People who dared to go beyond the horizon<\/b><\/p>\n
Your ancestors may well have been seafarers. Some of us have direct proof of our mariner forebears – in the shape of Apprenticeship certificates, Navigating Officers ‘tickets’, or simply letters of a mariner (perhaps a long-lost relation) from a distant sea-port, whilst serving on a sailing ship.<\/p>\n
People who went to sea, in craft of all kinds, beyond their own home horizon were always “a bit brave”. Deep sea mariners, those who took their vessels out into ‘unfathomed’ ocean waters, were a breed apart.<\/p>\n
Relatives Names<\/b><\/p>\n
Were <\/b><\/i>your great grandfathers at sea?<\/b><\/i> <\/b><\/i><\/p>\n
Do any of the following ‘Clan names’, or surnames, relate to your ancestory?<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n
The following list has been compiled from Crewlists & Agreements<\/i> <\/b>of ships connected with R&J Craig of Glasgow at the high point of sail, sometime between 1870 to 1907. If a recognised name appears then you may have more relations around the world than you had ever imagined!<\/p>\n
In the past there has already been a small stream of confirmed names of ancestors who worked on Craigs’s “COUNTIES” reported.<\/p>\n
MASTER MARINERS<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Who served on R&J Craig’s “COUNTY” ships of Scotland.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Surname:\u00a0Initial(s) and birth year (if known)<\/em><\/p>\n Allen J<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Alexander W<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Andersen W (b1867)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Armour W (b1849)<\/b><\/p>\n Auld WC (b1860)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Bain J<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Battersby <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n B<\/span>lair J<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Borland C<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Buchanan A (b1861)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Cameron<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Collins<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Craig A (b1841)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Craig R (b1824, Extra Master)<\/b><\/p>\n Cumming J (b1828)<\/b><\/p>\n Cumming J (b1866)<\/b><\/p>\n Dalgarno<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Drummond<\/b><\/p>\n Drysdale JW<\/b><\/p>\n Duncanson CFF<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Eddington G<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Fetters J<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Fordyce William<\/b><\/p>\n Gordon<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Gray T<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Hood W<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Hughes<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Isles JG<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Jafra<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Jamieson J<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Johns<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Laen W<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Lamont D<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Leslie JC (b1863)<\/b><\/p>\n Lloyd D<\/b><\/p>\n Macacia<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Maclaren<\/b><\/p>\n McAlpine<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n McDonald C (b1862)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n McFee J (b1827)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n McLean D<\/b><\/p>\n McLeod A (b1864)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n McKellor<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n McKenzie \u00a0\u00a0RMM (b1829)<\/b><\/p>\n McNicol M<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Miller Andrew (b1833)<\/b><\/p>\n Murdoch J (b1865)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Murphy<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Nilsen<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Parkhouse J<\/b><\/p>\n Parry<\/b><\/p>\n Pattman<\/b> <\/b>R (b1851)<\/b><\/p>\n Plage<\/b><\/p>\n Quillan<\/b> <\/b>R<\/b><\/p>\n Richards<\/b> <\/b>JW<\/b><\/p>\n Rollins<\/b> <\/b>JP<\/b><\/p>\n Scott<\/b> <\/b>DL <\/b><\/p>\n Sinclair<\/b> <\/b>J (b1843)<\/b><\/p>\n Stephen<\/b><\/p>\n Stewart<\/b> <\/b>J (b1839)<\/b><\/p>\n Stroak<\/b> <\/b>JD (b1846)<\/b><\/p>\n Taylor<\/b> <\/b>A<\/b><\/p>\n Thomson<\/b> <\/b>D<\/b><\/p>\n Tode<\/b><\/p>\n Tork<\/b> <\/b>J<\/b><\/p>\n Torrance<\/b><\/p>\n Tosh<\/b> <\/b>D<\/b><\/p>\n Wallace<\/b> <\/b>J<\/b><\/p>\n Walker<\/b> <\/b>F<\/b><\/p>\n Webster<\/b> <\/b>I<\/b><\/p>\n Weller<\/b> <\/b>J<\/b><\/p>\n Wilton<\/b> <\/b>J<\/b><\/p>\n Woodside<\/b><\/p>\n Wright<\/b><\/p>\n Young<\/b> <\/b>D<\/b><\/p>\n Noteable others connected:<\/b><\/p>\n Jarvis D (b1820)<\/b><\/p>\n Robertson W (b1848)<\/b><\/p>\n CREWMEN<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n First Crew of maiden voyage of sv “County of Peebles” (Glasgow to Batavia & Sourabaya), as signed, leaving July 1875.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Surname:<\/i> <\/i>Christian name:<\/i> <\/i>Role:<\/i> <\/i>Home town.\u00a0<\/i>AB<\/b>=Able Bodied seaman; OS<\/b>=Ordinary Seaman<\/p>\n Miller, Andrew – <\/span>Master, <\/span>Perth (Scotland)<\/p>\n Bell, Andrew – <\/span>Mate, <\/span>Paisley<\/p>\n Hector, William – <\/span>2nd Mate, <\/span>Greenock<\/p>\n Kelly, George – <\/span>Bosun, <\/span>Co Clare (Ireland)<\/p>\n Muir, James – <\/span>B’sun’sMate, Arbroath<\/p>\n Calder, Sinclair G – <\/span>Carpenter, Dunnet?<\/p>\n Hodge, James G – <\/span>Carpenter, Dundee<\/p>\n Price, DG – <\/span>Steward, Philadelphia (USA)<\/p>\n Smith, James – <\/span>Cook, Glasgow<\/p>\n Claun, William T – <\/span>Seaman, Quebec<\/p>\n Nicholson, Angus – <\/span>AB, Sky<\/p>\n Ferguson, Daniel – <\/span>OS, Inverness<\/p>\n Amsterfan, Peter – <\/span>AB, Finsbury<\/p>\n Zellin, William – <\/span>AB, <\/span>Germany<\/p>\n Benson, Ben – AB, Dunedin<\/p>\n Evans, John – AB, Solva (Pembrokeshire)<\/p>\n Sharp, Nathan – AB, Kincardine<\/p>\n Henderson, Alex – AB, Argyleshire<\/p>\n Morrison, Arthur – AB, Lerwick<\/p>\n Tulloch, James – AB, Shetland<\/p>\n Richard, John – AB, Frome<\/p>\n Taylor, James – AB, Edinburgh<\/p>\n Brown, Thomas – AB, Dover<\/p>\n Turncay, John – AB, Kircudbright<\/p>\n Percival, Thomas – AB, Pell<\/p>\n Fleming, William – OS, Glasgow<\/p>\n Blackstone, William W – OS, United States<\/p>\n Cameron, Duncan – OS, Skye<\/p>\n Dickons, James – AB, Pell<\/p>\n McMahon, John – Boy, Lochgelly<\/p>\n Ruimgaurd – AB, Germany?<\/p>\n Raistal, Mikhal – AB, Norway<\/p>\n Coffey, Patrick – AB, Cardiff<\/p>\n Quine, John – AB, Isle of Man<\/p>\n Smythe, William – AB, Plymouth<\/p>\n Jones, William – AB, Holyhead<\/p>\n Osberg, William – AB, Swindon<\/p>\n Bourg, Louis – AB, France<\/p>\n Milner, William – OS, Yorkshire<\/p>\n Osborne, William – OS, Lancaster<\/p>\n Simmons, James – AB, Sunderland<\/p>\n Baynes, Alexander – AB, Aberdeen<\/p>\n Ashworth, JH – OS, Liverpool<\/p>\n Hard, RW – Boy, Edinburgh<\/p>\n Baker, CF – OS, London<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" People who dared to go beyond the horizon Your ancestors may well have been seafarers. Some of us have direct proof of our mariner forebears – in the shape of Apprenticeship certificates, Navigating Officers ‘tickets’, or simply letters of a mariner (perhaps a long-lost relation) from a distant sea-port, whilst serving on a sailing ship. … <\/p>\n