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hi all , well i appear to be on aroll ,, looking for information on my gdad james mccabe who apparantley drowned at sea while serving as a ?stoker/fireman on the ss kelvinbank june 1917,, james married a margaret darcy in 1909 ,,, any info regarding the kelvinbank / marriage also any details birth of both james and margaret will be fab to ,, i have a james mccabe born in 1879 and a margaret born 1880 both liverpool,, doing my resarch is quite frustrating as the name mccabe appears to have been popular giving forenames as mainly james"s and patrick"s cheers

kitty90 wrote:hi all , well i appear to be on aroll ,, looking for information on my gdad james mccabe who apparantley drowned at sea while serving as a ?stoker/fireman on the ss kelvinbank june 1917,, james married a margaret darcy in 1909 ,,, any info regarding the kelvinbank / marriage also any details birth of both james and margaret will be fab to ,, i have a james mccabe born in 1879 and a margaret born 1880 both liverpool,, doing my resarch is quite frustrating as the name mccabe appears to have been popular giving forenames as mainly james"s and patrick"s cheers

This is the entry for James' death..
MCCABE, James
Date of death: 13 June 1917
Age: 42
Place of death: At Sea
Place of birth: Liverpool
Ship's name: SS Kelvinbank
Series: BT334 - Registers and Indexes of Deaths of Passengers and Seamen at Sea
Box:0071; Page:17

This indicates he was born abt 1875.

This site shows where the sinking happened and info about the ship. On the 13th June 1917 she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-69 when 100 miles North of Cape Wrath.
http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58531

I assume you have the marriage cert for James and Margaret? What were their fathers' names and occupations, and any indication that the fathers were deceased?

Marriage: MCCABE, James and D'ARCY, Margaret Ann
Registration district: Liverpool
Year/qtr of registration: 1909 / Jul-Aug-Sep
Volume no: 8B; Page no: 224.

All Souls Church, 25th August, 1909 William Walsh joined in marriage
Joannem McCabe 97 Rachel Street
Father Patricii McCabe
and Margaritam Annam Darcy
Father Patricii Darcy
Witnesses Francisco Fearon Dorrington Street and Joanna Beattie 87 Rachel Street

Hi Could this be you James Mc Cabe


This information is on CWGS - http://www.cwgs.org

McCABE, JAMES

Rank:Fireman
Date of Death:13/06/1917
Age:42
Regiment/Service:Mercantile Marine
S.S. "Kelvinbank" (Glasgow)
Panel Reference
MemorialTOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Additional Information:
Son of Ann and the late Patrick McCabe; husband of Margaret Anne McCabe, of 14 Court, 4 House, Hopwood St., Liverpool. Born at Liverpool.

The Tower Hill Memorial commemorates men and women of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets who died in both World Wars and who have no known grave. It stands on the south side of the garden of Trinity Square, London, close to The Tower of London.

Michelle

hi michelle , well im in shock with your reply,, i deffo think this is my gdad,, is there any way i could get more information on my gdad with these details ,, ie names of children , my dad was patrick mccabe born in jan 1917,, therefore he never knew his father ,, i only remember the story i was told when i was a little girl that gdad had drowned at sea when dad was only a few wks / months old ,,,,, looks like i be off to stationary shop tomos and start putting all my info into a filing system ha ha ,,

Ann McCabe born Q3 1913 Liverpool 8b 86
Patrick McCabe born Q1 1917 Liverpool 8b 52

There may have been another one or even two prior to 1913 but the indexes don't give the mother's maiden name before 1912.

Son of Ann and the late Patrick McCabe; husband of Margaret Anne McCabe, of 14 Court, 4 House, Hopwood St., Liverpool.

Hopwood Street is where All Souls church was where they got married.

morn mary thanks for the info , dad is patrick mccabe birth details are correct ,, ann i remember as a little girl my dad was the baby of the family ,, i know he had a brother called james,, and a sister mary,, (KNOWN AS MARY ELLEN) who married a cooper .

Use http://freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl there is definitely a James in Q1 1911 Liverpool 8b 90 which would fit nicely.