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Francis Fenegan / Finnegan

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Marcus

Marcus Report 22 Sep 2016 12:05

Hi all, am trying to find Francis Finnegan (or Fenegan - there are various spellings) born 1852/3 Limehouse, London.

Parents are Francis Finegan b 1826 & Sarah R. Onslow b 1824.

They have another son, William, who I have found.

Francis is last seen on 1871 census living with his mother Sarah - RG10 / 585 Red Lion Street, Wapping, aged 18 years old, a Clerk in London Docks!!

I am trying get any info I can after that - death, marriage, emigration - anything!

Any clues??

Thanks in advance.

Maddie

Maddie Report 22 Sep 2016 12:16

mother was sarah rebecca
Francis
Last name Fenegan
Birth year 1852
Birth date 04/10/1852
Baptism year 1852
Baptism date 31 Oct 1852
Address 12 Limehouse Causeway
Father's first name(s) Francis
Father's occupation Marine Store Dealer
Mother's first name(s) Sarah Rebecca
Parish St Anne, Limehouse
Church address Commercial Road
County London
Country England
Docklands Ancestors reference X069/001
Record set London, Docklands and East End Baptisms, 1558-1933
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Births & baptisms

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Deaths at sea, 1781-1968 Transcription
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First name(s) Francis
Last name Finnegan
Gender Unknown
Birth year 1854
Birth date 1854
Death year 1873
Death date 14 Nov 1873
Age 19
Reported date 1874
Vessel name Alice
Departure port Tower Hill
County AT SEA
Series BT 153
Box 0014
Page 198
Record set Deaths at sea, 1781-1968
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Deaths & burials
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Marcus

Marcus Report 22 Sep 2016 12:20

So that's what happened, them.....!

Thanks for the info.

Do we know what happened to the boat as to why he died? Did it sink or something, or did he 'Just die' on board of illness etc?

Maddie

Maddie Report 22 Sep 2016 12:21

Francis Fenegan

in the UK, Apprentices Indentured in Merchant Navy, 1824-1910

Name: Francis Fenegan
Age: 17
Birth Year: abt 1854
Registration or Indenture Date: 24 Apr 1871
Port of Registry: London
Vessel: Devana

image says drowned at sea 14/11/73 - ship Alice

image on ancestry

Marcus

Marcus Report 22 Sep 2016 12:27

Thanks Maddie, really appreciate the info.


MargaretM

MargaretM Report 22 Sep 2016 12:29

The original of this says he fell overboard.

Francis Finnigan

in the UK, Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths at Sea, 1844-1890
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Name: Francis Finnigan
Birth Date: abt 1854
Death Date: 14 Nov 1873
Death Age: 19
Ship: Alice

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Marcus

Marcus Report 22 Sep 2016 12:51

Ah! Fell over board did he?

May have been drunk, who knows.

Anyway, Thanks for the info. I have found him!!!!

Thanks.