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From: "Fiona Pearson" <>
Subject: RE: [SHETLAND] Seamans marks
Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 19:28:56 +0000
In-Reply-To: <OMEHLIINKLHABOGANPMMMEBDJKAA.tony.gott@zetnet.co.uk>


Tony - re your list of marks on seamen: the crooked fingers - could this
sometimes be Dupuytren's contracture? My father had this in both pinkies.
His father was an Orcadian, whose mother was from Fair Isle. Dupuytren's
was thought to be due to hard manual labour as in shipyards in Glasgow
(quite prevalent in Glasgow) but since thought to be a genetic disease from
Viking invasion times! Am i right?? And probably prevalent in Glasgow
because many Glaswegians originally came from Orkney and Shetland.

Also, near the end of your list, the man with "lump on forehead" - was he a
Williamson/Brown/Leslie or Irvine from Fair Isle perchance? It's just that
i have, hidden by my fringe, a quite small rounded lump, bone, that appeared
from nowhere about 20 years ago, and just wondered if it might be genetic?
I know this is a strange thought...

Fiona
York UK

>From: "Tony Gott" <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: RE: [SHETLAND] Seamans Tickets
>Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 19:41:31 +0100
>
>Barbara:
>
> > I'm having enormous fun reading the details of seaman's tickets
> > kindly provided by Chris.
> >
> > A question - about the descriptions, there is an item called
> > Marks. Most of the entries say none. Does anyone know what sort
> > of marks would have been described , I assume birth marks etc but
> > wondered is it too early for tattoos? If not, does that mean
> > there were no tattoo parlours in Shetland!!! Just an idle thought
>
>Anchor left arm
>Anchor on left arm
>Anchor R arm,J left arm
>Bain on right cheek
>Bain on right foot
>Blind of left eye
>Broken finger right hand
>Broken toe left foot
>Crooked finger left hand
>Crooked finger right hand
>Crooked fingers
>Cut on brow
>Cut on left arm
>Cut on right cheek
>Cut on right thigh
>Cut side of left eye
>DS on right arm
>Dull of hearing
>Forefinger right hand hurt
>Fract finger left hand
>Hare lip
>Hurt on left foot
>Initials left hand
>JM on left arm
>Joint off forefinger on left hand
>Joint off forefinger right hand
>Joint off third finger left hand
>JR on both arms
>JR on left arm
>JWAB & anchor on right arm
>Lame of right leg
>Large stature
>Left eye blind
>Left eye deficient
>Left foot toes are wanting
>Left leg off below knee
>Left leg short
>Left thigh broken
>Little finger off right hand
>Little finger right hand crooked
>Lost 1st joint little finger
>Lower joint finger left hand off
>Lump on forehead
>Mark over right eye
>Marks on both arms
>MG on left arm
>Mole on right cheek
>Names with ink on right arm
>
>Just a quick selection!
>
>Tony
>


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