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 (see Source 4) 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 listed as follows :
 
John Randolph McLester M 54 M Greenodd, Lancashire, England Master
Michael Smith M 30 M Belfast, County Down Mate

From the Times newspaper, 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. The Ellen & Sarah appears in Ulverston Canal Co. records for 1862-8 and 1872, held by the Ulverston Heritage Centre - info from Peter Sandbach.
  3. 1881 Census details from Bob Sanders, Ships in Port 1881 website
  4. Crew lists, Lancaster, 1854 (A-H),  Public Record Office,Kew, ref. BT98/3803 - research by Philip Holmes (notes the tonnage as 58).
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