Individual Details
Capt Evan JAMES
(7 Jul 1862 - 15 Aug 1937)
Events
| Birth | 7 Jul 1862 | New Quay, Cardiganshire | |||
| Residence | 1871 | with his widowed father - 2, Wellington Place, New Quay, Cardiganshire | |||
| Miscellaneous | 17 Jul 1875 | signed up as a boy sailor on the brigantine Angelina (8826) - Cardigan, Cardiganshire | |||
| Occupation | 14 Apr 1881 | ordinary seaman aboard the Maggie, sailing ship | |||
| Miscellaneous | 25 Aug 1888 | was certified as a Second Mate (Merchant Navy) - Cardiff, Glamorganshire | |||
| Residence | 25 Aug 1888 | 17, George Street, Cardiff Docks, Glamorganshire | |||
| Miscellaneous | 23 Jun 1890 | was certified as a First Mate (Merchant Navy), Square Rigger - Cardiff, Glamorganshire | |||
| Residence | 1891 | as a lodger - 17, George Street, Cardiff Docks, Glamorganshire | |||
| Occupation | 1891 | seaman - Cardiff, Glamorganshire | |||
| Occupation | From 4 Mar 1892 to 29 Aug 1892 | mate on the Theodore Engels (barque) |  | ||
| Miscellaneous | 31 Oct 1892 | was certified as a Master Mariner (Merchant Navy), Square Rigger - Cardiff, Glamorganshire | | ||
| Residence | 31 Oct 1892 | 17, George Street, Cardiff Docks, Glamorganshire | |||
| Occupation | From 1896 to 1897 | Captain of the SS Hartville (Maclean, Doughty & Co) | |||
| Miscellaneous | 6 Feb 1898 | was loading the SS Hartfield - Tyne Dock, South Shields | |||
| Occupation | From 1899 to 1902 | Captain of the SS Hartville (Maclean, Doughty & Co) | |||
| Miscellaneous | 11 Jan 1899 | arrived aboard the SS Hartville from Cork - the Port of Cardiff | |||
| Miscellaneous | 1 Feb 1899 | arrived aboard the SS Hartville from Cardiff - the port of Marseille | |||
| Miscellaneous | 3 Mar 1899 | arrived aboard the SS Hartville from Rotterdam - the Port of Penarth | |||
| Miscellaneous | 22 May 1901 | departed aboard the SS Hartville bound for Bordeaux - the port of Obbola, Sweden | |||
| Miscellaneous | 3 Jun 1901 | arrived aboard the SS Hartville - the port of Bordeaux | |||
| Occupation | From 1905 to 1912 | Captain of the SS Wathfield (Doughty Shipping Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool) | | ||
| Marriage | 30 Jan 1909 | Aberaeron Registry Office, Cardiganshire - Ellen Dorothy "Nellie" WILLIAMS | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Abt Apr 1918 | was a victim of a submarine attack | |||
| Miscellaneous | 2 Jan 1919 | was Captain of the SS Fairhaven (Edwards and Co, Cardiff) that foundered off the coast - Walney Island, Barrow, Lancashire | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 31 Oct 1919 | was awarded the Mercantile Marine Ribbon - Liverpool, Lancashire | |||
| Occupation | From Abt 1922 to Abt 1923 | Captain of the SS Deemster (Marine Transport Co. Ltd of Cardiff) | |||
| Miscellaneous | 1 Sep 1922 | arrived aboard the SS Deemster from Penarth - the port of Providence, Rhode Island | |||
| Death | 15 Aug 1937 | Fern Bank, Hill Street, New Quay, Cardiganshire | |||
| Probate | 23 Dec 1937 | Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire | | ||
| Burial | New Quay, Cardiganshire | |
Families
| Spouse | Ellen Dorothy "Nellie" WILLIAMS (1876 - 1945) |
| Child | John Garfield Williams "Jack" JAMES (1909 - 1965) |
| Child | Marianne Elizabeth Williams "Mair" JAMES (1912 - 1987) |
| Child | Evan David Kenneth "Ken" JAMES MN (1913 - 1989) |
| Child | 2nd Officer William Phillip Williams "Will" JAMES MN (1915 - 1940) |
| Father | David JAMES (1823 - 1902) |
| Mother | Elizabeth EVANS (1832 - 1870) |
| Sibling | John JAMES (1860 - ) |
| Sibling | David JAMES (1865 - 1929) |
| Sibling | Daniel JAMES (1867 - 1933) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth JAMES (1870 - 1937) |
Notes
Occupation
THEODORE ENGELSType: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 21 April 1869
Completed:1869
Builder: Readhead, Softley & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 43
Dimensions: 518grt, 483nrt, 163.3 x 27.9 x 16.3ft
Engines: None
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Iron
Reg Number in 1892: 85272
History:
1869 TC Engels & Co, Antwerp
1892 David Morgan, New Quay; registered at Aberystwyth
June 1899 Unknown owner, Portugal
Miscellaneous
Certificate number 020057.Occupation
SS Wathfield, built by J. Readhead & Sons, So. Shields in 1905 and owned by Doughty Shipping Co. Ltd. (H. Doughty & Co.), West Hartlepool. Steamer of 3.012 tons. Torpedoed on the 21st of February 1917. Evan was not the Master at the time and was not on board.Marriage
The best man was Evan's brother-in-law Peter Lewis. The bride was given away by her brother Garfield Williams. The bridesmaid was Nellie's sister Miss Kate Williams. The wedding breakfast was at the Feathers Hotel, Aberaeron.The Cambrian news and Merionethshire Standard (5th February 1909)
Miscellaneous
The cargo ship ran aground 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Walney Island, Lancashire. She was carrying 5000 tons of iron ore from Almeria in Spain to Barrow. She was driven ashore on the south-west shore of Walney Island in rough, hazy weather. The Piel (Barrow) Lifeboat attended. Three tugs were sent out from Barrow without success. Three or four of the crew got ashore on the ship's boat towed by the lifeboat. Evan was taken aboard the Piel Lifeboat with the ships papers and was landed on Roa Island. A total of 27 crew were saved. The Fairhaven (3129 tons, built in 1913) was registered at Whitby and belonged to Edwards and Co, Cardiff. She later broke her back. David Short, son of Mr Short the coastguard was also on board.Lancashire Evening Post (Friday 3 January 1919)
NB The Cambrian News (10 January 1919) wrongly identified Barrow as 'Jarrow'.