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Ship: Craigburn; Official number: 87409. Alexander Kerr; rank/rating, Master; year...

Catalogue reference: BT 99/1707/55

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This record is about the Ship: Craigburn; Official number: 87409. Alexander Kerr; rank/rating, Master; year... dating from 1891 in the series Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Agreements and Crew Lists, Series II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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BT 99/1707/55
Date
1891
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Ship: Craigburn; Official number: 87409. Alexander Kerr; rank/rating, Master; year of birth, 1835; place of birth, Arran; previous ship, same. Thomas Ure; rank/rating, Mate; year of birth, 1835; place of birth, Stirling; previous ship, Scandinavian of Glasgow. Robert Forbes; rank/rating, 2nd Mate; year of birth, 1867; place of birth, Haddington; previous ship, same. Thomas Johnston; rank/rating, Carpenter; year of birth, 1853; place of birth, Montrose; previous ship, same. Louis Wilson; rank/rating, Boatswn; year of birth, 1856; place of birth, Stockholm; previous ship, Sp Hitchcock of N York. John Macken; rank/rating, Boatswn Mate; year of birth, 1857; place of birth, Portsmouth; previous ship, Falls of Halladale of Glasgow. August Hanson; rank/rating, Sailmr; year of birth, 1851; place of birth, Holmstad, Sweden; previous ship, Dunfillan of Liverpool. William Biggs; rank/rating, Steward; year of birth, 1845; place of birth, Wigtonshr; previous ship, Bratannia of London. William Paterson; rank/rating, Cook; year of birth, 1845; place of birth, Waterloo; previous ship, Hazelbank of Glasgow. A G Pilgrim; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1854; place of birth, London; previous ship, Viscount of Liverpool. William P Hunt; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1863; place of birth, Liverpool; previous ship, Wyoming of Liverpool. James Fitzpatrick; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1865; place of birth, Douglas; previous ship, Glenorchy of Liverpool. John McKenzie; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1850; place of birth, Cape Breton; previous ship, L'd Downshire of B'fast. Neil McTowdery; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1832; place of birth, Greenock; previous ship, same. John Kruseburitz; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1864; place of birth, Hamburg; previous ship, Hannah of Hamburg. F Torselmann; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1844; place of birth, Hamburg; previous ship, Bencleuch of Alloa. Louis O'Connor; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1866; place of birth, New York; previous ship, Bohenna of Bath, USA. John Johnson; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1849; place of birth, Oriestadt, Finland; previous ship, Norwegian ship. John Hodgkinson; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1863; place of birth, Liverpool; previous ship, Falkland of Liverpool. Frank Wallace; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1850; place of birth, Finland; previous ship, Toronto of Liverpool. George Herbert Wilki Blackbourn; rank/rating, Apprentice; year of birth, 1876; indentured 14 January 1891 in Liverpool. Charles Campbell; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1866; place of birth, Kingston Jamaica; previous ship, Eudora of Dundee. William Colson; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1864; place of birth, Halifax, Nova Scotia; previous ship, Engineer of Liverpool. John Dixon; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1848; place of birth, Edinburgh; previous ship, Bohenna of Bath, USA. Charles White; rank/rating, Able Seaman; year of birth, 1853; place of birth, Stockholm; previous ship, Alex Lawrence of London. Arthur E Sutton; rank/rating, Ordinary Seaman; year of birth, 1872; place of birth, Liverpool; previous ship, Belfast of Liverpool. Joseph William Sharp Whitfield; rank/rating, Boy; year of birth, 1874; place of birth, Bridge of Allan; previous ship, 1st voyage. Daniel Carruthers; rank/rating, Boy; year of birth, 1875; place of birth, Irvine; previous ship, 1st voyage. James Hamilton; rank/rating, Ordinary Seaman; year of birth, 1871; place of birth, Glasgow; previous ship, same. Charles Ernest White; rank/rating, Boy; year of birth, 1874; place of birth, Hull; previous ship, Blythswood of Greenock.

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