Ellen & Sarah

Official Number
3365

The Ellen & Sarah was a schooner built by George Petty at Ulverston in January 1837. She was owned by Thomas Roper & Co. of Ulverston.

From crew lists her voyages and crew in 1854 were listed as follows :

Voyages (ports mentioned): Ulverston, Barrow, Chepstow, Belfast

Crew during the year 1854:

James Geldert,  age 32, born Ulverston, Master (first half-year)
James Tyson, Apprentice, indenture dated 2nd September 1852, Ulverston (listed in first half-year only)
William Holmes,  age 25, born Ulverston, Mate (first half-year), Master (second half-year)
William Pickthall, age 21, born Ulverston, Seaman (first half-year), Mate (second half-year) - previous vessel Augusta of Ulverston.
John Willson,  age 24, born Ulverston, Seaman (second half-year only) - previous vessel Dora of Ulverston.
William Woodsworth, age 18, born Ulverston, O. S. (second half-year only) - previous vessel Jane of Ulverston.

A vessel, the Ellen & Sarah, was in port at Barrow at the time of the 1881 Census. Her crew were John Randolph McLester, master, and Michael Smith, mate.

The Times, Weds., 22nd March, 1882, page 10;

" The Ellen & Sarah, of Barrow, from Workington, laden with rails, has arrived at Fleetwood with the loss of foretopmast and all sails and spars attached. The mate states that the master was lost overboard yesterday morning in a hevy gale."

Name Year Built Net Tons Length (feet) Breadth (feet) Depth (feet) Masts Figurehead Stern Lloyd's Classn.
Ellen & Sarah  1837  75 84/94       2      

Sources :

  1. Lancaster Shipping Register 1837-55 at Lancashire Record Office, Preston (microfilm available at Cumbria Record Office, Barrow) - gives tonnage as 75 tons burthen.
  2. Crew lists, Lancaster, 1854 (A-H),  Public Record Office,Kew, ref. BT98/3803 - research by Philip Holmes (notes the tonnage as 58).
  3. The Ellen & Sarah appears in Ulverston Canal Co. records for 1862-8 and 1872, held by the Ulverston Heritage Centre - info from Peter Sandbach.
  4. Clayton's Register of Shipping 1865: Ellen & Sarah, schooner, 53 tons, built 1837, owned by Petty & Postlethwaite, registered at Lancaster, official no.3365.
  5. Mercantile Navy List 1867: Ellen and Sarah, 53 tons, official no.3365, owned by Richard Roper, of Newland, registered at Lancaster.
  6. 1881 Census details from Bob Sanders, Ships in Port 1881 website