Jeff,
Thanks for your e-mail. I had never heard of Les Sables d'Olonne and google
came up with gobs of entries!
Yes, it was George the "retired hotel keeper" ... sounds like I need to see
if the Cambrian entry indicates he died on land or at sea ...
I suspect that as far as getting a copy of the Cambrian entry ... so many
local governments only accept checks for payment and that is prohibitive to
do -- credit cards eliminates all the fees. I will see though if the
Swansea government web-site lists a service, otherwise, I will e-mail and
inquire ...
I appreciate your taking the time to share your thoughts on how I might
proceed. Thanks!
Diane :-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Coleman [mailto:jeff.coleman@ntlworld.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 2:56 PM
To: Diane Richard; GLAMORGAN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [GLA] I'm Back ...question about HAWKINS - death while
traveling
Les Sables d'Olonne on the west coast of France was a port with regular
contact with Swansea. If I remember rightly the cargoes to Swansea would
have been mainly timber, and presumably coal or patent fuel from Swansea.
If George HAWKINS died at sea then the death would have been recorded in the
ship's log book, and if he was a crew member also in the Crew Agreement. If
you can trace the ship you may be able to trace the crew agreement.
However if he was the 'retired hotel keeper' in 1881 census in Swansea he
may have been a passenger. Interesting to see that one of his near
neighbours in 1881 was a timber merchant. I suspect that Freehold Street has
been renamed. In fact looking on
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ at
Glamorganshire, Uplands shows that it is now The Grove, Uplands.
If you contact Cambrian.Index(a)Swansea.gov.uk (I think that is the right
email address) and mention the details you obtained from the Cambrian Index
they should be able to provide you with a photocopy of the article. If you
mention where you are that will help in assessing postage costs.
Somewhere online offers access to the Deaths at Sea index.
Jeff
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