Thank you Janet and Janet's friend! I will see what I can find out. Perhaps the name of the ship is incorrect, but David's sister seems to know quite a bit about what happened!
Here's what I've posted about David Maynard on various other posts on this forum and others, jus so I can find it again!
David Maynard jr
b Whittlesford Cambs 1827
d Sept 1850, Lake Michigan USA (only source is below)
Info from Ann's letters:
David worked on a farm, but was to die in a storm on Lake Michigan in Sept 1850 whilst working as a waiter on board the steamer "SS Canada". He was attempting to save furniture from the galley after the floor planks had been ripped away by the storm. Standing on a bench, he tried to retrieve articles from the wall when the ship was hit by a wave and he was thrown into the lake and disappeared.
His sister, Ann, lamented the fact that he drank heavily, but there is no suggestion in the letters that he was drunk at the time of the accident.
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 Merry
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