George Swatton Mansbridge Chronology
(1849-1917)
21 Feb 1849 - born in Bantry Bay, Ireland
1857 (8 y/o) - working at White Star Sail and Rigging Loft
1861 (12 y/o) - T.E. Lemon of Liverpool apprentice sailing to different parts of world
1866 (17 y/o) - finished T.E. Lemon apprenticeship and received indenture
1867 (18 y/o) - shipped to Pudget Sound, Port Madison aboard the Barque Live Yankee
1867 (18.5 y/o) - left Port Madison for San Francisco
1869 (19 y/o) - escaped Robin Island aboard Bargue the Fanny
August 1869 - arrived at U.S. Consul in Hakodate
August 1869 - June 1870 - quartermaster of Aerial in Hakodate
October 1870 (20 years old) - September 1872 - quartermaster of U.S. Golden Age
January 1873 (23 years old) - returned to Liverpool
July 1873 - left Liverpool aboard the S.S. Kang bound for China and Japan
August 1873 - S.S. Kang runs ashore Prunder Filbuck in The Gulf of Aden
November 1873 - rescued and sailed for Aden
December 1873 - returned to Liverpool for Court of Inquiry. Ordered to remain until cleared.
April 1874 (24 y/o) - called to London, cleared of wrongdoing, passed examinations.
May-June 1874 - shipped as Third Officer aboard Hankow Paddle Steamer for Shanghai
July 1874 - arrive in Yokohama
July 1874 - April 1877 - joined Pacific mail boat Golden Age and Mitsu Bishi Mail Steam Ship as Quartermaster
April 1877 (27 years old) - joined Mitsu Bishi Company S.S. Hiogo Maru
June 1878 (28 years old) - joined Mitsu Bishi Company on board the S.S. Hiroshima Maru as 3rd Officer
1879 (29 years old) - arrived in Yokohama aboard Mitsu Bishi Company S.S. Sumida Maru
1879 - aboard Kokonoye Maru and transferred to schooner Awagishima Maru
1884 (34 years old) - transferred to Nagasaki and employed at Mitsu Bishi Dockyard