Janwhin, I have at least 2 masters directly related from that era who must have known your relative as one of mine passed at Dundee in the late 1860's as well!
Captain James Young, Amble Coastguard and one of his sons - who is one I need help on please !! William Neil Young born Craster 1858 went off and married in South Africa, had a family, fought in the Boer War but appeared back in Amble in 1912 (a postcard record) It is the last any of us including the South African family have any record of him!! Thanks to the deaths at sea register I have found him recorded as passing away on the SS Hyltonia a collier, Elyth (Blyth?) 15 june 1918 age 61, still a ships master perhaps?
Can anyone tell me where to look next for details - would he be buried in Blyth? or at sea? any suggestions appreciated thanks
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