BORN HULL 1881. YOUNGEST SON OF EDWARD CONNOR & MARGARET BAKER AT THIS ADDRESS. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1891 AND HIS MOTHER AND SISTER ALICE BOTH DIED IN 1916. SERVED AS A SHIP’S FIREMAN. THE CARGO SHIP ‘SHIPCOTE’, WHIVH LEFT ARCHANGEL, RUSSIA, FOR LE HAVRE, CARRYING BAGS OF GRAIN. IT WAS LOST AT SEA ON 13/11/1915 AND NEVER SEEN AGAIN. JAMES EDWARD CONNOR DROWNED WITH 28 OTHERS. HE WAS AGED 34 AND UNMARRIED.
http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?203377
First name:
JAMES EDWARD
Regiment:
Rank:
Fireman
Date Died
13/11/1915
Place died:
Sea
Age:
34
