Peter Rattray
- Born: Abt 1837, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland
- Marriage: Mary Ann Smith in 1856 in South Shields, Durham
- Died: 28 Dec 1876, At sea, off Whitby, Yorkshire aged about 39
 General Notes:
Listed on his son Peter's Marriage Certificate as a Mariner (deceased).
United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941, Peter Rattray (54877):
Born Dundee, Forfarshire 1838.
First sailed in 1851 as an apprentice (supposedly born in 1836).
Sailed on S.V.Polmaise out of Glasgow on 21 Oct 1854.
S.V.Polmaise - Bark three masted sailing ship, 878 tons. Built in Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland in 1853. Lost in 1873 at what is now called Polmaise Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Died Mar Qtr 1877 - Sunderland, Vol 10a, Page 357. Aged 38.
Rated 'able seaman' when he died at sea, off Whitby, 28 Dec 1876 on the S.S.Sherburn, a coaster running coal from Sunderland to London, of 'supposed heart disease'.
Noted events in his life were:
• Census, 8 Apr 1861, 49 Burleigh Street, Sunderland, Durham. Listed as: Lodger; Married; Age 23; Occupation - Mariner ('Nor Sea')?, Born in Scotland.
• Census, 2 Apr 1871, Ivy Street, Westoe, South Shields, Durham. Listed as: Age 33.
Peter married Mary Ann Smith, daughter of John Smith and Elizabeth, in 1856 in South Shields, Durham. (Mary Ann Smith was born in 1840 in Ireland..)
Marriage Notes:
Jun Qtr 1856 - South Shields, Vol 10a, Page 616.
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