Sailors, Seamen and Mariners
Definition of Able Seaman: A Seaman who reached a standard of skill above that of Ordinary Seaman (source: ‘Ranks, Professions, Occupations and Trades’)
The term ‘Mariner‘ was often used to record a mans profession in the Channel Islands records. Living on a small island, there was bound to be a sailor somewhere in the family and sure enough there was…
William Davey – b.1852
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Philip James Hamon – c.1835
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Alfred Gallienne – b.1840
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Jean Louis Desire Lozué – c.1840
John Lozuet – b.1866
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Jean Mahaut – c.1819
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The photo below is of John Lozuet (b.1866):
I know that at sometime between 1880 to 1890 John Lozuet had his photo taken at a photographers in San Francisco. The photographer was Elite & Lotz of 838 Market St., San Francisco, California. What I don’t know is how he got there or why? John’s first child was born in 1895 so therefore we can presume he was back in Jersey by then.
My Channel Island Ancestry 