Evan Lewis , 7th child? Of Aberaeron (1855). mariner (1861), Master mariner (1871,2), of Greenfield row, Cardigan (1872,6). 7th child? Shipowner and/or co-builder and /or ship's captain of the "Bertie Mills". The family lived in Aberaeron until 1869/70 when they moved to Cardigan. By 1891 they were living in Penarth which was a boom town after the 1860s with coal being exported to America. Master's Ticket issued 29 Jul 1859, 13 Feb 1863, Abersystwyth. Certificate Number: 20.771 Surname Forename Place of Birth Year of Birth CC or Cs No. Died/Pens. Reg.Ticket Capacities County of Birth Kew Ref. LEWIS Evan Aberaeron 1827 20771 26/05/94 om59 OC63 CGN 122/24&25 C/20755/Excel/1865-70. 1876 address: 4 Greenfield Row, Cardigan. 1m/60560/Excelsior/1880-6. 1m/65394/Astrong/1888. Dead 26 May 1894 whilst serving on 98371/Bertie Mills. (BT122/84). -------------- Off. No. Name Current Port of Registry NRT 20755 EXCEL Milford 115 See BT99/161 and Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Transcripts and T... BT 110/134/35 and BT 110/134/37 Ship Excel , official number: 22160. When built: 1869. Registry closed: 1907. . Ship Excel , official number: 22160. When built: 1869. Registry closed: 1907. NAME OF SHIP: EU - EX. (Described at item level) Date: 1901 - 1910 Crew Agreements may be available at: DY Dyfed Archives Service (Aberystwyth Office) (Dyfed County Council) Swyddfa'r Sir Marine Terrace Aberystwyth Dyfed SY23 2DE Archivist: Janet Marx Ph: (0970) 617581 ext. 2120 --------------- Off. No. Name Current Date Adopted Port of Registry GRT 60560 EXCELSIOR 1880 Cardiff 1417 See BT 99/1453 and BT 99/1314 (National Archives) -------------- Off. No. Name Current Date Adopted Port of Registry GRT 65394 A.STRONG 1880 Cardiff 1198 Name of Ship Official No. Port No Port of Registry Type Built Built By A. Strong 65394 - Cardiff Steam Screw 1871 W.F.Pile & Co. Sunderland England Signal Letters Reg.Tons Gross Tons Decks Masts Rigged Stern - 755.00 1168.00 One - Schooner - Build Head Frame Length Breadth Horsepower Engines by - - Iron 240.0 30.7 115 R.W. Hawthorn Newcastle ---------------- [By writing to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, SE10 9NF, England and quoting the certificate numbers they will be able to tell you where you can buy copies of the men's original applications for certificates.] Index to the Captain Registers of lloyd's of London (Guildhall Library MS 18567) Lewis Evan b. Cardiganshire 1827 C20771 Dublin 1863 vol. 9 1863-1869, 1870-1873; vol. 21 1874-1879; vol.36 1881-1886; vol.51 1888-1893 Deceased by Jan 1901 (cf Mary, his daughter's marriage certificate) Vessel Official number Details BERTIE MILLS 98371 Milford; Appropriation books, RSS Registry of Shipping and Seamen National Archives have info. Year Reference year:1895 BT 99/1892 there are crew agreements for 1890-1901 at DY Dyfed Archives Service (Aberystwyth Office) (Dyfed County Council) Swyddfa'r Sir Marine Terrace Aberystwyth Dyfed SY23 2DE Archivist: Janet Marx Ph: (0970) 617581 ext. 2120 Off. No. Name Current Year Adopted Port of Registry GRT NRT 98371 BERTIE MILLS 1890 Milford 150 137 See National Archive: BT 110/104/11 Ship Bertie Mills, official number: 98371. When built: 1890. Registry closed: 1902. Held by The National Archives, Kew -------- William Sloan & Co Ltd, steamship owners GB/NNAF/C98371 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B11970) Scope 1955-75: register, minutes, share certificates book and transfers, annual returns, reports, corresp Repository Glasgow City Archives Record Reference TD145, 644 NRA catalogue reference NRA 16545 Scope 1857-63: ledger and journal Repository Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Record Reference D2384 Other reference see Deputy Keeper's report 1966-72, p62 --------------- Scammell & Co's City of Bristol and South Wales Directory, 1852 p143. Thomas Lewis Marsh st, Bristol Mercantile Navy List and Maritime Directory British Registered Sailing Ships 1894 and 1896 p. 387 Official no. 98371 name: Bertie Mills, Milford Rig Sr. Built in Neyland in 1890 International code signal M.B.J.V. Registered tonnage 137 Managing Owner Joshua Mills of Neyland, Pembrokeshire Joshua Mills The Mills shipyard stood on a site currently occupied by the Neyland Yacht Club. He named his ships after his Daughters Miss Alice Mills (later Mrs Taylor) and Miss Edith Mills both of whom are remembered as schoolmistresses.... [unfortunately the website has gone, so I haven't been able to read any further] ------------ In 1901 Managing Owner is stated as John Joseph Edwards The Quay Skerries co. Dublin. Milford Haven is very near Neyland. To find Agreement and Crew Lists 1861-1923 see BT99/1892 The following note may refer to this ship: Skerries, its Harbour and the Coasting Trade Members of Skerries Historical Society were treated to this fascinating paper given by Terry Conlan on Tuesday 13th. May, 2003. From the time of the Vikings the east coast around Skerries, Malahide, Howth and Baldoyle was a great seafaring area. The late 19th. century was a particularly busy sea-trading era in Skerries. Arklow had the largest number of sailing vessels with 55 ships. Skerries