Captain Alexander Brice Corrie, Master Mariner

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Captain Alexander Brice Corrie, Master Mariner

Also Known As: "Alec Bryce Corrie"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Gordieston, Dumfries, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: 1871 (63-64)
Lost at sea, Between Sydney and Calcutta (Drowning)
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Corrie and Sarah Corrie
Husband of Elizabeth Corrie
Father of Martha Elizabeth Corrie; Alexander Brice Corrie; Mary Sarah Corrie; Robert David Corrie; Charles Ebenezer Corrie and 2 others

Occupation: Master Mariner
Managed by: Benedict Brennan
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About Captain Alexander Brice Corrie, Master Mariner

Alexander Brice Corrie was lost at sea between Sydney and Calcutta, his intended destination. The title of Master Mariner is evidenced by a copy of the Mariners' Certificate available at Ancestry.com. UK and Ireland Masters and Mates Certificate issued March/25/1851 London number 37.398 Wedding to Elizabeth Dawson was at St Martins in the Fields, Liverpool, September/16/1835 Liverpool Registers reference number 283/MAR/3/1. Available on Ancestry.com and Familysearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKVM-2ZW Alexander Corrie United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seaman Records Military Service 1845-1854 Birthplace Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Alexander Corrie was born at Gordieston Farm, Dumfries, Scotland on 8 July 1807. His parents, Robert Corrie and Sarah Brice, lived with their family, probably in a workers' cottage or barn annexe, at nearby McCubbington Farm, Dunscore on the River Nithe about 12km from Dumfries. It is likely Robert was a tenant farmer or 'portioner' or worked as a ploughman and shepherd. Sarah died when her son was just a fortnight old and Alexander is believed to have been brought up by his mother's parents, the Brices, at nearby Lochenhead Farm.

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Captain Alexander Brice Corrie, Master Mariner's Timeline

1807
July 8, 1807
Gordieston, Dumfries, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1836
1836
England (United Kingdom)
1838
December 4, 1838
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, Lancashire, England (United Kingdom)
1840
July 25, 1840
Deptford, Kent, England (United Kingdom)
1842
1842
West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England (United Kingdom)
1845
1845
Liverpool, Merseyside, England
1850
1850
England (United Kingdom)
1852
1852
Stepney, London, England (United Kingdom)
1871
1871
Age 63
Lost at sea, Between Sydney and Calcutta