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HMS Victory crew and wives 1805
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 7:12 pm
by Maria
I am told my Great Great Grandmother was born on Nelson's ship Victory in 1805. How can I verify this? Could someone please point me in the right direction.
Re: HMS Victory crew and wives 1805
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:23 pm
by Alec
Hi Maria
I don't know if you're still bothering with this forum I do'nt understand how a query can receive nearly 900 views and remain unanswered in over 3 years
If you take a look at
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nelson/links.htm they have some good links including
http://www.hms-victory.com/ where there is a Trafalgar Crew List or you could contact Portsmouth's Royal Naval Museum at
http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/research.htm Good luck
Alec
Re: HMS Victory crew and wives 1805
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:51 pm
by jane2009
Hi there, my great grandmother 5 times removed from me gave birth on board ship with Lord Nelson on it and was asked to become Godfather to her newborn baby and said yes. This story has been in my family for along time and there is supposed to be documents to prove this but where I don't know. I am at the moment researching all my grandmothers and trying to read Nelsons letters for any clue to this. Unfortunately not everything had to be noted down back around the 1770's/1780's. Try the British Museum they seem to have alot on Nelson. Good luck.
