Francis Aspell

Abt 1840 - Abt 1877  (~ 37 years)

• Name	Francis Aspell
  Born	Abt 1840	St. John's, Newfoundland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 23 Feb 1877	Cape Race, Newfoundland   [2]
  Cause: drowning
  Harbour Grace Standard & Conception Bay Advertiser - 1877 24 Feb 1877 - News - Latest News from (S.S.) Cromwell: Telegram to A.M. MacKAY, Esq. -- Great Placentia, Feb 16, 1877. Father WHELAN, who came from Barrisway, seven miles from here, reports that he saw a life-buoy marked, "S.S. George Cromwell" which was picked up there yesterday morning. Since last Sunday they had also found on the shore, flour, butter, and a case of geese, also a cabin door. --Chronicle 24 Feb 1877 - News - We learn that a young man named Francis ASPELL, of this place and son of the late Mr. Peter ASPELL, was a passenger on board the unfortunate George Cromwell. 24 Feb 1877 - News - Some three of four human bodies and several pieces of floating debris, from the wrecks of unfortunate steamers George Washington and George Cromwell, have been picked up at Trepassey during the past week. 3 Mar 1877 - News - One of the passengers on board the ill-fated steamer George Cromwell mentioned in our last weeks paper as Francis ARCHIBALD of Brooklyn, was Francis ASPELL of this place, or ARCHIBALD (being the proper family name) Machinist by trade, aged 28 years. He was youngest son of the late Peter ASPELL and leaves a young wife in Brooklyn to mourn his untimely fate. He was coming to pay a visit to his widowed mother after an absence of 12 years. 23 June 1877 - News - The diving schr. Nimble, Capt John STONE, arrived yesterday from the wreck of the American steamer George Washington, at Cape Race, Nfld. She brought the machinery, anchors and chains of the wrecked steamer. Capt. STONE reports that the cargo had been all washed away by the sea and the boiler of the ship blew up. Nothing of the wreck of the George Cromwell could be found. -- Hx Chronicle
  Person ID	I6008	Families of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2021

  
  

  Married	Yes, date unknown
  No record or reference has been found to identify Fanny's first marriage.
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F1884	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1840 - St. John's, Newfoundland Died - Cause: drowning - Abt 23 Feb 1877 - Cape Race, Newfoundland  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S90] Approximate date based on another recorded event, Reddigan, Kevin, (A date calculated by using a recorded date and a person's age, or by estimating the most likely date, based on other recorded life events). [S128] Collections of Newfoundland Newspapers, (Province-wide ).