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CLOSE, CLOSS and variants
One-name study
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 1844 - 1865 (21 years)
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| Name |
Henry CLOSS |
| Born |
1844 |
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1861 |
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom [1] |
Address:
Carrick Street, St George |
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| Occupation |
1861 [1] |
| letter press printer |
| Immigration |
1 May 1861 |
Otago, New Zealand [2] |
Address:
Vessel: "Storm Cloud" |
- left Glasgow on 1 May 1861
- Role: Witness
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| Died |
Nov 1865 |
Hamilton Bay, New Zealand [3] |
| Cause: drowned |
| Person ID |
I18086 |
Close One-Name Study |
| Last Modified |
17 Jun 2017 |
| Father |
Henry CLOSS, b. 1819, Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom , d. 24 Jul 1906, Dunedin, New Zealand (Age 87 years) |
| Mother |
Jane GUNNING, b. 1818, Newtownards, Down, Ireland , d. 29 Dec 1886, Port Chalmers, New Zealand (Age 68 years) |
| Married |
20 Dec 1840 |
Newtownards, Down, Ireland |
| Family ID |
F5469 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 1844 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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| Census - Address:
Carrick Street, St George - 1861 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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 | Immigration - Address:
Vessel: "Storm Cloud" - 1 May 1861 - Otago, New Zealand |
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 | Died - Cause: drowned - Nov 1865 - Hamilton Bay, New Zealand |
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| Sources |
- [S6] 1861 Census, RG09/644 F5 P8.
- [S282] Otago Witness, 29 June 1861.
Otago Witness, 29 Jun 1861
THE “STORM CLOUD”
The following is a list of the passengers by the “Storm Cloud” which sailed from Glasgow for Otago on the 1st of May.
…. ASSISTED EMIGRANTS … Mrs Closs and family (5) ….
- [S296] Otago Daily Times, 114 Nov 1865.
Otago Daily Times 14 Nov 1865
An inquest into the death of a young man named Henry Closs was held yesterday … James Closs, brother of the deceased, said deceased left his fathers house on Saturday morning to row from Hamilton Bay to Port Chalmers. He got as far as Otahiti Point, when he put back, the wind and tide appearing to be too strong against him. When running back, with the sail up, he seemed to step forward to take out the sprit. In doing so the boat broached to, a heavy squall struck her, and she capsized, deceased appearing to get under the boat. Witness put off in another boat to his assistance, but Robert Lewis, another witness, who had also put off in a boat, picked him up. He was then, to all appearance, dead, lying on the sand at the bottom, in water about five feet deep. He had attempted to swim, but had sunk when about fifty yards from the point at which the boat capsized. William Simpson, who had also endeavored to rescue him, had hold of him before he sank, but his boat filled with water, his thowlpins broke, and he drifted to leeward, so that he failed to save him. When taken on shore restoratives were tried, but without effect. The boat was an ordinary waterman’s skiff. The jury returned a verdict of “Accidentally drowned.”
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