Durham strays in Norfolk 1861

[Geoffers]

I'm indexing the 1861 census for Norfolk and found the return for a schooner which has been bound into the wrong place of the census book. The schooner should appear with other boats at Cromer, but has been put with the census for an inland parish - so anyone searching for them probably wouldn't locate the vessel in a month of Sundays. The crew are all from Durham:

RG9/1202 f23
(added to the end of entries for Felbrigg)
Schooner Exertion 100 tons, coal trade to London
William ANDERSON, master, mar, 32, bn South Shields
John ANDERSON, mate, unm, 27, bn South Shields
William OAKES, cook, mar, 35, bn South Shields
John FERGUSON, A B seaman, umn, 17, bn South Shields
Thomas WILKINSON, unm, 17, passenger, apprenticed on the Golden Grove of Sunderland, bn Seaham.

Hope this might help someone

Geoffers
Charlbury, Oxfordshire

[Dorothy]

No wonder , as you say, it is so difficult to find people. I searched through one of the worst films I've seen . The Crew List is almost illegible in parts and I had to use a plain white paper and keep adjusting it to see some parts. Looking for a vessel in port at North Shields was a nightmare and because the Index stated Quay Side for the vessel I didn't know whether it was really a vessel or that he was actually working at the N. Shields quay side ...as he was a carpenter. I'm going to attempt to look at it once more when the little LDS centre opens next week but it is a daunting task! I've been chasing down this gent for so long so I have to try again!

Dorothy on Vancouver Island