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Bartholomew PICKARD (1827-1845)

Name: Bartholomew PICKARD1
Sex: Male
Father: James PICKARD (1782-1854)
Mother: Mary HEARD (1789-1876)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth 1827 Northam, Devon, England1
Baptism 25 Oct 1827 (age 0) Northam, Devon, England2
Census 6 Jun 1841 (age 10) Northam, Devon, England1
Cross Street
Occupation Boy, Merchant Navy3
He went to sea as a boy in 1840. He was ticketed as a merchant seaman at age 16.
Height 5 ft 3 in, Hair dark brown, Complexion light, Eyes dark hazel, Marks burn on back. Can write - yes.
Resides at Northam.
Death 28 Dec 1845 (age 17-18) at sea
Cause: drowned at sea
From the North Devon Journal of 8 January 1846."APPLEDORE
During the gale of 28th ult. two men were washed overboard and drowned, from the brig "Thomas Elizabeth", captain Richard Heard, on her passage from Waterford to this place. One of them was named Bartholomew Pickard, a nephew of the master; the other was a native of the Mumbles."

Sources

1(HO107/243 book 21 folio 10 page15).
Text From Source: Census England 1841
Address: Cross Street
Place: Northam, Devon, England

Name,Sex,Age,Occupation,Where Born
James Pickard,M,55,agricultural labourer,Y
Mary Pickard,F,45,,Y
William Pickard,M,25,mariner,Y
Bartholomew Pickard,M,10,,Y
James Pickard,M,10,,Y
Harriet Pickard,F,5,,Y
Richard Pickard,M,5,,Y
2Devon Baptisms (FMP). Northam. Cit. Date: 25 October 1827.
3Britain, Merchant Seamen, (FMP). Cit. Date: from 1845 to 1854.
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