James Brown Riggin

  General Notes:

Names reference in Ancestry family Trees of Pratt and Debra Goggins

Canada, Seafarers of the Atlantic Provinces, 1789-1935

Name: James Riggins
Record Type: Crew
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1846
Birth Place: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Vessel Name: Rothesay
Vessel Type: Barque
Voyage Departure Date: 11 Oct 1869
Voyage Departure Port: New York City, New York, USA
Voyage Arrival Date: 20 Nov 1869
Voyage Arrival Port: Liverpool, England
Vessel Registration Number: J868035
Vessel Registration Place: St. John, New Brunswick
Year Vessel Constructed: 1868
Date Joined Present Ship: 11 Oct 1869
Place Joined Present Ship: New York City, New York, USA
Crew Number: 5
Literacy: Signed with an 'X'
Completed What Signed On To Do?: Yes
Discharge Date: 27 Nov 1869
Discharge Place: Liverpool, England
Discharge: Discharged at end of voyage
Last Discharge Date: 28 Sep 1869
Last Discharge Place: New York City, New York, USA
Company From Last Ship: 0
Capacity (Rank): Able-bodied Seaman
Payment Type (Time): By the month
Wage: 50
Wage Currency: U.S. dollars

James married Amelia A. Johnson, daughter of James Johnson and Sarah, on 25 Dec 1875 in Bosanquet, Lampton County. (Amelia A. Johnson was born in 1858 and died in 1907.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Notice: Marriage record 56839.

  Marriage Notes:

Marriage date also found as 25 Dec 1874 in Lamton, Ontario
(Ancestry: Family Tree of Hoos-Lemke