Archive for July, 2009
Coastguards F-J
THE PEOPLE NAMED BELOW, ARE LISTED IN THE RECORDS AS BEING COASTGUARDS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE ISLE OF WIGHT. THE DATES SHOWN DO NOT REFLECT THEIR TIME IN THE SERVICE, IT JUST SHOWS THE DATES OF THE RECORDS FOUND. THERE ARE OTHER DETAILS AVAILABLE, WHICH WE CAN SUPPLY UPON REQUEST. Some have been taken from the census, and […]
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Coastguards A-E
THE PEOPLE NAMED BELOW, ARE LISTED IN THE RECORDS AS BEING COASTGUARDS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE ISLE OF WIGHT. THE DATES SHOWN DO NOT REFLECT THEIR TIME IN THE SERVICE, IT JUST SHOWS THE DATES OF THE RECORDS FOUND. THERE ARE OTHER DETAILS AVAILABLE, WHICH WE CAN SUPPLY UPON REQUEST. Some have been taken from the census, and […]
Coastguards and Lifeboatmen
BELOW ARE PERSONS THAT HAVE BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THE KELLYS DIRECTORY 1898 THAT WERE CONNECTED TO THE COASTGUARD AND LIFEBOAT STATIONS AROUND THE ISLE OF WIGHT. Coastguard Stations:- Alum Bay.. George HAMMOND. Chief boatman in charge & 4 men. Bembridge.. Joseph PETTY. Chief officer & 11 men. Blackgang.. William Henry WARNE. Chief officer in charge & 6 men. […]
Customs & Excise Prosecutions 1821-1833
EXTRACTED FROM THE PROSECUTIONS BOOK AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AT KEW ref: CUST/61/176. THESE ARE ALL ISLE OF WIGHT PROSECUTIONS, DETAILS INCLUDE: NAME, DATE OF ARREST, ABODE, OFFENCE AND SENTENCE. Surnames of those listed:- ADAMS, ANDREWS, ARCHER, ARNOLD, ATTRILL, BAKER, BALDWIN, BALIS, BATES, BAY, BEASLEY, BEVIN, BOOKER, BOWERS, BRADING, BRADLEY, BROOKS, BUCKETT, BUTCHER, CALLAWAY, CAMMELLO, CAWS, […]
Customs House
THESE ARE A FEW NAMES THAT I HAVE TRANSCRIBED WHILE SEARCHING OTHER THINGS AND BY NO MEANS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST. I WILL ADD OTHERS AS I COME ACROSS THEM. ALFORD James .. Cowes, Jan 1826-Nov 1836 – marriage & bapts. (Customs Officer). ALFORD James 65 .. W.Cowes census 1841 – Officer of Customs (not of […]
Coastguard Snippets
These are general snippets of information that I have come across in my searches, I will add to them as and when I find more. For some there are more details, denoted by a succession of dots …… 29 Sept 1855 – THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL – On Friday 21st, the dinner given by the residents and […]
General Seafaring Snippets
THESE ARE EXTRACTED FROM THE OLD NEWSPAPERS. A SUCCESSION OF DOTS …… AT THE END OF AN ARTICLE, DENOTES THERE IS MORE. 22/12/1855 – SEAVIEW. During the violent gale from the north-east on Tuesday night the “Altraneda” yacht, belonging to R.A.GRAY Esq., of Priory, was driven ashore in the bay and totally wrecked. This is […]
Wreck of the Schooner “Ernst”
3 Masted wooden built ship of Barth, North Germany, was bound from Liverpool to Dantzig with about 420 tons of salt, with crew of nine hands. Wrecked on the shingle bank near Alum Bay. Names listed in order of mention in the County Press report 26 Nov 1898 WALLIS Capt (Master and Owner of the […]
Wreck of Brigantine “Noordster” off Brook Point
Dutch two masted vessel, 183 tons register, bound from Maracaybo, Central America, with a cargo of box-wood and divi-divi for Hamburg. # explanation below Names listed in order of mention in the County Press report 30 Mar 1895 UFKEN of Albasserdam, near Rotterdam (Captain of Noordster) JACOBS Ben (Coxwain Brook lifeboat) MORRIS R. Rev […]
Wreck of the Brigantine “Gudrun”
238 tons register ship of Fowey in Cornwall, laden with china clay and bound for Leith, floundered on the shingles off Totland Bay with the loss of her crew. Names listed in order of mention in the County Press report 19 Mar 1892. MCGAULEY Capt (Commander Yarmouth Coastguards) MCGAREL Alexander L of Belfast (Master Mariner, […]