The Sunderland Site Page 048 - searlecanada.org
The page in 'Where Ships Are Born' states that John commenced a shipbuilding business at North Sands in 1859. That date may well be incorrect, however, since this fine page, dating from 1891, references him (about 30% down) as being a builder at that location nine years earlier, in 1850, when John was just 18 years old only.
