Have heard that he and his brother were emigrating to the U.S. and he drowned at sea?? but I think his brother made it OK - do not know the brother's name. They would have sailed from Liverpool. Has anyone suggestions as to how I can check into this?

The National Archives may hold the answer. See

http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=...

A podcast at
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/bmd-at-sea.htm

Good luck!

Thank you for those websites - I'll check them out. Let you know if I'm successful. Angela