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Ship: Niger; Official number: 7853. Andrew Sorasson; rank/rating, master; age, 39;...

Catalogue reference: BT 99/1298/140

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Ship: Niger; Official number: 7853.

Andrew Sorasson; rank/rating, master; age, 39; place of birth, Usladt; previous ship, Swainson of West Hartlepool.

John Nieoll; rank/rating, mate; age, 50; place of birth, Kirkcaldy, Fife; previous ship, Marie Stuart of Leith.

D Damster; rank/rating, cook and steward; age, 24; place of birth, Antwerp, Belgium; previous ship, Breeze.

Edward Hughes; rank/rating, able seaman, age, 36; place of birth, Almwich; previous ship, Moderation of Blyth.

Thomas Fox; rank/rating, able seaman, age, 22; place of birth, Dundee; previous ship, Deodor.

Carl. Johansson; rank/rating, ordinary seaman, age, 21; place of birth, Oland, Sweden; previous ship, Egmont of W[est] Hartlepool.

H[..]nning Sand; rank/rating, cook st[eward] & seaman; age, 49, place of birth, Danzig, Germany; previous ship, Sovereign of S[outh] Shields.

Albert [..]bert; rank/ rating, cook stew[ard] and able seaman; age, 39; place of birth, Danzig; previous ship, foreign.

Tho[ma]s Green; apprentice; age 19; indentured at West Hartlepool on 14 December 1880.

W[illia]m Waters; apprentice; age, 17; indentured at Leith on 27 May 1881.

Rich[ar]d Murray; apprentice; age, 16; indentured at Leith 27 May 1881.

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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists, Series II

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