Sarah Millican Breaks Down Over Pegasus Maritime Disaster | Who Do You Think You Are

Sarah learns how that in 1843, her ancestor James worked on the wreck of a passenger steamer, the Pegasus, off the Northumberland coast near Holy Island. Bringing up luggage was “melancholy work”. Even more so was the hunt for bodies at a time when relatives would pay a reward for the recovery of the remains of loved ones. In later life, James took a steady job, working for the Tyne Commissioners on keeping shipping channels clear of obstructions. James married and had five children (Sarah: “I’m 37 and I’ve got a cat…”), and an 1867 obituary recalls him as a man of a “genial and affable disposition”..

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Comedian Sarah Millican is astonished to discover that her three times great grandfather was one of the first ever divers in the world. Sarah also follows the trail of her four times great grandfather, John Malcolm, to Canada where he worked for the Hudson's Bay Company. John was sent to a remote outpost involved in the fur trade. As Sarah follows in his footsteps, she makes a truly shocking discovery.

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