Transcript of crew list: MERIDIAN, 20663, 1/7/1870 to 31/12/1870

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Crew lists and agreements for British registered ships show details of the ship, the owners and the master with a list of the crew.

This is a transcript of the details shown on a crew list which CLIP has transcribed from the records held at local archives.

More details of crew lists are here: Crew lists

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The Ship details section of the transcript shows the details taken from the front page of the document, or the header for half-yearly returns.

It also shows the name of the archive holding the document and the archive reference.

The Crew names section shows a transcript of the entries for the crew, in the order in which they appear in the original document. If the link to this page comes from the index of seafarers, that person's record will be highlighted. Crew members occasionally signed off and then signed on again, so it is a good idea to scan all through the list.

The original crew list will show more detail than our transcript so it is well worth obtaining a copy of the document. For example, it will show the person's wages and when they signed on and off. There may also be details of the voyages, records of any disciplinary matters and accidents to the ship.

Data sources

This data is taken from the crew lists and agreements which are held at:

The documents cover the period 1863 to 1913.

Other transcripts of crew lists for this ship for 1870:   1/1/1870 to 30/6/1870  

Ship details

Vessel  MERIDIAN Dates  1/7/1870  to 31/12/1870
Official number  20663 List type 
Ownership  Registered  ABERYSTWYTH
 
  Tonnage 
Master  RICHARD FRANCIS Archives National Library of Wales
    Archives reference 393/6/2

Crew names

Forename Surname Age/DOB Birthplace Capacity Previous vessel
RICHARD FRANCIS 46 ABERYSTWITH MASTER MERIDIAN
OWEN BOWEN 21 CARDIGAN MATE MERIDIAN
DAVID DAVIES 24 CARDIGAN ABLE SEAMAN PROMPT, LIVERPOOL, 1870
JAMES LEACH 21 GLOUCESTER ORDINARY SEAMAN SPRING, LONDON, 1870
BERNARD MITCHELL 18 TRURO BOATSWAIN DAVID DRAPER, 1870
THOMAS THOMAS 35 ABERYSTWITH MASTER ANN, ABERYSTWITH, 1870
DAVID EVAN LEWIS 39 FISHGUARD MATE AMAZON, 1870
OWEN ELLIS 27 HOLYHEAD ABLE SEAMAN FAIRY, LONDON, 1870
OWEN BISSETT 18 DUBLIN ORDINARY SEAMAN OCEAN QUEEN, 1870
JAMES RICHARDS 16 CARMARTHEN BOY FIRST SHIP