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Kaigs
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Posted - 10/02/2016 :  07:12:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Please can someone help or advise. I have a death certificate for an ancestor William Kaighin, a ships rigger, who evidently died of a heart attack on board the SS Alaska 27 March 1900 in berth 25 Princess dock Govan.
Does a crew list exist?

Kċarto
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Posted - 10/02/2016 :  12:30:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Was SS Alaska where William Kaighin died on a Norwegian ship.

Crew list for SS Alaska from Christiania (Oslo)
13 crewmembers and two passengers, the captains wife and daughter, both born in England, total 15 persons onboard.
The census is rec Dec. 17.1900, the ship stayed in St Georg Channel, Wales, GB link

Kċre
Edited by - Kċarto on 10/02/2016 14:17:58
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