References:
# UK Nat Arch BT98/617; Lloyd’s; UK M&M; Sutton Family History; South Wales Argus , 23 Oct 1986; Sutton, ‘ Two mariner families and a yacht’; Gaines, Encyclopaedia of Civil War Shipwrecks ; New Brunswick Courier .
MARY
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Prince Edward Island 1823
74t; Schooner
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Scott & Co
Foreign trade
1848 – 53 G Bailey
Fate of ship:
Moved to the Port of Limerick in 1854.
Additional information:
This ship sailed on Baltic routes
References:
Lloyd’s.
MARY ANNE
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Kinsale 1839 93t; Schooner
Home port:
Kinsale
Owner: Activity: Master:
McDaniel, Robert Acton
Coastal trade
1839 – 46 Timothy Donovan b.1805 (Kinsale) 1867 Robert Fowler b.1832 (Kinsale)* 1873 Daniel Shea b.1818 (Cork)* 1873 Michael Shea b.1852 (Kinsale)*
Mate:
Fate of ship:
This vessel, (Reg 8347), was laid up for repairs 30 June 1875 (IMNCL). No further information. This vessel (Reg: 8347) was owned in the 1870s by Robert Acton of Kinsale, who was also a co-owner of the T Crowley . Captain Timothy Donovan had two older sons in the maritime trades. Captain Timothy Donovan (b.1839, Kinsale) and Andrew Donovan (b.1834, Kinsale) a sailmaker, chandler and ship owner (see also Grand Master ) . Timothy’s two youngest sons became doctors in Cork. Denis Donovan (b.1846, Kinsale) spent 1863 as an apprentice on Grand Master , perhaps propelling him into a life of medicine, whereas Justin Foley Donovan (b.1848, Kinsale) spent time in the 1870s as the Medical Officer in Killeagh (where Dr Thomas Sutton practiced in the 1970s) before a stint in the British Navy and then settling down to a practice in Jamaica.
Additional information:
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