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Stonehaven Skipper’s Silver Watch

Fisherman, William Christie and 3 of his crew were drowned off Stonehaven in Jan. 1885. Their bodies were never found. 3 years later, another fisherman hooked William’s silver watch by a single link in its chain and presented it to William’s widow Christina.

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Stonehaven Harbour, 1890. Source: https://www.stunningstonehaven.co.uk/looking-back-stonehaven-harbour/
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This picture (below) of fisherfolk at Stonehaven was taken about his time. Also here’s the entry for his boat (The Mary) and the crew in the register of deaths at sea. The cause of death is given as “swamping of boat”

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https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1773579
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Entries in the register of deaths at sea for William Christie and the 3 other fisherman who died after the Mary was swamped.
References

Aberdeen Evening Express. 26th January 1885. pg. 4
Aberdeen Evening Express. 18th February 1888. pg. 2
1885 CHRISTIE, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 022/MR 98)