Clare - TOWNSEND, Capt. John Fredrick 1874

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File contributed by: Mary Ellen Chambers maryln61@yahoo.com 
August 1, 2011, 12:04 pm

TOWNSEND, CAPT. JOHN FREDRICK 1874

Source: Family Collect

He was an English seaman, either Royal Navy or Mercantile.  
He met his wife Honora in Limerick City & married her there 
in 1862.  They resided in County Clare with her family the 
DALY.  Records show they lived both in Smithstown, Drumline 
Parish and in Ennis Town before emigration in 1866 - 1868

Additional Comments:
Picture is surrounded with funeral wreath.  He died 5 March 
1876 from injuries suffed when his schooner Saginaw was 
wrecked off Ashtabula, OH during a gale 29 November 1875