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  Topic: Captain James Stewart / Captain Andrew Black
johns

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PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:01 pm   Subject: Captain James Stewart / Captain Andrew Black
I wondered whether anyone could help me with any info on the above 2 ancestors of mine. Both were from Ireland, and were supposedly Captains in the R.N in the late 18th and early 19th century.

How ...
  Topic: John Clavell
johns

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PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:38 pm   Subject: John Clavell
I've got to say that I haven't tried Gibraltar yet. What kind of records should I be looking there for?

I have wanted to do some Gibraltar research on another side of the family, so perhaps this ...
  Topic: John Clavell
johns

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PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:52 am   Subject: John Clavell
Just in case anyone is interetsed, since my posting last yr about John, I have been going all out to get some more answers about Johns injuries at Trafalgar. However, sadly nothing exists.

I got a ...
  Topic: Sons & daughters of Trafalgar
johns

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PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:46 am   Subject: Sons & daughters of Trafalgar
Many thanks for that Very Happy
  Topic: Sons & daughters of Trafalgar
johns

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PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:39 pm   Subject: Sons & daughters of Trafalgar
Bit of a strange one, but I wondered whether anyone knew if it would be possible to get hold of one of the certificates they did in 2005 to mark the bicentenary of Trafalgar for the descendants of the ...
  Topic: Medical histories
johns

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PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:29 am   Subject: Medical histories
Thank you again Patrick! I do not think I have got that - so I will order it!

It was interesting about John Clavell. I think half of the prob is that the cataloguing in TNA is pretty confusing on ...
  Topic: Help wanted - New member!
johns

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PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:10 pm   Subject: Help wanted - New member!
Cheers Patrick! I will have to get on to it ASAP
  Topic: Medical histories
johns

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PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:09 pm   Subject: Medical histories
Well I heard back from TNA - they reckon they couldn't find any entry for John Clavell entering Greenwich hospital...very strange.

Also they could not find the naval record of William Simpson Bloun ...
  Topic: Help wanted - New member!
johns

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PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:57 pm   Subject: Help wanted - New member!
I just wondered whether anyone knew on the Ayshford Trafalgar Roll how much there is about John Clavell. I am very tempted to buy it - and seeing what the demo on it looks like, if there is lots of s ...
  Topic: Help wanted - New member!
johns

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PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:18 pm   Subject: Re: Help wanted

his 3rd daughter, Jane Newnham Collingwood, married on 17 July 1855, the Rev Edward Thomas Austen, son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Francis Austen, GCB.


Out of interest, and as I only f ...
  Topic: Medical histories
johns

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PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:01 pm   Subject: Medical histories
I think I just found the ref for his Greenwich hospital entry at:

ADM 6/248

However, whether I got the right reference remains to be seen!
  Topic: Medical histories
johns

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PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:45 pm   Subject: Medical histories
Thats fantastic, Thank you very much
  Topic: Medical histories
johns

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PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:26 pm   Subject: Medical histories
I wondered whether anyone knew if the NA held any medical records / injury info for royal navy servicemen.

I ask as John Clavell recieved a head injury at Trafalgar "which he never fully recov ...
  Topic: Greenwich Hospital Organization
johns

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PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 6:42 pm   Subject: Greenwich Hospital Organization
Excellent - thank you

It is a shame things are so difficult to find.
  Topic: Help wanted - New member!
johns

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PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 2:02 pm   Subject: Help wanted - New member!
Yes indeed you are right!

He was baptised on the 29th December 1778 in Shalfleet, Calbourne, IOW.

He married Charlotte Bulley on the 5th September 1801 at St. Andrews church, Plymouth - at which ...
 
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