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An Appeal for Information
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Sep 14, 2008 at 02:18 AM

On January 23, 1909 RMS Republic, a luxury ocean liner carrying 440 passengers collided with SS Florida, an Italian passenger liner carrying 850 passengers, many of them refugees from a major earthquake which had rocked Italy in late December of 1908. In the aftermath the rescue efforts were guided by Jack Binns, a young radio operator on the Republic, who stood at his post in a shattered and freezing radio cabin for some 36 hours, passing messages both to the shore and to other ships steaming to the rescue. The main rescue vessel was the SS Baltic, with radio operator Henry Tattersall the contact with Binns. Despite heavy fog, the rescue ships arrived in time to ensure the survival of some 1500 passengers and crew, and the only deaths resulted from the immediate impact of the two ships.

As we approach the 100th anniversary of the event, descendants of the survivors are planning a celebration and are looking for information about Henry Tattersall and, if possible, contact with his descendants. The only references I have found are to HJ Tattersall or HG Tattersall, and are directly related to the accident. Does anyone else have further information?

Please forward information through ptatters at zerobyzero.ca

 Followup

We now know that Henry James Tattersall died in Chelmsford, Essex on July 7 1980 at the age of 94. He was born 12 January 1886, and worked for Marconi for his entire working life. Regretfully we still have no contact with any descendants...

With thanks to Simon Lawrence, Nicola Pike, and others.

Last Updated ( Nov 25, 2008 at 07:19 AM )
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Is Eudo Tatteshall the same guy as Eudo Dapifer?
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Written by Roger Tattersall   
Jul 20, 2007 at 03:23 PM

No.

Eudo "Dapifer" was a contemporary of Eudo fitz Spirewic lord of Tateshal. His Family name was de Rie or de Rye, probably indicating that he was from Reyes in Normandy. "Dapifer" was a title given to Eudo de Rie by William the Conqueror as he was his steward.

Eudo fitz Spirewic lord of  Tatershal was of Breton origin, as indicated by the epithet "de Brito" given to his sons Hugh and Ralf. He may be a descendant of the Breton nobleman Spereuui who attested some of the charters of King Saloman of Brittany in the 860's.

There is however a family connection, as Eudo de Rie was the brother or possibly uncle of Matilda de Rie, who according to Pym Yeatman married Ralf fitz Eudo lord of Tateshal. Together they started the family which became known as the Britos of Annesley in Nottinghamshire.

Last Updated ( Aug 15, 2007 at 10:36 AM )
Transported Tattersalls
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Contributed by Peter Tattersall   
Jul 29, 2007 at 01:45 AM

During the period 1598-1868 the punishments for even trivial crimes were often very severe, but a more humane sentence was available in the form of transportation to a penal colony. Penal colonies were established in North America and the Caribbean, but after the successful rebellion of the American colonies a new location was sought - and was found in Australia.

The first colony was to be established in January of 1788, initially at Botany Bay, but due to the unsuitability of the site within days it was moved north to Sydney Cove. This was First Fleet, and Second and Third Fleets followed in 1789 and 1790.

The first Tattersall transportees arrived in 181/19, and in all there were seven such transportees. An eighth individual with a variant name, Tattersell, was also transported.

Name
Sentenced at
Sentence date
Embarked Vessel
Eve Tattersall Lancaster16 Aug 1848
13 Dec 1849
St. Vincent 
Henry TattersallLancaster2 Jan 1835
6 Oct 1835
Susan
John TattersallLancaster1 Jul 1841
6 Apr 1842
Elphinstone
John TattersallLancaster7 Apr 1818 
Jul 1818
Shipley
John TattersallLancaster
1 Sep 1819
Jul 1820
Maria
Margaret TattersallLancaster
20 Jun 1851
4 Oct 1851
Anna Maria
Wilkinson TattersallLancaster
30 Jun 1847
23 Mar 1850
Blenheim
Henry TattersellSussex
20 Feb 183920 Sep 1839  
Canton

The practice of transportation was officially abandoned in 1868 but for a number of years before that it was an unlikely sentence.

It is worth pointing out that not all transportees were hardened criminals. One could be sentenced to transportation for stealing food, and various dissidents were also shipped out of Britain to remove their influence from the body politic, lest Irish Home Rule (gracious!) or Trade Unionism (oh, my!) become established in a land of privilege and complacency.

By way of example, Henry Tattersall, transported in 1835, was obviously a hardened criminal at the age of 14 as he was transported for a term of 14 years, for theft of  an earthen jug and eight shillings at Haslingden in Lancashire. 

Portions of this note were cribbed from several Wikipedia articles, while the names of transportees were found on the ancestry.com site.

Henry Tattersall's convict story may be found on the "Convicts to Australia" site

Last Updated ( Apr 26, 2008 at 09:08 AM )
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