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Note: ne), London Road, Manchester. He was an engine smith. The family lived for as short time in Liverpool where sons Hugh and Alexander were born. In 1848 he was a mechanic at 52 Bradford Road, Manchester. In June 1850 they lived at 5 Russell Square, Hulme, Lancashire. In 1851 Christopher [Day] (26 Scotland) was a smith residing at 46 Lloyd Street, Hulme with his wife Christiana (27 Liverpool), sons Hugh (2 Liverpool) and Alexander (10 months Liverpool), and a lodger Robert Doig (14 Liverpool), apprentice joiner. In 1852 he was a blacksmith at 56 Juniper Street, Hulme. They then moved to Brazil where Christopher worked in a job maintaining the English Naval Fleet, which was based there. The family legend is that after the birth of their son Christopher in Brazil in 1852, Christopher Sr. ran away from his domineering wife and the children by jumping on a ship; he was supposedly never again seen by his wife or children. A Mr. Doig sailed as a passenger on the ship "Nancy" from Oporto, Rio de Janeiro and arrived at New South Wales, Australia on 17 Dec 1853. However, in 1861 Christopher Doig [Deig in index, age and place of birth not given. name "X"ed out] was an apprentice white smith residing in the village of Ness, Cheshire, England with his wife Christiana (37 Liverpool) and sons Hugh (12 Liverpool) and Christopher (8 Liverpool). It appears he had already departed. Christopher sailed on the "Hibernia" on 7 Mar 1868 from New York and arrived at Glasgow on 21 Mar 1868. Chirstoper returned to Brooklyn in 1868, and in 1869 he lived with his brother Alexander at 406 Hicks, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY. Christopher committed suicide by an overdose of laudanum, six days after his brother Alexander had died. He was placed 23 Apr 1869 in a receiving tomb until the ground thawed for burial. Obituary: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 23, 1869. Suicide by Taking Laudunum. - Christopher Doig, thirty-nine years of age, residing at No. 406 Hicks street, died at his residence yesterday. An inquest was held by Coroner Whitehall, when it transpired that a brother of the deceased had died a week previously, since which time he had been very low-spirited, and had finally take two ounces of Laudunum, death soon resulting therefrom. A verdict was rendered in accordance with the facts. Obituary: New York Times, April 24, 1869. Christopher Doyle, 34 years of age, residing at No. 406 Hicks St., committed suicide on Thursday night by swalling two ounces of laudanum. He had been in low spirits, superinduced by the death of a brother about a week ago.
Note: In 1841 Christopher Doyge (15 Lancashire) was an iron smith residing at Bk Ln Street (Back La
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