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From: "Bob Cunning" <>
Subject: Re: [Ess] OT Fireman aboard ship
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:40:02 +1000
References: <1759.1159393797@connpoint.net>


A ''Fireman'' on a ship is what we call a Stoker. He shovelled the coal into
the huge furnaces. A very hot and dirty job

Cheers, Bob


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Subject: [Ess] OT Fireman aboard ship


> in my ongoing struggle to find my elusive great grandfather, Charles
Wagner, I
> typed first "sailor" into the 1881 census, with no results, then "seaman"
with one
> result. there is a Charles Wagner in the 1881 on board the SS Newburn,
erroniously
> indexed as a seaman-several above him are listed as such, but he's the
first
> fireman listed.
> what was the occupation of fireman aboard a vessel?
> I don't think this is my Charles Wagner, but I'm curious.
> Cornelia
> ps, when someone leaves England for America from Liverpool in 1883, are
there
> records of departure for them at Liverpool? I have a New York passenger
list with
> Charles on it, but it isn't his original immigration to America and I
haven't
> succeeded in finding that yet.
>
>
>
>
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