Death certificate question.

Originally Posted by HarrysMum

Thanks. He’s Simeon James Huband, aged 3, son of James (John James) Huband and his wife Emma Née Ruby.

Do you know the ship's name?

[HarrysMum]

I believe Conrad.
That’s for the death.

The birth at sea was on the Arrogant. That was an Ariel. I have that.

Originally Posted by HarrysMum

Thanks. He’s Simeon James Huband, aged 3, son of James (John James) Huband and his wife Emma Née Ruby.

I assume you have seen this.

Well they are definitely on the Conrad no mention of children. They are very young.

https://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/e...00360.jpg&No=3

Originally Posted by Mary from Italy

I believe that deaths at sea were supposed to be registered at the next port, but I have no idea whether that actually happened.

Some were already doing this but it wasn't mandatory until 1856.

Originally Posted by Merry

I couldn't find anything, but a lot of people have this on Ancestry trees:

12 Oct 1855 Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia

I couldn't see that anyone had a source for this information.

BTW, he wasn't aged 3 as his birth was registered in Q1 1855. Some people have birth info: 13 Jan 1855 Stonehouse, Devon, but again, no source recorded.

Just found this thread on the Ancestry message boards and it sounds plausible considering there are so many with Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia for lost at sea etc

https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surn...Type=FLAT_VIEW