George Thurston (Schooner, 1857)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Kingston, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Additional vessel types:: Bark
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: George Thurston
Ownership Notes:: Campbell, Alexander, (1857); Cameron, Malcome, (1858); Noad, Henry J., (1859); Jeffrey, William Henry, (1859); Norris, James, (1860-1869); Neelon, (1864-1869); Rathbun, Hugh, (1871); Sylvester, Solomen, (1871); Sylvester, David, (1871); Giles, Susannah, (1871); Jackson, Joseph, (1871); McAdams, Alexander, (1872-1873);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

October 23, 1857: Port: Kingston Number: 84 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Kingston 00-00-1880
1880: Port: Kingston* Number: 2 of 1880
Document Type: Registration
Next document: Kingston 5-00-1880; Next document: (Cancelled)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, George Thurston (1857- );
b. Bark, George Thurston ( -1880)
Nationality:: Canada (1857-1880)
Chronology:: 1. 5/24/1859, Flats, ashore and released;
2. 10/00/1863, Lake Michigan, sprang a leak and repaired, $6, 100 loss;
3. 10/00/1867, Lake Huron, damaged by collision and repaired, $300 loss;
4. 9/16-19)/1869, ashore and released;
5. 11/00/1869, lost small boat and canvass on Lake Erie and replaced;
6. 11/(16-19)/1869, (wheat), ashore on Nickerson's Island, Lake Ontario and released;
7. 6/00/1874, head gear damaged at St. Clair Flats, $200 loss;
8. 00/00/1876, Point Edwards, ashore;

Notes

General notes:: *Registered under the Imperial Merchant Shipping Act at Kingston;
1869 Canadian Register, it was noted that she was "on the beach";
Sources:: 1. Enrollment: Kingston, Ontario;
2. John Poole's notes;
3. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869;
6. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:

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