See also

Richard Attfield (1832-1854)

  • Name:

  • Richard Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John Attfield (1796-1873)

  • Mother:

  • Ann Lines (1800-1862)

  • Note 1:

  • Richard Attfield, born at Whetstone, Middlesex, 9 January 1832. First went to sea as Landsman in the year 1850. Height 5 feet 4/4 ins; Hair brown; Eyes blue; Complexion fresh; Marks none. No. of Register Ticket 478,689. Age when ticketed: 18. Can write: Yes. When unemployed resides at Whetstone. Issued at London 29 July 1850.

    Register of Merchant Navy Seamen (FindMyPast)

  • Note 2:

  • He, with other offiers of the U.S. Navy, volunteered to take a relief ship to New Orleans where cholera and famine were raging. He died, of cholera, at the noblest post on earth - the post of duty.

    (Note included in the original family tree)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 9 Jan 1832

  • Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 4 Mar 1832 (age 0)

  • St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 8-9)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1854 (age 21-22)

  • Died of cholera in New Orleans

  • Death:

  • 5 Aug 1854 (age 22)

  • Virginia, USA

Individual Note 1

Richard Attfield, born at Whetstone, Middlesex, 9 January 1832. First went to sea as Landsman in the year 1850. Height 5 feet 4/4 ins; Hair brown; Eyes blue; Complexion fresh; Marks none. No. of Register Ticket 478,689. Age when ticketed: 18. Can write: Yes. When unemployed resides at Whetstone. Issued at London 29 July 1850.

Register of Merchant Navy Seamen (FindMyPast)

Individual Note 2

He, with other offiers of the U.S. Navy, volunteered to take a relief ship to New Orleans where cholera and famine were raging. He died, of cholera, at the noblest post on earth - the post of duty.

(Note included in the original family tree)