John Henry Bastian b 1830 St Keverne

[brentor boy]

I am posting this more in hope than expectation but I am encouraged to do so by the fine record the site has for finding answers to "impossible" questions.

JHB was baptised on 17 Oct 1830 at St Keverne, Cornwall, son of John and Jane. His father died in 1832 and his mother remarried in 1835.

In 1849, as Henry Bastian, Able Seaman, of HMS Inconstant, he made an allotment from pay to his mother, Jane Pashbee. HMS Inconstant sailed from Plymouth in January 1848, bound for New Zealand and calling at Rio de Janerio and Sydney, returning to home waters at the end of 1850.

I have been unable to find any subsequent record of JHB. Searching is made more difficult because a number of others share his name and it is a name susceptible to corruption. Additionally, immediately after his father's death, he and his mother were removed from, or refused settlement in a number of places, including St Keverne, and it is impossible to know which he considered to be his "home" parish. It is even within the bounds of possibility that he died or deserted whilst on the voyage. In 1841 he was living with his grandmother in St Keverne. His name has been transcribed as "Barton".

I do not expect a complete answer but any hints or suggestions to help me in my search will be greatly appreciated. TIA.

 

[Ellie7]

http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/I/02396.html
Hard to find anything with name changes and I suspect he stop saying he was from Cornwall.
https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1852/mar/19/captain-shepherd-of-hms-inconstant

 

[Ellie7]

https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?204046
Oh! that is SV not HMS

 

[Ellie7]

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.-LIST OF UNCLAIMED LETTERS.-MARCH 31, 1850.
Bastian, Henry
Barton, J.

 

[Ellie7]

17-Oct 1830 John Henry son of John Jane BASTIAN Town of Falmouth Seaman James Pascoe Vic
http://www.st-keverne.com/History/records/bapt_1800-1857.php

 

[Ellie7]

Master and Mates Certificates on Ances
Name
John Bastian
Birth
1833 Falmouth Cornwall
Civil
27/06/1854 South Shields
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Name
John Bastian
Birth
1833 Falmouth Cornwall
Civil
21/04/1859 London
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Name
John Bastian
Birth
Falmouth, England
Departure
Liverpool, England
Arrival
Hamburg, Germany dd/mm/year
Other
Falmouth, England dd/mm/year
Discharge Date
dd/mm/year
Discharge Place
location
Last Discharge Date
dd/mm/year
Last Discharge Place
London, England
Title -Canada, Seafarers of the Atlantic Provinces-1789-1935
Perhaps someone with a world acc would look it up please

 

[brentor boy]

Many thanks, Ellie, for your thoughts and suggestions.

I had previously found details of Inconstant's voyages.

I knew of the involvement of Inconstant in San Francisco when she came to the aid of shipping from which the crews has deserted. Apparently they had caught "gold fever". I did wonder whether JHB had jumped ship at that time.

Incidentallly JHB's step father, George Pashbee, was a member of the crew of HMS Acheron that came to the aid of the vessel S V Inconstant.

A pity there is not more information about the unclaimed letter.

I have the details of JHB' s baptism.

I not too convinced that John Bastian (Falmouth, 1833) is my man.

Cheers,

Vic