1866 San Francisco deaths, sailors Gorman, O'Connell, etc.

[smcarberry]

Before I lose this info, I will post this here although the involved people may or may not be from Clare. However, while reviewing a reliable index of 19th-century deaths in San Francisco, I noticed a mariner who could well be part of the seafaring Gorman family, some of whom (Captains Thomas and Timothy, also cook John) worked on Spaight ships out of Limerick in the mid-1800s.
death:
30 Sep 1866 GORMAN George age 55 Limerick, Ireland Master Mariner
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cabf1 ... 111866.htm

In this same index, within just a day of the above death, these entries might be also from the same voyage as George
Gorman's, as it was commonplace for a contagious illness to spread to others on board:

1 Oct 1866 O'CONNELL Charles age 31 Ireland Deck hand
1 Oct 1866 CURTAIN Michael age 30 Ireland Deck hand
1 Oct 1866 LYNES Andrew age 24 Ireland Fireman


posted by Sharon Carberry (not related)