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From: "David Asprey" <>
Subject: Re: missing Peter Kyle (was: TheShipsList-D Digest V05 #22)
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 13:51:54 -0000
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on January 17, 2005 5:41 PM Liz Hamilton wrote

i have typed so many times seeking help, is it possible that a mariner
could
have been presumed drowned but maybe did a runner, i can not find any
information apart what was on his daughters marriage certificate and his
wife's
application for poor relief in Glasgow where she states he drowned in 1873
in
the west indies, so Peter Kyle must remain a mystery
even his mother was supposed to be in America, no luck
but in case miracles do happen her name was Mary McCulloch prior to
marriage
to an Edward Kyle
if any one can help me i would be so grateful. Maybe the fault is mine i
can
no longer travel, and as i believe they were protestants from Belfast with a
bit of Dublin thrown in. Who knows
>>>>>>>>>

I haven't seen any responses to this question. The simple answer is
"certainly". At least twice as a result of looking for someone who "died at
sea" I have found them in other circumstances. In one case the man from the
North East had become destitute and was found half decomposed in woods in
Kent - although his brother had identified the body, it was clear that the
"died at sea" story was invented to spare the feelings/embarrassment of his
family, particularly his young children. In other cases it would just be a
man upping and leaving his family.

It is often only "research luck" that lights on the real circumstances.

David Asprey

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