My TNA visit on Friday turned up another snippet on OH's ancestor, James WHITEHEAD, with his traces of records on HMS Redpole in January 1822.
Firstly the why/how question:
Born in St Crux, York (rendered as St Cruse or St Cruise, in the Redpole books) on/after 26 Feb 1800.
Baptised 5 Apr 1800, St Thomas, Portsmouth
Volunteered for the Redpole, 1 Jan 1822, Malta. Unless there's a ship called "Malta", I was wondering how/why he'd have made that journey.
Then "Ticket" letter & number?
One column of info refers to "No. & Letter of Tickets". Most rows are empty for that column, but James's has "ML 887". Does anyone know the significance of this, and whether/where I could follow this up?
Christine
Firstly the why/how question:
Born in St Crux, York (rendered as St Cruse or St Cruise, in the Redpole books) on/after 26 Feb 1800.
Baptised 5 Apr 1800, St Thomas, Portsmouth
Volunteered for the Redpole, 1 Jan 1822, Malta. Unless there's a ship called "Malta", I was wondering how/why he'd have made that journey.
Then "Ticket" letter & number?
One column of info refers to "No. & Letter of Tickets". Most rows are empty for that column, but James's has "ML 887". Does anyone know the significance of this, and whether/where I could follow this up?
Christine
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