Death of William Gilley, The [Laws D5]

DESCRIPTION: A widow tells of how, within weeks of her marriage, her husband went to sea. Neither ship nor sailor ever returned, leaving her trying to find strength in her faith
AUTHOR: Mary Lurvey Stanley (broadside)
EARLIEST DATE: 1926 (Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine)
KEYWORDS: sea death religious
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Jan 14, 1829 - Marriage of Clarissa Gott and William Gilley
Mar 1, 1829 - Gilley sets sail in the Minerva, never to return
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Laws D5, "The Death of William Gilley"
Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine, pp. 289-293, "The Death of William Gilley"; "Lines" (2 texts)
DT 821, WMGILLEY
Roud #2231
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Loss of the Minerva" (subject: The Minerva loss)
File: LD05

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