Born in 1852 and went to sea in the Merchant navy. Married a woman 25 years his junior and lied about his age on his marriage certificate! Aboard the SS Papanui which caught fire in 1911 on route to Cape Town and was beached at St Helena. Wrote to his wife later that same year from Christchurch, New Zealand where he was waiting for sheep.....
Family trees have roots and branches and leaves and there is a depth of colour and interest. Scratching at the bark, lives are revealled in all their fascinating detail. What may be trivia at that time becomes fascination 160 years later.
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