| The handwritten sheet from which the Family Search transcription is taken from, (presumably where you got your information), tells us that the Grenadier was a 54.5 ton Steam Ship based in Newcastle. The census sheet was given to the Master on the 26 March 1881 in London and at midnight on the 3rd April (Census night) it was situated 5 miles W N W of Lowestoft High Light. That would appear to position William Fisher and his son quite precisely at the time, but I am not sure. Although William Henry age 11 has been transcribed by Family Search as being on board, his entry has been ruled through with the words 'Entered at Home', added underneath. So was he on board or not? Assuming that William's family is the one found by the other researcher in 1871 then if you look for a 33 year old Isabella b. Sunderland in 1881,then she is at home at 3 Vine Street, Sunderland, but also at home is a 35 year old husband William Fisher, Mariner, b. London and there is no sign of an 11 year old son William. Either this is not your family or it was William Snr. who was entered at home and Jnr was on the ship. I have looked around for alternatives and the only possible that I have seen so far is an 11 year old William Fisher, step son, living at 11 Lyon Lane, Hebburn, Co Durham with a sister Isabella 8. They are with a Thomas & Mary Blackburn, a Ships Joiner, but all appear to be born in Devon. |
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