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                                                                                    Edwin Conner seated far left     Edwin CONNER 1869-1927 Ahnentafel Number 8 Context for discovery: This is my contribution to the 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks theme run by Amy Johnson Crow.  You can participate too.  Just sign up here. .  Edwin is my great-grandfather.   From his death certificate in 1927 [i] we knew he was 58 years old and born in Portsmouth circa 1869. His parents were listed as Edward Conner and Rebecca FOYNE. Birth Date/Place : We have a copy of his Birth Certificate which states he was born 29 March 1869.   His father listed as Edward Conner and his mother, Rebecca Conner formerly Foyne. ...

The survey vessel HMS Waterwitch, during steam trial, Stokes Bay [Portsmouth], June 1894 Source   Hume Family Collection, UQ Fryer Library 10, Album 11, Page 23 Copyright expired My father is currently cruising around the South and East China Sea and it reminded me that 115 years ago, his grandfather was also sailing in that general area on a very different kind of boat.   Edwin Conner was on board the HMS Waterwitch .   Wikipedia records several incarnations of the HMS Waterwitch .   This one is the one that fits my ancestor's timeline.  Edwin Conner's service record shows him being on board from 12 March 1910 to 4 April 1911.  I have spent much of today trying to determine what HMS Waterwitch was up to at that time. But first, a bit of background. According to this meaty little article  found on Trove, HMS Waterwitch was purchased by the Royal Navy from the Messrs James in 1893 for £10,000 and re-fitted and altered to suit her n...