FORD—BATCHELOR—April 16, at St. Luke’s Church, Hull, John William, eldest son of Captain Robert Ford of this port, to Louisa Elizabeth, second daughter of Captain Thomas Batchelor, of Fowey. »
Robert Ford of Hull, born 1866 and eight years old, nursed an overriding ambition. Steam. His father, another Robert, sailing his own brig coastwise out of the Humber, argued that steam was a passing fad. “Stands to reason, son. Who’d charter a vessel half full of mucky coal before a ton of cargo can be put aboard? The cost of coal alone would send freight charges sky high. Owners will... »
TWO LIVES LOST Captain John Carey, of the s.s. Redland, of Hull, made a statement to the Custom authorities at Hull about the loss of his ship when on a voyage from Hull to Berwick. He said the Redland left Hull on Thursday night at 8 p.m. The weather was hazy. About 10:30 they called at Grimsby Pier and landed a passenger. He then cleared No. 4 buoy and steered E. for five minutes, and then shape... »
Robert Ford was born on 23 January 1826 in Beverley, Yorkshire – the fourth son of John Ford and Mary Hamilton of Hull. In 1834, he went to sea as a cabin boy and received his merchant seamen ticket 11 years later. According to this document, he was living in Hull, was 5′ 7″ tall, had dark brown hair, dark complexion and hazel eyes. In 1849, aged 23, Robert married 18-year-old Sarah An... »