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From: "Jack Steer" <>
Subject: Re: [STEER] Birth, Marriages & Deaths at Sea
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:03:04 -0000
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Ian,
Thomas George STEER passed the examination to obtain his master's
certificate in Liverpool in 1864. Details of the extract from Lloyd's
Captain's register of 1869 are below.

Does anyone know of web sites where details of the ships might be found?

NAME DOB
PLACE QUALIFICATION
NOTES

DATES SHIP
SHIP REGN. POSITION
DESTINATIONS NOTES

Thomas George STEER
1837 London
C - 21477 (Liverpool 1864)

1864-5 Queen of the Mersey
29162 Mate EI

1866-8 Silistria
12799 Master
EI, SP, SA

DESTINATIONS

A - Africa Aus - Australia
and New Zealand B - Baltic C - China and
Japan

Cp - Cape of Good Hope Ct - Coastal trade
EI - East Indies FPS - France and Iberia

M - Mediterranean NA - Canada and Greenland
SA - Brazil SP - South Pacific

US - United States WI - West Indies

QUALIFICATIONS

C = certificate

Ex. = Master extra

F&A = fore and aft rigged only

Stm. = additional steam exam.

S = qualified by service (master or mate <1.1.1851 OR master or mate in home
trade <1.1.1854 OR master or mate in former East Indies Company OR above
certain rank in RN)

CHT = certificate of competence for home trade, passenger



Regards,

Jack Steer




----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Steer" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 1:18 PM
Subject: [STEER] Birth, Marriages & Deaths at Sea


> yes, yes ! - Henry is my great-grandfather (and we knew he was born on the
> Scotia - my uncle has a painting of the ship handed down through the
> family). Henry's parents are Thomas George Steer (bn 25/12/1838,
> Bermondsey, Sussex) and Louisa Dix (bn 2/5/1847, Poplar).
>
> What we have never been able to find is how or when Henry emigrated to
> Australia (where he started my branch of the family).
>
> Ian Steer
>
>
> At 07:00 AM 31/10/2004, you wrote:
> >At The National Archives (TNA, was PRO) in London today I looked through
the
> >Birth, Marriages & Deaths (BMDs) at sea (BT158 series of archives). The
> >series is on three microfilms and it's clear that not all the records
have
> >survived.
> >
> >BT 158 Series Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen and predecessor:
> >Registers of BMDs of Passengers at Sea 1854-1890
> >
> >BT 158/1 Indexed registers of BMDs of passengers at sea 1854-1858
> >BT 158/2 Indexed registers of BMDs of passengers at sea 1858-1865
> >BT 158/3 Indexed registers of BMDs of passengers at sea 1865-1871
> >BT 158/4 Indexed registers of BMDs of passengers at sea 1872-1883
> >BT 158/5 Registers of BDs of passengers at sea 1883-1887
> >BT 158/7 Index of BDs of passengers at sea 1872-188
> >BT 158/8 Index of BDs of passengers at sea 1889-1890
> >BT 158/9 BDs of passengers at sea: Index 1885 Jan-1888 July; Register
1888
> >Aug-1889 June 1885-1889
> >
> >What was found is as follows.
> >
> >
> >BT 158/4 Birth Ref 952
> >T? & L Steer (parents) 20 Sep 1875, male, Hy (Henry) Scotia Steer, Ship
> >"Scotia"
>
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