Ancestors and Descendants of Adams and Mann and Others

  The Exeter (LT 139) was a Lowestoft registerd trawler fishing out of Milford Havin, Wales when it was attacked by German aircraft and sunk with all hands.  Among the nine crewmembers who lost their lives were two men who are found within the family tree.  They were John Henry Chapman and David George Spindler.  The nine crew who were killed on March 29, 1941 were: 1. Williiam George Aldous, Skipper,   Syleham, Suffolk, England.  He was the   son of William and Betsy Aldous. 2. Sydney Beare Cook 3. Walter Henry Chaney 4. John Henry Chapman 5. Thomas Jonson Coverdale 6. David Evans 7. Benjamin Griffiths 8. David George Spindler 9. Henry Sugden JOHN HENRY CHAPMAN John Henry Chapman , Boatswain, Fishing Fleet. A Boatswain with Steam Trawler Exeter (Lowestoft), John died on March 29, 1941, aged 41.  John was born at Pakefield on 28 August 1899, the son of John Henry Chapman (1871-1945) and Alice Sharpe (1876-1926). He was ba...

  A civilian, Susannah died on 22nd of July 1941 at the age of 67.  Susannah was born at Lowestoft around July 1874, a daughter of Edmund Redgrave (1836)-1911) and Anna Marie Crowe. She was baptised at Saint Margaret’s Church on 4 October 1874. In 1881 her family lived at 22 Mariners Street, Lowestoft. By 1891 they were living at Sudbury Cottages, 1 Bevan Street, Lowestoft, and Susannah was a domestic servant. Susannah’s father, Edmund, married Caroline Harriet Yaxley (1833-1859) at Yarmouth on August 26, 1855.   He was 19 years old and she was 21 years of age.   They had one child:             Edmund James Redgrave (1857-1918) Caroline died in July 1859 at Yarmouth, Norfolk, England when Edmund was only 2 years old. Edmund lived with his mother’s parents until he was 13 year-old after which he lived with his father and his second wife, Anna Marie Crowe. Edmund Redgrave married Anna Marie Crowe (1843-19...

  A Ghost Story from the Exeter   Exeter (LT 139) Alongside the Fish Market in 1935   From the  West Wales Guardian  of Friday 22nd January 1937:  On Wednesday the steam trawler "Exeter" entered port with her red ensign flying at half mast, bearing the mortal remains of the skipper of the vessel, Mr. Avery Pitman, 43, Starbuck Road, who had died at sea on the previous day.     The mate, Mr. W. Johnston, of Hill Street, Hakin, Pembrokeshire, Wales, immediately turned the vessel round and headed back to port. The deceased, a native of Brixham, was fifty-three years old and had been fishing out of Milford for the last twenty years.  A week before he died, skipper Pitman was in another vessel when he netted a six-foot Bay tree firmly planted in a tub of earth while fishing off the Smalls.  It was a coincidence that he was found dead at approximately the same place as the Bay tree was netted.       ...

  An Engineman with H.M. Drifter Golden Rule, Henry died on 15th of February 1918 at the age of 35.  Henry was born at Toft Monks, Norfolk, on 2 April 1883, a son of William and Mary Ann Symonds. He was baptised at Toft Monks Parish Church on 30 May 1886. In 1891 his family lived at Church Road, Toft Monks.  In 1903 Henry married Marian Ellen Bird, this was registered in the Loddon district. In 1903-4 they lived at Thorpe next Haddiscoe, and in 1908 at Haddiscoe. By 1911 they were living at 14 The Street, Oulton, and Henry was a drift-net fisherman. Later Marian lived at 3 Factory Street, Lowestoft. Henry joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 10 August 1914. Note: his service record gives his year of birth as 1893. Initially he served with the drifter Eyrie . On September 2, 1914 the Eyrie struck a mine and was lost, but Henry survived this incident. Next, he joined the trawler Sussex County . On 16 March 1915 he joined the trawler Brothers and on 10 August 1917 he j...