was second with 15 ships and Wexford was third with 9 ships. The trade out of Skerries was limestone and some timber, and the cargo coming in to Skerries was principally coal. Sail was on the way out around 1900 and steam became the preferred power source.. Some sailing vessels from Skerries plied their trade world wide. There is an account of the "Bertie Mills" from Skerries sailing to Cardiff, then to Cadiz, out to St. John's, Newfoundland, to Labrador, back across the Atlantic to Gibraltar in 24 days, then to Genoa for Christmas 1898. These ships would have a compass but maybe no sextant. It must have been magic for young men in Skerries to join sailing ships and travel the world, even though the work was very dangerous and arduous. Over the years many ships and crews were lost. ----------- The Times, Saturday, Feb 08, 1896; pg. 10; Issue 34808; col D Mail & Shipping Intelligence. The Mails. Category: Shipping News Home Arrivals Falmouth. 5th - Bertie Mills, Saffl - Trafalgar, Caleta Buena for Hamburg - Vendedocian, Mazagan - Aethelbert, Pisagua -------------- I wonder if the following people are connected: LLANBADARN CHURCHYARD BY A W GILBEY AND PENGLAIS SCHOOL HISTORY SOCIETY F72 Sacred to the memory of James Lewis of Aberystwyth, Master Mariner, who departed this life on the 24 th day of February 1857, aged 32 years. Living and dying he wholly rested his hope for a glorious immortality on Christ the rock of his salvation. Also of John Lewis, Master Mariner, father of the above, who lost his life at Carmarthen Bay September 24 th , 1824, aged 50 years, together with his son Lewis Lewis aged 10 years. Also of David Lewis, Master Mariner, son of the latter John Lewis, who lost his life on his passage from Liverpool to London on the 21 st February 1844, aged 31 years. Also of Daniel Lewis, Master Mariner, son of the above John Lewis, who lost his life on his homeward voyage on the Indian Ocean, 1856, aged 55 years. Thy way is in the sea and thy path in the great waters and thy footsteps are not known. Also of Mary Lewis, wife of John Lewis, and mother of David, Lewis, Daniel and John Lewis, who died March 20 th , 1861, aged 74 years. “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord”. ------- MERCANTILE SHIPPING NEWS . The Standard (London, England), Friday, January 09, 1891; pg. 2; Issue 20751. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II. Mercantile Shipping News SAILINGS CARDIFF, Jan. 8. - Bertie Mills, Rio Grande; Dominion, Cape Town ------------ MERCANTILE SHIPPING NEWS . The Standard (London, England), Tuesday, June 23, 1891; pg. 6; Issue 20892. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II. SAILINGS FALMOUTH, June 21. - ... Bertie Mills, Hamburg; ... ---------- SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE . Glasgow Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), Saturday, June 17, 1893; Issue 144 FALMOUTH ARRIVED.... June 16- ... Bertie Mills, Rio Grande ----------- MERCANTILE SHIPPING NEWS . The Standard (London, England), Monday, June 19, 1893; pg. 8; Issue 21515. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II. SAILINGS FALMOUTH, June 17. - Bertie Mills, Hamburg ---------- Multiple News Items . The Standard (London, England), Tuesday, June 27, 1893; pg. 7; Issue 21522. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II. FOREIGN ARRIVALS CUXHAVEN. June 26.- Bertie Mills, Rio Grande ------------- See: Ceredigion : Journal of the Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society - Vol. 6, nos. 1-4 1968-1971 Aberaeron : the community and seafaring 1800-1900 / The owner of the Bertie Mills in 1896 was Mr Joshua Mills, so Evan Lewis must have been master and captain, but not owner.
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| Born: Cilcennin nr Aberaeron, Cardinganshire, , Wales 1827 | Baptised: Llanfihangel Genau'r Glynn, Ceregidion, , Wales 27th Mar 1830
| | Died: Rio Grande do Sul, , , Brazil 26th May 1894 | Buried: off Tierra del fuego, at sea 1894
| | Family: Lewis of South Wales |
Spouses
1. Parish Church, Llanarth, Cardiganshire, , Wales licence 23rd Nov 1855 Sarah Phillips
(Lewis ) 1826 - 1912
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Census
- 1851 census (son - 10, Market St (now Cadwgan Inn), Aberaeron, Dyfed, , Wales)
- 1861 census (head of household - 2 Regent st, Aberaeron, Dyfed, , Wales)
- 1871 census (head of household - Greenfield Row, Cardigan, , , Wales)
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Timeline
| 1827 | Born (birth) Cilcennin nr Aberaeron, Cardinganshire, Wales | | 27th Mar 1830 | Baptised (baptism) Llanfihangel Genau'r Glynn, Ceregidion, Wales | | 31st Mar 1851 | Son in 1851 census (census) Aberaeron, Dyfed, Wales | | 23rd Nov 1855 | Married Sarah Phillips
(Lewis ) 1826 - 1912 (marriage) Llanarth, Cardiganshire, Wales | | 1861 | Head of household in 1861 census (census) Aberaeron, Dyfed, Wales | | 1871 | Head of household in 1871 census (census) Cardigan, Wales | | 26th May 1894 | Died (death) Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | | 1894 | Buried (burial) at sea | | 1894 | AACT/ROLE DEAD |
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