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Mr Thomas Hewitt was born in Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England in 1875; his birth was registered in the second quarter of that year and he was baptised on 31 May.

He was the son of John Hewitt (b.

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1841), a coachman (later a dock labourer), and Jane Peate (b. 1834). His father was Scottish and his mother from Wigton, Cumbria, the daughter of a mariner. They were married in Liverpool’s Holy Trinity Church on 31 December 1863.

He had six siblings: Margaret Ann (b.

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1864), John Henry (b. 1866), William (b. 1871), Joseph (b. 1872), Janet (b.

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1878) and Alexander (1880-1880).
Thomas first appears on the 1881 census with his family living at 40 Adelaide Street, Everton and they were still at the same address by the time of the 1891 census and Thomas, aged 15, was described as a railway porter.

Thomas was not present for the 1901 census and was by then already working at sea.

He appears on shipping records as early as 1897, firstly serving aboard Majestic. The follo