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From: "Ian Wright" <>
Subject: RE: [BISSETT-L] Looking for info on ANOTHER Alexander Bisset... (Scotland,1755- England, 1821)
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 18:01:28 +1100
In-Reply-To: <BAY16-F399B638435730EB132A42BF7B0@phx.gbl>
And a very interesting Web siteabout CaptainSir James Bisset's part in the
rescue of 700 people from the Titanic.
http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/bisset.html
Regards, Ian
>From: "Ian Wright" <>
>To:
>Subject: RE: [BISSETT-L] Looking for info on ANOTHER Alexander Bisset...
>(Scotland, 1755- England, 1821)
>Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:35:09 +1100
>
>Some more interesting news about Captain Sir James Bisset and his
>connectionwith the rescue of the survivors of the Titanic.
>
>Bisset, Sir James & with P.R. Stephensen. Tramps and Ladies. My Early Years
>in Steamers. 1st printing. London: Angus & Robertson. 1959. hardcover.
>isbn: none. scarcity: common.
>Bisset was second officer on the Carpathia, the ship that rescued the
>Titanic survivors. He later went on to become Commodore of the Cunard Line.
>This book concerns his personal experiences on the steamships from 1905 to
>1912 (its actually the second of three books about his years at sea). The
>last five chapters concern the Titanic.
>
>Regards, Ian
>
>>From: "Ian Wright" <>
>>To:
>>Subject: RE: [BISSETT-L] Looking for info on ANOTHER Alexander Bisset...
>>(Scotland, 1755- England, 1821)
>>Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:24:50 +1100
>>
>>Thanks James,
>>
>>Yes, Captain Sir James Bisset was another famous mariner. After his
>>retirementhe settled here in Sydney, until he died in the early 1960's.
>>
>>My Great Uncle thought that he was related to our line, but if so it
>>wasn't a close relationship, very distant.
>>
>>I know some others have done a lot of work on Captain Bisset's ancestry.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Ian
>>
>>>From: James Rowe <>
>>>To:
>>>Subject: RE: [BISSETT-L] Looking for info on ANOTHER Alexander Bisset...
>>>(Scotland, 1755- England, 1821)
>>>Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 17:40:16 +0000
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Undoubtedly entirely irrelevant, but information on another nautical
>>>Bisset is at
>>>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rowerowe/sirjames.htm
>>>
>>>All the best,
>>>
>>>Jim Rowe
>>>
>>>
>>>
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