Individual Details
(Abt 5 Jul 1830 - 20 Nov 1873)
James qualified as a Master Mariner in London in 1857. He died aged 43, just four months into his marriage, when his ship, the Robert Lowe, ran aground near Placentia, Newfoundland. He and his crew had been laying cable between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, the final stage of a project linking Valentia Island in Ireland by underwater cable to Nova Scotia. Twenty one crew members survived but James and 17 others drowned. According to the New York Times of 24 November 1873, "Capt. Tidmarsh was on the bridge at the time of the disaster, perfectly cool, and took in the whole situation at a glance. He ordered the boats to be cleared away, and perished by sticking to his vessel to the last."
Events
| Birth | Abt 5 Jul 1830 | probably Ratass, Tralee, Co. Kerry | | | |
| Christen | 5 Jul 1830 | Tralee, Co. Kerry | | | |
| Marriage | 31 Jul 1873 | Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin - Georgina Anne FLOOD | | | |
| Death | 20 Nov 1873 | Newfoundland, Canada | | | |
| Burial | | Anglican Cemetery, St. John's, Newfoundland | | | |
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