Thomas George Steer ^1,12

  General Notes:

Master mariner on the tea clipper "Scotia"

  Noted events in his life were:

• Birth: Salisbury Place, 25 Dec 1838, Bermondsey, Surrey, England. ¹

• Occupation: Ordinary Seaman on the Lord Burleigh, 30 Aug 1855, Sydney, Australia. ¹³

• Occupation: Ordinary seaman, 1855-1859. ¹⁴ "Lord Burleigh", three voyages to Australia

• Occupation: Able seaman, 1859. ¹⁵ "Leon Raymundo", from 28 July 1859 to 9 November 1859

• Occupation: Second Mate Certificate, 24 Dec 1859, London, England. ¹⁶ Certificate of Competancy as Second Mate. His address recorded as 23 George St, Woolwich, Kent

• Occupation: Second Mate, 1860-1861. ¹⁷ "Neville", London to China

• Occupation: Second Mate, 1861-1862. ¹⁸ "Sarah Neumann", London to Australia

• Occupation: First Mates Certificate, 8 May 1861, London, England. ¹⁶ Certificate of Competancy as First Mate. Address 23 George St, Woolwich, Kent

• Census: 1861 UK Census, 1861, Greenwich, England. ¹⁹

• Residence: 23 George St, 1861, Greenwich, England. ²⁰

• Occupation: Mate on ship "Queen of the Mersey", 1864-1865. ²¹ East Indies route

• Occupation: (Ship's) Masters certificate, 15 Nov 1864, Liverpool, England. ²² Address given as 4 Goldsworthy Terrace, Rotherhiths, London and 27 Duke Street, Liverpool

• Occupation: Master of the ship "Silistria" (White Star Line or Albion Line?), 1866-1870. ²² East Indies, South Pacific and Brazil routes

• Census: 34 Mostyn Rd, St Mary Stratford, 1871, Bow, Middlesex. ²³

• Occupation: Captain (?) "Leodinas", 1872. Voyages to British North America, Greenland & Iceland. Discharged 18 August 1872

• Occupation: Master mariner on the tea clipper "Scotia", 1873-1875. ^1,12 Built 1872 at Prince Port Nova Scotia.

• Occupation: Captain (?) "Arundel Castle", 1876-1881.

• Occupation: Captain (?) "Roslin Castle", 1882. Trade to Australia (inc Tasmania) and New Zealand

• Occupation: Captain (?) "Star of Denmark", 1885. Trade to Australia (inc Tasmania) and New Zealand

Thomas married Louisa Dix, daughter of John Dix and Anne Smallman, on 9 May 1867 in Parish Church, Poplar, Middlesex. (Louisa Dix was born on 2 May 1847 in 20 Pennyfields, Poplar ²⁴, christened on 13 Jun 1847,²⁵ died on 10 Jan 1888 ^1,26 and was buried in Leytonstone, Essex.)