Mary Jane (Scow Schooner, 1858)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Philip Besnak
Ownership Notes:: Bernah, P., (1858); Talbent, E., (1860); Bezmer, P., (1860-1864); Matavia, D., (1868); Johnson, A., (1869); Louis, A., (1870); Barney, G., (1871); Foot,M., (1873); Napier, D., (1874);
Master(s):: Talbent, L., (1860); Matevia, D., (1868); Lewis, H., (1869); Louis, A., (1870); Johnson, A., (1871); Foot, W., (1873); Napioer, D., (1874);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

August 9, 1858: Port: Buffalo Number: 98 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-15-1860
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May 15, 1860: Port: Buffalo Number: 40 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
View document online; Next document: Port Huron 7-9-1868
July 15, 1868: Port: Port Huron Number: 70 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Huron 6-7-1869
June 7, 1869: Port: Port Huron Number: 3 of 1869
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Sandusky 7-12-1869
July 12, 1869: Port: Sandusky Number: 18 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Sandusky 3-30-1870
March 30, 1870: Port: Sandusky Number: 4 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-5-1871
April 5, 1871: Port: Sandusky Number: 17 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-22-1873
April 22, 1873: Port: Sandusky Number: 24 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 5-8-1874
May 8, 1874: Port: Sandusky Number: 29 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 9-30-1883; Next document: (Vessel Sunk and Abandoned)

History

Classification:: a. Scow Schooner, Mary Jane (1858-1883)
Nationality:: American (1858-1883)
Chronology:: 1. 4/30/1872, Sandusky River, on the flats, ashore and released;
2. 9/30/1874, Sugar Bluff, Port Clinton, Lake Erie, ashore, (lumber), released;
3. 10/20/1877, 1 mile east of the light on Turtle Island, Lake Erie, ashore, (barley), released;

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $900; 1864, she was valued at $500;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Port Huron, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Port Huron, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
3. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864;
4. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1885);
5. John Poole's notes;
6. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

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