Mark Whitwill was born in 1857 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.

He was a shipowner, shipbroker, and philanthropist. He worked at Mark Whitwill & Son, Shipowners and Brokers and General Shipping Agents, a firm established by his father, Mark Whitwill (1826-1903), in Bristol in 1831. They were managers of Great Western Line of Steamers, Bristol & New York, and agents for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, the Allan Line of Steamers to Quebec, and the National Line of Steamers to New York.

In 1883, he married Emma Reece May (1860–). He died on December 5, 1921, in Keynsham, Somerset, England.

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First name(s) Samuel
Arrival port New York
Last name Horrobin
Arrival date 12-Apr-1881
Sex Male
State New York
Age 48
Country United States
Birth year 1833
Source dataset New York Passenger Lists & Arrivals
Origin country England
Year 1881
Record set British & Irish Roots Collection
Ship departure port Bristol
Category Travel & migration
Destination country United States
Subcategory Migration
Arrival year 1881
Collections from Americas, Great Britain, Ireland, United States

https://www.statueofliberty.org/arrival-details/?id=QVSK-TLR6 on board the SS Devon

Not unheard of for Foresters to end up in a Bristol hospital - The Royal Infirmary (BRI)- for treatment. Why? I suspect that cases were too complex for the local Gloucester hospitals to handle.

1871 CoalWay Lane End

Samuel Harrobin Head - Male 40 1831 Coal miner Coalway Lane End, Gloucestershire, England
Edith Harrobin Daughter - Female 15 1856 - West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Alice Harrobin Daughter - Female 4 1867 Scholar West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Tom Lewis Step-son - Male 10 1861 Coal miner West Dean, Gloucestershire, England

I've lost one man in a single census and wonder whether local knowledge can help.

Samuel Horrobin (also Horobin, Horribin, Harrobin), baptized Drybrook 13 March 1831, son of Thomas and Ann, collier, of Coalway Lane End:

- 1852: married Mary Ann Hale at Parkend, both of Coalway Lane End
- 1863: his wife buried at Coleford Congregational, residence given as Bristol
- 1866: married Alice Lewis at Coleford Congregational (FamilySearch gives her as Alice Preece — I have not resolved which)
- 1870: his second wife died, aged 34, buried at Coleford Congregational
- 1871 census: at Coalway Lane End, West Dean, widower, aged 40, coal miner, head of household
- 1881: I cannot find him under any spelling
- 1887: said to have died at Beadling, Pennsylvania, having emigrated from Bristol on the SS Devon in April 1881

If he sailed in the spring of 1881 he may simply have left before census night, but I'd welcome confirmation, or any sighting of him in 1881. I'd also be glad of advice on which spellings and districts tend to hide Forest families in that census.

A second, smaller question if anyone knows: the 1863 burial entry gives his wife's residence as Bristol, though he was at Coalway throughout. Was it common for Forest families to go to Bristol for medical treatment?

Thank you,

Lottie Aston