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| Name: | John Prust HEARD |
| Sex: | Male |
| Father: | Richard HEARD (1793-1864) |
| Mother: | Mary PRUST (1793-1829) |
| Birth | 12 Mar 1829 | Bristol, Gloucestershire, England |
| Baptism | 8 Apr 1829 (age 0) | Bristol, Gloucestershire, England1 |
| Maudlin Lane in St Michael the Archangel on the Mount Without |
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| Census | 6 Jun 1841 (age 12) | Northam, Devon, England2 |
| Cross Street | ||
| Occupation | frm 28 Nov 1850 to 2 Jul 1851 (age 21-22) | 2nd Mate; brig Silurian, 300 tons, of Newport, Monmouth, Wales |
| He was discharged at Glasgow on 2 July 1851 | ||
| Occupation | 1851 (age 21-22) | Merchant seaman, Mate's certificate; Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales |
| 8 Commercial Road On 31 July 1851 he was granted a Mate's Certificate of Service, number 61, 408, after 9 years coasting and foreign trade. His date of birth is wrongly recorded as 1830 on his seaman documents. His mate's claim for certificate of service records the following : Thomas & Elizabeth, Bideford, 111 tons, apprentice, coasting & foreign, 1842 - 1846. Bideford, Bideford, 120, seaman, foreign trade, 1846-1847. Wellesley, London, 1300, seaman, China trade, 1847-1850. Silurian, Newport, 300, 2nd Mate, foreign trade, from 1850-1851. |
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| 1 | Parish register, marriage, Bishop's Transcripts (Ancestry. co.uk). Bristol St Michael the Archangel on the Mount Without. Cit. Date: 8 April 1829. Reference: EP/V/4/37/14 |
| 2 | (HO107/243 book 21 folio 12 page19). |
| Text From Source: Census England 1841 Address: Cross Street Place: Northam, Devon, England Name,Sex,Age,Occupation,Where Born Alice Heard,F,40,,Y Elizabeth Prust Heard,F,15,,Y Alice Burnard Heard,F,10,,Y John Prust Heard,M,12,,Y William Esau Heard,M,6,,Y Harriet Brown Heard,F,15,,Y Alice was with her own children, her two step children and her niece Harriet. It is likely that Richard was away at sea. There was also a live-in servant, Ann Hopper, aged 20 |