Death at Sea

[Grahame R. Parker]

Does anyone know where a death would be registered if death occurs at sea.
I'm referring specifically to my grandmother who was killed on the first night of WW2
on the Athenia, just off Ireland.

[Annette Fulford]

Was your grandmother from Ireland or elsewhere in the British Isles? You could try searching for her death in the Irish Civil Registration indexes at
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=colle... .

[Grahame R. Parker]

She was English and lived in Canada, She had been visiting Liverpool and was on her way home to Toronto when the ship was sunk. I'll give your suggestion a try as it was sunk fairly close to Northern Ireland and rescues were carried out from there. Thank you very much for youe help

Grahame Parker

Annette Fulford said:

Was your grandmother from Ireland or elsewhere in the British Isles? You could try searching for her death in the Irish Civil Registration indexes at
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=colle... .

[Annette Fulford]

She might be listed in the passenger manifests for the Athenia at the subscription site Ancestors on Board at http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/ . This is a British website with manifests of passengers leaving the British Isles.