have brought our search back to England where he died at the Seaman's Hospital, Kent, England.

My cousin my Uncle's son words to me in one e-mail:
When I look at the Robin Family it is so hard for me to put everybody in place. They just seem to be everywhere, and I only have names. Even those who should be close seem so remote. But I was so young when Dad went and when my Mum followed him I was still so much of a child. My going to sea didn't help either as I grew up in another world, so to speak!

I understand his need to find his father's grave. His father died in 1953 and his mother in 1960.

Well out of the clear blue sea came an e-mail to me from a long lost and unknown relative! On a whim after talking to her granda she Googled the name ROBIN and clicked on one of my posts right off the bat and was amazed at what she found. She knew by reading that we were the same wee Robins. She said that her granda did not ever talk about his family.

The grand daughter of my Uncle's youngest brother found one of my old posts! I thought he was dead and I could not find any family in England or Scotland. Well he is 92 years young! A little forgetful but has given us some clues to where his brother may have been buried. He said that he was buried in Tottenham, England and that he had some photos of the grave. Whether he does or not is another matter. We will have to wait and take it slow and see. Tottenham is near where he lived in Islington. So the search is on. His grand daughter said she is now on a mission to find the photos and the cemetery if she can. Hopefully in a few weeks we may have some answers. Fingers crossed! I certainly will let you all know either way. So full steam ahead!



Never give up never give in!

Re:
British Merchant Seaman
Arthur John Robin*
R109897

DOB 20 Mar 1915
Born in Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland
DOD 24 Apr 1953
Died at Greenwich Seaman's Hospital, Kent, England

Thank you,
Sending my happy thoughts through the looking-glass.
♡ Karola