Hello wonder if you can help, i'm trying to trace Edward Byrne, i know he was a appx 1823 in liverpool conflicting dates between his mates & masters cert & his Kobe obituary.
He was a merchant captain who eventually settled in & died in Kobe, where he was amongst other things a bill & bullion broker & a marine surveyor, he had one son called Aden Byrne b1878 in Kobe who claimed to be a British subject but naturalized in 1907 on the paperwork he listed his mother as Tonyama Tetsu. Aden was (orphaned?) back in the UK by 1891 & never worked living off his inheritance.
I have found some newspaper articles re Edward
The Hiogo Neva records the death, on the 20th November, at the age of sixty-seven, of Captain Edward Byrne, the " Father of the Settlement "of Kobe, who left Shanghai for that port in 18CS and has made it his home . ever since, with the exception of a short visit to England in ISG'J. As captain of the clipper *hip Lightning he made the fastest passage on record from London to Calcutta with troops for the Indian Mutiny, and he was presented on that occasion with a silver service by the officers of the regiment.
”Kobe Yushin Nippo” (Japanese newspaper) of November 22, 1889.
“The English Gentleman Mr. Edward Byrne who had lived in 6cho-me, Shimoyamate-dori, Kobe, died on November 20 at the age of 77.
He came to Kobe 21 years ago and he was a captain. He worked for the public good of foreigners in the settlement,
so that he was respected and called ‘the father of the settlement’ by them.
They flew their flags at half-mast in honor of him.”
I'm trying to trace any records of his UK life, what happened to his wife & i have been unable to find a record of Aden's birth abroad.
If anyone could help or point me in the right direction i would be very grateful.
Thank you. ;-)