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| Notes for William McPherson | ||||||||||||||
| Aberdeen "Evening Express"323 SKIPPER FEARED LOST One of Aberdeen's best known trawl skippers is feared to have been lost at sea. He is Mr. William McPherson, 204 Victoria Road. Mr. McPherson has a family of nine daughters, three of whom are married and three are at school. A native of Whinnyfold, Mr. McPherson, who is fifty years of age, has been at sea since he was nineteen. He has been a skipper for twenty years, but it was only within the last year that he transferred from line fishing to trawling. During the last war Mr. McPherson was first engaged on patrol work and then as a pilot skipper at Lerwick. "The Real Price of Fish, Trawler Losses 1887-1961" by George F. Ritchie323 The Oriole was originally one of the large fleet belonging to Kelsall Brothers, Beeching Ltd. of Hull, all named after birds, and was registered as H926. She was taken up by the Admiralty in October 1914 and served as a minesweeper till 1919. She was bought by Skipper William McPherson in 1935 and used as a steam line fishing vessel. She struck a mine 2 miles north of Stakken-North Point, Faroe, and was lost, with her whole crew of ten. | ||||||||||||||
| Notes for Jane (Spouse 1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1891 British Census26 51 Skaterow Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland John MASSON Head 51 Fetteresso, Kincardine Ann MASSON Wife 47 Banchory Devenick, Kincardine Ann MASSON Daur 23 Fetteresso, Kincardine Robert MASSON Son 21 Fetteresso, Kincardine Andrew MASSON Son 18 Fetteresso, Kincardine James MASSON Son 15 Fetteresso, Kincardine William MASSON Son 10 Fetteresso, Kincardine Jessie MASSON Daur 8 Fetteresso, Kincardine Hellen MASSON Daur 3 Fetteresso, Kincardine Jane CHRISTIE Grand Daur 2 Fetteresso, Kincardine | ||||||||||||||
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